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Programme and Abstracts of the First International Virtual Exchange between African and New Zealand Researchers

Proceedings 2024, 106(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024106001

The First International Virtual Exchange between African and New Zealand Researchers IVEANZR hosted by the University of Canterbury (NZ) was held via Zoom over 2 h on 15 May 2024. There was no registration fee for the conference. The purpose of the virtual conference was to provide a forum for postgraduate students and researchers to present their latest research in an international conference environment but without the burden of a registration fee and the prohibitive cost of international travel, particularly for many emerging researchers. There were 148 registered participants from several countries in the conference and nine presentations were made successfully. The successful event supports the notion that a conference held virtually is a sustainable, low carbon emission, interactive way to share knowledge across international borders.
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Molecular Communication Approaches for Wetware Artificial Life: A Workshop Report

Proceedings 2024, 98(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024098001

On 25 July 2023, a workshop entitled “Molecular Communication Approaches for Wetware Artificial Life” took place as a satellite event at the international conference ALIFE 2023 (The 2023 Conference on Artificial Life). In this report, we comment on the workshop by focusing on the main theme and the motivations that led us to develop this initiative. In particular, we highlight how recent progress in synthetic biology and in the study of molecular communication from an engineering perspective can be fruitfully joined to provide a powerful platform to develop frontier research lines in “wetware” Artificial Life. The talks presented at the workshop are briefly summarized. This report is, ultimately, an opportunity to promote an emerging field that calls for collaborative efforts of scholars from multiple disciplines, from chemistry to molecular biology, from communication engineering to nanotechnology, and up to those interested in more theoretical aspects about complex artificial systems that mimic natural ones.
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Proceedings of the 12th Alcohol Hangover Research Group Meeting, in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Proceedings 2024, 95(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024095001

The current proceedings summarize the presentations held during the 12th meeting of the Alcohol Hangover Research Group (AHRG) in 2022, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The aim of the annual AHRG meeting was to discuss advances in research on the causes, consequences, and possible treatment of the alcohol hangover, including methodological issues and the possibilities for future research collaboration.
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Report from the Scientific Poster Session at the 16th Annual Cardiometabolic Health Congress in National Harbor, USA, 14–17 October 2021

Proceedings 2022, 80(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2022080006

The ever-increasing presence of cardiometabolic risk continues to be a major challenge for health care providers in the United States (US) [...]
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Remarks and Abstracts of the First Sustainable Globe Conference 2021

Proceedings 2022, 80(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2022080004

The First Sustainable Globe Conference 2021 was held virtually from 8 to 10 September 2021. The partner organizers were Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg from Germany, RootsGoods Private Limited from India, and the Vriksha Foundation from Nepal. The theme of the conference was sustainability for climate action. The focus topics of the theme were education, agriculture (nutrition), urban and rural development, and natural and cultural resources management. Abstracts were submitted from 20 universities in 13 countries. In total, 69 registrants attended the conference, and 29 papers were presented, of which 4 were poster presentations along with 10 invited and keynote speakers. The presentations were either in English or Spanish (with English subtitles and/or live translation). The conference was divided into two plenary sessions—first, education; and second, natural and cultural resources, urban and rural development, and agriculture. In the education session, most of the discussion was related to environmental education to improve environmental literacy in all age groups. The project-based education, along with formal and informal teaching and educational methodologies, was discussed. For the second plenary session, the discussion was mixed with protecting natural and cultural resources by promoting scientific applications and public participation in citizen science. However, the final remark was guided by one of the keynote speakers, who highlighted the importance of spirituality in sustainability, and how the discussion of spirituality is lacking in the public discourse on sustainability. Therefore, the conference aimed to develop future themes regarding sustainability by not missing the critical aspect of spirituality. The context of spirituality here was defined as approaching problems as not being separate from our existence but, rather, a part of our existence and, thus, in addition to applying scientific, technical, didactics, and engineering solutions, also applying attitudes, values, and beliefs toward the problem matter. To elaborate on these remarks, this issue presents the abstracts of the presented papers in the conference, while the keynotes and entire session can be revisited on the YouTube channel of RootsGoods Private Limited.
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2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information (IS4SI)

Proceedings 2022, 81(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2022081001

