NCCN Virtual Patient Advocacy Summit: Cancer Across the Lifespan

Patients with cancer have widely divergent experiences throughout their care from screening through survivorship. Differences in care delivery and outcomes may be due to varying patient preferences, patient needs according to stage of life, access to care, and implicit or explicit bias in care according to patient age. NCCN convened a series of stakeholder meetings with patients, caregivers, and patient advocacy groups to discuss the complex challenges and robust opportunities in this space. These meetings informed the NCCN Virtual Patient Advocacy Summit: Cancer Across the Lifespan held on December 10, 2020, which featured a keynote presentation, multidisciplinary panels, and presentations from patient advocacy organizations. This article encapsulates and expounds upon the findings from the stakeholder meetings and discussions during the summit.

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Dr. Richard Byrne’s 1976 Keynote presentation at BIO '76 offered sage advise to all biomedical photographers, medical illustrators, and biocommunicators that focused on embracing computer technology. Perhaps now, more than ever for many of us, his universal message still rings true.

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We gratefully acknowledge the presence of all participants on the 2021 International Conference on Mechanical Automation and Electronic Information Engineering (MAEIE 2021), which was successfully held in Zhuhai from 24th to 26th September, 2021. MAEIE 2021 aimed to provide a platform for experts and scholars, engineers and technicians, and R&D personnel to share scientific research results and cutting-edge technologies, understand academic development trends, broaden research ideas, strengthen academic research and discussion, and promote cooperation in the industrialization of academic results. MAEIE 2021 focused on professional fields such as Mechanical Integration, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Information Processing, Information Engineering, etc. About 80 participants from academic, high-education institutes and other organizations took part in the conference. The conference model was divided into two sessions, including oral presentations and keynote speeches. In the first part, some scholars, whose submissions were selected as the excellent papers, were given 15 minutes to perform their oral presentations one by one. Then in the second part, keynote speakers were each allocated 30-45 minutes to hold their speeches. In the keynote presentation part, we invited 12 professors as our keynote speakers. The first keynote speaker, Prof. Junlong Chen, IEEE Fellow, from South China University of Technology, China. The second keynote speaker, Prof. Guoliang Chen, from Shenzhen University, China. The others keynote speaker as follow: Prof. Anhui Liang, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China; Prof. Weijia Jia, IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow, Beijing Normal University - Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, China; Prof. Nong Xiao, from Sun Yat-sen University, China; Prof. Yutong Lu, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Prof. Young Liang, Macau University of Science and Technology, China; Prof. Jianxin Wang, IEEE Senior Member, from Central South University, China; Prof. Xiaofeng Zhu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; Prof. Yang Yue, Nankai University, China; Prof. Li Na, from Xi’ dian University, China; Assoc. Prof. Zhengtian Fang, from University of Macau, China. They had outstanding research in Mechanical Automation and Electronic Information Engineering and other related area. The proceedings present a selection of high-quality papers submitted to the conference by researchers from universities, research institutes, and industry. All papers were subjected to peer-review by conference committee members and international reviewers. The papers were selected based on their quality and their relevance to the conference. The proceedings present recent advances in the fields of Mechanical, Force and Tactile Sensors, Industrial Tribology, Machine Vision, Algorithm and Data Structure and others related research. I would like to express special gratitude to members of the conference committee and organizers of the conference. I would also like to thank the reviewers for their valuable time and advice which helped in improving the quality of the papers selected for presentation at the conference and for publication in the proceedings. Finally, I want to thank the authors, the members of the organizing committee, the reviewers, the chairpersons, sponsors, and all other conference participants for their support of MAEIE 2021. The Committee of MAEIE 2021 List of Committee member are available in this pdf.

