Announcement

The GSMA today announced the first speakers for the 2019 Mobile 360 Series – Africa conference, which will take place 16-18 July 2019 at the Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda and is themed ‘Rise of the Digital Citizen’. Sponsors for the event include MTN Rwanda (Host Sponsor); Mastercard (Headline Sponsor); Channel VAS (Fintech Sponsor); Telepin and Visa (Industry Sponsors); Safaricom and Telecom Egypt (Mobile Partners); and Ericsson, Facebook and TATA Communications (Series Sponsors). Following a successful launch last year, the event will again feature the Innovation Showcase including the #BetterFuture Stage, highlighting how the mobile and ICT industry is working towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

“Technology is driving change in Africa and the telecom sector is set to thrive. With more than half a billion people across Africa now subscribed to a mobile network, connectivity is delivering access to a range of essential services such as digital identity, healthcare and financial services,” said John Hoffman, CEO, GSMA Ltd. “We are excited to return to Rwanda for a second year. As technology and entrepreneurship gathers speed across the region, at the event we will be exploring the age of the digital citizen and the positive impact of mobile throughout this vibrant region.”

Industry Leaders to Keynote

At Mobile 360 – Africa, CEOs and senior executives from leading companies in the mobile industry and throughout the digital ecosystem will address the most pressing trends and issues in mobile. Speakers confirmed to present at Mobile 360 – Africa include:

Daddy Mukadi Bujitu, Chief Regulatory Officer, Airtel
Amolo Ng’weno, CEO, Bankable Frontier Associates
Toyin Adeniji, Executive Director, Bank of Industry of Nigeria
Kate Wilson, CEO, Digital Impact Alliance
Eunice Ntobedzi, CEO, EmPowered FinTech
Princess Sikhanyiso, Dlamini, Minister of ICT, Eswatini
Frehiwot Tamiru, CEO, Ethio Telecom
Reine Mbang Essobmadje, Founder and CEO Evolving Consulting and Chair of Digital Economy Committee, GICAM
Daisy Zhu, 5G Chief Marketing Officer, Huawei
Ashish Thakkar, Founder, Mara Group
Simon Karikari, Managing Director, Millicom (Tigo) Tanzania
Tawanda Sibanda, Partner, McKinsey
Bart Hofker, CEO, MTN Rwanda
Victor Alagbe, Chief Operating Officer and Blockchain Strategist, OneWattSolar
Olumide Ogunlana, Co-Founder, PrepClass
Zac Cheah, CEO, Pundi X
Patrick Nyirishema, Director General, Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA)
Stephen Chege, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Safaricom
Debra Mallowah, Chief Development Officer, Safaricom
Regina Honu, CEO, Soronko Academy
Focused on the Rise of the Digital Citizen, the conference will deliver thought-provoking keynote addresses, fireside chats and panel discussions that tackle key issues on trust, technology, future media and next generation connectivity. Setting out where Africa is in the global tech race, the event will delve into the long-term impact of digital across communities and industries and ask industry defining questions over the three days. The final day will host the bi-annual GSMA Mobile Money Leadership Forum, where industry will discuss current trends and future innovations in mobile money. The full conference agenda is available at www.mobile360series.com/africa/#agenda.

In addition to the main conference, Mobile 360 – Africa will highlight the initiatives and activities undertaken by the GSMA Mobile for Development programme. The event will focus on its work to increase access to and use of life-enhancing mobile services and to accelerate socio-economic improvements for the underserved, especially women, rural communities and youth. Additionally, the event will explore digital and financial inclusion, as well as identity for the unregistered.

Mobile 360 – Africa Registration Now Open

Registration for Mobile 360 – Africa is now open; individuals wishing to attend should visit www.mobile360series.com/africa/attend/attendee-registration/. For further information on Mobile 360 – Africa, including sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.mobile360series.com/africa/overview/. Follow developments and updates on Mobile 360 – Africa (#M360Africa) on Twitter @GSMA, on Facebook www.facebook.com/Mobile360Series and LinkedIn on www.linkedin.com/company/gsma-mobile-360-series.

