The Beyond Sciences Initiative (BSI) founded at the University of Toronto is a not-for-profit network that provides a platform for dialogue among scholars around the globe. BSI‘s mandate is to foster academic and personal growth while empowering young scientific leaders to make lasting and influential change within their local and global communities. This is accomplished by: • Bridging the gap in access to academic knowledge through mentorship and trainee exchanges • Increasing cultural understanding among geographically separate communities • Participation in outreach activities within local and international communities Attached please attached find an announcement for the BSI 2nd annual remote conference: Science & Society. This online conference will take place on January 28 and 29, 2017. The intent is to have an accessible conference where international scholars will present their research to a broad audience. The conference will be broadcast live and last year we had over 300 registrants from 11 institutes from 22 different countries around the globe that participated. Conference topics include: cancer, chronic diseases and global health. We invite their participation in this conference. More details on the website >>