The Working Dinner
The Working Dinner video series
In February 2020, Bill Gates invited a group of experts to share a meal. On the menu? A discussion about the emerging COVID-19 outbreak, and what it might mean for the world. Two years after that working dinner, experts both inside the foundation and out, reflect on the pandemic and what they’ve learned these past two years. Join them at the table in this video series that explores the lessons from COVID-19 that might help us prevent the next pandemic.
I love these working dinners, because it’s a chance to gather local experts in their own fields. Because you have that more relaxed time over dinner, I find a more real conversation.
Melinda French Gates
Co-chair
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Episodes
Episode 1: Introducing The Working Dinner
Bill Gates meets with experts two years after their last in-person meeting to reflect on what they’ve learned as the whole world changed.
Host: Bill Gates
Guests: Anita Zaidi, Keith Klugman, and Lynda Stuart
Episode 2: Inequities and the Road to Recovery
Each of us experienced the pandemic in a different way. How do we address those differences and the inequities they uncovered?
Host: Anita Zaidi
Guests: Melinda French Gates, Keith Klugman, Catherine Nyambura, and Dr. Githinji Gitahi
Episode 3: New Variants, New Challenges
From flattening the curve to riding the waves, variants have shaped the entire pandemic and will shape our future. How does the world better prepare?
Host: Keith Klugman
Guests: Anita Zaidi, Samba Sow, and Folake Olayinka
The Working Dinner Trailer
In the first episode of The Working Dinner series, three experts working in respiratory diseases, immunology, vaccine discovery, and vaccine development join Bill for a meal and a conversation about lessons learned from COVID-19 that might help us prevent the next pandemic.
Host: Bill Gates
Guests: Anita Zaidi, Keith Klugman, and Lynda Stuart
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