Further information on the entire Mobile 360 Series of events is available at www.mobile360series.com/. Follow developments and updates on Mobile 360 Series (#Mobile360) on Twitter @GSMA and on Facebook www.facebook.com/Mobile360Series.

Source: GSMA

Despite difficult and ever-changing market conditions for Canadian oil and gas, GPS continues to demonstrate the unshakeable resilience of the industry as professionals, government officials, policymakers, energy companies and thought leaders convene to address the industry’s most critical issues and collaborate on solutions for the future.

“We are thrilled and grateful for the unprecedented response from the market around the many changes and new programs that will be introduced at this year’s Global Petroleum Show,” says Nick Samain, Vice President, dmg events. “The energy industry is going through a period of change, and we’re excited to be bringing to Calgary a world class exhibition and conference that can be a gathering place for all the key players and a showcase for the latest technology that is driving the future of oil and gas.”

This year’s impressive lineup of speakers includes Alberta’s newly elected Premier, the Honorable Jason Kenney who will kick-off the 2019 conference with a leadership address outlining the provincial government’s industry outlook and efforts to further infrastructure projects.

“The Canadian oil and gas industry has an amazing story to tell,” says Alex Pourbaix, President & CEO, Cenovus Energy. “We have world-leading environmental and regulatory practices and strong relationships with Indigenous communities who are working as partners with us to develop Canada’s energy resources. But we need to do a better job of spreading the word about this great work. The Global Petroleum Show provides an opportunity to showcase these best practices and to encourage discussions about how we can collaborate to achieve even greater success.”

The three-day strategic and technical conferences provide a platform for discussion around key themes for the energy industry, including:

Global Outlook: Transitioning Towards the Future;
Oil & Gas 4.0: Disruptive Innovation and Futureproofing the Business Model, and;
Focus on Canada: The World’s Most Responsible Producer.
GPS will also provide the setting for the ‘Largest Oil & Gas Rally in Canadian History,’ in partnership with Canada Action. A first of its kind for the show, the rally will take place on Tuesday, June 11 at 12:00 p.m. MT in the outdoor exhibit area near the Big Four at Stampede Park. The rally will feature appearances from top industry leaders, politicians and advocates from across the country. It is anticipated that over 5,000 people will attend.

Other new programming, content and features this year include:

One-on-one global meetings program;
TakeStock Oil & Gas Investor Forum and Energy Frontiers International downstream forum;
Outdoor zone and Cowboys beer garden;
CEO/Ministerial closed-door meetings and summit; and
GPS after party featuring Vanilla Ice.
In addition to the conference, Stampede Park will once again host over 460,000 square feet of exhibition space for GPS, providing a marketplace for visitors to network and conduct business among some of the world’s most innovative thought leaders and professionals. More than 1,000 companies, displays and equipment will be on-site, making GPS the largest energy showcase in Canada.

Registration is still open for the 51st Global Petroleum Show, but remaining space is filling up quickly. Visit www.globalpetroleumshow.com to learn more.

About Global Petroleum Show
Global Petroleum Show (GPS) is North America’s leading energy exhibition and conference, hosting speakers, exhibiting companies and industry professionals from over 115 countries. The show provides one of the most important platforms to do business and exchange information, attracting government officials, global CEOs and decision makers for three days in Calgary, Alberta.

SOURCE Global Petroleum Show

Extreme weather is the most pressing threat facing our global economy in 2019. For corporate giants, this escalating risk means the need to future-proof is crucial now more than ever. With the reputation and profitability of their businesses at stake, CEOs can no longer afford to ignore climate change. The Economist Events is pleased to announce its inaugural Climate Risk Summit, to be held in London on July 2, 2019.

The one-day summit, which coincides with London’s first ever Climate Action Week, will examine the impact of climate-related risks on markets and the economy, as well as opportunities and challenges in the management of these risks. The event — which will take place at One Moorgate Place in London — will generate informative, actionable information on how to address the systemic risks posed by climate change, presented by business leaders, market analysts, investors, insurance firms and policymakers.

