Sentences with phrase «technology policy group»

Forum Chair - Brian Hurley, MD, Wind Site Evaluation Ltd., Energy Moderator Science and Technology policy Group, Green Party Comhaontas Glas.

She is now head of the Science & Technology Policy Group at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs.

«Particles of that size can go anywhere they please,» says Pat Mooney, executive director of the technology policy group ETC, which released a report warning about nanotoxins this spring.

Not exact matches

As Aaron Wright, chair of the alliance's Legal Industry Working Group, told Coin Telegraph, «Lawyers are poised to serve as the catalysts for blockchain technology, and the Legal Working Group will serve as a neutral space to explore blockchain - based legal technology, develop standards for «smart» legal agreements, support emerging enterprise use cases, and tackle important policy issues raised by this new, impactful technology.»

U.S. business groups, while uneasy about triggering Chinese retaliation, have increasingly pressed Washington to take action on Beijing's industrial policies, such as market access restrictions and the «Made in China 2025» plan, which aims to supplant foreign technologies with domestic ones.

About one - fourth of the engineering and technology companies started in the U.S. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one key founder who was an immigrant, according to the Kauffman Foundation, a research group that advocates for entrepreneurial policy.

When announcing the creation of his political advocacy group, Zuckerberg wrote a Washington Post op - ed, saying that technology leaders must band together to «advocate a bipartisan policy agenda to build the knowledge economy the United States needs to ensure more jobs, innovation and investment.»

«Beijing will not sit idly by,» said Paul Triolo, who leads global technology policy analysis at Eurasia Group, a geopolitical risk consultancy.

«It's not clear what Facebook is doing with that information,» said Chris Calabrese, vice president for policy at the Center for Democracy & Technology, a Washington advocacy group.

Larry Berg O.B.C., Retired CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority (Co-Chair) Sue Paish Q.C., President and CEO, LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services (Co-Chair) Jonathan Whitworth, CEO, Seaspan (Co-Chair) Janet Austin, CEO, YWCA Metro Vancouver; Immediate Past Chair, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Kim Baird O.C., Owner, Kim Baird Strategic Consulting Arvinder Bubber, President, A.S. Bubber and Associates Wayne Duzita, AVP, Western Region, AEROTERM Jock Finlayson, EVP, Business Council of British Columbia Michael Geller, President, Geller Group Kathy Kinloch, President, British Columbia Institute of Technology Tim Manning, Regional Vice President, RBC Royal Bank; 2015 - 16 Chair Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Lori Mathison, Managing Partner, Dentons; Policy Council Chair, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Robin Silvester, President and CEO, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority; Senior Vice-Chair, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Yuen Pau Woo, President, HQ Vancouver

Paul Tough delivers the Fifth Annual Lecture on Science, Technology & Society, presented by the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy (CHPPP), in collaboration with the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group at the University of Chicago.

Paul will deliver the Annual Lecture on Science, Technology & Society, sponsored by the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy at the Harris School, University of Chicago, and the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group.

However, the Group Managing Director, UBA Plc, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka also said the introduction of the new products is in line with the Bank's policy of democratising banking on the continent by reaching out to the unbanked through technology driven platforms that are simple, efficient and user friendly.

At the invitation of the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG), AAAS joined a Consortium aimed at developing a toolkit that identifies best practices in human rights documentation using science and technology.

Our students participate in the dynamic interplay between science, technology, and US public policy, though hands - on, research - oriented summer work at agencies, advocacy groups, corporations, and legislative and executive offices.

Mauricio Horn, the visiting Secretariat of Scientific Technological Articulation adviser, spent a month at AAAS, learning about all aspects of AAAS» Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program, attending its training sessions, meeting with federal officials who work with the fellows AAAS places in their agencies and attending events sponsored by former fellows who have organized special topic - specific groups.

Committees 7 (Information Technology Issues, National Groups, MCFA Newsletter, MCFA Science Policy Working Panel, MCFA Annals, Young Scientists Working Group, European Researcher's Mobility Portal)

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.

Besides promising increases in energy research, Obama also announced the formation of the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST), a group that will advise the president on numerous public policies.

«We are competing with a technology [internal combustion vehicles] that has been in the market and improving in the market for a century,» says Jonna Hamilton, vice president of policy at the Electrification Coalition, an electric car industry group.

Most science and technology divisions would become part of the policy and coordination group, along with such bodies as the Bureau of Industry Economics.

The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships Program and Biodiversity Affinity Group invite you to a half - day long symposium to discuss the complexities and interdependence of Wildlife Trafficking and multi-factorial drivers.

The National Science Board, the policymaking body of the National Science Foundation, announced 27 March that the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program is the recipient of the 2014 Public Service Award for a group.

«What we really need is silver buckshot: A suite of policy and technology options that will cut oil use while protecting consumers and strengthening our economy,» said Michelle Robinson, director of the group's clean vehicles program, in a statement.

In 1980, when Congress initiated the Science and Equal Opportunities Act, CEOSE was established to advise NSF on policies and programs that would encourage the participation of underrepresented groups in science, technology, and mathematics.

