Chaired by: Professor Lesley McAra (Director of Edinburgh Futures Institute)

Feedback from parallel sessions and reflections from the global audience

Reflection on what this means for future action:

• Hon Dr Kirsty Duncan (Deputy House Leader of the Government of Canada)
• Professor Julio Frenk (President, University of Miami, formerly Secretary of Health, Mexico)
• Peter Singer (Assistant Director General and Special Advisor to Director General WHO)
• Professor Lesley McAra (Director of Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh)
• Professor Liz Grant (Assistant Principal Global Health, The University of Edinburgh)
• Ellen MacRae (President, Edinburgh University Students' Association)
  

Closing remarks

Professor Peter Mathieson (Principal and Vice Chancellor, The University of Edinburgh)

Held on 2 March 2021, the first event in the Edinburgh Futures Conversations series saw experts from around the world share their perspectives of the pandemic and explore how to change and reshape public health systems to transform outcomes.