Data on staff scientists' productivity and effectiveness are, however, inadequate at present, and participants agreed that gathering this information is essential to any campaign of persuasion.
I also agree that gathering everyone for dinner can be difficult given late work schedules and conflicting activities.
Our federal government is considering right now whether to agree that gathering data on sexual orientation and gender identity in clinical settings is a critical component of understanding and addressing LGBT health disparities.
Conference participants — some of whose institutions have already created education innovation offices — agreed that gathering and discussing best practices could identify a number of digital higher education strategies and solutions.
African government officials agreed the gathering was unprecedented and critical.
Even so, most economists at the AEA gathering agreed that the three forces combined in the American economy in an unsustainable and unhealthy way.
In the end the summit agreed that "intelligence gathering is a vital element in the fight against terrorism".
Dave Gordon, '98, a partner at Sidley Austin, a sponsor of the dinner, agreed that the gathering was special.
President Karzai says he called the Loya Jirga because the security agreement is a matter of national importance, and a similar gathering agreed to the strategic partnership accord with the United States back in 2011.
There's not even a commonly agreed upon civic gathering place in Las Vegas -- short of a library or the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, home of the Runnin' Rebels.