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The Third International Conference on Green Energy and Environment (The 3rd ICoGEE 2021) was organized by the Faculty of Engineering – Universitas Bangka Belitung together with some co-organized members such as the Faculty of Engineering – Universitas Tadulako, Faculty of Engineering – Universitas Bengkulu, Faculty of Engineering – Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji, Faculty of Technology and Science – Universitas Jambi, MIPAnet and Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB). We planned The 3rd ICoGEE 2021 to held on September 29th – 30th, 2021, in Pangkalpinang, Indonesia. However, the COVID-19 pandemic that is still engulfing various countries has hampered diverse gathering and traveling activities. Therefore, The 3rd ICoGEE 2021 has been held virtually using the Zoom Meeting platform. The 3rd ICoGEE 2021 is a scientific conference involving various disciplines that aims to create innovations related to the development of science and technology to protect energy and the environment. Another goal of ICoGEE is to build a collaborative network between government, practitioners, and academics to solve problems in the energy and environmental sectors. Thus, this year’s ICOGEEE carries the theme: “Innovation Science and Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development Green Energy and a Cleaner Environment.” Although held online, this conference was attended by about 150 researchers, engineers, and scientists from various institutions. There are more than 60 institutions from nine countries: Indonesia, India, Viet Nam, Japan, Spain, China, Malaysia, Thailand, and Cyprus, participating in The 3rd ICoGEE 2021. The conference consists of two parts: keynote presentation and oral presentation. There were 114 papers (after the review process) divided into three topics: Green Energy and Application, Environmental Science and Technology, and Energy and Environmental Management. During the oral presentation session, the participants were divided into academic groups according to the topic. We are very grateful because, in 2021, The 3rd ICoGEE has keynote speakers from different countries and institutions who are experts in energy and environmental aspects. Our great honor is that five experts gave excellent keynote speeches: Prof. Misri Gozan as Vice President of Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Associate Prof. Dr. Oki Muraza from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Prof Taufik from Cal. Poly. State University, Prof. Ocky Karna Radjasa as Deputy Chairman of Earth Sciences - LIPI, and Prof. Jatna Supriatna as Vice Chairman of the Belantara Foundation. Although The 3rd ICoGEE was held virtually, the conference can still achieve its primary purpose or benefit. All manuscripts published in the proceeding have been through a rigorous review to meet the requirement of high-quality papers. The committee wishes to acknowledge speakers and participants who attended this virtual conference. We are beyond glad as this pandemic situation, which has been going on for more than a year, would not let their spirit down to keep participating in this conference. Plenty of thanks are given to all persons who have helped and supported this conference. Warmest Regards, Chairman of Organizing Committee Herman Aldila Conference Committees are available in the pdf

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Dear colleagues We are glad to announce the release of the International conference «Advanced Technologies in Agriculture and Food Processing» proceedings (TAFP-2021)! The key directions of the conference covered the discussion of advanced achievements and touch upon the main aspects of the development agro-industrial complex and food industry. We did not postpone the event, which took place online (zoom) on June 10, 2021. Conference model: Plenary session with keynotes (40 minutes for each keynote speech) + participants’ presentations (20 minutes for each presentation). Our honorable speakers were: ✓ Frank Rögener, Professor, Technische Hochschule Köln | FH Köln · Institute of Plant and Process Engineering, Germany. The keynote presentation: “Filtration technology for beer and beer yeast”. ✓ Farida Nezhmetdinova, Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Law, Kazan State Agrarian University, Russia. The keynote presentation: “Global challenges for food security: risks and opportunities” Main conference (proceedings) subjects: mechanization and electrification; digitalization and automation; sustainable use of natural resources and environmental engineering; quality control and food safety; biotechnology in agriculture and food industry; food production technologies; veterinary medicine and innovative technologies in animal agriculture; forestry; economics and management; career guidance and development of human resources. The scientific committee of the conference included: Rafat Al Afif, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn., University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Tugba Aktar, Assistant Professor, Food Engineering Department, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, TURKEY Christoph Pfeifer, Professor, Head of the Institute for Chemical and Energy Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Ida de Michelis, Dr. Eng, Professor, University of L’Aquila, Italy Svetlana B. Zueva, Dr. eng., Research scientist, University of L’Aquila, Italy Lyudmila Medvedeva, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Department of Economics and Management, Volzhskiy Polytechnic Institute (branch) of Volgograd State Technical University, Russia Elena Mukhina, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor of the Department of Economic Security, Accounting and Finance, Kurgan State Agricultural Academy, Russia Alexey Kavtarashvili, Professor, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, All-Russian Research and Technological Institute of Poultry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Ivan Egorov, Head of the scientific direction - nutrition of agricultural birds, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, All-Russian Research and Technological Institute of Poultry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Olga Kostenko, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting and Finance, Vyatka State Agrotechnological University, Russia Farida Nezhmetdinova, Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Law, Kazan State Agrarian University, Russia Andrey Nikolaev, Doctor of Science, Department Chair of Food Production Equipment, Kazan National Research Technological University, Russia Irina Dokuchaeva, Ph.D. of Chemical Sciences, associate professor of Food Production Equipment Department, Kazan National Research Technological University, Russia We hope you find TAFP proceedings interesting. Enjoy reading! All the best Prof. Frank Rögener, Editor & TAFP organizing committee

