Sentences with phrase «discuss issues of technology»

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WASHINGTON / BEIJING, March 13 (Reuters)- U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to impose tariffs on up to $ 60 billion of Chinese imports and will target the technology and telecommunications sectors, two people who had discussed the issue with the Trump administration said on Tuesday.

Now Bank of America is using banking technology to open branches with no tellers — called robo - banks — that enable customers to video chat with a banker if they need to discuss any complicated issues.

On March 8 and 9, Japan's Financial Services Authority (FSA) hosted a roundtable where representatives of central banks, financial regulatory bodies, and academic institutions were invited to discuss issues pertaining to blockchain technology.

While the benefits of distributed ledgers have been much discussed, Bain concluded that actual tools using blockchain for international payments and trade finance remain in their early stages as banks remain challenged by scaling the technology, along with uncertainties surrounding digital currencies and privacy issues.

In their responses, the panel of Ciphrex CEO and Bitcoin Core contributor Eric Lombrozo, Blockstream CEO Adam Back, JoinMarket developer Adam Gibson, applied cryptography consultant and sometimes Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd, SatoshiLabs CTO Pavol Rusnak, and Libbitcoin lead maintainer Eric Voskuil discussed the issues with the recent phenomenon of spinoff coins, a lack of understanding as to why Bitcoin is useful, and the fact that some of them sleep better today than they did in the early days of this new technology.

As this is discussed theoretically (and under the guidance of the Spirit), it could be helpful for theologians to be aware that, on the practical level, these issues are linked to communication theories and technologies that have transformed organizational patterns in our day.

This means that it becomes subordinate to all of the salient issues regarding how technology shapes our rationality we have discussed above.

Bob Norman from GreenPalm will be available to discuss the various options available to food manufacturers keen to address the issue of sustainable palm oil in their supply chains, at Booth 853 at the 2014 Institute of Food Technology (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo, June 22 to 24, in New Orleans.

The event will bring together influential leaders to discuss and address key issues around energy within the UK including the future of the UK energy mix, engineering a sustainable energy future and looking at investment into new and emerging technology.

He aims to inform the public, liaise with other members of the academic community, work with civil society actors engaged in arms control and partner with governments to discuss the moral issues introduced by new technology and collaborate on design proposals.

He said the centre ground should be discussing issues such as the role of technology and big data in public services, the use of monetary policy such as quantitative easing and the future of student debt.

Additionally, PIs need to agree on how they will share research materials and raw or processed data, and they need to discuss potential issues such as intellectual property or the misuse of the learned skills and technologies for harmful purposes, the book adds.

I raised this issue last week when discussing the way the Australian Science and Technology Council, set up to advise government, has been brought firmly under the wing of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

One main issue discussed in the correspondence is how to view the needed «transformation» of the global energy system: Does transformation mean we can make a major dent in emissions by just scaling up existing technologies, or do we need some profound breakthroughs?

In your 10 November issue, one article discusses the increasing sophistication of telepresence technologies (p 38), and another the difficulties faced by orbiting robots trying to repair satellites (p 46).

Last year, the U.K. Parliament discussed the mitochondrial transfer studies being led by Douglass Turnbull and Mary Herbert of Newcastle, and the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA), a U.K. body in the Department of Health, issued a report that said there was no scientific evidence to suggest that the technology is unsafe.

Hopkins reports similar reactions during her visits to universities ranging from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena to the University of Vermont, Burlington, to discuss gender issues.

Though it is seldom discussed among opponents of ESCR, there is a further set of issues that gameteless reproduction raises: how should we regulate tissue donation in light of future advances in reproductive technology?

VANCOUVER — Hundreds of industry leaders, researchers, academics, entrepreneurs, investors and tech transfer professionals will convene July 24 - 26 to discuss issues and opportunities inherent in commercializing small - tech innovation throughout our region.The 2006 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference (MNBC), co-presented by the Washington Technology Center and the Oregon Nanoscience & Microtechnologies Institute, takes place at the Vancouver Hilton.

We will also discuss here contemporary real estate issues, what's new and cool with technology, opinions, market updates, national news of interest, advice.

The vision of the program was to democratize the availability of the MUN experience, using the leveling effects of technology, and to bring together high school students from around the globe to discuss the world's most pressing issues.

What is new is the technology that can now support this kind of analysis, and in my conversation with Sahlberg this month, we discussed the latest issues and opportunities surrounding school - based formative assessments.

Our guests will discuss the best approaches for using digital devices, apps, and software for students in preschool through 5th grade, examining issues around how to balance the use of text versus multimedia, what types of online interactivity are most effective, and when technology should be turned off.

When leaders from a variety of content - specific education organizations met at the National Technology Leadership Retreat 2001 to discuss technology's role in education, they were asked why more teacher educators were not integrating educational technology in their instruction (see Bell, 2001, for the full list of participants, as well as other issues dTechnology Leadership Retreat 2001 to discuss technology's role in education, they were asked why more teacher educators were not integrating educational technology in their instruction (see Bell, 2001, for the full list of participants, as well as other issues dtechnology's role in education, they were asked why more teacher educators were not integrating educational technology in their instruction (see Bell, 2001, for the full list of participants, as well as other issues dtechnology in their instruction (see Bell, 2001, for the full list of participants, as well as other issues discussed).