The event will include panel discussions, fireside chats, debates, interviews and personal stories from world-renowned organisations and leading institutions. Topics to be discussed include: How climate risk is being disclosed and reported, and what can be done to improve transparency; how investors can put pressure on companies to be more transparent; which models are available to inform corporations on their current and future risks; how prepared corporate giants in industries like energy and car-manufacturing are; the risk to global financial stability if companies don’t get better at managing and disclosing climate-related risk; and how this global risk can be managed and mitigated.

“The climate-change clock is ticking and the way businesses are run has to change as a result,” said Andrew Palmer, executive editor, The Economist. “Rhetoric about the environment will no longer cut it – investors and regulators want greater transparency about exposure to climate risks, clearer targets for reduced emissions and improved disclosure.”

Confirmed speakers at this year’s event include:

Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, Minister of trade and industry, Norway
Harriett Baldwin, Minister of state for international development, U.K.
Sarah Tuneberg, Co-founder and chief executive, Geospiza
Steve Waygood, Chief responsible investment officer, Aviva
Sarah Breeden, Executive director, International Banking Supervision, Bank of England
Daniel Klier, Group head of strategy and global head of sustainable finance, HSBC
Alice Hill, Research fellow, Hoover Institute
Amelia Tan, Director, EMEA head of platform strategy and innovation, BlackRock Sustainable Investing
Todd Stern, Senior fellow, Brookings Institution; distinguished fellow, World Resources Institute
James Thornton, Founder and chief executive, ClientEarth
Nigel Brook, Global head of reinsurance, Clyde & Co
Cynthia McHale, Senior director, Insurance and Climate Action 100+ Investor Engagement, Ceres
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair, Environment Agency
Rich Sorkin, CEO and co-founder, Jupiter Intelligence
Nancy Saich, Chief climate change expert, European Investment Bank
Christine Faure-Fedigan, Head of corporate climate policy, Engie
Jens Ulltveit-Moe, Chair, Center for International Climate Research (CICERO); chief executive, Umoe
Andrew Palmer, Executive editor, The Economist
Catherine Brahic, Environment editor, The Economist
Jan Piotrowski, Business editor, The Economist
Jay Koh, Founder and managing director, The Lightsmith Group
Hauke Engel, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Tony Clamp, Deputy director, private sector facility, Green Climate Fund
Kris Peters, Deputy prime minister, Belgium
For more information on the event or to register, please go to:

Additionally, you can view The Economist Events’ Climate Risk Summit blog page (http://www.economistclimaterisk.com/) for more content including Q&As with a range of our panelists. Follow and join in commentary about the event on Twitter using hashtag #EconClimateRisk.

Sponsors:

Climate-KIC is the event’s Bronze sponsor. The event PR agency is BackBay Communications.

Supporting associations include BSR, Eco-Business, BloombergNEF, The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Carbon Tracker.

Media registration:

The event is open to working members of the press. Please contact Amisha Mehta at BackBay Communications (information below) for media registration details.

Source: The Economist (https://www.economist.com/)

COMPUTEX 2019 closed today (June 1) with a huge success. In the last five days, 42,495 international buyers from 171 countries flooded into the show, a 0.5% growth from the previous year. The top 10 buyer countries are, namely, China, the US, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Germany, Malaysia, and India. Once again, COMPUTEX established the role of a leading ICT tradeshow that connects businesses along industry supply chains and opens up infinite possibilities in the tech ecosystem. In addition, InnoVEX 2019 attracted 18,251 visitors in 3 days, a 3% from the previous year, showing significant startup dynamics. During the show, 76 heavyweight buyers from around the world participated in 470 sessions of one-on-one procurement meetings. Furthermore, InnoVEX invited 45 international venture capital firms, including Samsung NEXT, LINE, Delta, China Trust, and Israel’s largest fundraising platform, OurCrowd, to match with 69 startups.

Myriads of Gaming Devices Launched; New-Generation High-Performance Products Glowed

With the advancements and introduction of new AAA games based on generous production budgets and marketing cost, PC manufacturers are taking up challenges to break technological boundaries. The development of high-performance multitasking processors, graphics cards, memory, and high-end peripherals is indicating that these brands are catering to professional eSports players and enthusiastic gamers, meeting their demands and expectations for immersive gaming experiences.

