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The European Commission is to take part in this year’s American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) annual meeting, beginning 11 February in Washington, DC.

The five-day conference is among the world’s largest and most prestigious general scientific events and each year brings together thousands of international scientists, policy makers and science journalists.

The programme typically includes keynote speeches, scientific symposia, an exhibition and press briefings on recent scientific discoveries.

This year’s event is centred on ‘Global Science Engagement’ and will feature a number of scientific symposia organised by the European Commission under the theme ‘Destination Europe’.

Topics include ‘Improving Cancer Patient Care: Trade-offs between Efficacy and Toxicity’, ‘Personalised Medicine: Big Data and Machine Learning’, ‘Integrating Science into Policy Making: What Works and Why’ and ‘Open Science: Global Perspectives and Prospects’.

The Commission will also have a booth (No. 1717) at the exhibition where conference participants can find out about career and funding opportunities in the EU.

Registration is open throughout the meeting here.