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Conferences

May 15-30, 2023: Promoting Community Development and Appropriate Technologies for Basic Human Need

Designed for international community leaders invested in changing their communities

May 19-28, 2023: World Hunger and Poverty:  Practical Skills to Make a Difference

Designed for university students and community leaders interested in international development
Offered in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Sparkman Center.
Contact brysonk@sifat.org for more information

Past Conferences

SIFAT has hosted several conferences in the past, including:

Exploring Our Living Streams: Stream Biomonitoring and Water Chemistry Monitoring Curriculum – Partnering with the 4-H Water Watch Program to provide teachers and volunteer educators with the opportunity to learn to use the Exploring Our Living Streams: Stream Biomonitoring and Water Chemistry Monitoring Curriculum.
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Lab in a Suitcase
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Agriculture for Meeting Basic Human Needs
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Leaf for Life
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Low Cost Water Testing Where There is No Lab
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Low Cost Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases
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Focometer Training – Primary Eye Care & Vision Training
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Seminars & Workshops

Past Seminars and ConferencesSIFAT has hosted several seminars and conferences in the past, including:

Exploring Alternative Foods for World Hunger: The Potential of Edible Insects

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The following PDFs were used during the presentations. Please click on the speaker’s name to download a copy.

Marianne Shockley-Robinette        Florence Dunkel (keynote)     David Gracer (first)           Feng Ying

Julieta Ramos Elorduy (first)          Florence Dunkel                        David Gracer (second)     Frank Franklin

Julieta Ramos Elorduy (second)     Florence Dunkel (notes)          Bart Hogebrink                  Xiaoming Chen

Smoke…The Killer in the Kitchen
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Safe Motherhood: The State of the World and Alabama’s Mothers
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