Earth Optimism's video: What is science diplomacy and why is it essential in the 21st century

Hosts: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Conveners: Nick Pyenson - Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Linette Dutari - Associate Director for Communications, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Republic of Panama Oris Sanjur - Associate Director for Science Administration, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Republic of Panama Panelists: Fran Ulmer - Senior Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center and Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Comission Cristián Samper - President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York Sabrina Sholts - Curator of Biological Anthropology and lead curator of Outbreak, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Description: The most pressing challenges facing the world today are transnational and require scientific expertise to solve. In the past, science and its values have been at the core of international affairs, informing and supporting foreign policy objectives, and lending strength to diplomatic and international relations -- what will science diplomacy look like in the future?