A supply of p p. And after 9 months of fighting code the very notion of the International Community looks frankly pretty tattered and we know that we simply cant continue this way and listen we get our act together unless we unite and turn our fire against our common further we know that everyone will that is the inevitable outcome will be to prolong this calamity and increase the risk of another now is the time that for here what i devoutly hope will be the 1st and last ever zoom under. Humanity to reach across borders and repair these ugly rifts lets heal the world literally and metaphorically and lets begin with the truth because as someone once said the truth shall set you free. And with nearly a 1000000 people dead with colossal economic suffering you already inflicted more to come there is a moral imperative for humanity to be honest and reach a joint understanding of how the pandemic began how it was able to spread not because i want to blame any country or government or to scor
His book has received many honors including the Pulitzer Prize. He and his wife are longtime residents of austin, texas. Together they won the Pulitzer Prize of 1990. He has repeatedly in hong kong, beijing and tokyo. And with that i would like to welcome lawrence wright. I should say i am a longtime fan of larry in his work. And also a fan of this book. Let me just her up by saying it is a strange and obviously to begin with this remote feature. In keeping with this book how else do you begin talking to a book about pandemics. Its really weird. People asked me about it and i say it is really strange. Its not anything i have ever participated in. I did feel like we were going to face a big pandemic one day. The fact that its today is a total coincidence. Early this year when did you begin to talk to the publisher and say ive done a Little Research about the situation that we are headed for when did you realize you were to be publishing in the middle of a pandemic. The chinese made thei
With lawrence right wright and Nicholas Kris staff. Kristof. Want to thank you for being here and supporting us through these everchanging times. Were happy to keep in touch with you and keep wang what we said. Want to welcome Lawrence Wright, staff write are for the knockerrer, and the author of ten books including the looming tower, going clear and god save texas and one previous novel, gods favorite. His books have received many honors including a Pulitzer Prize for looming power. He is and if wore longtime residents of austin, texas. Nicholas kristof has coauthored several books with his wife, including a path of here and half the sky. Together they were awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for the coverage of china. They also received the literary peace prize for the Lifetime Achievement in 2009. Now a column nist for the New York Times bureau chief in beijing, tokyo, won a second pull litter in 2006 and with that id like to welcome Lawrence Wright and Nicholas Kristof. Thank you, kri
Chris bunin. He shows how Geographic Information systems can be used to trace the source and map the spread of diseases throughout history, including cholera, smallpox, and aids. He coauthored the book jamestown to appomattox mapping u. S. History with gis. I am so excited to be here with you. I am joining you from nelson county, virginia just outside of our Albemarle County this is my School Campus where i teach geography, oral history, and geospatial technologies a stones throw away from the border of charlottesville, virginia. If you would like to follow along with some of the links i am sharing today, if you go to this bitly, it is not a perfect alignment to this keynote. I had all the intentions for it to line up perfectly and my children running upstairs had different ideas. I was asked to give this keynote. I said, lets see, i wonder if anyone in this audience knows what gis is. Part one will be a crash course on gis and the power of the geographic inquiry model. Two, we look at
To trace the source and map the spread of diseases throughout history, including cholera, smallpox, and aids. I am so excited to be here with you. I am joining you from virginia outside of albemarle county. This is my School Campus where i teach geography, oral history, and geospatial technologies a stones throw away from the border of charlottesville, virginia. If you would like to follow along with some of the links i am sharing today, if you go to a perfect, it is not alignment to this keynote. I had all the intentions for it pp perfectly and to line u perfectly and my children running upstairs had different ideas. I was asked to give this keynote. Ifaid, lets see, i wonder anyone in this audience knows what gis is. Part one will be a crash course on gis and the power of the geographic inquiry model. Two, we look at how we can use gis and geographic inquiry to teach medical geography historically and can temporarily. We will then discuss how we can use gis to support your students a