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2024 Science of Patient Engagement Symposium, "Patient Experiences through their Lifespan"
2024 Science of Patient Engagement Symposium May 8, 2024 | 12:30 – 5:00 p.m. May 9, 2024 | 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. To register and to learn more about the event, please go here. The Science of Patient Engagement Symposium is a two-day meeting held annually to explore how the science of patient engagement is evolving and contributing new evidence. Research leaders share – with a broad scientific audience – their experiences, accomplishments, best practices, and resulting impacts on medicine and science regarding patient centricity. Sessions will explore the science of patient engagement from the…
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Standards Save: A Water Conservation Summit
In response to water scarcity crises in multiple regions across the U.S. and globally, the International Code Council (The Code Council) will host a high-level meeting of water experts from across government, academia, and the water utility sector to examine water conservation solutions achievable through newly updated building standards and codes. As the focal event of its World Water Awareness 2024 campaign, The Code Council will bring together leading water experts from DC Water, U.S. EPA, and U.S. DOI, Bureau of Reclamation for, “Standards Save: A Water Conservation Summit,” on Thurs.,…
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Independent Authors meet website designer Niki Van
Ohio-based website designer Niki Van met Thursday with the National Press Club Independent Authors Group to answer questions about what kinds of websites work best for authors, whether they should – or can – create their own, and what kinds of services are available for those who want professional help with the design. Whether authors choose to create their own websites or choose to hire someone depends on their willingness to spend time and learn about the technology, Van said. Some authors noted that doing such work can take away valuable time that could be spent writing. Van stressed the…
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Club to celebrate staff achievements Wednesday
National Press Club members are invited to attend the Club staff quarterly achievement celebration in the Truman Lounge on Wednesday, March 20 at 3:45 p.m. Refreshment and soft drinks available.
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Diane Foley, whose son was captured by ISIS in 2012 and beheaded two years later, said much progress has been made, as more than 100 U.S. nationals have returned since James was murdered. The State Department now has a Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, and the FBI has stood up its Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, among other governmental efforts. Despite progress, Foley said it is still too easy for cases to get mired at the State Department and the FBI, and too difficult to access White House officials who can make the crucial decisions needed to help bring a hostage home. Foley said advocacy…
Several journalists are currently held hostage abroad, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was unlawfully detained on March 29, 2023 and has spent nearly a year in prison in Moscow, and Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), who was unlawfully detained in Kazan, Russia on Oct. 18. Kurmasheva's husband, Pavel Butorin, director of Current Time TV & Digital Network in the Czech Republic, attended the event with the couple's daughters.
In her book, “American Mother,” Foley described spending three days at a Virginia jail in conversations with Alexanda Kotey, a British jihadist and one of her son’s killers. Kotey was captured in Syria, extradited to the U.S. and pleaded guilty to his crimes. Foley said she saw that experience as a chance for them both to hear each other’s stories and perspectives. Foley said today’s hostage recovery efforts are a far cry from when her son was captured in Syria while working for the Global Post. She recalled coming to Washington “very ignorant” about hostage taking and was “literally sent in…
Foley also said government officials must “be more creative” and use every available tool to bring hostages home, including using the promise of ransom payments as “lure” to get captors out in the open. And she said a willingness to negotiate through third-party countries will continue to stand the U.S. in good stead. But she warned that the use of hostages as bargaining chips will only continue to grow, not only by terrorists but also by nation states. Stronger international partnerships and cooperation can act as a deterrent, she said, as can finding ways to “make it hurt” their captors.