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2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 562-565
Author(s):  
Kelsy Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiences ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
International Meeting ◽  
The World ◽  
Convention Center

A little over a month from now, geoscientists from all over the world will come together for a brand-new event that aims to bridge the disciplines of geology and geophysics while offering a variety of educational opportunities, networking events, and field experiences. The International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE '21) will take place 26 September through 1 October at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.

scholarly journals American Telemedicine Association: 20th Annual International Meeting & Tradeshow

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-88
Author(s):  
Jordana Bernard
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
International Meeting ◽  
The World ◽  
Remote Healthcare ◽  
Convention Center ◽  
World Class ◽  
Healthcare Technologies ◽  
Delivery Models ◽  
Program Information

The 2015 American Telemedicine Association (ATA 2015) Annual International Meeting & Tradeshow, will be held May 3-5, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. ATA 2015 will bring together healthcare professionals, leading telemedicine programs, and industry. This meeting has been the premier forum for professionals in the telemedicine, telehealth and mHealth space for over 20 years.  The world-class, peer reviewed program will include over 500 educational sessions and posters, highlighting the latest innovations, applications and delivery models in telemedicine. The expansive exhibit hall will host hundreds of leading vendors with groundbreaking remote healthcare technologies and services. The educational sessions at ATA 2015 will offer training, information, and updates on issues vital to the practice and industry of telemedicine.Detailed program information--including courses, sessions and Continuing Medical Education (CME) information--will be available at: http://www.americantelemed.org/ata-2015/conference-overview

scholarly journals Challenges and Opportunities for Educational Actors in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Paraguay / Desafíos y oportunidades para los actores educativos ante la pandemia de COVID-19 en Paraguay

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (28) ◽  
pp. 167-181
Author(s):  
Valentina Canese ◽  
Juan Ignacio Mereles ◽  
Jessica Amarilla
Keyword(s):  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Equal Educational Opportunities ◽  
Improve Access

The measures implemented in response to COVID-19 have affected education systems around the world, generating significant disruptions. This study examines the main challenges and opportunities presented to the different educational actors in Paraguay considering the health emergency and the need to give continuity to the educational processes in the country from the last week of March until the first days of May 2020. A total of 2501 people participated, including teachers, students, parents of non-university students, and managers from educational institutions at all levels and from all over the country. It follows a mixed-quan-qual explanatory approach and data collection was conducted through online questionnaires. The study showed changes and strategies implemented by educational actors for the development of classes mediated by digital tools. The results reflect challenges related to access to technological resources, training in the use of ICT, and difficulties in carrying out school activities. Among the opportunities mentioned is the possibility of continuing with studies, learning about technology, and transforming the educational system. These show evidence of the need to improve access to technology to guarantee equal educational opportunities in the country.

scholarly journals Children of COVID-19: pawns, pathfinders or partners?

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 508-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Larcher ◽  
Joe Brierley
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Critical Component ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Recovery Plan ◽  
The World ◽  
Children's Interests

Countries throughout the world are counting the health and socioeconomic costs of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the strategies necessary to contain it. Profound consequences from social isolation are beginning to emerge, and there is an urgency about charting a path to recovery, albeit to a ‘new normal’ that mitigates them. Children have not suffered as much from the direct effects of COVID-19 infection as older adults. Still, there is mounting evidence that their health and welfare are being adversely affected. Closure of schools has been a critical component of social isolation but has a far broader impact than the diminution of educational opportunities, as important as these are. Reopening of schools is therefore essential to recovery, with some countries already tentatively implementing it. Children’s interests are vital considerations in any recovery plan, but the question remains as to how to address them within the context of how society views children; should they be regarded as pawns, pathfinders or partners in this enterprise?

Justice meets justification: Women’s need for holistic ministry in world mission

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawna Warner ◽  
Leanne M Dzubinski ◽  
Sarah Wood ◽  
Colleen Martin
Keyword(s):  
Group Theory ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Holistic Ministry ◽  
The World ◽  
World Mission ◽  
Gendered Expectations ◽  
Female Scholar

Missiology continues to be a male-dominated field, despite the fact that the majority of mission practitioners are women. Christian female scholar-practitioners have unique insights into issues facing women in contexts around the world that can be best met through holistic ministry; however, the voices of women scholar-practitioners are often overlooked due to muted group theory and unconscious gender bias. The honor–shame worldview that permeates many societies creates conditions that are especially challenging for women. This article presents the findings of field research and interviews conducted by female scholar-practitioners in MENA, Thailand, and Indonesia, highlighting women’s concerns in those specific contexts. We discuss three issues common across these regions, including gendered expectations, educational opportunities, and geographical challenges. Implications for mission practitioners as well as for future research are discussed.

Commentaries & Analyses — Recent Developments in the Biotech Industry in Asia Pacific

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (05) ◽  
pp. 270-278
Author(s):  
Aldar S. Bourinbaiar
Keyword(s):  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Biotechnology Research ◽  
Biotech Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Convention Center

The BIO 2005 international convention is the largest gathering of the biotech industry in the world. Last year, it was held on June 19-22 inside the behemoth Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia. It brought together 18 730 executives, investors, consultants, lawyers, politicians and scientists from 56 countries. More than 500 media representatives covered the event. Biotechnology research and findings presented by countries in the Asia Pacific region has begun to make a significant impact on these annual BIO gatherings. The achievements of some countries in this region are briefly reviewed.