The first formal assessment of how successful Eureka has been was presented in Paris by a group of independent academics and industrialists, led by Erkki Ormala of Finland's Science and Technology Policy Council.

So, a group of researchers from the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at Beijing Institute of Technology, the Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, and the Sustainable Development Research Institute for Economy and Society of Beijing set out to find out what motivates or influences consumer to purchase electric vehicles within seven cities in China.

In May 2015, on a voice vote, lawmakers approved a bipartisan bill (H.R. 1119) from the science committee that would simply create a working group within the interagency National Science and Technology Council within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to review existing federal policies.

The essays originated with a series of seminars developed last summer by a group of five partners, including CSaP, the University of Sussex's Science and Technology Policy Research center, and the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills's Sciencewise Expert Resource Centre.

From groundbreaking technology like LightSail ®, to policy that shapes historic missions, the global group explores space together through four core enterprises: Human Space Exploration, Robotic Exploration, Planetary Defense and the Search for Life.

The workshop was co-hosted by UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy, Environmental Defense Fund, The Nature Conservancy, IPAM International Program and Green Technology Leadership Group.

Previously, she staffed the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers while serving as Special Assistant to the Director at the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health and AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow.

She has over 90 academic publications and has held several leadership and advisory positions, including Chair of the Gordon Conference on Science and Technology Policy, Secretary and Council Member of the Society for Risk Analysis, the European Commission Expert Group for Science in Society and the EU's «SYNTH - ETHICS» project, the FDA Blood Products Advisory Committee, and the UN WHO - FAO Expert Group for Agrifood Nanotechnology.

We have close collaborations with colleagues at the Rutgers Sea Level Lab, the Princeton Science, Technology & Environmental Policy program, the Harvard Sea Level Dynamics group, and the Berkeley Global Policy Lab.

Strategy To bring together all the various facets of technology deployment, schools and academies are well advised to have in place a bespoke ICT Strategic Plan and associated policies (including one on procurement), overseen and driven by a steering group that includes representation from teaching and associate staff at all levels of seniority, with input from parents and governors.

The piece I wrote illustrated the power of personalized learning powered by blended learning, which addresses the call by a group of business and academic leaders in their recent «Open Letter on the Digital Economy» and a corresponding piece that contained a set of public policy recommendations to «redesign how we deliver education at all levels using the power of digital technologies.»

Early topics included such practical ideas as planning ahead for technology problems, acceptable - use policies, and appropriate technology for various age groups.

Australian industry is currently bemoaning the lack of science and technology skills within the workforce, and there are calls for all levels of national policy and practice to address this need (Australian Industry Group, 2013).

Electronic School: Security Goes High - Tech Technology offers solutions to security dilemmas, building safety, data security and Policy and Practice: Georgia School Boards Association has offered its districts a group cyber insurance plan since 2013 at a cost of about $ 1 per student... read more.

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This kind of involvement captures students» enthusiasm, creates new communication pathways to parents and the community, promotes deeper understanding of the school technology policy, promotes student leadership, improves technology integration schoolwide, and builds respect and trust among all groups.

Study groups supported the development of key education policies and programs, including the NC Teacher Enhancement Act of 1986 (which created the NC Teaching Fellows Program); the NC School Improvement & Accountability Act of 1989; Low - Wealth and Small - County Supplemental Funding; the NC School Technology Fund; and the High - Priority Schools Act.

The grey ring in Figure 2 indicates key employee groups that have expertise in specific technology, policy, and cultural areas of focus.

The technology, policy and culture working groups have regular cross-functional interaction to ensure those critical areas do not become stove piped throughout the planning process.

In October 2015, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) established an Interagency Policy Group to identify policies and practices to increase diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce both in the Federal Government and in federally - funded institutions of higher education, by reducing the impact of implicit and explicit bias in their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) established an Interagency Policy Group to identify policies and practices to increase diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce both in the Federal Government and in federally - funded institutions of higher education, by reducing the impact of implicit and explicit bias in their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce both in the Federal Government and in federally - funded institutions of higher education, by reducing the impact of implicit and explicit bias in their respective recruitment, hiring, development and training processes.

Todaro was joined by ALA President - Elect Jim Neal; Carolyn Anthony and Erika Linke, cochairs of ALA's Digital Content Working Group; and Carrie Russell and Alan S. Inouye of ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy.

Joining me in New York on behalf of ALA were Keith Michael Fiels (ALA executive director), Robert Wolven (cochair of ALA's Digital Content and Libraries Working Group and associate university librarian at Columbia University), and Alan Inouye (director of ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy and program manager of ALA's Digital Content and Libraries Initiative).

Larra Clark, program director for the American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy, represents OITP on the project's advisory group.

NAR technology policy representative Melanie Wyne, who also participated in the webcast, said industry groups, including NAR, expect to file a lawsuit blocking the change.

Paul Baer, a climate policy analyst at the Georgia Institute of Technology and contributing author to the panel's next Working Group 3 report (on policy options), posted a comment that's well worth elevating into the main post: