Conference: 3rd US - Africa Conference Nanotechnology Convergence for Sustainable Energy, Environment, Climate Change and Health

继第一次和第二次美国-非洲会议（2019年面对面会议和虚拟2022年会议）取得成功后，2023年在埃及召开第三次美国-北非会议将巩固已建立的联系。本次会议将进一步促进国际合作，并有助于推进US-STEM科学，技术，工程和数学研究生教育，培训和研究。本次会议的总体目标是把科学家和工程师，包括本科生，研究生，博士后研究员和教师从美国和北非国家一起鼓励未来的合作，通过这次会议的重点是纳米技术融合可持续能源，环境，气候变化和健康。在会议期间，最先进的研究，最新的成就和纳米技术的全球趋势将被提出，以促进跨学科的相互作用，可以刺激这个令人兴奋的研究领域的发展。会议将激发包括学生，博士后和早期职业教师在内的不同参与者之间的参与小组讨论，以创造新的想法，为两国的能源，健康和环境应用服务。这将包括来自北非许多国家的研究人员，包括埃及，突尼斯，阿尔及利亚，摩洛哥，安哥拉，加纳和其他人，他们将与美国的研究人员和科学家会面并建立合作渠道。会议将于2023年8月6日至11日在埃及开罗举行。酒店地点将在未来几个月内确定;第一批建议包括大尼罗河塔酒店，或Tolip Algalaa酒店，或电子研究中心酒店，开罗这次美国-北非会议将刺激和鼓励国际研究合作，这将促进科学和促进多样性。这将通过促进这些联系所产生的多样性，公平性和包容性的增加来实现，从而改善STEM领域。大量的美国学生，年轻和资深科学家，包括那些来自STEM代表性不足的群体的科学家，将得到支持参加这次会议。 这将包括来自北非许多国家的研究人员，包括埃及、突尼斯、阿尔及利亚、摩洛哥、安哥拉、加纳和其他国家，他们将与美国的研究人员和科学家会面并建立合作渠道。会议将于2023年8月6日至11日在埃及开罗举行。会议将激发参与小组讨论与不同的参与者，包括学生，博士后，和早期职业教师创造创新的想法，服务于能源，健康和环境的应用。会议将鼓励北非和美国研究人员之间的沟通和对话，以解决我们社会面临的复杂和关键挑战。为了解决研究趋同问题，PI将邀请来自纳米领域不同领域的研究人员，包括理论和建模、教育、社会影响、经济分析、应用、可持续发展等，参加科学组织委员会。该委员会的成员将负责通过他们的社会和网络招募与会者。PI的指导性方法将使年轻科学家与成熟的研究人员一起沉浸在学习密集型环境中。会议将通过与不同和跨学科合作者的国际合作来推进研究。该会议将提供新的想法，以改善和革命性的许多技术和工业部门在美国，如量子信息技术，纳米医学的癌症治疗和诊断，能源收集，气候变化和环境科学。会议议程将包括开幕式，随后是主题演讲和能源、健康、气候变化和环境分组会议。学生将在海报会议以及简短的谈话中介绍他们目前的研究。每天将有与会者通过简短的小组会议，包括学生，博士后和主题演讲者之间的公开讨论。PI预计会议将取得成功，这将有助于美国和非洲国家利用纳米技术作为融合平台和跨学科视角，整合基础科学，工程和医学应用，以应对可持续能源，环境和健康方面的全球挑战。该活动还有望成为促进参与者及其家乡机构之间的研究合作和更广泛网络的催化剂。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

Following the success of the first and second US-Africa conferences, which were in-person 2019 and virtual 2022, convening a third US-North Africa conference in-person in Egypt 2023 will result in solidifying established connections. This conference will further stimulate international collaboration, and contribute to advancing US-STEM science, Technology, Engineering, and Math graduate education, training, and research. The overarching goal of this conference is to bring scientists and engineers including undergraduate, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty together from the United States and North Africa countries to encourage future collaborations through this conference focused on nanotechnology convergence for sustainable energy, environment, climate change and health. During the conference, state-of-the-art research, recent achievements, and global trends in nanotechnology will be presented to promote cross-disciplinary interactions that can spur the development of this exciting research field. The conference will stimulate engaged group discussions among diverse participants including students, postdocs, and early career faculty to create new ideas that serve applications in energy, health, and environment in both countries. This will include convergence of researchers from many countries in North Africa including Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Angola, Ghana, and others who will meet and build collaboration channels with researchers and scientists from USA. The conference will be held on August 6-11, 2023, in Cairo, Egypt. The hotel venue will be determined in the next few months; the first suggestions include Grand Nile Tower Hotel, or, Tolip Algalaa Hotel, or, Hotel of Electronic research center, Cairo, EgyptThis US-North Africa conference will stimulate and encourage international research collaborations which will advance science and promote diversity. This will be achieved by the increase in diversity, equity, and inclusion, generated by fostering these connections, which will subsequently improve STEM fields. A significant number of US- students, young and senior scientists including those from under-represented groups in STEM will be supported to participate in this conference. This will include researchers from many countries in North Africa including Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Angola, Ghana, and others who will meet and build collaboration channels with researchers and scientists from USA. The conference will be held on August 6-11, 2023, in Cairo, Egypt. The conference will stimulate engaged group discussions with diverse participants including students, postdocs, and early career faculty to create innovative ideas that serve applications in energy, health, and the environment. The conference will encourage communication and dialogue between North African and US researchers which can address complex and critical challenges facing our society. To address research convergence, the PIs will invite researchers from different fields within nano, including theoretical and modeling, education, societal impacts, economic analyses, applications, sustainability, and others, to participate in the Scientific Organizing Committee. Members of this committee will be tasked with recruiting attendees through their societies and networks. The PIs’ instructive approach will immerse young scientists in a learning intensive environment with established investigators. The conference will advance research via international increasing collaborations with diverse and interdisciplinary collaborators. The conference will provide new ideas to improve and revolutionize many technology and industry sectors in USA such as quantum information technology, nanomedicine for cancer therapy and diagnosis, energy harvesting, climate change and environmental science. The agenda of the conference will include opening talks followed by keynote presentations and breakout sessions for energy, health, climate change and environment. Students will present their current research in poster sessions as well as short talks. There will be daily open discussions among attendees through short group meetings that includes students, postdocs, and keynote speakers. The PIs anticipate a successful conference which will contribute to the advancement of convergence research and education in the USA and African countries using nanotechnology as a convergence platform and a transdisciplinary perspective that integrates fundamental science, engineering, and medical applications to address global challenges in sustainable energy, environment, and health. The event is also expected to serve as a catalyst to facilitate research collaborations and broader networking among participants and their home institutionsThis award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.