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CITRIS Health Innovation Intensive 2024

Our inaugural cohort of eight German participants attended the CITRIS and the Banatao Institute‘s Health Innovation Intensive in the Bay Area to learn all about cutting-edge health, tech and innovation. From Monday, March 4 to Friday, March 8, they visited the University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Merced, and University of California, Davis to take part in discussions and panels on topics ranging from assistive tech, nutrition, AI, robotics, and community health.

Research Security

National Academies Roundtable

DWIH San Francisco was delighted to attend the twelfth meeting of the National Academies’ National Science, Technology, and Security Roundtable on January 23, 2024 at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. This Roundtable featured an opportunity to engage with members of government and the academic, law enforcement, and national security communities.

Science Slam

Berlin Science Week 2023

DWIH San Francisco was delighted to support our Falling Walls Lab San Francisco winner, Teena Bajaj, from November 7-9th, 2023 at the Berlin Science Week! The week, coinciding with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, celebrates new “walls” that fall in relation to advancements in scientific discovery, knowledge, and cutting-edge innovation.

Transatlantic Partnership

UCSF-CAU Advances in Artificial Intelligence & Novel Imaging Methods

On October 5th, DWIH San Francisco was delighted to support an international conference that convened researchers from UCSF Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany (CAU); and UCSF’s Hyperpolarized MRI Technology Resource Center (HMTRC). Participants heard from imaging experts on the latest advances in artificial intelligence and novel imaging methods.

Science Diplomacy

Science Communication – Changes in the Relationship between Science and Society

Open access, integrity in research, and best practices for communication were among the array of topics explored at the Symposium on Science Communication, which took place on Friday, September 15th at the University of California, Berkeley. Moderated by Julia Schaletzky, Executive Director of the Harry Wheeler Center for Emerging & Neglected Diseases (CEND) at UC Berkeley, the symposium began with a keynote by Nobel laureate Randy Schekman (Medicine, 2013). Consul General Oliver Schramm also greeted attendees, highlighting the importance of science communication for the development of our society.

Transatlantic Cooperation

New Partnership Between DWIH San Francisco and BSI

The DWIH San Francisco is delighted to announce that the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), an agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), has joined our network of supporters. We held a ceremony on Friday, September 8th at the residence of the German Consul General Oliver Schramm to mark the start of many fruitful years of cooperation in the Bay Area.

Academic Conference

DWIH SF @ American Chemical Society

Last week, DWIH San Francisco had a shared stand with the German Research Foundation (DFG) and participated at the 2023 American Chemical Society Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Nearly 15,000 people from all over the world registered for the conference.

DWIH

Successful DWIH Network Day in Bavaria: International Cooperation in Focus

Munich, June 22, 2023 – The DWIH Network Day took place in Munich based on the joint initiative of the Bavarian University Center for Latin America (BAYLAT) and the central office of the German Centers for Research and Innovation (DWIH) in the DAAD.

University Partnerships

DWIH San Francisco in University World News

We are delighted to see the partnership among Lehigh University, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, and University Alliance Ruhr get off the ground! Earlier in the year, we held an event on promoting best practices for fostering entrepreneurship within the university ecosystem.