This document summarizes how emerging technologies like blockchain can help address challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics. It discusses how blockchain can enable self-sovereign identity and health records, improve supply chain management, sustain economies, create medical professional registries, and incentivize responsible behavior. The document also provides an overview of Sean Manion's presentation on how blockchain can accelerate medical research by improving data sharing, tracking of methods/analyses, peer review processes, and publishing models.