/desautels/taxonomy/term/2252/all en /desautels/mcche/events/webinar-series/precision-convergence-webinar-series <p>The <strong>Precision Convergence Webinar Series</strong> is co-hosted by <b>The Â鶹ԼÅÄ Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) </b>at Â鶹ԼÅÄ and <b><a href="http://psc.edu/" target="_blank">The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center</a>, </b>a joint computational research center between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.</p> Thu, 27 May 2021 13:32:22 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 80831 at /desautels /desautels/mcche/events/webinar-series/brain-society <p>Obesity and chronic disease prevention has a place on the agenda of governments and other stakeholders at local, national and global levels. However, as comprehensive as they may be, traditional governmental policies and programs alone cannot reach the scale, scope and speed of changes needed to reverse current obesity and chronic diseases trends.</p> Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:43:49 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 68408 at /desautels /desautels/mcche/events/webinar-series/convergent-innovation-food-program <p>The <b>Convergent Innovation Webinar Series</b> features cutting edge science, technology and innovation in agriculture, food, environment, education, medicine and other domains of everyday life where grand challenges lie at the convergence of health and economics. Powered by data science, artificial intelligence, and other digital technologies, this disciplinary knowledge bridges with behavioural, humanities, business, economic, social, engineering, and complexity sciences to accelerate real-world solution at scale, be it in digital or physical contexts.</p> Thu, 05 Jan 2017 17:29:23 +0000 lisa.walker@mcgill.ca 66868 at /desautels /desautels/mcche/events/webinar-series <h2>Special Events</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/desautels/mcche/events/webinar-series/special-events-and-webinars">Food Convergence Innovation: FCI High-Level Roundtable at the United Nations 2021 Food Systems Summit (September 24, 2021)</a><br />  </li> </ul> <hr /> <h2>Webinar Series</h2> <p><img alt="Precision Convergence Webinar Series" title="Precision Convergence Webinar Series" height="300" width="300" style="width: 160px; height: 160px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; float: left;" class="file-original lt" src="/desautels/files/desautels/mcche-precision_convergence-300x300.jpg" /></p> <h3><a href="/desautels/mcche/events/webinar-series/precision-convergence-webinar-series">Precision Convergence Webinar Series</a></h3> <h4>Inventing a Precision Science for a World Reset on Convergence Economy</h4> <p>Co-chaired by: Professor <strong><a href="/desautels/laurette-dube" target="_blank">Laurette Dubé</a></strong>, Scientific Director & Founding Chair of MCCHE and <strong><a href="https://www.psc.edu/brown/" target="_blank">Shawn Brown</a></strong>, Vice Chancellor for Research Computing and the Director of Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center at the Carnegie Mellon University/University of Pittsburgh</p> <p> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:47:53 +0000 cameron.mcrae2@mcgill.ca 6430 at /desautels