Meetings

Land and Water Revisited, a look back at a 1962 movie on the ecological impact of people in the Teotihuacan Valley outside of Mexico City, will live stream on July 24 at 7 p.m. on YouTube Live from the State Theater. The film will be introduced by the producers and followed by a livestreamed 45 minute question and answer session with collaborators and families from the original film.

Environmental scientists, educators and policy makers will be gathering online August 3-6, 2020, for the 105th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Ecologists from around the world attend the annual conference, which is expected to host over 3,000 presentations this year.

The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) and the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) present a free webinar on the science and potential health benefits of fermented foods. From leading scientists in the field, participants will learn the scientific language to describe their fermented foods and how particular microbes help create a wide range of foods, from plant-based to dairy-based.

The new German-Canadian lab HIBALL aims to create a microscopic 3D map of functional neuroanatomy at the cellular level with the help of high-performance computing and artificial intelligence. The lab will be officially kicked off this Friday with a virtual satellite event at the annual Organisation of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) conference.

Rochester Institute of Technology is launching an online speaker series that will feature international pioneers in the advancement of photonics for quantum devices. The Virtual Photonics for Quantum Workshop begins June 23 and will feature new invited talks each weekday at 1 p.m. through Aug. 7.

The London International Development Centre (LIDC) Research Webinar series spotlights exciting research and initiatives taking place in international development. The LIDC is a consortium of seven University of London institutions. We facilitate interdisciplinary research, events and training in international development. Membership is free for students, staff and alumni from our member institutions. Find more information on our website: lidc.ac.uk In this webinar, we explore the extent and impact of racism in global development.

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) annual meeting showcases global advances in stem cell research and regenerative medicine that are transforming the scientific landscape and leading to new advances in the treatment of devastating diseases.

The ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2020 will be held as a virtual meeting, on 1-4 July.

ISSCR 2020 Virtual, the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), will feature more than 300 presentations on research areas including clinical innovation and gene editing, stem cells and aging, organogenesis, and machine learning and new computational approaches to research.

Online Sciathon 2020 from 19 - 21 June - sciathon.org. 48 virtual group projects work on current scientific topics. Under the patronage of Nobel Laureates Blackburn, Fischer and Schmidt. Updates about the competition via Social Media: #Sciathon. Access for journalists - Accreditation.

BIO Integration (BIOI) Virtual Conference Series 2020 We are pleased to announce details of the BIO Integration (BIOI) virtual conference series 2020. Online webinars supported by live question and answer sessions will be held between June and September 2020 covering topics of interest to the BIO Integration community. Registration is free to all and is a requirement to view the event. Conference URL: https://online.bizconfstreaming.cn/watch/rm2y1elo

Join Dr Vinay Prasad as he discusses 'the good, the bad and the ugly' in clinical research; what we can learn and what we can improve. He'll also explore the similarities and differences between the UK and USA systems, and consider the lessons learnt so far during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The leading Asia-Pacific biotech specialist CRO Novotech is again collaborating with the prestigious biotech and pharma news platform Endpoints News. This webinar focusses on the reasons why the Asia-Pacific is attracting 60% of ongoing and planned hepatology trials globally (source GlobalData).

As part of its commitment to its 10,000 members, the Society for Industrial and Organization Psychology shifted this year's annual conference to a virtual format. In a few short months, the SIOP 2020 Virtual Conference, a comprehensive, online conference featuring almost 500 sessions, was built for more than 2,000 registrants, providing an opportunity for attendees to explore the future of work and the role I-O psychology can play in meeting workplace challenges today and beyond.

New insights on a host of factors impacting medication use for older adults will anchor a special research presentation hosted by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) on June 24 from 3-4pm ET. Originally scheduled as part of the AGS 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting canceled due to COVID-19, data presentations from the three top studies comprising the meeting's prestigious Plenary Paper Session will instead be delivered during a virtual conference session.

From June 21 to June 26, the International Summer School-Conference 'Advanced Problems in Mechanics' (APM-online) will be held online. The conference is organized by the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics of SPbPU together with the Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPME RAS) with the support of the Russian Academy of Sciences and GazpromNeft STC.

The American Academy of Dermatology presents the Virtual Meeting Experience (VMX) 2020, a dynamic educational experience in a virtual setting, Friday, June 12 - Sunday, June 14, 2020.

International NASH Day is a global awareness initiative of the Global Liver Institute endorsed by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the European Association for the Study of Liver Diseases that draws attention to the fight against nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Today GLI hosts 6 virtual panels featuring clinical, research, and patient experts worldwide to discuss cross-disciplinary solutions to prevent, identify, treat, and improve NASH patients' lives. For information/to register visit www.international-nash-day.com.

As part of its weekly Summer COVID-19 Education Series, the American College of Cardiology is hosting a panel session on health care disparities and COVID-19 care.

The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Management of Data (ACM SIGMOD), together with PODS, the premier international conference on the theoretical aspects of database systems, will host the 2020 ACM SIGMOD/PODS conference from June 14-June 19, 2020. The conference will be held virtually, with all the sessions available online.

City of Hope scientists will showcase research at the AACR Virtual Annual Meeting II that could one day lead to real-time diagnostic imaging and leading-edge genomic profiling that improve health outcomes for cancer patients, and much more.

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced that TVT Connect will feature eight studies as Late-Breaking Clinical Science. They will be presented during episodes moderated by the editors of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions and JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. Each late-breaking science episode will host a live wrap-up and Q&A session afterwards.

More than 1,000 people are expected to participate in a virtual conference on advancing entrepreneurship in higher education, from supporting current and future entrepreneurs to how entrepreneurial thinking can benefit the field.

The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), the world's leading authority on risk sciences and its applications, is hosting a webinar on Thursday, June 11 at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the latest research on aerosol transmission of COVID-19.

Spectroscopic sensing by laser techniques, new sensing approaches to spectroscopic and material-based gas sensors, images of a black hole and design strategies for sensor array cameras will be the themes of plenary talks at the all-virtual collocated 2020 OSA Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress, and 2020 OSA Imaging and Applied Optics Congress to be held June 22 - 26.