Each of the assignments discussed in this paper met a variety of goals I had laid out for the teacher candidates: incorporation of and exposure to geospatial technologies, critical questioning of a social issue pertinent to education, use of creative skills, and connection to pedagogy.

Participants from each of the four content areas discussed issues related to integrating information technology in the preparation of teachers.

These leaders examined best practices, discussed draft guidelines for use of technology in teacher education in each content area, established technology strands at their annual conferences, and established an on - line journal, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITEtechnology in teacher education in each content area, established technology strands at their annual conferences, and established an on - line journal, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITEtechnology strands at their annual conferences, and established an on - line journal, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITETechnology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal).

To discuss these issues in the context of access to technology is one way to go about doing this.

Teacher education faculty members serve as the teachers for these activities and are then able to discuss the affordances technology can provide within the activities, the strengths and weaknesses of the activities from a pedagogical standpoint, and potential issues with implementing these activities in more authentic settings.

In the Conversation Currents for the January 2015 issue of Language Arts, Troy Hicks and Franki Sibberson, two educators who actively integrate technology into their language arts teaching, as well as into their work in teacher professional development, discuss what happens when we think of writing workshop as a structure for supporting students as composers.

During group meetings, teachers can discuss issues within their teaching to identify problems - of - practice that determine future inquiries into technology (Principle 1 and 2).

This Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 59 presents an up - to - date description of emerging hybrid - electric drive technology for transit buses and discusses the technology and its status, benefits, life - cycle costs, and deployment issues.

How to reduce nuclear wastes or how to treat them including the debris from TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power stations is discussed; and 3) Environmental radioactivity, radioactive waste treatment and geological disposal policy.State - of - the - art technologies for overall back - end issues of the nuclear fuel cycle as well as the technologies of transmutation are presented here.

In part one of the Criterion technology interview, Digital Foundry talked in - depth with two of the guiding minds behind the company's approach to the engine side of game - making, discussing the underlying Renderware technology, the team's proven approach to cross-platform development, the move to an open world in Burnout and the evolution of their technology through the use of DLC, with all the issues that entails.

Focusing on the issue, the paper explores options available to liberalize trade in climate - friendly goods and technologies, both within and outside the WTO, and along with these discussion, discusses how to serve the best interests of developing countries.

In a joint statement released by U.S. President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Modi, recognizing, «the need to use the institutions and expertise of the Montreal Protocol to reduce consumption and production of HFCs, while continuing to report and account for the quantities reduced under the UNFCCC», the two countries «pledged to urgently arrange a meeting of their bilateral task force on HFCs prior to the next meeting of the Montreal Protocol to discuss issues such as safety, cost, and commercial access to new or alternative technologies to replace HFCs.»

During a press conference following their morning meeting, the four leaders discussed the key issues they will continue to collaborate on in the coming years, one of which is investing in clean energy technology while leaving fossil fuels behind.

Via Bag and Baggage comes word of another lawyer / podcaster, Gary A. Kendra of Detroit, whose new blog Adventures in CyberLaw will discuss issues surrounding the convergence of law and technology, primarily through podcasts that will contain discussions and interviews on emerging legal issues surrounding advances in information technologies and the Internet.

Run by an e-discovery automation company, the blog discusses the use of technology in the law, including issues of cybersecurity and evidence collection.

Some of the issues discussed include those relating to privacy rights, class proceedings and our daily use of technology.

He said DOA is a full - service commercial law firm providing a wide range of expert legal services to highly diversified clients in various sectors of the economy.Duale also disclosed that the event would focus on topical issues in the Financial Technology (Fintech) space with an opportunity to discuss and review new developments from a global perspective.

In fact some have issued opinions requiring lawyers to balance the sensitivity of the information being discussed with the security offered by the specific technology being used.

Delegates gathering this autumn for Legal Week's International Private Client Forum on the banks of Lake Como discussed some of the most pressing issues, including the impact of impersonal technology on the very personal world of private clients.

November 17, 2011 — Brooks Kushman shareholder and patent attorney, Dave Syrowik discusses The Leahy - Smith America Invents Act in the article, «The Most Sweeping Overhaul of the Patent Act Since 1952» and provides «Recent Developments in Information Technology Law» for the State Bar of Michigan in the November 2011 issue of Michigan IT Lawyer.

Nik opens his session by discussing how leaders can «think the unthinkable and prepare for it», citing issues such as Brexit, Trump's election, migration and the ever growing use of technology.

All the highlights from the inaugural LegalWeek CONNECT conference at London's Institution of Engineering and Technology, where general counsel, senior law firm partners and High Court judges discussed issues including innovation, cybersecurity, diversity and inclusion, law firm branding, legal technology and artificial inTechnology, where general counsel, senior law firm partners and High Court judges discussed issues including innovation, cybersecurity, diversity and inclusion, law firm branding, legal technology and artificial intechnology and artificial intelligence

Please contact your McInnes Cooper lawyer or any member of the Technology Law Team @ McInnes Cooper to discuss this topic or any other legal issue.

We discussed the firm's new business immigration practice, how it leverages technology to enhance client service, the unique legal issues that companies face when doing business in Puerto Rico, and how the overall economy is influencing the evolution of legal services.

In the latest issue of ALA Legal Management, Judye Releford discusses the benefits to be gained by implementing document production technology, and how it can save firms time and money.