WEF Consultation at Hotel Intercontinental Geneva

The first EPI-BRAIN consultation took place at the Hotel Intercontinental Geneva on Monday 20th May 2019. It was attended by a large, diverse and prestigious group of partners, ranging from member states, academia, private sector and philanthropic institutions.

Participants were involved in breakout discussions that aimed to seek feedback on the core elements of EPI-BRAIN to realize the following priorities, and identify related challenges and opportunities:

  • How EPI-BRAIN can promote greater access to data analysis and insights for outbreak preparedness and response;
  • Problems that can be solved using improved data science;
  • Advances in data science that EPI-BRAIN can promote for outbreak preparedness and response.