Sentences with phrase «welcome open discussion»
I welcome open discussion and disagreement in comments, but rude or personally attacking comments will be deleted.
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On top of that anyone with an open mind is welcome, can merely observe without being the target of comments or hate, are welcome in all discussions, and is not required in any fashion to convert, change or even participate beyond what they are comfortable with.
* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change
Sir, We welcome the discussion that has been opened following the letter (Feb 10) from the Liberal Democrat councillors regarding the Tory - Lib Dem Government's funding cuts to local authorities.
On Tuesday, Yehudah Meth, a spokesman for Felder, said the legislator «is always open to work with his City Council colleagues on crafting legislation that protects average New Yorkers and the environment,» adding that Felder «would welcome discussions with the City Council when they have specifics to discuss.»
And so he pleaded with the group of very august scientists to remember that they had some ability to affect and influence people around them to show that, really, science is an open endeavor and that everybody is welcome to the party and to the discussion.
The panel discussion is open to the public and will take place on Monday, Feb. 22, at 4 pm at the Capitol Park Welcome Center in Baton Rouge.
We have a limited number of copies which we share with BookBrowse's members but all are welcome to join the discussions (which tend to stay open for about six weeks) so please do join us any time you wish!
Here is the opening post: Welcome to Fantastic Schools and Where To Find Them, a discussion of all things scholarly...
Once again, the show welcomed a number of new initiatives including the launch of the ATM Global Stage, which opened the week's proceedings with a high level panel discussion on the future of tourism in the UAE featuring leading industry leaders including Issam Kazim, CEO, Dubai Corporation Travel and Commerce Marketing; Sultan Al Mutawa Al Dhaheri, Acting Executive Director, Tourism, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority; H.E Khalid Jassim Al Midfa, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority; Haitham Mattar, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority; Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO, Shurooq; Thierry Antinori, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Emirates Airline; Gerald Lawless, Head of Tourism, Dubai Holding and Honorary President, Jumeirah Group and Aligi Gardenghi, VP Marketing EMEA and Commercial Director MEA, Hilton.
The festivities will commence at 12:00 PM EST with an open lobby to be streamed at our Official Twitch Channel; swing by for casual matches and community discussion with the rest of the wonderful and welcoming AniClash community.
«If this is the start to a new age of discussion over the series, I welcome it with an open heart.»
Program Friday 7 Sep 2007 From 3:00 p.m. press preview 6:00 p.m. Exhibition opens 7:30 p.m. Welcome by Nicolaus Schafhausen and a short introduction by the curators 8:00 p.m. Roundtable discussion with Jürgen Brüning, Olaf Metzel, Thomas Bayrle, Panik Qulture, Eon McKai.
Everyone is welcome to contribute to the debates and open up discussion as they please.
The proposal to abandon the scientific consensus - seeking approach in favour of a more open discussion is most welcome.
Proceedings: Friday 4 May Opening remarks Welcome by Mr, Sefa Sadık AYTEKIN, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey Keynote address by H.E. Thamir GHADHBAN, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Workplan of WEO - 2012 Iraq Energy Outlook by Dr. Fatih BIROL, Chief Economist, IEA Session 1: Energy in Iraq — fuelling Iraq's reconstruction and development Chair: Mr. Simon STOLP, World Bank Introductory interventions: H.E. Martin KOBLER, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Iraq Dr. Usama KARIM, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Iraq Dr. Kamal AL - BASRI, Chairman of the Iraq Institute for Economic Reform Open discussion Session 2: Iraq's electricity sector — short term needs and long - term interests Chair: Mr. Hamish MCNINCH, International Expert Introductory interventions: Dr. Majeed ABDUL - HUSSAIN, Parsons Brinckerhoff Dr. Abdul Qader AHMED, Mass Global Open discussion Special address: Mr. Tariq SHAFIQ, Managing Director, Petrolog & Associates Session 3: Iraq's oil and gas supply — managing the development of a huge resource Chair: Mr. Tariq SHAFIQ, Managing Director, Petrolog & Associates Dr. Ali AL - MASHAT, Advisor, Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Ms. Ruba HUSARI, Managing Director, Iraq Insight Open discussion Session 4: Iraq and international markets — impacts on regional and global balances Chair: H.E. Thamir GHADHBAN, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Introductory interventions: Dr. Mussab AL - DUJAYLI, former Director General, State Oil Marketing Organisation Mr. Jonathan ELKIND, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy of the United States Ms. Coby VAN DER LINDE, Director of the Energy Programme, Clingendael Institute, the Netherlands Open discussion Session 5: Summary and conclusions Co-Chairs: H.E. Fareed Yasseen, Ambassador of Iraq to France and H.E. Nick Bridge, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the OECD Tour de table with recommendations for key topics and areas of study for consideration in the WEO - 2012 Concluding remarks by Dr. Fatih BIROL, Chief Economist, IEA
COP10 had barely opened when the US proposed to delete agenda items which welcomed input from other international negotiations (the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island States, the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, and the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development) with the clear motivation of blocking any dangerously proliferating discussion of the impacts of climate change.
If they were truly interested in finding realistic answers to the dual challenge of providing energy needed for modern life and protecting the environment, they would welcome debate and open discussion.
«Open» — all comers, beginner questions welcome «Pro» — no beginner commentary (perhaps a «side» thread can be created for peanut gallery discussions)
Agenda 18:00 — Welcome and opening address from the Grantham Institute co-director Professor Martin Siegert 18:10 — Keynote address from Christiana Figueres, Convener of Mission 2020 18:20 — Report summary from Ajay Gambhir, Senior Research Fellow, Grantham Institute 18:35 — Panel remarks and facilitated discussion chaired by the Carbon Tracker Initiative 19:00 — Open discussion 19:25 — Closing address from Mark Campanale, Founder and Director of Carbon Tracker Initiative 19:30 — Drinks reception 20:00 — Close
This news may not be welcomed by landlords, but the San Jose City Council has agreed to open discussion on ways to strengthen protections for tenants in Silicon Valley.
We welcome an open and transparent discussion if it is based on facts.»
Our discussion forum is open and we welcome your feedback.
We've opened up an IRC channel on Freenode, #segnet - dev, and welcome all discussion pertaining to integrating and supporting Segregated Witness transactions in wallets.
He states that Huawei employs more than 1,000 people in 13 US offices and says, «We welcome an open and transparent discussion if it is based on facts.»
Open and lively discussion is a welcome and necessary part of this process.
The industry welcomed many of those changes and believes that policymakers can take further steps that would stabilize FHA single family programs, starting with a rigorous look at the data driving the actuarial results and an open, robust discussion over the future of the government's role in housing finance.»