Presentation of LIAS on 2 November 2021
In the Autumn, LIAS will be presented to the general public. This will take place on 2 November 2021 at 5 pm in the Reading Room of KU Leuven's Central Library. Introductory speakers are Robbert Dijkgraaf (Director Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton), Luc Sels (Rector KU Leuven), and Joost Van Meerbeeck (Co-Chair LIAS/LIAS Foundation). This will be followed by a debate with Bruno Holthof (CEO Oxford University Hospitals), Geert Meyfroidt (Clinical Director UZ Leuven) and Corinne Vandermeulen (Leuven University Vaccinology Center).
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This event includes a lecture by Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, a short speech by KU Leuven Rector Luc Sels, and by Joost Van Meerbeeck on behalf of the Board of LIAS and LIAS Foundation.

This will be followed by a debate moderated by Isabel Albers (editor-in-chief of De Tijd) with Bruno Holthof (CEO Oxford University Hospitals), Geert Meyfroidt (Clinical Director UZ Leuven), and Corinne Vandermeulen (Leuven University Vaccinology Center) on what the pandemic teaches us about vaccination strategies and about the organization of intensive care.

With this debate and on behalf of LIAS we want to demonstrate how important it is to discuss societal problems beyond disciplinary boundaries.

 

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A healthy public debate about important societal challenges requires a common and scientifically sound basis.

Bart Pattyn

Co-Chair LIAS and member Board LIAS Foundation
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