Once a year,  the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) – an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of all people – is bringing together the who’s who of science. Each year, thousands of scientists, engineers, educators, policymakers, and journalists gather together to discuss recent developments in science and technology. The 2016 edition of AAAS is taking place mid-February in Washington D.C., under the theme of Global Science Engagement – and the Swiss are not missing out.

The following members of Swiss universities and technical institutes will present their work and research at AAAS:

• Johan Six from ETH Zurich will be giving a presentation on Tackling the Complexity of Food Systems to Create Resilience during a session called Food Systems: Building Resilience and Partnering Across Sectors, and about Soil Biodiversity and the Link to Human Health during a session called Global Soil Biodiversity: A Common Ground for Sustainability

• Robert Riener from ETH Zurich will talk about The Cybathlon: A New Competition to Benchmark Assistive Technology for the Disabled during a session called Advancing Assistive Devices Through Global Olympic-Style Competition

Learn more about Cybathlon 2016!

• Christophe Champod from University of Lausanne will be giving a presentation on The Development of a European Guideline for Evaluative Reporting in Forensic Science within the session on Forensic Sciences: Toward a Stronger Scientific Framework 

• Christian Huggel from University of Zurich will be talking about Cryospheric Mountain Hazards and Relation to Global Climate Change in a session called Dynamic Relationship Between Mountain Glaciers and Climate Change

• Martin Jinek, also from University of Zurich, will present on the topic of Visualizing Structures of CRISPR-Cas9 DNA Editing Enzyme in the frame work of the session Discovery and Development of the CRISPR-Cas Genome Editing Technology 

Members of the swissnex Boston team will be attending the AAAS conference in Washington D.C. Feb 11 – Feb 15. Follow us on Twitter at @swissnexBoston for live coverage!