MSI’s flagship GT76 Titan gaming laptop showcased at COMPUTEX was armed with an Intel® Core™ i9 processor that can be overclocked to 5.0GHz across all 8 cores, while its extreme cooling capability handles the most extreme heat, granting the new GT Titan its overclocked desktop performance. ADATA showcased its XPG ORB that presents all XPG products and offers immersive experiences. ASRock introduced its Phantom Gaming motherboards while its premium Z390 Phantom Gaming X received the most attention at COMPUTEX for being the first motherboard in the world to support Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), providing improved thermal result and superior performance.

Inspiring eSports Games Held for Charity on the International Stage

As the first charity eSports event held at COMPUTEX, ZOTAC CUP Fight for Charity LOL Tournament ended today. A total Grand Finals prize pool of US$100,000 will go towards charities including Esports Foundation in the US, Gaming Aid in Germany and Make-A-Wish Foundation. ZOTAC successfully made positive impacts and give back for a good cause.

G.Skill OC World Record Stage 2019 and OC World Cup 2019—organized by G.Skill and sponsored by Samsung and Intel—ended with championship taken by [email protected] from Romania. The 8th G.Skill OC World Record Overclocking Competition invited 15 overclockers to represent the major e-sports vendors to demonstrate the powerful hardware performance on the spot. And in addition to the overclocking contest, G.Skill Extreme Mod Stage 2019, on the other hand, invited 10 teams of talented system mod builders to bring their creativity into full play at COMPUTEX and presented 11 of the world’s most creative and special system mods.

Promising Startups From Around the World Gathered at InnoVEX, Pitch Competition Awards Delivered

As a global indicator, InnoVEX is a platform that encourages startups to show their unlimited creativity and offers publicity opportunities. Every year at InnoVEX, a pitch competition is held. This year, the total award reached US$420,000. The grand prize worthy of US$30,000 was taken by MedFluid. Omni Eyes, Mind & Idea Fly, Onesoftdigm, MedFluid, and PurCity left with Startup Terrace Awards and US$ 60,000. MTAMTech was awarded US$10,000 by Taiwania Capital and Ganzin technology received US$10,000 award by Qualcomm.

For the first time, a CEO Keynote was held with COMPUTEX pre-show International Press Conference with AMD President & CEO Dr. Lisa Su as the keynote speaker. Dr. Lisa Su addressed how the next-generation of computing will drive innovation. She also invited Microsoft, ASUS, Acer and close to 20 industry partners to present the computing industry ecosystem. Leonor Lin, TAITRA Executive Vice President said, “This year, we have seen various innovative applications driven by the advancements of AI, IoT, and 5G. The technologies to process a massive amount of data and high-performance computing will be one of the most important driving forces to sustain the growth of the tech industry in the future. COMPUTEX 2019 has fulfilled its promise to build global tech ecosystems. As the scope of exhibitions and the number of participants set new records, we expect COMPUTEX to keep leading technology businesses forward to build global technology ecosystems that bring prosperity to all.”

For more updated show info：

COMPUTEX Website：http://www.computextaipei.com.tw/zh_TW/
COMPUTEX Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/COMPUTEX.TAITRA/

Source: COMPUTEX TAIPEI

With cell and gene therapies revolutionizing cancer treatment, curing major diseases with a single administration, and commanding blockbuster prices, biologics manufacturers are clamoring to move the “next big drug” into the marketplace.

Revolutionizing Biologics Manufacturing: The Bioprocessing Summit Offers Dedicated Cell and Gene Therapy Streams

To help biomanufacturers meet patient demand, while addressing quality, safety, and cost-efficiency challenges, The Bioprocessing Summit from Cambridge Healthtech Institute will feature 60+ presentations across two dedicated week-long conference tracks on Cell Therapy Manufacturing and Gene Therapy Manufacturing. Taking place August 12-16, 2019 at the Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, this premier global conference will bring together 1,500 scientists, engineers, and leaders from biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, academia, and government.

