The Carnegie Endowment and the Council on Strategic Risks will host a panel on Kazakhstan's increasingly global role in the changing threat landscape of weapons of mass destruction on 30 January 2024 in Washington DC and by webcast. Upon the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan found itself in possession of the world's fourth-largest
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A World Health Organization (WHO) update on COVID-19 will be held 1 February 2024 via an EPI-WIN webinar. COVID-19 remains a major public health concern. WHO experts will address what variants are circulating, their risk and impact, and what can be done to prevent and protect against infections, severe disease, post-COVID-19 condition and deaths. The |
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This is a closed session, virtual meeting of the Committee on the Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures. The meeting is an activity of an ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine charged with conducting a study to examine lessons learned from the recent COVID-19 |
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The Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University will host Katherine Eban as she discusses “Investigating Public Health Mysteries in a Globalized World” on February 5, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. Americans want high-quality, affordable medication and safety from |
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This is the third meeting of the committee of experts and will be conducted virtually. The meeting will include a closed and public session. There will be an opportunity for interested stakeholders to share public comments with the committee on February 7, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Public comments will provide the committee with additional insight |
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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 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)
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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
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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 |
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The 24th Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) public meeting will be held virtually on February 22, 2024. This will be the second of two meetings to address the task provided to the PACCARB by the Secretary of HHS to address antimicrobial resistance globally. The focus of the meeting will be on international |
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A Joint Industry Day for the Rapid Access to Products in Development (RAPID) program to be held virtually on 23 Feb 2024. The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense, Enabling Biotechnologies (JPEO-CBRND-EB), develops, manufactures and delivers safe and effective Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) for preparedness, prevention, protection, response, and recovery from |
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Pittcon 2024 will be held 24-28 February 2024 in San Diego, California. This 75th edition of the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon) is for anyone who develops, buys, or sells laboratory equipment, performs physical or chemical analyses, develops analysis methods, or manages these scientists. Pittcon is a dynamic, international conference and
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LabX – a program of the National Academy of Sciences – in partnership with Cultural Programs of the NAS, present An Enemy of the People, featuring performances by acclaimed actors David Strathairn (Nomadland), Keith David (Nope), Brían F. O’Byrne (The Wonder), and Jay O. Sanders (True Detective) as well as public health leaders Anthony Fauci |
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The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will convene 28-29 February 2024 in Atlanta, GA and via webcast. The ACIP develops recommendations for U.S. immunizations, including ages when vaccines should be given, number of doses, time between doses, and precautions and contraindications. The agenda will include the following: Update on chikungunya vaccine licensure and |
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