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Join the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a dialogue on strengthening research collaboration between Northern California and Germany. The discussions from this closed-door Forum will be summarized into recommendations for DFG leadership and DFG's members.

This forum is by invitation only. Participants will be researchers and administrators who have collaborated with the German research landscape in the past or would like to in the future. During the two parallel roundtables at 10:30, participants will have the opportunity to discuss challenges, successes, and paths forward for German-Californian research cooperation. 

  Agenda

09:00  - Coffee and Networking
 

09:30 -Best Practices of Regional Collaborations in the Natural and Social Sciences

10:00 - Report from Bonn: State of German-Funded International Research
 
10:30 - Roundtables: Developing Recommendations to Strengthen Research Collaboration

11:30 - Closing Remarks 

11:45 - End of Event

Directly after this event the DWIH Innovation Summit on Global Health will be taking place. More information and registration can be found here: DWIH Innovation Summit | DWIH San Francisco