Conference: 3rd US - Africa Conference Nanotechnology Convergence for Sustainable Energy, Environment, Climate Change and Health

会议：第三届美国-非洲会议纳米技术融合促进可持续能源、环境、气候变化和健康

• 批准号: 2309183
• 负责人: Ahmed El-Gendy
• 金额: $ 12万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2309183&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; 3rd; US; Africa; Nanotechnology

Following the success of the first and second US-Africa conferences, which were in-person 2019 and virtual 2022, convening a third US-North Africa conference in-person in Egypt 2023 will result in solidifying established connections. This conference will further stimulate international collaboration, and contribute to advancing US-STEM science, Technology, Engineering, and Math graduate education, training, and research. The overarching goal of this conference is to bring scientists and engineers including undergraduate, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty together from the United States and North Africa countries to encourage future collaborations through this conference focused on nanotechnology convergence for sustainable energy, environment, climate change and health. During the conference, state-of-the-art research, recent achievements, and global trends in nanotechnology will be presented to promote cross-disciplinary interactions that can spur the development of this exciting research field. The conference will stimulate engaged group discussions among diverse participants including students, postdocs, and early career faculty to create new ideas that serve applications in energy, health, and environment in both countries. This will include convergence of researchers from many countries in North Africa including Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Angola, Ghana, and others who will meet and build collaboration channels with researchers and scientists from USA. The conference will be held on August 6-11, 2023, in Cairo, Egypt. The hotel venue will be determined in the next few months; the first suggestions include Grand Nile Tower Hotel, or, Tolip Algalaa Hotel, or, Hotel of Electronic research center, Cairo, EgyptThis US-North Africa conference will stimulate and encourage international research collaborations which will advance science and promote diversity. This will be achieved by the increase in diversity, equity, and inclusion, generated by fostering these connections, which will subsequently improve STEM fields. A significant number of US- students, young and senior scientists including those from under-represented groups in STEM will be supported to participate in this conference. This will include researchers from many countries in North Africa including Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Angola, Ghana, and others who will meet and build collaboration channels with researchers and scientists from USA. The conference will be held on August 6-11, 2023, in Cairo, Egypt. The conference will stimulate engaged group discussions with diverse participants including students, postdocs, and early career faculty to create innovative ideas that serve applications in energy, health, and the environment. The conference will encourage communication and dialogue between North African and US researchers which can address complex and critical challenges facing our society. To address research convergence, the PIs will invite researchers from different fields within nano, including theoretical and modeling, education, societal impacts, economic analyses, applications, sustainability, and others, to participate in the Scientific Organizing Committee. Members of this committee will be tasked with recruiting attendees through their societies and networks. The PIs’ instructive approach will immerse young scientists in a learning intensive environment with established investigators. The conference will advance research via international increasing collaborations with diverse and interdisciplinary collaborators. The conference will provide new ideas to improve and revolutionize many technology and industry sectors in USA such as quantum information technology, nanomedicine for cancer therapy and diagnosis, energy harvesting, climate change and environmental science. The agenda of the conference will include opening talks followed by keynote presentations and breakout sessions for energy, health, climate change and environment. Students will present their current research in poster sessions as well as short talks. There will be daily open discussions among attendees through short group meetings that includes students, postdocs, and keynote speakers. The PIs anticipate a successful conference which will contribute to the advancement of convergence research and education in the USA and African countries using nanotechnology as a convergence platform and a transdisciplinary perspective that integrates fundamental science, engineering, and medical applications to address global challenges in sustainable energy, environment, and health. The event is also expected to serve as a catalyst to facilitate research collaborations and broader networking among participants and their home institutionsThis award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在2019年面对面的第一次和第二次美国非洲会议的成功之后，在2023年在埃及举行的第三届美国北非洲会议召集了第三届美国北非洲会议，将巩固既定的联系。这次会议将进一步刺激国际合作，并有助于推进美国的科学，技术，工程以及数学研究生教育，培训和研究。这次会议的总体目标是将科学家和工程师带到包括本科生，研究生，博士后研究员以及来自美国和北非国家的教职员工一起通过这次会议，以纳米技术融合的可持续能源，环境，气候变化和健康来鼓励未来的合作。在会议期间，将提出最先进的研究，最新成就和纳米技术的全球趋势，以促进跨学科互动，这可能刺激这一令人兴奋的研究领域的发展。该会议将刺激包括学生，博士后和早期职业教师在内的不同参与者之间的参与小组讨论，以创建新的想法，以在两国的能源，健康和环境中为应用。这将包括来自北非许多国家的研究人员的融合，包括埃及，突尼斯，阿尔及利亚，摩洛哥，安哥拉，加纳，以及其他将与美国的研究人员和科学家会面并建立合作渠道的人。会议将于2023年8月6日至11日在埃及开罗举行。酒店场地将在接下来的几个月内确定；第一个建议包括大尼罗河塔酒店，或托利普·阿尔加拉（Tolip Algalaa）酒店，或埃及的美国北非洲开罗电子研究中心酒店，将刺激和鼓励国际研究合作，以推动科学并促进多样性。这将通过促进这些连接而产生的多样性，公平性和包容性的增加来实现，这随后将改善茎场。许多美国学生，年轻和高级科学家包括STEM中代表性不足的群体的年轻人和高级科学家参加本次会议。这将包括来自北非许多国家的研究人员，包括埃及，突尼斯，阿尔及利亚，摩洛哥，安哥拉，加纳以及其他将与美国的研究人员和科学家会面并建立合作渠道的其他人。会议将于2023年8月6日至11日在埃及开罗举行。该会议将激发与包括学生，博士后和早期职业教师在内的不同参与者的参与小组讨论，以创建为能源，健康和环境中应用的创新思想。该会议将鼓励北非和美国研究人员之间的沟通和对话，这可以应对我们社会面临的复杂而关键的挑战。为了解决研究融合，PIS将邀请NANO不同领域的研究人员，包括理论和建模，教育，社会影响，经济分析，应用，可持续性等，参加科学组织委员会。该委员会的成员将负责通过其社会和网络招募与会者。 PIS的启发性方法将使年轻的科学家与既定的研究人员一起学习密集的环境。该会议将通过与潜水员和跨学科合作者的国际合作提高研究。该会议将提供新的想法，以改善和彻底改变美国许多技术和行业，例如量子信息技术，用于癌症治疗和诊断，能源收获，气候变化和环境科学的纳米医学。会议的Agerda将包括开幕式演讲，然后进行主题演讲和精力，健康，气候变化和环境的突破性会议。学生将在海报会议和简短的谈判中介绍他们当前的研究。与会者之间的简短小组会议将每天进行公开讨论，包括学生，博士后和主题演讲者。 PI预计，将成功的会议将有助于使用纳米技术作为融合平台和跨学科观点的融合研究和教育的发展，从而整合基础科学，工程和医学应用，以解决可持续能源，环境和健康方面的全球挑战。预计活动还将作为催化剂，以促进参与者及其内部机构之间的研究合作和更广泛的网络，该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为是通过评估来获得的支持。