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Live today: Watch the final event of our free WIRED25 celebration!

Starting at 12 pm ET, we're hosting virtual discussions with scientists, hackers, journalists, and policy pros protecting us in the pandemic. Here are some of today’s speakers 1/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t
Dr. Anthony Fauci in conversation with @StevenLevy

Register here to watch 2/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t
Taiwan’s digital minister Audrey Tang (@audreyt) in conversation with @jetjocko 3/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t
VotingWorks executive director Ben Adida (@benadida) in conversation with @lilyhnewman 4/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t
Journalist Patrice Peck (@SpeakPatrice) in conversation with @halophoenix 5/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t
MIT assistant professor Dr. Lisa Piccirillo in conversation with @rjallain 6/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t
Google Project Zero security researcher Maddie Stone (@maddiestone) in conversation with @lilyhnewman 7/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t
Okta VP of cybersecurity Marc Rogers (@marcwrogers), Microsoft security researcher Nate Warfield (@n0x08), and CTI league founder and executive Ohad Zaidenberg (@OhadMZ) in conversation with @a_greenberg 8/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t
The Coronavirus Tracker founder Avi Schiffmann (@AviSchiffmann) in conversation with @MeganMolteni 9/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t
University of San Francisco professor and director of its Geospatial Analysis Lab David Saah (@dsaah) and University of California, Merced professor Dr. A. LeRoy Westerling (@LeroyWesterling) in conversation with @Danielduane 10/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t
Reminder: The event is free! You can see the full schedule and register to watch here: 11/ wired.trib.al/mRQN73t

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