It is a diverse group, so it can be a platform of intercultural dialogue.
Expanding the scope and platform of international dialogue can be instrumental to ensuring that all aspects of emerging biotechnological tools and methods are evaluated for their potential to be weaponized or used in other ways that threaten public safety (Gerstein and Giordano, 2017).
This was particularly true within on-going platforms for dialogue, for example, in research Steering Groups.
Findings show that the combination of a platform for dialogue and a legal framework (PROBOSQUE Law) to support restoration work on the ground has proved to be very important for the implementation of the National Strategy.
We are currently supporting initiatives in the context of the International Coffee Organisation, the platform for dialogue between the coffee-exporting and -importing countries, in both the public and the private sectors.
It provides a platform for dialogue and entertainment, while also raising awareness of women's opinions on social, cultural, entrepreneurial and political matters in Ramallah, Palestine and the region.
In digital activism we have the amazing Esra'a Al Shafei of Bahrain, a true digital native nerd and founder and director of the political blog Mideast Youth, a platform for dialogue as well as for political intervention.
The Summit has been supported by UNICEF from the start and has proven to be an outstanding platform for dialogue and change, with children at the centre of the debate and ideas.
In addition to highlighting ways to improve fMRI test-retest reliability in developmental cognitive neuroscience research, we hope to open a platform for dialogue regarding longitudinal fMRI study designs, analyses, and reporting of results.
But these events mostly serve as platforms for dialogues, for lumbering intellectual table tennis.
