6th Seminar: Infection and its Impacts on Society –Past, Present and Future–
Information
Tohoku Forum for Creativity and WISE Program (Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education) of Tohoku University collaborate to hold the 6th seminar in Seminar Series by Tohoku University WISE Programs "Create the New Normal". Currently, the spread of COVID-19 infection on a global scale dramatically impacts each country’s public health and economic activities. We enter a new era under the coexistence with this coronavirus. In this seminar, we discuss how society has changed due to the infectious diseases we have experienced (plague, smallpox, cholera, influenza, etc.) and the impact of this corona infection on society.
Date and Time
Thursday, November 05, 2020 14:30 – 16:00 (JST)
Venue
Online (Zoom)
Moderator
Akira Hibiki (Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University)
Speakers
Naoki Odanaka (Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University)
Shunsuke Managi (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University)
Registration
– Closed
Time Schedule
- Chair: Akira Hibiki (Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University)
- 14:30 – 14:33
- Opening Remarks
- Jun Nagayasu (Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University)
- 14:33 – 15:08
- Cause and Impact of Infection in Socio – Economic History
- Naoki Odanaka (Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University)
- 15:08 – 15:43
- Create the New Normal
- Shunsuke Managi (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University)
- 15:43 – 16:00
- General Discussion
- 16:00
- Closing
Contact
Email: quattro_admin*ml.tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)
Hosted by
WISE Program (Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education)
· Advanced Graduate Program for Future Medicine and Health Care
· AIE - WISE Program for AI Electronics
· WISE Program for Sustainability in the Dynamic Earth
Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Organization for Research Promotion, Tohoku University
In association with
· Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University
· Quattro Seminars on Humanities and Social Sciences, URA and Tohoku Forum for Creativity Collaboration Project, Tohoku University