Meetings

The ISSCR 2021 Annual Meeting is the most comprehensive gathering of scientists in stem cell research and regenerative medicine in the world. Taking place 21-26 June 2021, this hallmark event offers attendees the opportunity share knowledge, collaborate, and network in an interactive virtual meeting experience.

Media registration is open now for The Geological Society of America's Connects 2021 meeting, to be held 10-13 October 2021 at the Portland Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) in Portland, Oregon, USA. The meeting returns to face-to-face scientific exchange in the geologically rich Pacific Northwest--with online components for remote attendance.

The hub of the industry and premier event in optical datacom--the 2021 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC)--celebrated groundbreaking technologies and research driving innovation in a thriving industry.

How does human life begin, which processes influence the human gut microbiome, and what do researchers know about the collective intelligence of honeybees? Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina will answer these and other questions at the virtual symposium of Class II - Life Sciences on Monday, June 21, 2021, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. (Berlin/Germany).

Digitization is an integral part of democracy today. This is particularly evident in election campaigns, political initiatives, and societal debates that are increasingly being conducted via social media. On Tuesday, 22 June, and Wednesday, 23 June, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences are organizing the virtual symposium "Digitization and Democracy" in order to discuss associated risks, policy options, and trends from a scientific point of view.

Hundreds of higher education, business, government and nonprofit leaders gathered virtually this week to advance support for inventors and startups at the 10th annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education.

Graphene Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim will be joining some of the world's brightest minds at a global innovation summit to describe his vision for the '2D Materials Age' - and how this new epoch will shape our future living. Andre will be speaking at the CogX Festival, a three-day international leadership event focused on AI and transformational technology, on Monday (July 13).

The objective of this seminar is to discuss the rationale of economic valuation techniques and to discuss their grounding principles, in order to test the validity of the approach. We shall discuss the state-of-the-art of economic valuation, from alternative theoretical angles, and especially the neoclassical economic paradigm and the emerging ecological-economic paradigm, paying particular attention to most recent theoretical developments and concrete applications.

This is wonderful opportunity to learn about international perspectives in missing person research. Sessions will be recorded and made available for 24 hours to all registers, so that people from different time zones can take part at decent hours of the day.

Jan Hoeijmakers to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery conference

Brian Chen to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery conference

As part of the build-up for the ECI Advancing Manufacture of Cell and Gene Therapies conference that will be held in San Diego in February 2022, we are pleased to be hosting a special webinar to look at some of the key challenges facing our industry as we continue to grow and develop, providing a glimpse into some of the focus areas of the 2022 in-person conference.

Life sciences entrepreneurs, researchers and investors working to shape the future of point-of-care medical technologies will gather next week for a free virtual event that will highlight new inventions and connect participants to resources to advance their work.

Specific Language Impairment is a severe disorder in the acquisition of oral language, one which went unnoticed for years and is still relatively unknown by most people.

This year's OFC, being held in all-virtual format 06 - 11 June 2021, welcomes industry leaders, academia, media and analysts worldwide. The conference kicked off on Sunday, 06 June, with Short Courses and Workshops on optical transport networks, neuromorphic computing and quantum information processing and other trending topics.

Press conferences at the 180th ASA Meeting will cover the latest in acoustical research during the Acoustics in Focus meeting. The virtual press conferences will take place each day of the meeting and offer reporters and outlets the opportunity to hear key presenters talk about their research. To ensure the safety of attendees, volunteers, and ASA staff, Acoustics in Focus will be hosted entirely online.

At the 2021 OFC, Syunya Yamauchi, a principal optical engineer at Lumentum, will demonstrate an optical solution that uses four 200 Gbps wavelength lanes to reach 800 GbE.

To showcase the latest achievements and research progress in the field of horticulture, and promote communication and cooperation among world experts, the 8th International Horticulture Research Conference will be held from July 20-22, 2021 in Nanjing, China, and will be broadcast live online through the Zoom Webinar at the same time. The conference is hosted by Nanjing Agricultural University and Michigan State University, convened by Professor Fadi Chen of Nanjing Agricultural University and Professor Steven van Nocker of Michigan State University.

Curis, Inc. Announces 2021 Virtual Symposium: "VISTA: A New Immune Checkpoint in Cancer, Autoimmunity and Beyond," hosted by Randolph Noelle, Ph.D., and Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D. on June 18.

Filipe Cabreiro to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery conference.

Major industry trends in edge technologies, data center and telecom applications and other networking solutions will drive panel discussions and technical presentations at OFC 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made people behave differently. For more than a year, wearing mouth-nose protection, adhering to special distance and hygiene rules, and limited freedom of movement have influenced daily life. During this international virtual panel discussion, experts will scientifically discuss how health-related human behavior has changed during the pandemic, which behavior will outlast this period, and to what extent health-related behavior might change after governmental restrictions have ended.

The SNMMI Virtual Annual Meeting will convene more than 6,000 attendees to share research in the field of nuclear medicine -- developing new ways to diagnose and treat disease effectively and safely, with minimal side effects and exceptional results for patients.