IBC2014

LONDON - Thursday, August 14th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) IBC has confirmed its full keynote line up for the IBC2014 Conference. Featuring leading players and industry protagonists, this years’ keynote line up is set to reflect the progress of the industry, with each day of the five day programme providing unique insights into the innovation story of the electronic media and entertainment industry. It will feature C-level executives and industry personalities including: David Abraham, CEO, Channel 4; Matt Brittin, President, Google Europe; Professor Brian Cox OBE; Tim Davie, CEO BBC Worldwide and Director, Global; Sam Barnett, CEO, MBC; Bruce Tuchman, President, Sundance Channel Global and MGM Channel Global ; Neelie Kroes, Vice President, European Commission; Charlie Vogt, CEO, Imagine Communications and Gates Air and Douglas Trumbull, President, Trumbull Ventures LLC.

Setting every development in international electronic media and ente ... Read more »

Prize receives 597 global submissions and 514 lifetime achievement nominations from 106 countries

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, August 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Zayed Future Energy Prize, the world’s preeminent award for innovation in renewable energy and sustainability, closed for submissions on 14 July with a record 597 submissions and 514 lifetime achievement nominations from 106 countries worldwide, registering the highest number of global entries in the Prize’s seven year history.

In comparison with 2014, a preliminary analysis of the 2015 submissions indicates a 26 per cent increase globally, with over 120 submissions from Latin American nations alone. The Global High Schools category increased by 17 per cent worldwide, with a 75 per cent rise in entries from the Pacific Islands and Australia, the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) category increased by 34 per cent with 331 submissions, 35 per cent from North and Latin America. N ... Read more »

Founder and Chairman Ray Davis will lead search for new Wall Street caliber Chief Executive Officer to take company public

ME NewsWire/Business Wire

HOUSTON - Wednesday, August 13th 2014

Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs), well known for its cutting-edge AISight® platform, the Artificial Intelligence-based analytics solution that teaches itself to recognize and alert on suspicious or unexpected behavior within massive volumes of data, announced this week that it has begun a search for a new CEO to take the company public.

Earlier this week, BRS Labs Chairman Ray Davis announced that he has stepped down as CEO in order to devote his time to the strategic direction of the company and to finding the ideal candidate to take BRS Labs public. The company plans to find a Houstonian who understands the value of a public company in this market, and who has previous operational experience leading a company through the process of going public. ... Read more »