“The clinical data supporting cell and gene therapies is outstanding. However, robust analytical and manufacturing strategies will determine the long-term success of this industry and supply of such cutting-edge therapies to patients. The Cell and Gene Therapy CMC and Manufacturing tracks at The Bioprocessing Summit will give scientists access to new analytical and manufacturing data, technologies, and contacts to capitalize on a new era,” said Dan Barry, Senior Conference Director for these tracks at The Bioprocessing Summit.

Global Event in Boston, August 12-16, Provides New Data, Technologies, and Collaboration Opportunities

The Cell and Gene Therapy CMC and Manufacturing streams will be part of 16 separate meetings and more than 200 presentations at the event.

Cell Therapy CMC and Manufacturing sessions will explore regulatory and CMC strategies, product and process characterization, automation, and autologous and allogeneic manufacturing for CAR Ts, and next-generation therapies.

Gene Therapy CMC and Manufacturing sessions will focus on viral vector-based gene therapies. Topics will include impurity analysis, potency assay development, process development, scale-up, clinical and commercial manufacturing, purification, and formulation.

The Bioprocessing Summit will also include new opportunities for one-on-one networking, an Exhibit Hall featuring 110-plus cutting-edge innovators, poster sessions, and more. See bioprocessingsummit.com.

Source: Cambridge Healthtech Institute

USPTO’s Director, Andrei Iancu, and Group Director of Technology Center 3600, Tariq Hafiz, will keynote the 16th Annual Summit on Protecting Innovations in the Financial Services Industry taking place July 24-25, 2019 at the Intercontinental New York Barclay, in NYC. This event brings together in-house counsel, law firms, and regulatory leaders to explore trends in technology innovation and recent developments in patent eligibility.

Iancu will address USPTO initiatives to promote innovations and Hafiz will share updates on patent prosecution. They are joined by an elite group of IP counsel from financial organizations including American Express, Mastercard, Capital One, Visa, Wells Fargo, CME Group, CoreLogic, and Microsoft.

“Given the recent announcement of the new guidelines on subject matter eligibility by the USPTO, it is an opportune time for IP counsel to gain clarity from the USPTO on how to bolster innovation in the financial services industry,” said World Congress CEO, Kathy Coffey. “It is critical for financial institutions to be at the forefront of technological advances while keeping pace with IP protection strategies and guidelines.”

To view the full list of speakers, please visit: http://bit.ly/2VXWfNk

To request additional information about this event, request a PDF brochure.

To learn more and register for the upcoming 16th Annual Protecting Innovations in the Financial Services Industry Summit, please visit www.worldcongress.com/patents for details.

Source: World Congress

The IoT Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC) program is taking shape. The event, organized by Fira de Barcelona in collaboration with the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), announces the first sessions and speakers of its next edition, among which are the American analyst Joe Barkai, together with important directors of global technology companies such as Dell, Ericsson, Google Cloud, Huawei, IBM, Microsoft, SAS, Wipro, as well as executives from companies that use IoT solutions such as Hugo Boss, SNCF Réseau, or Maersk GTD, among others.
BARCELONA – May 14, 2019 – IoTSWC 2019, which will be held from 29th to 31st October in Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue, will be based around nine core themes: open industry; technologies enabling IoT, connected transport; manufacturing; energy and supplies; healthcare; construction and infrastructures; artificial intelligence; and blockchain. There will be over 200 sessions including talks, round tables and presentations, and more than 400 speakers are expected to participate.

Among the first confirmed experts is Joe Barkai, analyst and author of “The Outcome Economy: How the Industrial Internet of Things is Transforming Every Business”, who will reflect on the development of artificial intelligence. Other confirmed speakers at the event include Erkut Ekinci, head of IT at Hugo Boss; Emmanuel Cox, head of digital transformation at SNCF Réseau; Daniel Wilson, director of business development at TradeLens-Maersk GTD; and Gloria Zaionz, a prestigious emerging technology expert.

