The I.ANN QCD Summit 2024: "The Future of QCD: Empowering New Talents and Building Global Networks" took place at the Hall of States in Washington, D.C. June 13 and 14.
The summit brought together key figures from government and diplomacy, network representatives, experts, scientists and early career researchers to discuss how research partnerships in strong interaction physics across the Americas can be accelerated, within the wider international community.
Diplomats and science attaches that participated at the Summit:
Brazil:
Paulo Cezar Rotella Braga
Science & Technology
Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C.
Mexico
Claudia Gabriela Quiroz Mercado
Chief of Cooperation and Education
Embassy of Mexico in the United States
Soileh Padilla Mayer
Consul of Mexico in Kansas City
Peru
Alejandro Neyra
Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C.
Claudia Tello
Economic and Environmental Affairs at the Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C.
Poland
Katarzyna Granat
Science attaché of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C.
Government agency representatives:
Paul Mantica
Director, Facilities and Project Management Division
Office of Nuclear Physics (NP)
US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science (SC)
Additional speakers:
Jackson Howard and Derya Büyüktanir Karacan (George Washington University)
Regional Coordinator at EURAXESS North America
Elke-Caroline Aschenauer
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Estefania Ortiz Calva
Senior Program Associate, International Affairs and Science Diplomacy
AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy
Both in-person and remote participation possible. The meeting room in Washington, D.C. has a capacity of no more than 40 participants.
Participation in this event is by invitation only. Please register or contact the organizers.
Hall of The States, 444 North Capitol Street NW, R, Washington, DC 20001
Room 233/235
I.ANN QCD is a AccelNet-Design project supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This project is jointly funded by the Established program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).
