2021 HEHE CULTURE GLOBAL FORUM CONCLUDED IN TAIZHOU, ZHEJIANG

2021 Hehe Culture Global Forum

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 (Bernama) -- The ‘2021 Hehe Culture Global Forum’ was recently held both online and offline in Tiantai County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province.

According to a statement, this forum was hosted by the China International Communication Group (CICG), the Information Office of the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province, and the People’s Government of Taizhou City.

It was organised by the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies, the Information Office of the People’s Government of Taizhou City, the People’s Government of Tiantai County, and so on.

Du Zhanyuan, President of China International Communication Group (CICG); Wu Jing, Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; and, Yukio Hatoyama, former Prime Minister of Japan and Chairman of the East Asian Community Institute, were among those who delivered opening speeches.

About 150 people participated in discussions, including government dignitaries from a dozen countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and France, representatives of international organisations, foreign envoys in China, international sinologists, and experts and scholars from relevant think-tanks, universities, and research institutions.

Du Zhanyuan pointed out that the Hehe culture, which originated in Tiantai Mountain, can provide positive inspiration for improving global governance and tackling challenges facing mankind. “We should foster win-win cooperation and build an open global economy.”

In the sub-forums, Chinese and foreign guests held exchanges and discussions on topics such as ‘maintaining harmony and common prosperity and achieving inclusive development’, and ‘working together for win-win cooperation’.

During the forum, CICG, the Publicity Department of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, and the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government signed the Framework Agreement for Organizing Hehe Culture Global Forum on an Institutional Basis (2022-2024).

Hehe Culture Global Forum is an institutionalised international conference. Starting in 2022, the forum will host international conferences and supporting events every year.

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APPLICATIONS OPEN IN AFRICA AND ASIA FOR ADAPTATION SME ACCELERATOR PROJECT (ASAP)

Village Capital and The Lightsmith Group will accelerate sixteen SMEs and startups that are scaling climate adaptation and resilience solutions in Africa and Asia.


WASHINGTON & NEW YORK, Dec 17 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Village Capital and The Lightsmith Group announced today that applications have opened in Africa and Asia for the Adaptation SME Accelerator Project (ASAP), a program for SMEs and startups that are scaling market-based solutions to critical climate adaptation and resilience challenges.

“Accelerating the growth of selected climate adaptation solutions companies in developing countries is the final step in the ASAP strategy,” said Jay Koh, MD, Lightsmith Group. “By connecting SMEs identified through the Adaptation Solutions Taxonomy to resources of a world-class accelerator, we can demonstrate how these companies can scale up their solutions to the growing impacts of climate change.”

“SMEs and startups provide the local, contextualised solutions for climate adaptation and resilience in developing countries but struggle to obtain finance,” said Adedana Ashebir, Regional Director, Africa and Middle East, Village Capital. “Through ASAP, companies at the intersection of impact, inclusion, and investability stand a chance to bring their ideas from vision to scale.”

ASAP is a grant-funded initiative led by The Lightsmith Group, supported by the Global Environment Facility’s Special Climate Change Fund, Conservation International, and the Inter-American Development Bank that seeks to build an ecosystem for small- to medium-sized companies in emerging markets that have technologies, products, and services capable of building resilience to the impacts of climate change.

“Developing countries’ climate adaptation needs are immense and diverse, and the private sector plays an important role in filling the gap. In Asia and Africa, one of the biggest barriers to investment in climate resilience is the lack of financing available for small and medium-sized enterprises,” said Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson of the GEF.

Each of the sixteen companies will have the opportunity to work closely with industry experts, investors, and ecosystem partners to develop the networks they need to scale their impact.

All startups in the program will be invited to join Abaca, Village Capital’s global online platform that helps entrepreneurs analyse, prepare their businesses for investment and match them with the right investors and resources.

Applications close on January 31, 2022. For all details click here.

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Uniphore-Cisco collaboration to enable better customer experiences

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 -- Uniphore, the leader in Conversational Automation, announced it has joined Cisco SolutionsPlus, an industry-leading partner program that helps enterprise buyers design and implement complete end-to-end customer solutions.

