Our world-view of what is normal is based on the last decade, where we had rising employment, enabling technology, deflation in the cost of goods and services, and supply chains that span the globe. Recently it has included rising authoritarianism, nationalism and division driven by those who seek power. COVID-19 has been the biggest shock to the world since World War II, which most of us did not experience personally. What will be the new social, economic, and political normal after the pervasive threat of COVID-19 is over? This talk will cover some of the major areas of concern and opportunity in the post COVID-19 world.

 

 Dr. Stephen Gant has degrees in Computer and Information Science. He has over 25 years of experience in project management, program management and consulting. He has performed disaster preparedness research under a grant from the National Institute of Science and worked as a project and program manager on government contractors for the US EPA for 18 years.