Sentences with phrase «major challenges and opportunities»

I just put the finishing touches on Pet Business» May cover story, which is about the major challenges and opportunities facing single - store pet retailers.

In Denver, our CEO, Van Schoales, recently wrote about the major challenges and opportunities facing the district.

It highlights the major challenges and opportunities.

The plurality of religions and faiths in today's society is a major challenge and opportunity for Christians and Churches.

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Each week on Inc.com, an entrepreneur meets with Lemonis and gets the opportunity to ask him one pressing question about a major business challenge.

He saw turning that process from one that was arduous into a situation where you fix major consumer frustrations as an opportunity to disrupt and solve consumer challenges better, much like he did at Dollar Shave Club.

«The Global Opportunity Report represents a new mind - set for business, where we demonstrate that business can and should be seen as part of the solution to major global challenges,» said Walker.

Exploring the latest innovations in sustainable packaging, the exhibition presents the ideal opportunity for James Cropper to demonstrate its credentials in an area that has become a major challenge for brands and consumers alike.

Hewett called for radical innovation and collaborations to meet the challenges ahead; food supply chains should be a major focus considering they have 80 percent of sustainability opportunities.

The 2017 budget was to ensure confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:52 The cedi remains relatively stable against he major currencies — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:51 Interest rate in 2017 continue to decline — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:50 Inflation continue to decline in 2017 — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:48 We have returned to a robust growth after 2016 recorded the worst growth in three decades — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:47 The call to relieve our country and people from a wretched existence is urgent — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 The should not simply be a statement to share the national cake between different groups but it should capture how a nation comes together to meet the challenges of our time — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 We plan on providing opportunities as many Ghanaians as possible.

At planning workshops over the last six months, we engaged over 1,000 residents and stakeholders in lively conversations focused on three major challenges: A pressing need for affordable housing, limited public access to the waterfront, and a shortage of economic opportunities.

What is the overall impact of the Governor's proposed budget on the ability of the state to meet its major social and economic challenges and opportunities such as the exceptionally high child poverty rates in the major Upstate cities?

Three major challenges facing young Chinese scientists are a funding system that tends to value connections more than innovation and ideas; a push to generate Ph.D. s and publications that could compromise quality and hurt the reputation of Chinese science; and a desire for training and international experience that does not match opportunities.

But with this opportunity comes a major challenge: adapting technologies and techniques for rapid deployment outside the lab.

And the ever - increasing amount of high - throughput experimentation data, while a major modeling and informatics challenge, has also created opportunities for material design and discoveAnd the ever - increasing amount of high - throughput experimentation data, while a major modeling and informatics challenge, has also created opportunities for material design and discoveand informatics challenge, has also created opportunities for material design and discoveand discovery.

The lack of career and financial incentives and funding opportunities is a major challenge to global scientific collaboration.

«Three major life sciences organizations, ASM, ACS and APS, came together to provide scientists with the unique opportunity of bringing together experts from different research areas to move this very exciting field forward,» said Stefano Bertuzzi, CEO, ASM, «The Kavli Ideas Challenge allowed for the collaboration between different scientific communities that span computational biology, physics and analytical chemistry to develop important new research tools.»

The new Institute will create an intellectual home for faculty and students applying computational methods to major challenges in science and enhance existing courses in applied mathematics and computation and develop new computational science courses, activities and research opportunities for Harvard students from across the sciences

But they do highlight a big challenge for climate modellers, and present major research opportunities both for modellers and for climate scientists who work with proxy data.»

Without understanding the opportunities that are available to students of math and science, young women may think they have made a mistake when facing the challenges of completing a STEM major.

«While principals benefit from the extensive management and leadership development routinely available within the business sector, business leaders are given the opportunity to gain valuable insight into the immense complexity, ambiguity and challenges faced by school principals and the social issues that drive some of the major dysfunction in South African society.»

My major area of interest is in working collaboratively with students, teachers and educational leaders to develop innovative and sustainable teaching practices which strengthen the educational opportunities of at - risk students including those with learning difficulties, disabilities and challenging behaviours.

Drawing on findings from a major study of educators» professional learning in Canada, reviews of the international literature and commentary from experts in the US and abroad, this symposia will present and discuss opportunities and challenges for teachers to experience meaningful and impactful professional learning, with an emphasis on two enabling conditions — resourcing (both human and financial) and teacher federations with strong professional agendas.

Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Provide professional development opportunities and convene conferences to address the major challenges of preK - 12 education in North Carolina and the United States.

• Investing in companies that seek to address major social and environmental challenges may cause a fund to forego certain investment opportunities and underperform funds that do not have a similar focus.

However, the industry is facing major challenges due to new technologies reducing communication costs across the board, and it's quite difficult for AT&T to find organic growth opportunities.

What are the major opportunities and challenges facing the industry today?

The collapsing oil price to a new low of $ 45 a barrel, its lowest for six years, presents major opportunities for the green economy and the climate movement as a whole, but challenges too.

This note contains a summary of key discussion points, major challenges, gaps, needs, opportunities and barriers as well as a summary of recommendations and issues for follow - up and further consideration, including possible next steps under the Nairobi work programme.

Seeing this as an opportunity and collaborating with clients and competitors more closely is key to not allowing this to become a major challenge.

Merritt sees these challenges as potential opportunities to restructure legal education, proposing a first year of legal study into an undergraduate liberal arts major, and retaining a two - year upper - level curriculum.

The report considers the challenges and opportunities in these four key markets, examining their likely future trajectories and what this will mean for major law firms.

In launching a new legal encyclopedia in current market conditions, with formats in a state of flux as the market moves from print to digital, and with prices for online databases falling, decades after the C.E.D. had established itself in the market as «the Canadian Halsburys», Butterworths LexisNexis faced both a great opportunity and a major challenge.

This and other questions are inevitable in any major shift in working practices, and will present significant challenges and opportunities to companies and regulators over the coming months and years.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: Leverage more than 10 years of HSE and compliance management expertise within the oil and gas industry into a challenging HSE Service Manager position with a major oil and gas production leader or support industry working from the greater Houston, Texas area although open for relocation depending upon the opportunity.

Each set of major life transitions offers unique opportunities and challenges for the individual to adapt and to see himself or herself and his or her place in society in a new light.

Adolescence is characterized by major biological, psychological and social challenges and opportunities, where interaction between the individual and environment is intense, and developmental pathways are set in motion or become established.2 — 4 Furthermore, adolescent psychopathology can have important consequences for education, relationships and socioeconomic achievement in later life.5 — 7 These characteristics of adolescence do not only set high demands for cohort studies aiming to capture the most salient aspects of developmental pathways, they also ensure a great gain in empirical knowledge and an invaluable source of information for public health policy from such studies.

In what could be described as the perfect storm, South Africa finds itself at the centre of three major challenges — and one exceptional opportunity.

Although it's a bit of a rocky road with several major challenges and hurdles coming up, 2018 is also a year filled with opportunities for those willing and able to seek them out.