Sentences with phrase «as convened»

«I welcome our Asian and Canadian ABLAC members to Toronto as we convene this critical forum to catalyze dialogue and action.»

As we convene this hearing we must be mindful that the events of the last two days are a stark reminder of the need to protect core public services from potentially life - threatening budget reductions.»

PNNL's climate experts have served as convening lead authors, lead authors, review editors and expert reviewers on IPCC reports.

As Dr. Chard mentions in his essay, the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) is already working toward some of the solutions proposed through development of the next generation of accreditation standards for educator preparation as well as convening a data task force to provide guidance and help determine some of the very research questions for studying and strengthening educator preparation, as Dr. Chard suggests.

Given the collapse of the Campaign for High School Equity (which once served as the convening body for civil rights - based reformers) and the efforts by the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers to co-opt such groups by peddling a version of accountability that lets states, school operators, and adults off the hook for failure, Ed Trust deserves praise for rallying so many civil rights players to stand up for our most - vulnerable children.

School buildings act as convening spaces for the community, and schools receiving these infrastructure funds could use them to meet various needs of the local school community in accordance with state and local laws.

The high performance modular facility, currently on track for LEED Gold certification, will serve not only as a hub of sustainability programming in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, but also as a convening spot and resource for local community organizations, visiting diplomats, politicians, and educational leaders on both national and international fronts.

The Institute at the Golden Gate and Cavallo Point - the Lodge at the Golden Gate, operate in a unique alliance known as the Convene program.

The prospects and pitfalls of «geoengineering» have also been explored in Issues, with authors offering such pragmatic advice as convening a government advisory committee to guide projects from research to implementation, and making sure that public interests dominate the decision - making process.

They were under my full scientific control as Convening Lead Author of Chapter 8.

On the selection of convening lead authors... the IPCC can select a leading expert or two as convening lead authors — the potential problem is that these individuals will (even if subconsciously) frame the chapter based on their view of the world... this can make it seem rather difficult for those supporting other views (and I do not only mean only those holding contrarian views — there can be different schools of thought on the science, on uncertainties, etc.) to feel they are getting a fair shake... (p. 306)

So as we convene here, we carry great responsibilities, and the world is watching.

We provide a space for ongoing communication between members, as well as convening working groups and / or meetings for particular sectors or issue areas.

At the ICLEI World Congress 2018, local and regional governments will play their role as a convening force between nations, civil society, the private sector and research institutions doing their part to advance global goals.

In one of his most challenging responsibilities he served as Convening Lead Author of the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (Nakicenovic et al., 2000) that designed a set of widely used emissions scenarios to this day and was very influential in the development of RCPs and SSPs.

I did not know that Part 7 would cover unfounded allegations of professional misconduct relating to my service as Convening Lead Author of one chapter of the IPCC's Second Assessment Report.

In the summer of 1996, the Wall Street Journal published an op - ed (by Dr. Frederick Seitz) and a half - dozen letters highly critical of my role as Convening Leading Author of Chapter 8 of the IPCC's Second Assessment Report.

Include your major responsibilities and either omit or flush out routine tasks such as convening or attending meetings, answering telephones or composing correspondence.

Not exact matches

Fed chair Janet Yellen on December 2 stated as clearly as central bank lexicon will allow that she will recommend raising America's benchmark interest rate when she convenes the policy - setting Federal Open Market Committee later this month.

The forum was convened to discuss how CEOs and investors can have constructive dialogue around creating long - term value that benefits customers, employees, shareholders, and society, as opposed to embracing a toxic short - termism defined by myopic decisions.

This year's event, convened by scholars Luigi Zingales and Guy Rolnik, focused on the threat of concentration of Big Tech, otherwise known as the Big Five: Facebook, Amazon (amzn), Apple (aapl), Netflix (nflx), and Google (googl).

Romney worked the room for 10 minutes before the caucus was convened and I saw him in the hall again as we were leaving.

CGI America is the U.S. arm of the foundation's Clinton Global Initiative, which convenes each September in New York City at the same time as the U.N. General Assembly.

The meeting, convened to address threats online posed by radical organizations such as the self - declared Islamic State, included executives from Facebook (fb) and Twitter (twtr).

Over 300 attendees from 33 countries convened to learn from designers from Wallpaper *'s Design Power 200 list as well as business leaders from Fortune 500 companies on how design thinking can be implemented into 21st century business strategy.

