Sentences with phrase «increasing number of conferences»

Now, scientists are tackling the issue in earnest, and an increasing number of conferences and workshops are bringing together scientists with a range of viewpoints on this issue, in hopes that a coordinated effort will measure the reach of the north.

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During a conference call with analysts on Wednesday, Zuckerberg reiterated much of what he covered during those hearings by explaining recent initiatives like increasing the number of employees who handle reviewing content for security and safety to 20,000.

At last year's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego, Bergh found himself sitting at dinner with Othman Laraki, the cofounder and CEO of Color Genomics — a company that extracts the DNA from a customer's submitted saliva sample and then looks for a set number of gene mutations known to be associated with increased risk for developing certain hereditary cancers or heart conditions (depending on the test).

The number of employees at Goldman increased 11 % since 2012, when the bank's acceptance rate was also 3 % with 267,000 applicants, CEO Lloyd Blankfein said at the Credit Suisse Group conference.

Via conference call, RIM's co-CEO announced a record number of BlackBerrys shipped, a 24 % revenue increase over the year previous, and a profit that beat the Street.

In 2016, the Far East Federal District's trade with China amounted to $ 6 billion, accounting for 25 percent of its foreign trade volumes.47 In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.50

Conversely, more respondents plan on sending the same number of employees to conferences in 2018 (88 per cent); this is a marked increase over the 24 per cent who gave a similar response in 2015

Additional reasons might be given for The United Methodist Church to rid itself of a commitment to abortion rights: the increasing numbers of African delegates (who are, in the main, pro-life) to General Conference; the horrifyingly high abortion rates (though the annual totals are continuing to decrease) in the United States; the pro-life drift of American public opinion (which United Methodism seems to follow); the uncommon clarity of ecumenical teaching on the dignity of the human person; and the providence of God.

«Increasing numbers of women face a double blow today — violent attacks against them because of their Christian faith, and because they are women,» said Kate Ward, an organizer of an international conference that met last month to seek answers to the growing problem.

Another Lib Dem PPC suggests that the number of emails and letters he received in the run - up to conference increased dramatically.

«Although the number of fatalities and accidents at highway - railroad grade crossings have fallen steadily on a national level, over the past several years collisions have increased across New York State,» said Carlucci, a Rockland lawmaker and member of the independent Democratic Conference.

Klein and Torres, who were joined by Councilmembers Mark Treyger and Antonio Reynoso for a December 15 press conference, slammed NYCHA for allowing the number of offenders to increase 67 percent since a similar Klein investigation in 2010.

Today's research was released at the start of the Police Federation's annual conference, and chairwoman Jan Berry said they revealed the need for more firearms officers to deal with the increasing number of gun crimes reported each year.

Not only did Conservative Party members form the single largest group at Conference, but over the last six years the number of Party Members attending Conferences have increased significantly — reaching a peak at Birmingham last year.

At a news conference in Mineola, sponsor Ellen Birnbaum (D - Great Neck) cited the increasing number of guns reported missing or stolen in the county.

But if these two female candidates prevail, Republicans have a reasonable chance at increasing the net number of women in the House Republican Conference next Congress.

Mayor Byron Brown traveled to Los Angeles to address a national conference on how «Say Yes» is working to increase the number of Buffalo students heading to college.

At the press conference, de Blasio announced that the number of students taking at least one AP exam in 2016 increased by 8.4 percent, from 41,419 students to 44,906 students the previous year.

When he visited Syracuse University in February, he held a brief press conference about the Reducing Educational Debt Act, a bill that would make the first two years of community college free, allow student loan borrowers to refinance at lower rates and increase the number of Pell Grants, which, unlike loans, do not have to be paid back.

State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan has said he will not support renewing mayoral control unless the number of charter schools are increased, an approach Cuomo has endorsed, while Assembly Leader Carl Heastie's conference packaged the renewal with several tax proposals.

The Lib Dem conference in Glasgow today agreed to force senior party figures to undergo the training before they can take up the role, in a bid to increase the number of female candidates for standing for Parliament and local councils.

The aim is to «increase the number of women in leading positions» in academe, government, industry, nonprofit organizations, and elsewhere by «rais [ing] the visibility» of outstanding women, said Ingrid Wünning Tschol, senior vice president for health and science at the Robert Bosch Stiftung, in a speech to the first European Conference for Science Journalists at the Euroscience Open Forum on 22 July.

Senators George Allen (R - VA) and Richard Lugar (R - IN) used those numbers just yesterday, for example, in a press conference introducing a bill that would increase the number of U.S. science and engineering graduates.

«The number of futures compromised by our collective inability to solve these problems truly seems to be increasing,» said Ted Mann, Mayor of Newton, Mass., at a press conference held last week in conjunction...

In the»90s, the time of political change in Europe, ELSA has entered a phase of development and forming the largest cooperation by increasing the number of members and observers to 30 International meetings held in the increasing number of group, evolved International Student Internship Program (STEP), increased the number of organized seminars and conferences.

This year we are also looking to increase our presence in the education segment and will be attending a number of conferences in Australia and New Zealand,» said Sid Takla, Executive General Manager B2B Asaleo Care.

