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well as the activities of the Coalition for African Research and Innovation (CARI) to incentivize African governments to support and sustain biomedical R&D infrastructure. We would be delighted if you would be available to participate, and join Bill and conference participants in these important discussions. If so, we would hope you could join us in a panel discussion surrounding infrastructural and training requirements in Africa, and future directions of CARI. These discussions are truly timely. As discussed at WEF and other venues, to accelerate progress and new potentials in translational science, new African partnerships and platforms are needed to plan efficiently and implement high-quality multi-site research, harmonized standards and best practices, training and robust use of informatics, among other capabilities - yielding greater impact than any sum of unique, individual effort. I know this has been a topic of continuing interest during your time at J&J. Your thoughtful perspectives would be of great value as we consider joint strategies and engage industry partners. We are sure you are prodigiously busy, but very much hope your schedule might allow you to join us. Attached is the current draft agenda. We look forward to providing additional details. Best regards, Francis and Trevor <DRAFT agenda BMGF-NIH meeting 2017_5_12.docx>