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MIT Hosts Forum for Release of New Report on the Future of Health Research

Press Release | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | June 20, 2016

On Friday, June 24th, MIT will host a forum at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, D.C. to present a new report titled Convergence: The Future of Health, which proposes innovative strategies for an integrated approach to scientific research that could lead to advances in biomedicine, health and related fields. The forum, which follows the release of the report on Thursday, June 23rd, will begin at 9:00 a.m...

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SPARC 2014 Open Access Meeting Speakers Accounced

Press Release | Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) | January 16, 2014

SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is pleased to announce a strong slate of speakers for its upcoming Open Access Meeting, to be held March 3 and 4 in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Philip Bourne, the newly-appointed Associate Director for Data Science at the National Institutes of Health, will deliver the opening keynote address. Read More »

44th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
July 14, 2019 (All day) - July 18, 2019 (All day)
Location: 
Omni Interlocken Hotel Broomfield, CO
United States

Since 1975, the Natural Hazards Center has hosted the Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop in Colorado. Today the Workshop brings together over 500 federal, state, and local mitigation and emergency management officials; representatives of nonprofit, private sector, and humanitarian organizations; hazards and disaster researchers; and others dedicated to alleviating the impacts of disasters. Our Theme: This year, the Workshop will be organized around the theme of Convergence, which refers to the process of people joining forces to respond to pressing challenges and enduring problems. These connections often require the crossing of boundaries, whether they be disciplinary, organizational, geographic, cultural, political, or otherwise. This work can be challenging, but it is also where fundamental breakthroughs in science and application are most likely to occur.

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