Additionally the following executives from global companies providing solutions to digitalize all types of industries have been confirmed to attend K. Eric Harper (ABB), Teresa Tung and Edy Liongosari (Accenture Labs), Dirk Slama (Bosch Software Innovations), Said Tabet (Dell), Jake Gostylo (Dun & Bradstreet), Shannon Lucas (Ericsson), Garret Miller (GE Current), Jennifer Bennett (Google Cloud), Beverly Rider (Hitachi), Maria Schwenger (Honeywell), Wael William Diab (Huawei), Juan José Ruiz (IBM), Chris Pendleton (Microsoft), Shyam Varan Nath (Oracle Corporation), Brad Klenz (SAS), Charles Paumelle, (Thales Group) and Madhusudan Pai (Wipro).

The program committee is also adding the finishing touches to the topics and selecting other success stories with the aim of providing knowledge to help accelerate the digital transformation of companies in different sectors and provide an overview of the state of application of disruptive technologies such as IoT, artificial intelligence and blockchain.

In the Age of Intelligent Machines
IoTSWC 2019 will analyze the implementation status of artificial intelligence and automatic learning technologies for process improvement. It will also address issues related to standardization, as well as ethical aspects and social responsibilities that arise at the beginning of the era of smart machines. In this regard, it will also address the relationship and role of people and machines in Industry 4.0 to improve safety, productivity and processes.

In addition, IoT enabling technologies will be discussed from the experiences contributed by companies from different industrial sectors. Special attention will be given to the potential provided by “Digital Twins”, one of the main strategic trends in the industrial IoT.

The IoTSWC will also present good practices and success stories of companies that have implemented the IoT, artificial intelligence and blockchain in their activity, achieving significant competitive advantages. For example, the US firm Advanced Disposal Services will explain how it has transformed the waste management and recycling model through the use of mobile technologies, IoT and data analytics. For its part, Pentair will talk about various intelligent solutions for water management in industry, businesses and the home. The French public railway company SNCF) will also present the results obtained after applying predictive maintenance via IoT on its 30,000km of track, 15,000 trains and 3,000 stations. Meanwhile, Hugo Boss will focus on how automatic learning is changing its production systems and market access.

For its part, Legal Aid Ontario corporation responsible for administering the legal aid program in that Canadian province will present its case for digitization and use of blockchain solutions. Along the same lines, Maersk will announce concrete achievements in the use of blockchain in the maritime transport industry and the cost savings it represents.

Time will also be spent analyzing the healthcare revolution via the IoT with examples from the UCSF Health hospital consortia in California and Radboudumc in the Netherlands; learning from Amaresco how large energy consumers (from industries to cities) can reduce their carbon footprint through digitalization, as well as intelligent and connected solutions for upgrading buildings and infrastructures; or explaining how blockchain contributes to data privacy and improving services that local governments offer to citizens. We will also look at technologies needed in this new wave of digitalization such as LoRaWAN, 5G and ZigBee.

About IoTSWC
The Internet of Things Solutions World Congress, IoTSWC, is the largest event in the world specializing in digitalizing industries and the only one that combines a commercial exhibition with knowledge, testbeds and professional networking at the highest level. It is organized by Fira de Barcelona in collaboration with the Industrial Internet Consortium. In its next edition, it expects to bring together 400 exhibiting companies and more than 400 speakers from all over the world, as well as surpassing the figure of 16,000 attendees in 2018.

The Object Management Group® (OMG®), an international, open membership, not-for-profit technology standards consortium, today announced the agenda for its Special Events program, hosting events from Monday through Thursday, during the OMG Technology Committee (TC) meeting from June 17-21, 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

OMG CEO and Chairman Dr. Richard Soley said, “Attendees will learn how standards are innovating the retail customer experience, and how to deploy standards to measure IT risk in software development. Members will share a significant effort to analyze and document data residency challenges. Kevin Wallis, the National Chairperson of the NATO C3B Architecture Capability Team (ACaT), will discuss the ongoing collaboration among NATO C3B ACaT, OMG and The Open Group. Our popular BPMN Meet and Greet event features an interoperability demonstration using tools to implement the OMG BPMN™ standard. And our Business Architecture series runs the gamut from a Primer for those new to the discipline to a Master Series, highlighting topics that represent the next logical step in this rapidly expanding discipline.”

