Meetings

On 24 October 2025 at SBSTTA-27 in Panama City, CO-OP4CBD together with Biodiversa+ co-hosted a side event highlighting the vital role of knowledge holders in strengthening the science–policy interface for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The session showcased capacity-building initiatives and presented a preview of a jointly developed UN CBD Guide.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings co-hosted "The Nobel Heroes Forum: Shaping Science and Future" today (12 January 2026), convening six Nobel laureates for thought-provoking discussions on how fundamental research drives progress in science, technology, health, and the global economy. Held at the Grand Hall of the Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre on the Centennial Campus, the forum drew an audience of over 800 participants, fostering interdisciplinary exchange among some of the world’s most distinguished scientific minds.

“End-of-life experiences” is the theme of the 2026 edition of the “Behind and Beyond the Brain” Symposium, promoted by the Bial Foundation, which will take place from April 8 to 11 at Casa do Médico, in Porto, Portugal, and for which registrations are now open. The symposium aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue between different approaches — scientific, philosophical, and cultural — to explore what is scientifically known about the biological processes that occur when life ends, how different cultures interpret death, and whether the experience of death can alter our understanding of reality.

The American College of Medial Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) announced today that press registration is now open for the  2026 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, taking place in Baltimore, Maryland on March 10-14, 2026. Join us “Where Genetics Meets Innovation” and experience first-hand the transformation of clinical genetics, from primarily a diagnostic field to one increasingly driven by treatment and precision therapeutics.

Carnegie's Luke Bouma presented exciting new research at the American Astronomical Society meeting revealing how large clumps of cool plasma that are trapped in an M dwarf star's magnetosphere can be used as a "space weather station" to better understand the ways that particles from stars contribute to planetary conditions.

To explore the development and societal implementation of green transformation (GX) technologies for realizing a sustainable carbon-neutral society and fostering collaborative R&D, the Science Tokyo GXI and GX Frontier Visionary Initiative (GX-VI) organizes the Global Workshop for the GX key areas of decarbonization, energy systems, energy carriers, alternative fuels, and energy storage joining with MITEI (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative), EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute), and DLR (German Aerospace Center).

 

The 2026 MRS International Risk Conference will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from July 17 to 19, 2026. Hosted by the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii and jointly organized by China Finance Review International (CFRI) and the Modern Risk Society (MRS), the conference invites submissions from scholars worldwide on a broad range of topics related to risk and capital markets. Under the theme “AI in an Uncertain World,” the conference aims to advance research on global financial risk management with a particular focus on modern and emerging risks. Selected papers presented at the conference will be considered for a special issue of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. The conference will feature a keynote address by Professor Torben G. Andersen of Northwestern University and will present multiple research excellence awards. The submission deadline for conference papers is February 10, 2026 (Eastern Time).

By combining observations from powerful telescopes in opposite hemispheres with state-of-the-art spectrographs, a Georgia State University astronomy graduate student has produced a landmark survey of nearby stars, identifying promising targets in the search for planets that could support life. The new research was featured at a press conference during the American Astronomical Society’s annual meeting.