Sentences with phrase «conference of leading scientists»

SMIC conference of leading scientists reports a danger of rapid and serious global climate change caused by humans, calls for an organized research effort.

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This concern led the World Council of Churches to sponsor a world conference of scientists and theologians at MIT in 1979.

In addition, attending the conference had allowed me to meet up with some leading experts in different fields of research, as far as food security is concerned, as well as young researchers and the discussions provoked during the different presentations by leading scientists like Professor Louise Fresco were really interesting.

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Sergio Pastrana, executive director of the Cuban Academy of Sciences, called the symposium, plus a previous conference on neuroscience held in December 2015 and one on cancer immunotherapy in May 2016, opportunities for «scientists of both nations to get to know each other and create avenues that lead to more long - range exchanges.»

Learning to lead 9 April 2015 A conference organized by students and postdocs introduces young scientists to the culture of biotech and the challenges of working in the field.

«This is one of the first times that people have taken geoengineering out of the lab and into the field,» lead scientist Matthew Watson said Tuesday during a press conference in London.

In addition to Amgen's work to improve cancer patient treatment through science - based innovation, CRI will also recognize the company's commitment to the broader scientific and patient communities, both through its support of CRI's Cancer Immunotherapy Month education and awareness initiative, and for its support of the CRI - CIMT - EATI - AACR International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference, a joint program of four cancer research organizations that convenes world - leading scientists to discuss the latest in cancer immunology and immunotherapy research.

This policy has already led to organized movements to boycott American scientific conferences, and thousands of scientists have already pledged to participate in this boycott («Inside Higher Ed» January 31, 2017).

As Director of Scientific Conferences and Engagement for the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Julian will be leading campus - wide efforts to communicate the technology and implications of genomics to scientists, clinicians, teachers, students and the broader public.

This concern led him to play a significant role in the creation of the Pugwash conferences and in other contacts with Russian scientists, sometimes at a personal level and at other times in back - channel negotiations at the behest of the U.S. government.

Olshansky, a senior research scientist at the Center on Aging / National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago and lead author of the forthcoming book, The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging, shared his views during the American Medical Association's Science Reporters Conference in Atlanta, on October 2, 2000.

The four - day space conference brought together leading scientists, engineers, policymakers, government officials, entrepreneurs and journalists to address the significance of the latest scientific discoveries, technological advances and political - economic developments that could open the way to the human exploration and settlement of the Red Planet.

ASTA in partnership with one of the state and territory associations hold a yearly conference (CONASTA) that enables delegates to hear from leading scientists and science educators as well as participate in numerous workshops showcasing best pedagogy in science education.

Instead of a forensics track like at a mystery writers conference, this convention had a science track led by scientist guests.

Leading scientists, veterinarians, animal advocates and others interested in the range of concerns associated with the presence of cats outdoors will convene in Marina del Rey, Calif., on Dec. 3 - 4, for «The Outdoor Cat: Science and Policy from a Global Perspective,» a conference devoted to the latest scholarship and knowledge on the subject.

Four of the world's leading climate scientists, Dr. James Hansen, Dr. Tom Wigley, Dr. Ken Caldeira and Dr. Kerry Emanuel, will issue a stark challenge to world leaders and environmental campaigners attending the COP21 climate summit at a scheduled press conference in Paris on December 3.

(05/16/2012) In March 2012 the head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and well - known climatologist, James Hansen, spoke at a TED conference to explain what would push a 70 - year - old scientist to participate in civil disobedience against mountaintop coal mining and the Keystone Pipeline, even leading to several arrests.

A conference at the University of Oxford two weeks ago brought together leading scientists to begin to answer these questions.

Leading scientists, united in the Deutsches Klima - Konsortium e.V. (DKK), issued a concerted statement on the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn.

Nov 09, 2017: Leading scientists, united in the Deutsches Klima - Konsortium e.V. (DKK), issued a concerted statement on the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn.

A recording of a phone conference call July 20, 2015, in which James E. Hansen of Columbia University (and formerly NASA's lead climate scientist) discussed a new discussion paper positing that abrupt sea level rise is a significant prospect with unabated greenhouse gas emissions.

One think tank, The Heartland Institute, led the effort to debunk the hoax, sponsoring six international conferences featuring scientists and others who presented papers that demonstrated that 0.038 percent of CO2 in the atmosphere had little or no «greenhouse» effect on the Earth's climate or weather events.

In Chapter 7 of Requiem, I describe a conference I attended in Oxford in September 2009 at which many of the world's leading climate scientists discussed for the first time what a world at 4 °C would be like.

The Doha negotiations coincide with the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco, a five - day conference attended by 20,000 scientists, myself included, which provides a glimpse at the leading edge of climate research around the world.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The world's top climate scientist told an international conference today that tackling climate change is an opportunity, not a burden, and a leading financier said there is plenty of money to fund sustainable development.

Their presentations during Western Fuels» 1989 annual energy conference led to our introduction to the work of other scientists.

As one of the world's leading polar scientists with more than 47 years» experience of visiting and measuring ice at the poles, he provided a lucid and sobering explanation of the impact of global warming on the poles, and the way in which the disappearance of polar ice is itself hastening global warming, and contributing to extreme weather events such as the March blizzards preventing some people attending the conference.

What would happen if a group of leading climate scientists scheduled a conference specifically for congressmen and congresswomen and senators, in Washington, with a series of seminars and workshops specifically aimed at teaching the science to (and debunking the myths for) the policy makers in our government?

Dr Angeline Letendre, Lead Scientist of the Community Research Stream at the Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund in Canada also spoke to the role of story - telling in indigenous communities: if something is repeated enough, it goes beyond anecdote and information, she told the conference.