Known as Asia's Davos, the gathering has been convening annually in the town it is named after since 2002, and this year attendees will

At a working group convened by the FSA earlier this month, one attendee reportedly recommended that it be «seriously discussed as to whether any registered cryptocurrency exchange should be allowed to use such currencies.»

It is a Chinese - initiated grouping composed of eleven EU members — and others such as Albania, Serbia, and Montenegro — that convenes an annual summit, most recently in Budapest in November 2017.

August 2016: The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the agency that oversees China's internet censorship, convened a meeting (link in Chinese) in Beijing with internet media companies calling for round - the - clock monitoring of livestreaming videos, as well as censorship of «bullet screen» comments common on the platforms.

What started as a list 17 years ago has evolved into the world's most extraordinary leadership community, convening the preeminent women in business — along with select leaders in government, philanthropy, education, and the arts — for wide - ranging and inspiring discussions.

For four days, more than 6,000 corporate CEOs, procurement executives and supplier diversity professionals from the top multinational companies, as well as leading Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American business owners and international organizations convened in Detroit, MI.

This pilot was co-created by a range of partners we convened as a Steering Committee.

Started as a list, Fortune MPW has evolved into the world's most extraordinary leadership community, convening the preeminent women in business — along with select leaders in government, philanthropy, education and the arts — for wide - ranging conversations that inspire and deliver practical advice.

Fortune MPW started as a list 18 years ago and has evolved into the world's most extraordinary leadership community, convening the preeminent women in business — along with select leaders in government, philanthropy, education and the arts — for wide - ranging conversations that inspire and deliver practical advice.

He hasn't convened the premiers as a group since December 2016.

«The fact that the company took approximately a year to notify impacted users raises red flags within this Committee as to what systemic issues prevented such time - sensitive information from being made available to those left vulnerable,» said Republican Sen. Jerry Moran, who convened the hearing.

In Dublin, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny convened an emergency Cabinet meeting as Ireland's stock market suffered the biggest market falls in Europe, reflecting the fact that Ireland's main trading partner is Britain.

Taken as a whole, the CPI report was quite pleasing and suggests that the Federal Reserve will have plenty of latitude when it convenes its next FOMC meeting on September 12th and 13th.

Senator Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio) will convene a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday during which MillerCoors and experts critical of banks» involvement in physical commodities activities and infrastructure assets such as storage facilities and pipelines are likely to heavily criticize banks like Goldman and JPMorgan, which both own large warehouses that store aluminum and trade derivatives contracts reflecting commodity prices.

This Agenda panel was convened to consider the Ontario election, but the discussion is relevant to the federal situation as well.

The proxy battle at Buffalo Wild Wings comes to a head this week when the restaurant chain affectionately known as «B - Dubs» (henceforth «BWW») convenes its annual meeting of shareholders.

It's a sign of the times as Italian companies adjust to shifts in ownership and regulation: on December 4th, UniCredit S.p.A. will convene an extraordinary meeting to consider proposals intended to simplify its ownership structure -LSB-...]

There was a brief diversion over Francis's brilliant environmental encyclical, Laudato si», in 2015 — but that didn't last, as the fall Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops convened in October 2015.

The document will be used as a guideline for discussions at a synod, a meeting of top Catholic bishops convened by Pope Francis, to be held in Rome in October.

The church also convened an international conference in Crete, but as Patriarch Bartholomew says, «our efforts will be meaningless if they remain fragmented».19 The demands of the world call upon Christians not only to act ecumenically but together with all people of faith and good will.

If this kind of commitment was made, the convening person went through the rite of welcome, a rite that brought the person into the fellowship of the church as a catechumen.

The World Council of Churches Commission on World Mission and Evangelism had convened a consultation of Orthodox theologians at Bucharest in 1974 on the subject of Confessing Christ Today, as a preparation for the Nairobi Assembly.

Dudley dates his awareness of the need for these new disciplines from the fall of 1979, when he journeyed to Indianapolis as part of a group convened by Robert Lynn, vice-president for religion at the Lilly Endowment, to review an innovative project on congregational research directed by James Hopewell.

After serving as a model priest and prelate, he became an equally beloved pontiff, convening Vatican II and articulating the timelessness of the Church's teachings.

It can easily miss the point, therefore, if its sessions are convened to develop a specific «right» response to a particular moral question, as discussions about moral issues usually are.