11:45 AM - 12:15 PM (EST)
BREAKOUT: How We Created the COVID-19 Tracker
9th Floor
Featuring Beth Blauer, Vice President of Public Impact Initiatives, Johns Hopkins University and Lauren Gardner, Director of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
When the world was desperate for reliable information at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team at Johns Hopkins University built the Coronavirus Resource Center, a global data tracker that became the most trusted real-time source for understanding the spread of the virus. In this session, you'll go behind the scenes of what it took to build and maintain a system that informed governments, media, and citizens worldwide
