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The pandemic has disrupted the plans of the entire planet.
It has paralyzed the world we used to know.
He has left a white sheet pending writing.
You have pressed the reset button.
Faced with this situation, it is time to respond to the challenges imposed by the coronavirus crisis.
Wondering why instead of replicating the mistakes of the past, society does not build a better reality now that it starts almost from scratch, especially when known models have proven inefficient.
This will be the common thread of the
Retina Reset
event
: building a digital and sustainable future
, organized by Retina, which will be broadcast in
streaming
this Wednesday and Thursday on the EL PAÍS website from 4pm to 6.30pm.
During the first day, the debate will focus on more general questions.
The person in charge of laying the first stone and contextualizing the moment in which we find ourselves will be Michael Osterholm, epidemiologist, professor of Public Health and founder of the Center for Infectious Diseases at the University of Minnesota.
Three years ago, when he published
The Deadliest Threat
, he somehow predicted what will happen during 2020. And now his biggest concern is that we don't use this pandemic to prepare for the next one.
How we tackle the coronavirus represents the beginning of the path to the next health emergency.
Among these great questions, geopolitics has gained special relevance.
From the hand of Moisés Naím, author of the book
The End of Power
, we will understand the rise of China and the symptoms of decline shown by the hitherto great power, the United States.
The different response mechanisms to the pandemic have reorganized both the global power board and the concept of governance.
Naím himself will shed light on what these new ways of governing are and if they are effective in reversing models that are bordering on obsolescence.
The economy could not be left out of the debate.
In all these months it has been the word that has accompanied health.
No one disputes the blow to state and family finances since the virus broke onto the scene.
To explain which countries have been most affected or what the consequences have been of having less sophisticated productive sectors, Alejandra Kindelán, director
of Banco Santander's
research and
public policy service
, will put some of the issues to be resolved on the table.
And as the last big issue, the impact on human rights and citizenship.
Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile, will look at the inequalities manifested and aggravated by the covid.
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Future strategy
After the big questions, turn to the answers.
To propose strategies that carve out a better future, that build a different society from the one that has brought us to the great crisis of the 21st century.
Nadia Calviño, Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, will give voice to the digitization and sustainability strategy defined by the Government until 2025. She will present what these guidelines are.
In addition, Enrique Jiménez, general director of Philip Morris in Spain and Portugal, and Isaías Táboas, president of Renfe Operadora, will put their organizations as an example of a restart that began years ago, without a pandemic involved.
On the second day, the debate turns to specific sectors and challenges.
Time to rethink what has happened in health, education and consumer models and define solutions that go further than a patch to the current situation.
Rafael Bengoa, co-director of The Institute for Health and Strategy;
Adolfo García-Sastre, director of the Institute for Global Health and Emerging Pathogens;
José Antonio Marina, Professor of Philosophy;
and Mercedes Cabrera, former Minister of Education and Science, will be some of the proper names that will succeed each other during this day.
Finally, the final reflection will be carried out by the philosopher and sociologist Gilles Lipovetsky, who will contribute his vision about the seduction generated by consumption in the West and how it affects the future of their societies.