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International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics, Teaching, and Research (ICSMTR) 2021 is the 4th ICSMTR and the biennial event organized by the Department of Statistics and the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Makassar. The conference provides a forum for discussion on improving the quality of research and publication by promoting cutting-edge methods of Statistics, Mathematics, Science, and Teaching. The conference program includes a keynote presentation, workshops, invited speakers, and parallel presentation sessions. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, this conference has been successfully held virtual and non-virtual (for presenters or participants from Makassar with health protocol of Covid-19) on 9-10 October 2021 at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UNM, Makassar Indonesia. The theme of this conference is “Optimizing Data Science to Reach Society 5.0 through High-Quality Research” with aims to increase collaboration between researchers from various universities and countries in the fields of Statistics, Mathematics, Science, and Teaching as well as to increase the number of researcher publications in journals or proceedings indexed by indexers with international reputations such as SCOPUS and Web of Science. We have 8 invited speakers and 84 presenters both from local and international presenters. The international presenters come from 10 countries namely Nigeria, Thailand, China, Taiwan, Australia, French, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The local presenters come from about 46 institutions/universities. The time spent delivering the talks by each invited speaker was 20-30 minutes following by a Question Answer (Q & A) Session for 30 minutes and 7- 10 minutes for each contribution talk. Around 280 participants attended the conference via zoom meeting. On behalf of the committee would like to deliver our highest appreciation to the Keynote Speaker, Rector of Universitas Negeri Makassar, Prof. Dr. H. Husain Syam, M. TP., IPU., ASEAN Eng. and all invited speakers who have been willing to spend their time to share their knowledge to all the participants of the 4th ICMSTR 2021. We would like thanks to sponsors and all the organizing committee for their hard work and effort in the accomplishment of this event. Finally, we would like also to thank the State University of Makassar, the Statistics higher education forum (FORSTAT), the Indonesian Statistics Association (ISI), and the Indonesian Mathematical Society (IndoMS) for their support. List of Steering Committee, International Scientific Committee, Committee, Executive Committee, Secretary, Treasurer, Reviewer, Administration Committee, Editing and Publication Committee, Program Committee, Logistic and Decoration Committee, Fund and Sponsorhip Committee are available in this pdf.

Genetic Improvement @ ICSE 2021

Following Dr. Stephanie Forrest of Arizona State University's keynote presentation there was a wide ranging discussion at the tenth international Genetic Improvement workshop, GI-2021 @ ICSE (held as part of the International Conference on Software Engineering on Sunday 30th May 2021). Topics included a growing range of target systems and appli- cations, algorithmic improvements, wide-ranging questions about how other elds (especially evolutionary computation) can inform advances in GI, and about how GI is 'branded' to other disciplines. We give a personal perspective on the workshop's proceedings, the discussions that took place, and resulting prospective directions for future research.

Overview Of The Canadian Clinician Investigator Trainees’ Research Presented At The 2020 CSCI-CITAC Joint Meeting

The 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Young Investigators’ Forum of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation / Société Canadienne de Recherches Clinique (CSCI/SCRC) and Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada/Association des Cliniciens-Chercheurs en Formation du Canada (CITAC/ACCFC) was the first meeting to be hosted virtually. The theme was “Navigating Uncertainty, Embracing Change and Empowering the Next Generation of Clinician-Scientists”, and the meeting featured lectures and workshops that were designed to provide knowledge and skills for professional development of clinician investigator trainees. The opening remarks were given by Jason Berman (President of CSCI/SCRC), Tina Marvasti (President of CITAC/ACCFC) and Nicola Jones (University of Toronto Clinician Investigator Program Symposium Chair). Dr. Michael Strong, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, delivered the keynote presentation titled “CIHR’s COVID-19 Response and Strategic Planning”. Dr. John Bell (University of Ottawa) received the CSCI Distinguished Scientist Award, Dr. Stanley Nattel (Université de Montréal) received the CSCI-RCPSC Henry Friesen Award (RCPSC; Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) and Dr. Meghan Azad (University of Manitoba) received the CSCI Joe Doupe Young Investigator Award. Each scientist delivered talks on their award-winning research. The interactive workshops were “Developing Strategies to Maintain Wellness”, “Understanding the Hidden Curriculum: Power and Privilege in Science and Medicine”, “Hiring a Clinician Scientist Trainee: What Leaders Are Looking For” and “COVID-19: A Case Study for Pivoting Your Research”. The AGM included presentations from clinician investigator trainees nationwide. Over 70 abstracts were showcased, most are summarized in this review, and six were selected for oral presentations.