The conference held upon the invitation of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of the Ruler of Sharjah and UNHCR Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children aimed to reckon the increasing number of refugee children in the region.

In addition to programmatic areas such as membership, operations, and CCSA's annual conference, Daniel focuses on data - inspired efforts to drive growth and increase the organization performance, and on a new diversity, equity and inclusion undertaking to increase the number of school leaders of color in California.

In the midst of this cultural shift, some teachers and teacher educators have become more open to its use in the classroom, as well, judging by the increasing number of journal articles and conference presentations on the topic (see, e.g., Kearney & Schuck, 2005; Pace & Jones, 2009; Shea, 2000).

Today, U.S. Secretary Arnie Duncan and Governor Dan Malloy will be holding a press conference about «education reform» and the Connecticut legislation that increases the number of standardized tests, seeks to improve test scores and begins the process of tying test scores to teacher evaluations so that administrators can determine which teachers to keep and which to let go.

An interesting development at this conference is the increasing number of instructional designers who are in attendance.

Their bills would «fix» NCLB by strengthening state accountability systems, improving teacher and principal professional development programs, combining federal education programs and increasing the number of charter schools, they said on a conference call with reporters on Wednesday.

For example, many voucher proponents point to other measures of voucher effectiveness, such as increased parent satisfaction.59 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a strong proponent for expanding voucher programs as a way to increase enrollment in parochial schools, wrote in a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio (R - FL) and Rep. Todd Rokita (R - IN) that «parental surveys, the number of families renewing scholarships, student graduation and matriculation, and basic accounting requirements, for example, are sufficient to assess and maintain the integrity of the program.»

The number of annual writer's conferences around the world has increased.

Training staff, interns, and volunteers is a key part of THL's strategy of helping to grow the animal advocacy movement by increasing the number of committed, trained, animal advocates.189 THL has large and structured volunteer, intern, and campus outreach programs designed in part to help participants become better advocates ready for positions of greater responsibility.190, 191 THL also tries to promote professional development among staff through structured training for managers and opportunities to attend relevant conferences and trainings.192 THL tells us that they try to promote from within as much as possible, and we have observed this in several cases.193 In our conversations with staff, we heard that while staff, interns, and volunteers all have opportunities for training and skill development, such opportunities tend to be much less structured for staff and more reliant on the staff member to take the initiative, which may lead to less overall growth.194

The increasing number of international fairs, congresses and conferences held each year, throughout the country, is testament to Spain's growing reputation as a destination that caters for every need of the conference and incentive market.

There are an increasing number of game conferences these days — gatherings about particular aspects of game business, game development, game scholarship.

Delegates at the 2018 UN Climate Conference in Bonn saw the need for more women's participation in delegations and negotiations and called to further increase the numbers for the UN Climate Change Conference COP 24 at the end of the year.

That is an increase of 100 firms from the number given at last year's conference.

Tony Mauro reports in The National Law Journal that the U.S. Judicial Conference voted yesterday to increase fourfold the number of free documents that members of the public will be able to retrieve from the federal courts» PACER system.

The University of Belgrade Faculty of Law will host the VI Belgrade Arbitration Conference, one of the trademark events of the law school with an ever increasing number of participants.

He's also being invited to speak at an increasing number of domestic and international conferences, law firm partners» retreats and other offsite events.

With the rapid rise in the investments inflow into cryptocurrency market from India as well increase in the number of Indian Blockchain startups, India is very likely to become a global cryptocurrency leader.It is one of the most rapidly developing technology markets because of the majority of youth in the population and that is why Smile Expo is organisng Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference India.

This past year, the number of Bitcoin related conferences increased exponentially.

This year's conference will most likely feature some news about Chrome OS and its ability to run an increasing number of Android apps, at least based on speculation.

Already in its fourth year, the Blockchain Africa Conference has continued to experience an increasing number of attendees since its establishment.

• Introduced core office systems which resulted in increased efficiency of work processes • Implemented a novel filing system which dynamically assigned library numbers to folders and files • Reorganized the office supplies inventory system, incorporating a module that sounded alarms when the inventory for any item went lower than 30 % • Decreased office supplies cost by $ 58000 by switching from an expensive supplier to a cheaper one who offered the same quality • Set up a core system to organize incoming mail which eliminated distribution hurdles completely • Streamlined the client scheduling system, resulting in increased communication between office and clients • Singlehandedly prepared a plethora of materials, now being used for all workshops and conferences that the company organizes • Introduced and implemented a forms processing system, resulting in a 50 % decrease in processing time • Successfully implemented a client information system, decreasing information pulling time by 80 % • Scheduled 3 meetings and a large annual event simultaneously, without a single evident problem in any of the 4 occasions • Reduced executives» travel expenses by 50 % by incorporating the services of a less expensive travel agent

As an affiliate member and «long - term friend» of CATSINaM, attending her 12th conference, Cook said the review would be an opportunity to look at cultural safety in nursing education and training, and at increasing the numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives.

The number of AFCC members increased to nearly 1,700 during the 1990s, and conference attendance also grew.

For one thing, in a decade of declining licensee numbers, attendance at the conference is on the increase.