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2019 RASA Corrected FINAL 2019 RASA-America annual conference November 8-10, Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina Marisco Hall, UNC Chapel Hill, NC City Hall Research Triangle Sponsors: NOTES _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Russian-American Science Association Coordination Committee Alexander V. Kabanov, PhD, Dr.Sc. President University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Elena N. Atochina-Vasserman, MD, PhD Vice-President University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Tatiana Bronich, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE Sergey Chasovskikh, MD, PhD Esteemed colleagues, and dear friends! Georgetown University Washington, DC On November 8-10, 2019, we will hold our 10th Annual Conference of the Igor R. Efimov, PhD George Washington University Russian-American Science Association (RASA-America). The conference Washington, DC will be at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. This year the Valery V. Fokin, PhD Conference is organized in collaboration with Pleiades Publishing group and University of Southern California th Los Angeles, CA dedicated to the 150 anniversary of the Periodic Table of the Elements by Vadim N. Gladyshev, PhD Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev. Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School In keeping with our tradition, this Conference will be a platform for meetings Boston, MA Karina Kardenas, PhD and exchanges of views for scientists, scientific administrators, innovators and National Cancer Institute entrepreneurs. The conference aims to provide scientific reports in various National Institutes of Health scientific fields of leading scientists - representatives of scientific diaspora Bethesda, MD from Russia and other former Soviet Union countries. This year we are going Yakov M. Korkhin, PhD, JD SciTech Legal PC to discuss many important issues of scientific life, including participation of Boston, MA the diaspora in strengthening the ecosystem of scientific publications in Vladimir D. Shiltsev, PhD Russia and other former Soviet Union countries, as well as the mechanisms of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Batavia, IL world-wide dissemination of information about the scientific achievements of Konstantin Sonin, PhD scientists of these countries. University of Chicago Chicago, IL The purpose of our Association is to preserve, strengthen and develop a single Tatiana Tatarinova, PhD intellectual and cultural space of the Russian-speaking scientific community. University of La Verne La Verne, CA The Association brings together researchers, teachers, graduate students, Lyuba Varticovski, MD students and other scientific and technical fields at universities and National Institutes of Health companies, as well as innovators and entrepreneurs in the fields of high Bethesda, MD technology from Russia and other former Soviet Union countries, working or Nikolay V. Vasilyev, MD Boston Children’s Hospital studying abroad, regardless of their nationality, religion, political views and Harvard Medical School economic interests. Boston, MA Vladimir L. Zelman, MD, PhD With kind regards University of South California Los Angeles, CA * All members of the coordinating committee participate in their individual capacity and do not represent their affiliated organizations Prof. Alexander Kabanov President RASA-America [email protected] Russian-American Science Association Coordination Committee Alexander V. Kabanov, PhD, Dr.Sc. President University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Elena N. Atochina-Vasserman, MD, PhD Vice-President University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Tatiana Bronich, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE Уважаемые коллеги, дорогие друзья! Sergey Chasovskikh, MD, PhD Georgetown University Washington, DC 8-10 ноября 2019 года состоится X Ежегодная Конференция Russian Igor R. Efimov, PhD American Science Association (RASA-America). Конференция будет George Washington University проходить в University of North Carolina в Чапел Хилл. В этом году Washington, DC Конференция организована в сотрудничестве c издательством Pleiades Valery V. Fokin, PhD Publishing и посвящена 150-й годовщине Периодической системы University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA элементов Дмитрия Ивановича Менделеева. Vadim N. Gladyshev, PhD По традиции Конференция станет площадкой для встреч и обмена Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School мнениями ученых, администраторов науки, новаторов и Boston, MA предпринимателей. На Конференции запланированы научные доклады Karina Kardenas, PhD ведущих ученых – представителей научной диаспоры России и других National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health стран бывшего Советского Союза в самых разных областях науки. В Bethesda, MD этом году нам предстоит обсуждение многих важных вопросов научной Yakov M. Korkhin, PhD, JD жизни, включая участие диаспоры в укреплении экосистемы научных SciTech Legal PC Boston, MA публикации в России и других странах бывшего Советского Союза и Vladimir D. Shiltsev, PhD распространении информации о научныых достижениях ученых этих Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory стран в мире. Batavia, IL Konstantin Sonin, PhD Целью нашей ассоциации является сохранение, укрепление и развитие University of Chicago единого интеллектуального и культурного пространства Chicago, IL русскоговорящего научного сообщества. Ассоциация объединяет Tatiana Tatarinova, PhD University of La Verne исследователей, преподавателей, аспирантов, студентов и других La Verne, CA научных и научно-технических работников в университетах и Lyuba Varticovski, MD компаниях, а также новаторов и предпринимателей в области высоких National Institutes of Health технологий из стран бывшего Советского Союза, работающих или Bethesda, MD обучающихся за пределами Российской Федерации, вне зависимости от Nikolay V. Vasilyev, MD Boston Children’s Hospital их национальности, вероисповедания, политических взглядов и Harvard Medical School экономических интересов. Boston, MA Vladimir L. Zelman, MD, PhD С уважением, University of South California Los Angeles, CA * All members of the coordinating committee Проф. Александр Кабанов participate in their individual capacity and do Президент RASA-America not represent their affiliated organizations [email protected] 10th RASA-America Conference Program November 8-10, 2019 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Working language Russian (most lectures) and English, Saturday and Sunday Live Streaming (see instructions) Friday, November 8, 2019 – Marsico Hall #6004, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 RSVP REQUIRED BY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4th to: [email protected] or [email protected] 12:00 – 16:00 RASA Membership and meeting registrations 13:00 – 14:00 Russian History and Sociology (Chair – Sergey Chasovskikh (Georgetown University) Marina Litavrina (Professor, Moscow State U), “Rendezvous with Russian emigrant. Reflecting on personal experience.” (Video Recorded) Sergey Chasovskikh (Georgetown University) “Eight minutes with Academician Roald Sagdeev” (fragment of interview recorded).” 14:00 – 16:00 RASA – Pleiades Meeting and Group Discussion on Science Publications (Chairs - Alexander Shustorovich, Chairman, Pleiades Publishing Group, and Alexander Kabanov, President RASA-America) Alexander Kabanov (Professor, U of North Carolina), Nikolai Avanesov (Pleiades Publishing Group) “International journal «Review Journal of Chemistry» / “Chemistry and Materials” Alexander Shustorovich / Nikolai Avanesov (Pleiades Publishing Group) “Science publishing ecosystem: path forward” Alexandra Borissova (AKSON) “How to make journals more appealing and papers more visible” 16:00 – 17:00 RASA Coordinating committee meeting Saturday, November 9, 2019 – Marsico Hall #4004, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 REGISTER BY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4th at: [email protected] or [email protected] 09:00 – 12:00 RASA Membership and meeting registrations
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