The Special Events program for the week includes:

Artificial Intelligence and the Customer Experience will highlight how AI has begun to reshape the shopping experience. Attendees will learn to how to take advantage of AI to optimize pricing and inventory management, improve recommendations for consumers, or enhance customer service with facial recognition.
Business Architecture Master Series: Making It Real! will focus on business architecture’s use and potential as the primary enabler of interdisciplinary business value realization.
Business Architecture Primer is a half-day tutorial given by Business Architecture Associates’ industry thought leaders Whynde Kuehn and William Ulrich to ensure that attendees have a solid foundation in business architecture. It is available at no charge to registered attendees of the Business Architecture Master Series.
Workshop Business Architecture Made Simple: 8 Steps Towards Maturity is an optional one-day event for Business Architecture Master Series attendees to work through a series of rapid working sessions to gain an appreciation of bringing business architecture through its key phases of maturation.
Modern Metrics for Productivity and Continuous Improvement will feature speakers from digitalscaler, NESMA (International Software Benchmarking Standards Group), Cognizant, and the Consortium for IT Software Quality™, among others, who will discuss agile and DevOps, technical debt, and strategies that take advantage of emerging standards and best practices.
Data Residency: Status, Challenges and Standards is a half-day event, featuring a Data Residency Maturity Model to guide data owners and custodians regarding how data can be transferred, stored, shared, and protected, within a growing web of conflicting laws and regulations. Lunch is optional at a cost of $49 USD for those who want to continue the conversation.
OMG MEET & GREET: BPMN in Action! will highlight a live and iterative interchange of a Business Process Model™ and Notation™ model, using tools from some of the creators and innovators behind the OMG BPMN specification, the most widely adopted business process standard.
UAF in the Context of the NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) event will highlight the UAF® Domain Metamodel, which was recently adopted by NATO as one of two metamodels for building NAF architectures, including its Enterprise Architecture Framework, NAFv4. Thought leaders from NATO, national governments, system integrators, the OMG Unified Architecture Framework® (UAF) development team, and practitioners will discuss the challenges, strategies, and current and emerging practices required to support NATO needs.
Registration Information
Each special event requires advance registration and vary in cost with some at no cost. Registration for the Special Events program is open to the public. Media can apply for a complimentary press pass using the code TCNTP19. OMG sponsors, No Magic, RTI and Sparx Systems, will showcase implementations of OMG standards in their products throughout the OMG meeting week.

Registration for the full TC meeting week includes all Special Event daily fees.

Source: OMG
www.omg.org

The free-to-attend conference will be hosted in Manchester between 14th – 16th May offering visitors a packed agenda of business talks, networking opportunities and global funding initiatives.

This month, Government agency, Innovate UK is hosting what’s set to be the biggest innovation event in the UK this year. Now in its sixth year, the EUREKA Global Innovation Summit (EGIS) is the only global meeting place for business and innovation agencies to network, learn about global funding initiatives and secure future business opportunities. A driving force towards a globally competitive Britain, the Summit also presents an advantage for the UK economy.

Taking place at the Victoria Warehouse, Manchester between the 14th – 16th May, the free-to-attend conference will provide practical advice on scale-up, pitching and valuable forecasting from a broad range of speakers including Dr Ian Campbell, Executive Chair of Innovate UK; Paul Stein, CTO of Rolls Royce and Stephen Welton, CEO Business Growth Fund.

As the flagship event of the UK Chairmanship of EUREKA, an international network for business collaboration, representatives from over 58 countries, in addition to over 700 UK businesses, are expected to attend the Summit.

Bringing together over 1700 International businesses, investors and policy makers looking to drive growth through collaboration, EGIS provides a unique opportunity for UK businesses to meet, collaborate and share ideas with innovation experts from across the globe.

The conference, which includes a packed agenda of over 50 talks, panel debates and workshops delivered by innovation experts from across the globe, will this year focus on the UK’s Industrial Strategy including key topics such as artificial intelligence, data sciences, silver economy, the mobility of the future and clean growth.

As well as industry-leading insights from experts in their fields, attendees can also expect to come away with valuable information regarding the support and funding opportunities available via key industry bodies including Innovate UK and EUREKA to further drive business growth.

To find out more information, please visit http://egis2019.org/