Continuing the tradition of S4SI Summits, the 2021 Summit had the form of ten federated conferences focusing on more specific aspects of the study of information. Its title, “Information Study for the Benefit of Humanity: Learning from the Past and Building the New Normal,” referred to the present great challenge faced by the global community—the pandemic of a new coronavirus that itself can be considered a large scale informational phenomenon. However, the pandemic was not the only global challenge discussed at the conferences contributing to the summit. Another great global challenge discussed at the summit was related to the issues arising with the rapidly increasing role of information technology in all domains of human life and work, and the dangers of their abuse or uncontrolled drift in directions that threaten human wellbeing. These concerns pointed at the need for a better understanding of information as a central concept of science, technology, and culture, another main theme of the summit.
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Abstracts of the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia

Proceedings 2022, 80(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2022080002

The 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia was held virtually from 2–3 December 2021. The theme of the meeting was Nutrition: Opportunities for Nutrition Science in a New Era. Abstracts were submitted from 13 countries. A total of 326 registrants attended the conference, and 134 papers were presented consisting of 6 plenary, 54 oral and 74 poster presentations. This issue presents the proceedings of this meeting in the form of abstracts for papers presented at the conference.
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Plant Translocation for Threatened Species Conservation

Proceedings 2022, 80(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2022080001

A training school on Plant Translocation—Theory and Techniques was held on 24–26 March 2021 organized virtually at the Botanic Garden of Rome, Italy. The aim of the course was to train budding scientists in the field of threatened plant restoration and conservation. The course was attended by 77 participants, viz., postdoctoral fellows, faculty and scientists, from 28 countries.
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Abstracts of the Second Urban Sound Symposium

Proceedings 2021, 72(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2021072004

Following the successful first Urban Sound Symposium held at Ghent University in 2019, the second edition in 2021 had to face the challenges of the pandemic. The symposium turned this challenge into an opportunity for giving easier access to practitioners and experts from around the globe who are confronted with urban sound in their professional activities. It was organized simultaneously in Ghent, Montreal, Nantes, Zurich, London and Berlin by researchers at Ghent University, Mc Gill University, Université Gustave Eiffel, EMPA, University College London and TU Berlin. The online event created opportunities for interaction between participants at poster-booths, virtual coffee tables, and included social activities.
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Translational Research in Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Cell Therapy

Proceedings 2021, 72(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2021072003

On 6 and 7 of February 2019, Center for Stem cell Research (CSCR) and Pediatric orthopedic Unit at Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, conducted a meet on Translational Research in Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Cell Therapy. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a disease in which the individual has weak brittle bones which fracture easily, resulting in multiple fractures throughout their childhood. Children become deformed and often do not walk or grow normally. The meeting was conducted to highlight the newer advances and therapies for osteogenesis imperfecta and bring regulatory processes and challenges that need to be addressed.
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2021 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things Engineering (ICBAIE 2021)

Proceedings 2021, 72(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2021072002

On 27 March 2021, the 2021 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things Engineering (ICBAIE 2021) was officially held in Nanchang, China. The Conference invited the IEEE Fellow Professor Guo Yong-xin from the National University of Singapore and the IET Fellow Professor Gao Liang from Huazhong University of Science and Technology of China, as well as other experts, to make the special speeches. The conference focused on the practical application of big data, the development of artificial intelligence and the innovation of Internet of things technology, and the conference provided a platform for academic exchanges among experts and, the experts present reported their own research progress and made prospects for the future development of big data such as application of big data in enterprise decision making, artificial intelligence such as intelligent endoscope in medicine, Internet of Things such as the Internet of Vehicles in urban transport.
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Abstracts of the 44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia

Proceedings 2021, 72(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2021072001

The 44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia was held virtually from 3 to 4 December 2020. The theme of the meeting was Nutrition: Adapting to a New World. Abstracts were submitted from 27 countries. In total, 305 registrants attended the conference and 128 papers were presented consisting of 6 plenary, 54 oral and 68 poster presentations. This issue presents the proceedings of this meeting in the form of abstracts for papers presented at the conference.
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KAIMRC’S Second Therapeutics Discovery Conference

Proceedings 2020, 43(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020043006