“Cisco has been delivering solutions for enterprise business challenges for decades and we’re really pleased to be part of their ecosystem,” said Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Uniphore, Umesh Sachdev.

“Being a part of Cisco’s SolutionsPlus Program further validates the value our conversational automation platform brings to businesses in a wide range of industries. We are thrilled to continue working closely with Cisco, a partner, supporter, and recent investor.”

Through Cisco’s SolutionsPlus Program, Cisco’s customers and channel partners can purchase Uniphore’s conversational automation products to enable more efficient, frictionless and secure conversations between customer service agents and customers. 

For Cisco partners, this means they can resell and upsell, bringing additional customer experience innovation and value to their customers, according to a statement.

In addition to joining Cisco’s SolutionsPlus Program, the companies continue their work on developing new capabilities in AI, conversational automation, and real-time call and sentiment analysis.

These types of advances are transforming customer experience across contact centres for global enterprises.

Cisco Investments participated in Uniphore’s Series D round in March 2021. The investment supports the development of new capabilities in AI, conversational automation, and real-time call and sentiment analysis.

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WHY SNOMED CT? NEW PLATFORM PRESENTS A REFRESHED CASE FOR INVESTING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL TERMINOLOGY

SNOMED International released today its refreshed SNOMED CT Case for Investment report.


London, United Kingdom, Dec 17 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SNOMED International released today its refreshed SNOMED CT Case for Investment report. Available on a new interactive platform, the Case for Investment presents evidence that SNOMED CT adds measurable value to a broad range of primary and secondary health processes leveraging SNOMED CT encoded data to enable improved patient outcomes. Through the narrative, the report provides accessible and understandable answers to questions such as, “what is SNOMED CT?”, ‘what makes SNOMED CT unique?’, “how and where is it in use globally?” and “why invest in SNOMED CT?”

SNOMED CT, the most comprehensive and multilingual clinical healthcare terminology in the world, possesses unique characteristics that differentiate it from other classifications and terminologies. Among these characteristics are SNOMED CT’s position as a core reference terminology, its clinically comprehensive 350,000+ concepts supported by a machine-readable semantic network, broad use and mandate in select countries.

Showcasing real world use and outcomes of SNOMED CT is the best way to demonstrate its value, understanding that SNOMED CT must be embedded in a clinical information system, health data & analytics platform or an interoperability solution for it to function. Through the Case for Investment, 10 examples of SNOMED CT use across data entry and integration, clinical information sharing, point of care analytics, population and management analytics and research domains have been featured. Ranging across different countries such as Australia, Canada, China, United Kingdom, United States, continued collection of additional SNOMED CT case studies remains an ongoing priority.

SNOMED International CEO, Don Sweete, commented on the development and outcomes of the Case for Investment. “There has been a tremendous evolution in SNOMED CT over the past 10 years and this report demonstrates the value that it offers healthcare systems and stakeholders worldwide” said Sweete. “With a complement of 41 Members that represent health systems globally, continuously refreshed knowledge and analysis on the nature, utility and value of standards like SNOMED CT can’t be overstated. Health system decision-makers need to be equipped with clear knowledge of how their investments in SNOMED CT translate into positive outcomes for the health of their nation’s citizens.”

In terms of conclusions, the report presents SNOMED CT as a scalable and “fit for purpose” clinical terminology, adhering to international criteria, data quality and suitability requirements. A part of the bigger picture, SNOMED CT is one of many contributing factors to improving patient outcomes, and studies show that the use of SNOMED CT-embedded systems can provide significant qualitative and quantitative patient outcome benefits.

Looking forward, SNOMED CT must also contemplate how it enables the future needs of medicine and research. A healthcare industry that is ever evolving, the future opportunities for SNOMED CT will be driven by new healthcare data sources and new healthcare technologies such as national cohorts, big data and AI, clinical genomics, phenomics and environment, etc.

Experience the breadth of the SNOMED CT Case for Investment through the organization’s interactive value platform at value.snomed.org.

