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ZEIT Science Forum

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The ZEIT Science Forum is a series of discussion events. Founded in 2001, it aims to open controversial contemporary issues to critical scrutiny. The forum takes place at the Leibnizsaal of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science.

The Topic: „70 years of WHO"

The 70th ZEIT FORUM WISSENSCHAFT will be about global health. It’s exactly 70 years since the declaration of health as a human right by the UNO in 1948. In relation to this anniversary, we will raise the question of how far we have come with the issue of global health. We will also discuss the milestones of the WHO – like the eradication of the smallpox – as well as we will draw a critical balance of the engagement of the international Health Organization.

Panelists

Prof. Detlev Ganten, President of the World Health Summit and Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and Humanities
Rainer Merkel, Writer and author of Go Ebola Go. Eine Reise nach Liberia ( A Trip to Liberia)
Inga Osmers, Leader Berlin Medical Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières (DGfS) (German Society for Sexual Research)

Hosts

Ulrich Blumenthal, Editor "Forschung aktuell", Deutschlandfunk
Andreas Sentker, Head of the department of science, DIE ZEIT

Former Topics of the ZEIT Science Forum

Expertise in a Crisis
Language.Power.Politics
Defend the Enlightenment! Science in a Post-Truth Age
Man and Maschine - The Power of Algorithms
The Art of Renunciation
„Anywhere – Nowhere“ Excellence Initiative: Where is the journey taking us?
Miracle Plant, Designer Babies: The Rebirth of Genetic Engineering - unmatched precise, unmatched secure?
Strength evolves out of crisis
BIG-DATA: The end of our autonomy and privacy?