By bluerasberry on 2013-03-18
I attended Consumer Assembly, which is the Consumer Federation of America annual conference. Their program gives the agenda of what happened over March 14-15. Elizabeth Warren, friend of the Consumer Movement, was opening speaker and encouraging of all the work we did. I went to sessions on mobile privacy and warning labels and attended the […]
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By bluerasberry on 2013-02-24
I arrived back from India on Saturday 16 February. Monday was President’s Day so I did not go to work. Tuesday I returned to work and prepared for the Choosing Wisely phase II press event. I had left Varanasi in good health but I think I ate bad food either at the airport or on […]
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By bluerasberry on 2012-08-30
On Friday 24 August I have some appointments in DC but I went early so that I would not have to travel Friday morning and because Genetic Alliance was having a workshop to for members of organizations who want to talk about first steps in establishing a biobank. I attended this. Some well-established organizations were […]
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By bluerasberry on 2012-07-25
I attended Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC. It was a very productive experience and I made a lot of friends there. On Thursday 12 July I gave my presentation, “Research institution collaboration”, as part of a panel. I was in the conference track sponsored by the Office of e-Diplomacy in the Department of State. Both […]
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By bluerasberry on 2012-06-02
Wednesday 30 May – Friday 1 June the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) held their summer full group meeting in DC, as they always do. This was the first time I attended the DC meeting. I had planned to attend even when I was in Seattle but then I got this job at Consumer Reports […]
Posted in DC, health, HIV, presentation, research, rights | Tagged conference, HVTN, social media