Meetings

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) is hosting a free webinar, “Does Cannabis Use During Pregnancy Affect Gene Regulation In Placental Tissue?” on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 2:00 pm ET. Emma C. Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will be the guest speaker. The session will be hosted by Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., President & CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation and host of the Emmy® nominated television series Healthy Minds.

The Second International Conference on Space Science and Technology was successfully held in Suzhou, China, from May 22 to 24, 2025. Over 300 experts, scholars, and corporate representatives from more than ten countries gathered to discuss cutting-edge research and innovations in the aerospace field. The conference, hosted by Beijing Institute of Technology and co-organized by several institutions, featured a main forum and four sub-forums with over 30 high-quality reports on topics like deep space exploration, intelligent aerospace technology, and aerospace information processing. It aimed to foster global cooperation and cross-disciplinary innovation in space science and technology. The next venue of the conference will be held at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore from July 22 to 24, 2025.

Chemistry needs to become more sustainable and urgent actions are needed. That is the main message of the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future that was launched at the Nobel Prize Museum on 23 May.

The EQUALITY project brings together scientists, innovators, and prominent industrial players to develop advanced quantum computer algorithms to tackle strategic industrial problems in areas such as energy storage, aerodynamics, and space mission optimisation. This upcoming webinar series will highlight some of the project's most promising results. Topics include novel quantum approaches to optimisation, analysis of noise in quantum bits and its impact on applied computations, tailoring of quantum circuits, and more — all with a focus on real-world industrial relevance. 

The Japan SciCom Forum (JSF) will host its 7th annual conference as a special joint event, the PCST Symposium Japan 2025, from November 11 to 13 at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Institute of Science Tokyo. This marks the first PCST event in Japan, with a focus on “Strategic Development of Science Communication and Public Engagement in Asia.” The symposium will spotlight innovative, inclusive approaches to science communication in non-Western contexts and aim to strengthen a sustainable engagement ecosystem across the region.

Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is linked to worse health outcomes, but there are significant differences in how socioeconomic determinants of health are measured. Now new research presented at the ATS 2025 International Conference finds that a widely used socioeconomic index may not accurately classify patients who live in areas with a high cost of living.

During REM sleep, the body enters a state of paralysis. This can pose a danger for patients with weakened diaphragms due to neuromuscular diseases. Now new research published at the ATS 2025 International Conference has shown that antidepressants that suppress REM sleep are associated with improved survival in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

As the world races to address the climate crisis, a coalition headquartered at Rice University is taking a radically collaborative approach to one of the toughest challenges: how to decarbonize industry while at the same time boosting manufacturing, improving infrastructure and securing the supply chains for the energy and materials we rely on every day.