Following the success of our first therapeutic discovery conference in 2017 and the selection of King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (KAIMRC) as the first Phase 1 clinical site in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we organized our second conference in partnership with leading institutions in academic drug discovery, which included the Structural Genomic Constorium (Oxford, UK), Fraunhofer (Germany) and Institute Material Medica (China); the participation of members of the American Drug Discovery Consterium; European Biotech companies; and local pharma companies, SIPMACO and SudairPharma. In addition, we had European and Northern American venture capital experts attending and presenting at the conference. The purpose of the conference was to bridge the gap between biotech, pharma and academia regarding drug discovery and development. Its aim primarily was to: (a) bring together world experts on academic drug discovery to discuss and propose new approaches to discover and develop new therapies; (b) establish a permanent platform for scientific exchange between academia and the biotech and pharmaceutical industries; (c) entice national and international investors to consider funding drugs discovered in academia; (d) educate the population about the causes of diseases, approaches to prevent them from happening and their cure; (e) attract talent to consider the drug discovery track for their studies and career. During the conference, we discussed the unique academic drug discovery disrupting business models, which can make their discoveries easily accessible in an open source mode. This unique model accelerates the dissemination of knowledge to all world scientists to guide them in their research. This model is aimed at bringing effective and affordable medicine to all mankind in a very short time. Moreover, the program discussed rare disease targets, orphan drug discovery, immunotherapy discovery and process, the role of bioinformatics in drug discovery, anti-infective drug discovery in the era of bad bugs, natural products as a source of novel drugs and innovative drug formulation and delivery. Additionally, as the conference was organized during the surge of the epidemic, we dedicated the first day (25 February) to coronavirus science, detection and therapy. The day was co-organized with the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(KSA) Ministry of Education to announce the grant winner for infectious diseases. Simultaneously, intensive courses were delivered to junior scientists on the principle of drug discovery, immunology and clinical trials, as well as rare diseases. The second therapeutics discovery forum provided a platform for interactive knowledge sharing and the convergence of researchers, governments, pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, hospitals and non-profit organizations on the topic of academic drug discovery. The event presented showcases on global drug discovery initiatives and demonstrated how collaborations are leading to successful new therapies. In line with the KSA 2030 vision on becoming world leaders with an innovative economy and healthy population, therapeutic discovery is becoming an area of interest to science leaders in the kingdom, and our conference gave us the opportunity to identity key areas of interest as well as potential future collaborations.
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Summary of the Eighth World Health Organization Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care Biennial Meeting

Proceedings 2020, 43(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020043005

A summary of the eighth World Health Organization (WHO) Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (GIEESC) Biennial Meeting, which was held in conjunction with the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (RACS) eighty-eighth Annual Scientific Congress in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Proceedings of the 10th Alcohol Hangover Research Group Meeting in Utrecht, The Netherlands

Proceedings 2020, 43(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020043004

The hangover is the most commonly reported negative consequence of alcohol use with several studies reporting the detrimental consequences of hangover on health, economy, and society. Research has emphasized the socioeconomic consequences of experiencing these physical and psychological symptoms in relation to absenteeism, increased risk of having accidents and injuries, and impairment of daily activities, such as job performance and driving a car. During the 10th Alcohol Hangover Research Group meeting, held on 29 April 2018, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, aspects of alcohol hangover were presented with regards to determinants, biological and cognitive consequences and potential treatments. Precursory and posterior factors influencing alcohol hangover, including biological, psychological, behavioral, metabolic aspects, cognitive functioning, and the role of the immune system in the development of alcohol hangover, were presented. In addition, potential preventive measures and treatments of alcohol hangover to reduce the adverse consequences of alcohol consumption and hangover symptoms were discussed. One study revealed that an average of 24% of social and heavy drinkers claimed not to experience hangover symptoms across time. Another study showed that food intake (either healthy or junk food) had no significant impact on next-day hangover severity. Research examining cognitive and psychomotor functioning during hangover revealed impairments in collective problem solving and response inhibition, but not attentional bias towards alcohol-related cues. The alcohol hangover state further significantly impaired driving performance, even for a short commute to work. With regard to the pathology of the alcohol hangover, research was presented that demonstrated increases in saliva cytokine concentrations confirming drinking alcohol and the hangover phase are both associated with an immune response. Other presentations discussed that scientific literature shows that there are no effective hangover treatments available yet. However, although promising, new hangover treatments are currently in development. Taken together, at the 10th Alcohol Hangover Research Group meeting, a comprehensive overview of the causes, consequences, and potential treatments of the alcohol hangover was presented.
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Abstracts of the International Conference Addiction, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Rome, Italy, 11–12 November 2019. Hotel Mercure Roma West, Rome, Italy

