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Cambridge Global Challenges (CGC) runs Round Tables twice a year to give Cambridge researchers the opportunity to talk about research relating to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speakers are encouraged to present on the progress of their research and any difficulties they are facing working in developing countries for 10 minutes, which is followed by 20 minute- long discussions.
When Jun 29, 2018
from 02:00 AM to 05:00 AM
Where Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre
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Please register here for the next Round Table on 29th June, 2-5 pm at the Rayleigh Seminar Room, Maxwell Centre:

 14.00 – 14.10: Global Challenges Initiative (Sara Serradas Duarte and Lara Allen)

14.10 – 14.40: AMORPHOUS ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS - COULD THEY BE

DEPLOYED IN LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES (LMICS)? (Nuno Faria, Department of Veterinary Medicine)

14.40 – 15.10: BUILDING ENERGY-WATER-FOOD RESILIENCE IN A DYNAMIC

GLOBAL ECONOMY - THE COMPLEX CASE OF BRAZIL (Pablo Salas, Department of Land Economy)

15.10 – 15.30: Tea and coffee break

15.30 – 16.00: DIGITAL NEO-COLONIALISM AND MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (Taskeen Adam, Centre of Development Studies)

16.00 – 16.30: CHALLENGES IN CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRIALS TO

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IN RURAL AFRICA (Dora Pereira, Department of

Pathology)

16.30 – 17.00: Final remarks

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