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Nobel Prize Summit

Sabrina McCormick

Sabrina McCormick is a storyteller dedicated to addressing the climate crisis through powerful narratives.

Sabrina McCormick is a storyteller dedicated to addressing the climate crisis through powerful narratives. Drawing from her extensive research published in many venues such as Science and Nature journals, she crafts stories that resonate with audiences and inspire action. As the producer of Emmy Award-winning climate documentary, Sabrina depicts real-life experiences, as well as semi-fictionalized content as a writer, producer, director and actor in films like SEQUESTRADA and BURNOUT. Committed to understanding and motivating audiences, Dr. McCormick has spearheaded some of the largest studies on the impact of climate media. She is founder of Resilience Entertainment, dedicated to producing compelling content with quantifiable results.

Sabrina’s entrepreneurial spirit extends to several other successful startups, including Pandemic Proof Productions, which offered protection for high-profile projects such as AMSTERDAM and RUSSIAN DOLL, and Aclara Advanced Materials, an innovative anti-viral materials company. Dr. McCormick was a Lead Author for the Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. As a trusted advisor, she regularly works with organisations like the Environmental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and various institutions and philanthropists. Sabrina holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University, a Ph.D. from Brown University, and post-doctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania.

See Sabrina McCormick at:

  • 24 May - The Global Conversation
  • Live from the Studio - Digital Exclusive: 12:30 - 14:00
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Summit talks: technology and ethics

I’m not afraid. You’re afraid.

A thought-provoking talk by technology ethicist Tristan Harris, on the race between technology creators and our regulation on AI and our ever-increasing addiction to social media.

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Summit talks: history of disinformation

Manipulating the marginalised.

Watch researcher and scholar Rachel Kuo chart the history of how misinformation and disinformation has been used against the disenfranchised across different racial and religious groups and what we can do collectively to combat it.

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A message from the summit organisers

“I don’t think the truth has ever mattered more”

Watch Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation and Marcia McNutt, President of the US National Academy of Sciences, discuss the upcoming Nobel Prize Summit.

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“With the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit we will promote the scientific method, critical thinking, and constructive dialogue.”

Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation and Marcia McNutt, President of the US National Academy of Sciences.

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