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The second annual The Maritime Tanker Conference will take place on Tuesday 24th October 2017 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Dubai. The event is expected to attract over 150 top executives from across the regional tanker business, as well as global participants.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Thursday, April 13th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

A high level group of expert speakers and panelists is being assembled by The Maritime Standard, and will include representatives from leading tanker owners and managers, port operators, trade organisations, brokers and analysts, law firms, financiers and technology providers. The event has also secured sponsorship support from a number of high profile maritime companies and organisations, including. Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, DNV GL, Bahri and International Shipping and Logistics. Supporting Associations for the event include: Dubai Council for Marine and Maritime Industries (DCMMI), UAE Shipping Association (UAESA), Organisation of the ... Read more »

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AUSTIN, Texas -Wednesday, April 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tagspire, of Quantomic, LLC, has developed one of the most compelling use cases for a neural network yet. While benefits of deep learning technology are revealed frequently, Karim Hijazi, founder and CEO of Quantomic, feels this breakthrough will be one of the most captivating applications for machine learning to date.

The firm is actively courting strategic acquirers, but Tagspire will continue to refine the platform over the next few months and plans to release an invite-only beta of the revolutionary platform by late spring of 2017.

“We’ve been working in stealth mode for over three years to compile a training data set derived from our user generated content,” claims Hijazi. “The system can now “look” at a Tagspire post, identify and tag the products enabling viewers to purchase those products from the image, all completely autonomously. Then the ... Read more »

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 Nuvias Unified Communications Practice To Be Rolled Out Across EMEA

LONDON-Wednesday, April 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nuvias announces the EMEA launch of its Unified Communications (UC) Practice. The Practice is based on the UC capabilities and services provided by SIPHON Networks, which became part of the Nuvias Group in October 2016.

SIPHON is a leading, award-winning UC solutions and technology enabler for the channel. In 2016, it was named the 24th fastest growing technology company in the UK, as part of Deloitte’s prestigious UK Technology Fast 50 rankings, achieving 723% growth in the four years prior to the award.

Roll-out across EMEA

SIPHON is already established in the UK and Benelux. The UC practice will be rolled out across EMEA over the coming months, through Nuvias regional branches, starting with Germany. More Nuvias staff are being added throughout EMEA to support vendor and reseller partners.

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 Combined technologies will empower impoverished and refugees with economic identity and big data mapping

 


SAN DIEGO-Wednesday, April 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- RippleNami, a cloud-based data visualization platform, announced today it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with BanQu, the first-ever blockchain technology platform and network that enables economic identities for refugees and impoverished people around the world. When these disruptive technologies unite, amazing innovation brings about dramatic change.

The partnership will allow the two companies to develop a technology integration between RippleNami’s data visualization mapping platform and BanQu’s blockchain economic identity technology solution. BanQu and RippleNami will approach customers with this robust big data, integrated visualization platform that empowers users with access to real-time information in areas such as Eas ... Read more »

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NEW YORK-Wednesday, April 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

Thia Breen, Group President, announces plans to retire after a 40-year career
Chris Good to succeed Thia Breen in the role of President, North America
Philippe Warnery to lead the United Kingdom and Ireland business

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE:EL) announced today leadership appointments for its two largest markets, North America and the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Ireland. After an extraordinary career, Thia Breen, Group President, North America, has made the decision to retire. Chris Good, President, U.K. and Ireland, has been named her successor in the role of President, North America. Succeeding Mr. Good is Philippe Warnery, current General Manager, Canada, who has been appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager, U.K. and Ireland. These changes are effective July 1, 2017.

“Thia’s outstanding professional achievements and her impressive career traj ... Read more »

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 PSMF Co-convenes with Inova Heart & Vascular Institute 

IRVINE, Calif.-Wednesday, April 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) invites patient safety experts, medical care providers, hospital administrators, patient advocates and policy makers from around the world to discuss challenges, brainstorm solutions and plan next steps in the mission to attain zero preventable deaths by the year 2020. Like the last midyear planning meeting, this meeting is principally a working meeting with the goal of solidifying our objectives for the next year. This meeting is by invitation only and will be co-convened with the Inova Heart & Vascular Institute at the Inova Center for Personalized Health in Falls Church, Virginia on July 13, 2017, from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm. Attendees will be provided preparation materials in advance of the meeting so they can prepare for a fruitful discussion. Meeting registration is compl ... Read more »

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DUBLIN -Wednesday, April 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fenergo, the industry standard for Client Lifecycle Management software solutions for investment, private and corporate banks has today announced that Spencer G. Lake, a former Vice Chairman of HSBC Global Banking and Markets, has joined its Board of Directors in the capacity of Vice Chairman.

“I am delighted to welcome Spencer to Fenergo’s Board,” said Marc Murphy, Fenergo CEO. “Spencer brings a huge amount of experience having built a successful career in investment banking over the last 29 years. Spencer will help steer Fenergo through our next stage of growth and I know that Fenergo will benefit greatly from his deep industry experience.”

Most recently, Spencer was Vice Chairman of HSBC Global Banking & Markets. During his decade-long tenure with HSBC, Spencer held several global senior roles in HSBC in areas such as running Debt Capital Markets and Acqu ... Read more »

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ABB China Managing Director Chun-Yuan Gu is appointed President of the Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region; Frank Duggan succeeds Bernhard Jucker as President of the Europe region; both will be members of the Executive Committee

ZURICH -Tuesday, April 11th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ABB today announced that Chun-Yuan Gu, Managing Director of ABB China, will become President of the AMEA region. He takes over from Frank Duggan, who has been appointed President of Europe, succeeding Bernhard Jucker, whose retirement was announced earlier. As members of the ABB Executive Committee, both Chun-Yuan Gu and Frank Duggan will report to ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer. Both appointments will be effective July 1, 2017.

“China represents one third of global growth and is a very important market for ABB. I am very pleased to welcome Chun-Yuan, a China and industrial automation expert, to our Executive Committee. He has a proven track record of deliveri ... Read more »

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