20
report
Financing Urban Resiliency: Coastal Resiliency in Lower Manhattan
Cities across the US, particularly those along the coasts, are facing mounting threats from climate
change and sea-level rise. In New York City, Lower Manhattan was hit particularly hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
+ Read More
panel
Asia's Geopolitical Chessboard: Avoiding Checkmate
Geopolitical risk has become an ever-more important consideration for businesses with global sup
ply chains and multinational operations.
+ Read More
panel
Pain Points and Potential for Cell and Gene Therapies
Cell and gene therapies have the potential to transform the lives of patients and their families
. As judged by patients' perspectives and experiences, how close are we to realizing this potential?
+ Read More
panel
Brain Health: Turning Scientific Discovery into Action (Invite only)
The brain is the most important organ in the body, generating every thought, sensation, memory,
emotion, and movement. Yet we rarely focus specifically on caring for the brain and generally do not monitor changes in brain health and function over time.
+ Read More
panel
The Roundtable: Strategies for a New Demography--Linking Healthy Longevity and Productivity (Invite only)
The inevitability of demographic change requires fresh thinking and new priorities by businesses
, governments, and social institutions. Attitudes and institutionalized barriers to participation by older adults must be broken.
+ Read More
panel
The Power of Prediction: How Business & Society Can Benefit from a World of Data (Invite only)
Leveraging the latest breakthroughs in predictive capabilities has the potential to further tran
sform industries and improve lives around the world.
+ Read More
panel
Achieving More Person-Centered Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases
Life expectancy in the US declined by 1.5 years from 2019 to 2020 in the largest 1-year drop sin
ce World War II. While COVID-19 caused 74 percent of the decline, chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and kidney disease take a heavy toll.
+ Read More
panel
Is Digital Health a Bridge to Health Equity and Representation?
Systemic health-care inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic included minority under-represe
ntation in research and disparities in care.
+ Read More
panel
The Silent Patient at Work: How Employers Are Doing More for Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health
The CDC reported a record 93,000 overdose deaths in the US in 2020. Though addiction may yield t
o COVID-19 in the news, this grim number tells that the addiction crisis rages on, exacerbated by the effects of necessary social distancing measures.
+ Read More
video
Diabetes and Obesity: An Urgent Global Health Crisis
Despite many treatments and technological advances, the health of the US and global populations co
ntinues to decline. Chronic disease continues to increase and have a detrimental effect on personal health and health-care costs.
+ Read More
video
Dec. 7 at 11:30 am ET | Pain Points and Potential for Cell and Gene Therapies
Cell and gene therapies have the potential to transform the lives of patients and their families.
As judged by patients' perspectives and experiences, how close are we to realizing this potential?
+ Read More
