2026 GARD Forum, March 26-27, 2026, Virtual Location

 

TENTATIVE ACTIVITIES AND SESSIONS:

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1. Innovation Challenge - Luna, Alexandra, and Adel (US)

 

2. COIL-like sessions for students across countries: Daya & Zeeshan (India), Vangie & Annalie (US),  Kathy & Kim (Philippines), Giovanna (Croatia)

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3. Short Courses

• Introduction to Nanotechnology-enabled Biosensors - Vangie (US)

• Technology Readiness Level Assessment - Vangie (US) 

• Infrographic Tools - Jane (US)

• Design Thinking - Zeeshan (India)

• AI-based tools - Jane & Annalie (US), Giovanna (Croatia)

• Professional Branding and Storytelling - Vangie (US)

• Developing an Innovation and Entrepreneurial Mindset - Vangie (US), Kathy (Philippines)

• Overview: From Ideas to Commercialization - Vangie (US)

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3. Technical Sessions:

• Antimicrobial Resistance - Mwangala (Namibia), Kathy (Philippines)

• Aquaculture - Giovanna (Croatia), Geraldine (Philippines)

• One Health - Qing (US)

• Pharmaceutical Pollution - Asha (Sri Lanka)

• Infographic-based Technical Topics

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4. WISER Session - Vangie; Ruth (Guinea-Bissau) will help compile the stories

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5. Mentoring Sessions - Vangie; Ladees (Canada) will help organize the sessions

• Writing Successful Proposals

• Writing Technical Papers

• Defining Research Problems

• Focus: Career-Life Balance

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6. Communities - 

• Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Scholars (Ruth and Mwangala)

• Borlaug Fellows

• Mandela Washington Fellows (Ruth)

• Humphrey Fellows

• Alliance for African Partnership Fellows

• Global TB

• Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

• Global Pandemic Preparedness

• Transboundary Emerging and Animal Diseases (TEAD)

• Aquaculture

• Bacteremia/Sepsis

• Food Safety and Security

• Plant Diseases

• Animal Diseases

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