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b'Part One - September 2, 2020\\n\\nExamining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic\\n\\nCOVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic\\u2019s impact beyond our borders. Importantly, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are, as well, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe \\u2013 in our communities, technology, health and science, government performance, elections, the global economy and our lifestyles.\\n\\nA group of World Affairs Councils \\u2013 nationwide, independent, nonpartisan educational organizations \\u2013 is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all.\\n\\nWe invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19\\u2019s impact around the world, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world. \\n\\nOn September 2nd and 3rd journalists, physicians, researchers, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine. \\n\\nThe program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists.\\n\\nThe World Affairs Councils of Kansas City, Denver, Colorado Springs, Western Massachusetts, Harrisburg and Tennessee have joined together to organize \\u201cCOVID Complexities: A Global Town Hall,\\u201d an international virtual event set for September 2nd and 3rd. \\n\\nWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 \\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT\\n\\nPanel One -- COVID-19: Impact in the Developing World\\n\\nThe opening night of the two-night program will begin with a scene-setting keynote from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, U Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and a former advisor for health policy in the Obama White House. That will kick off a deep dive into COVID-19 beyond America\\u2019s borders. \\n\\nThrough the eyes and reporters\\u2019 notebooks of journalists based around the world we\\u2019ll learn from: Yu Fen Tsao, Radio Free Asia\\u2019s Executive Director about \\u201cChina, WHO and the Origins of the Pandemic\\u201d; Henry Flores, Regional Reporter Director for Unbound, an NGO that focuses on vulnerable communities on the situation in Latin America; Linord Moudou, VOA\\u2019s senior health reporter for Africa on COVID-19 in Africa; and Niusha Boghrati, Radio Farda RFE/RL Iranian Service Executive Editor on the situation in Iran. \\n\\nThe conversations will be aided by questions from our worldwide audience, consisting of nationwide World Affairs Council viewers, the general public, student groups and a virtual group tied in through our global network of partners.'