Sentences with phrase «global capacities for»

She focuses on research and tools to strengthen global capacities for public health preparedness and response.

In the end, I see efforts to boost the global capacity for connectedness and empathy — to concretize the once - fuzzy notion of the «global village» — as vital if the goal is a relatively smooth ride for humanity in this century and beyond (along with the capacity for innovation and resilience).

Not exact matches

Might running the global governing body of track while working for Nike (albeit in a minor capacity) constitute a conflict of interest?

This satellite has already become a prime satellite for the North American aeronautical market, with GoGo transferring more than 200 aircraft to the satellite within the first month of service launch and Global Eagle Entertainment taking significant incremental capacity to serve its airline customers.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

«And we are now at a decision point: sustained global commitments and recent funding cuts affect capacity and capability for a full - spectrum fight against a near - peer adversary.»

Her background includes over 20 years as a researcher in various capacities, including work at Frost & Sullivan, a leading global market research and consulting company, where she published key research papers, consulted for companies of varying sizes and managed a group of analysts to provide quality research.

David Robinson, in his capacity as trade and education consultant for Education International, a global union federation claiming to represent 30 million teachers and other education workers, met with WTO negotiators during the ministerial to discuss potential impacts on public education.

Covered Persons may not serve as a director, trustee, or in a similar capacity for any for - profit public or private entity, without approval of an Executive Officer and the Director of Global Compliance, or their respective designees.

However, Los Angeles is slowly building the capacity to become a global center for innovators and entrepreneurs, as the city draws upon its considerable resources to embrace the technological challenges and opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution.

Former President Bill Clinton and Americares President and CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis announced «Healing for Health Workers: Building Mental Health Capacity in Post-Maria Puerto Rico» as a Commitment to Action at the Clinton Global Initiative Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery meeting in Miami today.

Global tech leadership for the next decade is at stake and ONLY the New T - Mobile will have the network and spectrum capacity to quickly create a broad and deep 5G network in the first few years of the 5G innovation cycle.

In contrast, export volumes decreased over this period, despite strong global demand, as capacity and infrastructure constraints and supply disruptions restricted growth; such supply - side factors have hampered exports for a number of years, with resource export volumes now lower than during 2000 (see the chapter entitled «Australia's Resource Exports — Recent Trends and Prospects» in this Statement).

«MaRS London» will extend the reach of the MaRS platform and provide a formal mechanism for collaboration between the science, business and capital sectors throughout Southwestern Ontario, with the ultimate goal of improving innovation capacity and investment across the province and enhancing Canada's global competitiveness.

Looking forward, expansion in production capacity for some resource commodities, stronger commodity prices and the improvement in the global economy should provide a further boost to export earnings over the coming year (see section on commodity prices and the terms of trade).

We should ultimately aim at closing all our imperialist enclaves, but in order to avoid isolationism and maintain a capacity to assist the United Nations in global peacekeeping operations, we should, for the time being, probably retain some 37 of them, mostly naval and air bases.

- «Programming, advisory services, technical assistance, training and capacity development: carrying out catalytic, targeted and multisectoral programming; providing advisory services worldwide for the effective implementation of the commitments and norms adopted at the global level in the area of gender...» [6]

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She serves the Jewish and broader religious communities in a number of capacities including as a member of the Global Initiative for Faith, Health and Development of the Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty, as a member of the Summit on Religious Leadership in Response to HIV and as a board member of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies.

To meet the two - digit market growth from carbonated soft drinks consumers, Oman Refreshment Company (ORC), a franchisee of PepsiCo International, has recently acquired a new production line from Sidel, the leading global provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, which will enable the Omani bottler to increase its production capacity.

Capitalize on the increasing global demand for rice bran oil produced at the joint venture Irgovel plant in Brazil, where Irgovel management completed capital investments to increase raw rice bran processing capacity by approximately 50 % in 2015;

Ms Mardirossian points out that, as a relatively small player in the global retail arena — compared with Walmart, for example — Woolworths has only limited capacity to influence its supply chain.

We are also raising her with Russian, which her father and grandparents speak, to increase her capacity for language development and help her become a global citizen.

WHO and UNICEF have recently established a Global Network for Monitoring and Support for Implementation of the Code (NetCode) to help strengthen countries» and civil society capacity to monitor and effectively enforce Code laws.

A few firms have been floated as replacements for DKC (Global Strategy Group, for example, did some work with CSNY and is likely to continue, perhaps in a broader capacity), but none has yet been selected.

