Transforming our World through Philanthropy: The CGCPT Story
Session Description: The Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics made headlines as the largest gift in Australian history with a $250M gift contributed by Canadian philanthropist, Geoff Cumming. In this behind-the-scenes panel discussion, Prof Sharon Lewin and Allison Howell Quinton will share the journey from a bold idea to a fully co-created proposition for the CGCPT.
The CGCPT is a story about a visionary and generous individual who wants to protect humanity from this kind of devastation and disruption when the next pandemic strikes. It's about a brilliant scientist who rose to the occasion to identify the gaps in our infectious diseases capacity and stepped up to build that future and a fundraiser who enabled and convened the conversations to create bold and new thinking.