The topic for the first day of the conference on Friday, April 23, 2021, is “Moving Swiftly to Combat the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis”. Dr. David Diemert from The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences is our keynote speaker. Following the keynote speaker, we will facilitate panel discussions with local experts on vaccine research and rollout, diverse participant recruitment efforts, and the various regulatory issues related to human subject COVID-19 research.