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Source of Abstracts:

• Here is a short list of the countries that are expected to be represented: Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Iraq, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Palestine, Pakistan, Panama, Singapore, Spain, UK, and USA.
• Abstracts were received from California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina and the District of Colombia.

Economic Development
Led by Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research

• Building alternative future scenarios of development and science and technology innovation clusters for a Mexican region
• Vision and strategy for scientific research in Morocco
• The National Education and Research (NERN): Broadband Backbone Network: Palestinian Universities and Educational Institutes Future Connectivity with the Next Generation Internet through the International Euro-Mediterranean (EUMEDCONNECT) Network Link.
• Increasing living standards and emerging market economics

Environmental Sustainability

• Environmental Sustainability – The MDG7 Goal and Insights From Uganda
• Renewable energy sources for environmental sustainability - hydrogen energy technologies
• Effect of non-point source runoff and urban sewage on the Yaque del Norte River, Dominican Republic
• The Mexican effort to introduce bioassays as a tool to ensure environmental sustainability
• Making Science Matter; Listening to the People and Talking to Decision-makers
• A First Step in Making Science Count: A Model for Identifying Science Publics
• Mixed plantations: an Economic and Sustainable Forestry Productive Model. Study case of common walnut in Chile
• World Food
• Sustainability From Campus to Community: Taking it to the Streets
• Understanding the Mechanisms behind Plant Invasiveness Should Guide Sustainable Control Practice: A Case Study using Invasive Goldenrod

Health / Medicine
Led by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Evidence on effectiveness of community-wide education to increase the use of supplements containing folic acid by women of childbearing age: A systematic review
• Renal protection in diabetes mellitus: Is it effected by sustained glucose control or by the inhibition of renin-angiotensin pathway?
• The cost effectiveness of reducing neural tube birth defects through folic acid fortification.
• Health Status in Iraq
• Health Care in Bulgaria
• Predictors of Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Hispanic and African American Women in the United States
• Challenges of HIV/AIDS as Experienced by Nursing Students Serving in Nairobi, Kenya

Teachers and Education
Led by the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program

• Minimizing gender differences in chemistry achievement
• E-learning for developing countries
• Education for Sustainability: Willing to walk the talk?

Forensic Science and International Human Rights
Led by the Nebraska Institute of Forensic Science

• Forensic Science & the UN Millennium Development Goals
• Entomomogy in Abuse and Crime Scene Discovery
• Forensics and Human Rights
• Elder Abuse: Interface with Public Health and Forensic Science
• The Interface of Child Abuse, Public Health and Forensic Science
• Entomomogy in Abuse and Crime Scene Discovery
• Terrorism and Assassination
• Depravity
• Palynology

Workshop: Marine Conservation
Led by the George Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability

• Sustaining the World's Marine Ecosystems: The Case of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem
• Mexican Effort using Bioassays as a Tool to Ensure Environmental Sustainability in Coral Reef Ecosystems
• Conceptual Models of Marine Ecosystems: Prelude to Precautionary Management Strategies
• Mediterranean Sea: Conservation and Management of Living Deep-sea Resources
• Deep-water Coral and Chaemosynthetic Communities - Application of Research Results in the Development of Protective Measures in the Gulf of Mexico
• Big Picture: Ocean in crisis and Goals for Conservation and Management
• Seamounts and Deep-Sea Coral Reef Ecosystems: Science and Management Seamounts and Deep-Sea Coral Reef Ecosystems  

Topics for Roundtable discussions

• Fulbright stories - Understanding the impact of Fulbright on science and engineering
• How to screw-up - Comparing courts cross-culturally
• Medicine around the world

Click on the Play button (at the left) to see a quick-time video of the Panama Canal Locks in action. (We will visit the Canal during the conference)

Abstracts:  We are accepting abstracts from individuals who would like to participate in the conference - the poster session, the panels, and the round-table discussions.

The theme of the conference is how science and technology can be applied to the UN Millennium Development Goals. Please recall that “science” includes social science and related disciplines, such as political science, psychology, public administration, business management, law etc.

Ideally, your abstract should relate to one (or more) of the Millennium Development Goals

• Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
• Improve maternal health
• Promote gender equality & empower women
• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria & other diseases
• Achieve universal primary education
• Ensure environmental sustainability
• Reduce child mortality
• Develop a global partnership for development

Additional information at www.UN.org/millenniumgoals/

Program design: The poster session will be similar to sessions held at scientific conferences. Panels are 90 minutes, with 4 presentations.  Round-table discussions are organized, yet informal, discussions that occur during meals.  Detailed guidelines will be available to those whose abstracts are accepted.