Silicon Valley: Emerging from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
The International LDS Business and Civic Association was pleased to host a virtual Silicon Valley Briefing for Consuls General, Consuls for Economic Affairs, and Consuls of Science and Technology on May 12, 2021.
Silicon Valley has long been a leading engine for economic development, social change, and scientific and technological innovation. As the Valley emerges from the pandemic, briefings by two subject matter experts addressed this unique moment in time. Please enjoy the following materials and videos from the Briefing:
“Silicon Valley Emerging from COVID: The Tale of Two Valleys”
By Russell Hancock, President & Chief Executive Officer, Joint Venture Silicon Valley and President & Chief Executive Officer, Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies; Lecturer in Public Policy, Stanford University. Dr. Hancock will discuss the impact of the pandemic on the Silicon Valley economy.
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“The Long--and very, very short--Journey to the COVID-19 Vaccines and beyond”
By Markus Covert, Professor of Bioengineering and by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology; member of Stanford Bio-X and Stanford ChEM-H, Stanford University. Professor Covert will discuss vaccine science, COVID-19, and status of the rollout in California and beyond.
Host and Moderator
Marguerite Gong Hancock is the Vice President of Innovation of the Computer History Museum and is a political economist who spent 20 years at Stanford University building several international programs at the intersection of technology, business, and society. She has served as an advisor to government, education, and business leaders in the US, Europe, and Asia, and she holds a graduate degree from Harvard.