- CIHT believes that there is a need for an increase in capacity to allow the UK to stay competitive in a global economy

«At UBA, we have been working with technology giants that have the global capacity to ensure not only seamless but also effortless banking for millions of our customers across Africa.

Close to Conservative leader David Cameron, Barker, in his capacity as Shadow Environment Secretary, accompanied Cameron on his trip to the Arctic Circle in April 2006 for a fact - finding mission about global warming.

«Has the secretary of state done an impact assessment for the British steel industry on the knock - on effects of further global over capacity as a result of these tariffs?»

They then come up with another bizarre statement, that «government is on trial as well as the markets» when everyone actually knows there is a need for restoring a strong positive role for government which alone was able to bail out the banks and prevent a global economic crash as well as alone having the capacity to deal with soaring energy bills and transport fares, tackle climate change, and counter the bonus greed and tax avoidance of the super-rich.

«New Paradigms for Global Health: Building Capacity through Science and Technology Partnerships»

In part, this reflects under - preparedness: we need the capacity to respond more robustly to potential pandemics than we have done so far (see «Global agency needed for battling infectious diseases «-RRB-.

350 ppm, while merely a number, represents humanity's potential capacity to solve the most pressing problem it has faced; it also represents a target for international negotiators to aim for in forging an effective global warming treaty.

The region now accounts for 40 percent of global R&D, with China as the stand - out as it continues to strengthen its global S&E capacity.

Lead author PhD student Adam Hejnowicz said: «Seagrass meadows could play a vital role in combating climate change as they are regarded as a net global sink for carbon.They have the capacity to bury significant deposits of organic carbon beneath the sediment, up to many metres thick in places and over millenary time scales.»

«It's important to note that the article doesn't address the direct and immediate impact of forest burning, such as emissions of black carbon [considered a major driver of global warming owing to its high capacity for absorbing solar radiation].

Until 2001, she worked at the NationalAcademies» National Research Council over a 17 - year period, serving in several capacities — Executive Director of the Board on Sustainable Development, where she directed the Sustainability Transition Study and the Global Change Research Program; director of international organization programs for the Office of International Affairs; and Director of the Polar Research Board.

Brad provides scientific and programmatic leadership for NHLBI's Hypertension Outcomes for T4 REsearch within Lower Middle - Income Countries and T4 Translation Research Capacity Building Initiative in Low Income Countries programs, as well as institutional oversight of the Fogarty Global Health Training Program.

But this second link would double capacity and deliver oil to the refineries of the Gulf for global export.

«Local and global shocks, such as economic and financial crises, political instability, and environmental disasters require strategies to increase our capacity for resilience,» says Kharrazi, «Policy and decision making should consider both the short and long term growth and resilience of growth based on inclusivity or exclusivity and intensity of trading partners from a network perspective.»

In this capacity he is responsible for all R&D activity in North America; the management of the firm's R&D center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; and coordination of Arkema's global R&D activities.

Global estimates for 2020 show a projected 400 to 600 additional gigawatts of PV capacity as the costs of PV energy are expected to drop by almost 10 percent per year.

The MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health (CGGH) is supporting MalariaGEN by developing web - based applications for sharing and analysing large genomic datasets, and by helping to build research capacity for genetic epidemiology research in malaria - endemic regions.

As acknowledged by The Honolulu Strategy: A Global Framework for Prevention and Management of Marine Debris, developing and promoting compliance with waste management legislation and policies would increase capacity and infrastructure.

The MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health (CGGH) is supporting the development of the P. falciparum Community Project by providing expertise and resources for population genetic analysis, web application development and research capacity building.

This chapter assesses the capacity of the global climate models used elsewhere in this report for projecting future climate change.

To increase opportunities for research, education and training that strengthen scientific capacities in developing countries to understand, communicate and motivate action on critical global environmental change challenges.

SAYAS aims to contribute towards solutions to national and global challenges facing society; provide a platform for young scientists to influence policy decisions; contribute towards the development of scientific capacity in South Africa through mentoring and role - modelling of future scientists; and foster opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations amongst young scientists.

This will significantly expand the capacity for Single Molecule, Real - Time (SMRT ®) Sequencing for BGI's global sequencing service business, which currently operates two Sequel Systems and a PacBio ® RS II Sequencing System.

d strengthen the capacity of all countries, particularly developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction, and management of national and global health risks.