A Comparison of Hostile Behavior of Decision-Makers in Simulate and Historical Data

1966 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina A. Zinnes
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Causes Of War ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

The origin of wars is to be found … in the minds … of men,” said Frederick S. Dunn in the course of his argument that the United Nations should improve educational opportunities and raise living standards throughout the world. Such reforms, he believed, would alleviate ignorance and mass dissatisfaction, two of the principal causes of war. But Dunn's statement, in the light of recent research, also lends itself to a totally different interpretation.

International Guidelines and Standards for Education and Training to Reduce the Consequences of Events that May Threaten the Health Status of a Community – A Report of an Open International WADEM Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 29-31 October 2004

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Archer ◽  
Geert Seynaeve
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
International Standards ◽  
International Meeting ◽  
Health Community ◽  
The World ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
And Training

AbstractThe continued professionalization of the humanitarian workforce requires sound underpinning by appropriate educational programs.The international disaster medicine and emergency health community requested the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) develop international standards and guidelines for the education and training for disaster medicine. The Working Group of the WADEM Education Committee prepared and circulated an Issues Paper to structure input on this significant international task. Subsequently, the Working Group facilitated an Open International Meeting convened in Brussels, Belgium, 2004. The “Issues Paper” also was used as a framework to structure this International Meeting, which utilized case studies selected to represent the scope of disaster medicine, and prepared a meeting consensus on a framework for disaster health and for related educational programs.The two-day Brussels meeting attracted 51 participants from 19 countries, representing 21 disciplines.Participants reinforced the need to address the development of international standards and guidelines on education and training in this emerging discipline.Participants supported the view that the term “Disaster Health” suggested a multidisciplinary approach that is a more inclusive contemporary and appropriate term to describe this field, although there were dissenting views.The meeting formulated a consensus view in support of a framework for “Disaster Health”, which included: (1) primary disciplines; (2) support disciplines; (3) community response, resilience, and communication; and (4) socio-political context. The participants considered that this model lends itself to facilitating the development of educational programs in this field and believed that standards and guidelines initially should be developed in the “Core of Disaster Health” for undergraduates in relevant professions, for practicing professionals wishing to expand their practice in this field, and in the “Breadth of Disaster Health” for those wishing to be recognized as “Disaster Health Specialists” as academics, professionals, or policy leaders in this field at a University multidisciplinary Masters Degree level. A community-level and higher-specialist doctoral level would follow.Although the view of the participants was that the establishment of international approval/endorsement processes for education programs may have some benefits, there was less comfort in identifying which body/agency should be charged with this responsibility. The WADEM, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Health Organization were identified as potential lead agents.The outcome of this international meeting is an important step toward meeting the challenge given the WADEM and will be developed further in consultation with the international disaster and emergency health community in order to improve education and training standards and professional practice.

scholarly journals Psychology and Peace

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Roesch
Keyword(s):  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

The relevance of psychology to the establishment of peace is reviewed in the context of the Bahá’í peace message. The peace message reflects the Bahá’í view that peace means considerably more than the absence of war and that peace will not be achieved until fundamental issues of unity and justice are addressed. The Universal House of Justice identified many barriers that stand in the way of universal peace, including racism, the inordinate disparity between rich and poor, religious strife, inequality of the sexes, nationalism, lack of educational opportunities for all peoples of the world. Given the Bahá’í perspective on peace, the author suggests that psychology has much to offer, since it has long been concerned with how these problems have affected individuals and society. Several areas in psychology are reviewed to illustrate how the science of psychology can be helpful in overcoming these barriers and establishing the spirit of unity so important to the development of a peaceful world.

scholarly journals Surprise and Sociology in Multi-Disciplinary Sciences: A Public Lecture

1994 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. 47-59
Author(s):  
Charles H. Townes
Keyword(s):  
University Of California ◽  
Science Laboratory ◽  
International Meeting ◽  
Fundamental Physics ◽  
Radio Imaging ◽  
Beam Maser ◽  
Active Researcher ◽  
The World ◽  
Space Science Laboratory ◽  
Public Lecture

This lecture is being given as part of an international meeting on astronomical imaging. It is, in fact, the first major meeting of people with backgrounds in both optical and radio imaging, and has attracted 200 people from all around the world. One of those is a man who has been an active researcher in microwave and infrared spectroscopy for over half a century. It is my pleasure to introduce that man, Professor Charles Townes from the Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. It is clear that throughout his life Professor Townes has been attracted by a series of fundamental challenges. He was already an acknowledged molecular spectroscopist when, in 1951, to solve the problem of short wavelength oscillators, he conceived a system for using excited ammonia molecules that became the ammonia beam maser oscillator. He followed this in 1958 by publishing a paper with his brother-in-law, Arthur Schawlow, that laid the foundations for the development of the laser. These two activities, flowing as they did from the pursuit of the most fundamental physics, paved the way for some of the key elements of modern communications.

The Power, Peril, and Promise of Information Technology to Community Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie C. Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Training Research ◽  
Online Communities Of Practice ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
Global World ◽  
Changing Rate

The democratization of information serves as a powerful force for change in both our lives and our global world. The paradigm shift from the providers of information to the users of the information has in many cases been brought about through the use of information technologies and the creation of more diverse and accessible Web-enabled devices. Educational equity helps to provide democratic and accessible educational opportunities for all citizenry and supports the tenets of community education. The question arises whether the proliferation of information brings power, peril, or promise for the communities of the world and the people it serves. This chapter investigates the changing rate of information, how it is distributed through online communities of practice and social networks, and what impact some of this information may have on areas of interest for training, research, and online development in fields of education, law enforcement, medicine, and sociology.

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