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TOSHIBA LAUNCHES THREE 4-FORM-A VOLTAGE DRIVEN PHOTORELAYS

Toshiba: four circuit, 4-Form-A, voltage driven photorelays housed in a newly-developed small S-VSON16T package. (Graphic: Business Wire)

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (Bernama) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (Toshiba) has launched three 4-Form-A voltage driven photorelays, ‘TLP3407SRA4’, ‘TLP3412SRHA4’, and ‘TLP3475SRHA4’, that have one of the smallest mounting areas in the industry. Volume shipments have started.

According to a statement, the new products are Toshiba’s first-ever four-circuit, 4-Form-A relays.

By incorporating resistors at the input side, the products are made to be driven by voltage without any need for external resistors.

These features help to reduce space requirements on circuit boards, allowing more photorelays to be mounted.

The new photorelays are suitable for applications such as semiconductor testers, which require mounting of numerous relays on circuit boards that are limited in size.

The new products’ maximum operating temperature rating is 125°C, allowing use in high temperature conditions and easily securing thermal-design margins.

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation is a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor and storage solutions, draws on over half a century of experience and innovation to offer customers and business partners outstanding discrete semiconductors, system LSIs and HDD products.

More details at https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/top.html.

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FOURKITES SECURES RECORD-BREAKING 2021 AT ASIA-PACIFIC SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITY FOREFRONT

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (Bernama) -- FourKites®, the world’s leading real-time supply chain visibility platform, has announced a year of record growth, executing on its vision to optimise global supply chains with real-time visibility data and machine learning.

Globally, the company saw triple-digit growth in total shipments; drove 95 per cent growth in new APAC customers and 50 per cent total growth in new customers globally; significantly expanded its carrier network; and extended real-time visibility to over 2,800 ports and 2.5 million facilities worldwide.

“It’s been another year of tremendous challenges, but also extraordinary collaboration and progress as a supply chain community,” said FourKites founder and chief executive officer, Mathew Elenjickal.

“I’m particularly proud of our momentum in the APAC region, where we are now tracking loads in 42 countries. There is a great deal more to come in 2022 as we continue to invest in the region with new talent, solutions and partnerships.”

According to a statement, key to its growth in 2021 was FourKites’ significant expansion in APAC, with notable year-over-year increases in total loads, ports and facilities tracked.

FourKites’ local teams and industry expertise in APAC have helped the company address critical use cases in the region, including the ability to track cross-border shipments and the temperature of freight.

In 2021, FourKites forged new strategic partnerships with global supply chain and technology leaders as it continues to execute on its bold vision for the future of digital supply chains, where automated, interconnected and collaborative supply chains are optimised by real-time visibility data and machine learning.

More details at https://www.fourkites.com/.

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LITEPOINT-MEDIATEK COLLABORATION TO ACCELERATE WI-FI 6, WI-FI 6E PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (Bernama) -- LitePoint, a leading provider of wireless test solutions has announced collaboration with leading chipset maker MediaTek to deliver turnkey design validation test solutions for MediaTek’s Wi-Fi 6/6E Filogic chips.

The collaboration will enable MediaTek customers to simplify and speed test results for this new family of high-performance connectivity chipsets.

Wi-Fi 6/6E provides breakthrough connectivity experiences delivering multigigabit, low latency Wi-Fi and reliable connectivity for applications like streaming, gaming, AR/VR and more.

“LitePoint continues to drive innovation in test solutions for Wi-Fi products and we are pleased to be working with MediaTek to enable their customers to bring Wi-Fi 6/6E devices to market,” said Anna Smith, Vice President Worldwide Sales, LitePoint in a statement.

“IQfact+ and IQxel offer MediaTek’s customer base a complete and easy-to-use testing platform for rapid design validation.”

Meanwhile, Alan Hsu, MediaTek Corporate Vice President & General Manager, Intelligent Connectivity, said: “MediaTek’s Filogic family delivers fast, reliable and always-on connected solutions to give consumers a smooth, fast and interactive connected experience with incredible video quality.”

Through this strategic collaboration, LitePoint worked with MediaTek to create a version of LitePoint IQfact+ test automation software that enables MediaTek customers to test their Wi-Fi 6/6E designs with a complete and easy to use test flow.

IQfact+ software works with the LitePoint IQxel family of test systems to provide MediaTek customers with chipset-specific test development software that enables rapid design validation through volume manufacturing with minimal engineering effort.

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