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Frontiers Forum

 
 
 
 

Where visionary thinkers discuss science-led solutions for healthy lives on a healthy planet

 
 

"A fantastic science event, a cross between TED and the World Science Festival"

 
 

David Sinclair, Harvard Medical School
& one of Time Magazine’s most influential people

 
 

The Frontiers Forum highlights game-changing science key to solving the grand challenges of our time, from enhancing human wellbeing to reversing climate change to preserving biodiversity.

Join our interactive speaker sessions to connect with visionary minds across science, policy, business, and civil society – and together accelerate solutions that enable everyone, everywhere, to live a healthy life on a healthy planet.

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Coral reefs: from climate victims to survivors

Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
University of Queensland, Australia

29 November 2022 | 11:30-12:45 CET

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Coral reefs: from climate victims to survivors
Keynote | Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Coral reefs: from climate victims to survivors
Keynote | Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Keynote | Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
University of Queensland, Australia

Prof Hoegh-Guldberg discusses global coral reef health, and talks with Prof Maoz Fine, Lisa Carne, and Dr Nancy Knowlton on protecting these ecosystems.

68 min

Keynote | Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
A safe, just future within planetary boundaries
Keynote | Johan Rockström
A safe, just future within planetary boundaries
Keynote | Johan Rockström

Keynote | Johan Rockström
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

Prof Rockström outlines critical Earth system tipping points, and talks with Prof Peng Gong, Prof Felix Dakora, and Prof Phoebe Koundouri on restoring planetary boundaries.

78 min

Keynote | Johan Rockström
Extinguishing the wildfire crisis
Keynote | Mark Adams
Extinguishing the wildfire crisis
Keynote | Mark Adams

Keynote | Mark Adams
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Prof Adams outlines the latest wildfire science, and talks with UNEP’s Doreen Robinson, ecologist Prof Michelle Mack, and environmental activist Sunita Narain on solutions for local ecosystems and communities.

66 min

Keynote | Mark Adams
The CRISPR health revolution
Keynote | Jennifer Doudna
The CRISPR health revolution
Keynote | Jennifer Doudna

Keynote | Jennifer Doudna
UC Berkeley, USA

The Nobel winner shows how CRISPR gene therapy is helping patients and discusses access and ethical considerations with gene drive pioneer Prof Andrea Crisanti, bioethicist Prof Françoise Baylis, and WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan.

58 min

Keynote | Jennifer Doudna