Proceedings 2020, 43(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020043003

The International Conference and Addiction, Psychiatry and Mental Health (Addiction 2019) organized by the Coalesce Research Group was held on 11–12 November 2019 at Hotel Mercure Roma West, Rome, Italy. The conference highlighted the theme, “Novel approaches and Developments in Addiction Research and Psychiatry”. Benevolent responses and active participations were received from the scientists, doctors, researchers, students, and leaders from the fields of addiction research, who made this event inspiringly successful.
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Abstracts of the 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia

Proceedings 2020, 43(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020043002

The 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia was held in Newcastle, Australia, from 2 to 5 December 2019. The theme of the meeting was Nutrition: The Epicentre of Health. Abstracts were submitted from 24 countries. The conference was attended by 250 registrants and 208 papers were presented consisting of 16 plenary, 91 oral and 101 poster presentations. This issue presents the proceedings of this meeting in the form of abstracts of papers presented at the conference.
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Proceedings of the 11th Alcohol Hangover Research Group Meeting, in Nadi, Fiji

Proceedings 2020, 43(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020043001

The present proceedings offer a summary of the 11th meeting of the Alcohol Hangover Research Group held in April 2019 in Nadi, Fiji. The aim of the meeting was to gather the world’s leading experts in the field of alcohol hangover and share advances and ideas to help better understand the underlying pathology, consequences, and potential therapeutics. Several aspects of alcohol hangover research were discussed, including hangover-associated impairments of cognitive performance and health, novel and best research practice, the validation and use of wearable technology and online tools for off-site data collection, effects of hangover on physical strength performance, new evidence on sex differences in the occurrence and severity of alcohol hangover, and exciting future projects and directions.
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Hot Quarks 2018—Workshop for Young Scientists on the Physics of Ultrarelativistic Nucleus–Nucleus Collisions, Texel, The Netherlands, 7–14 September 2018

Proceedings 2019, 10(1), 37; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019010037

The 8th edition of the Workshop for Young Scientists on the Physics of Ultrarelativistic [...]
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Vitamin C Symposium 2019—“Vitamin C for Cancer and Infection: From Bench to Bedside”

Proceedings 2019, 5(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019005003

The Vitamin C for Cancer and Infection symposium was organised in response to recent international clinical trials that have highlighted the potential for vitamin C administration to improve clinical outcomes for patients with severe respiratory illness, sepsis and some cancers [...]
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Abstracts of the 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia, QT Hotel, Canberra, Australia, 27–30 November 2018

Proceedings 2019, 5(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019005002

The 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia was held in Canberra, Australia from November 27 to 30, 2018. The theme of the meeting was Nutrition Science: The nexus between health policy and practice. Abstracts were submitted from 21 countries. Two-hundred-and-forty-four registrants attended the conference and 175 papers were presented consisting of 14 plenary, 77 oral and 84 poster presentations. This issue presents the proceedings of this meeting in the form of abstracts for papers presented at the conference.
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Nutrition Society of New Zealand Annual Conference Held in Auckland, New Zealand, 28–30th November 2018

Proceedings 2019, 8(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019008001

The annual conference and scientific [...]
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Abstracts of the 25th Biennial International Congress on Thrombosis

Proceedings 2018, 2(9), 531; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2090531

This Issue collates the abstracts presented at the 25th Biennial International Congress on Thrombosis held on 23–26 May 2018. Prevention and treatment of thromboembolic events is a main issue in medicine that involves all the components of the health care system. Recently, a strong boost in this field came from the introduction of new antithrombotic agents whose use is expanding with the need for more information obtained by real-life studies. Thus, ICT 2018 was an important venue to compare clinical experiences and learn new advances in basic and pharmacological sciences.
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Abstracts of the 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition

Proceedings 2018, 2(12), 573; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2120573

The Asia-Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition is a biennial conference held within the Asia-Pacific region. The 2017 meeting was a joint meeting of the Asia-Pacific Society of Clinical Nutrition, the Nutrition Society of Australia and the Nutrition Society of New Zealand. The meeting was hosted by CSIRO Health and Biosecurity in collaboration with the University of South Australia, the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. The theme of the meeting was Nutrition Solutions for a Changing World. Four hundred and thirty-eight registrants attended the conference and 432 papers were presented. This issue presents the proceedings of this meeting in the form of abstracts for each paper that was presented at the conference.
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