A virtual event featuring an expert panel focused on What's Next for the Pandemic Financing Agenda? will be held 7 February 2024. As the world approaches the four-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, questions remain as to whether we are more prepared and ready than before. A recently published CGD working paper
The National Academies will convene a meeting of experts on 8 Feb 2024 to focus on ways to foster a research and development network in the United States that drives biotechnology innovation and applications. This meeting will be held in a hybrid setting (Washington DC and online). This is the first of a series of
A National Academies committee of experts on Emerging Science on Indoor Chemistry will meet for a workshop on 8 February 2024 to discuss ways to support and prioritize indoor chemistry research. The event is a hybrid in-person (Washington DC) and virtual format. This event aims to discuss the following topics: Outcomes and recommendations from the
The Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies will convene again on 15 February 2024. In this meeting, Forum members will: Identify the seminal social and behavioral sciences (SBS) lessons learned from COVID-19 and other past public health emergencies Explore how SBS lessons, concepts, and theories can be leveraged to inform
The Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) will host a webinar on The Clear and Present Threat of Chem-Bio and Data and Cyberscientific and Technological (CB-DCST) Tools and Techniques on 15 February 2024. Given the current global shift toward symmetrical warfare, major powers and nonstate proxies are developing radical leveling and emerging technology
The CWMD/MCDC: 2024 Winter Medical & WMD Countermeasure Symposium will be held 20-21 February 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Hosted by the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Consortium (CWMD) and the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC), the event will feature sessions to interact with leads from key programs, for example: JPEO Futures Joint Project Leads (JPL)
The AAAI-24 Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence will be held 20-27 February in Vancouver, Canada. The purpose of the AAAI conference series is to promote research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and foster scientific exchange between researchers, practitioners, scientists, students, and engineers across the entirety of AI and its affiliated disciplines. AAAI-24 will feature technical paper
Advances in biotechnology generate new opportunities, but also create certain risks in terms of dual use of biological and toxin agents and with respect to compliance with the 1972 Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (CIABT). This is the first event in a series of French-speaking meetings on disarmament in 2024 which will present
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will host a webinar on "Assessing the Zoonotic Risk of Pre-emergent Viruses" on 20 February 2024 as part of the the Advancing Threat Agnostic Biodefense Webinar Series. These webinars bring together like-minded science and policy members of the biodefense community to discuss relevant research activities as well as barriers and
