CWT and Tracker Software Technologies partner to simplify tax and immigration compliance for travelers

Minneapolis. CWT, the Business-to-Business-for-Employees (B2B4E) travel management platform, has signed a global referral agreement with Tracker Software Technologies (TST), a specialist in business traveler compliance management. Following this arrangement, CWT will be able to provide a data feed of travel bookings for mutual customers to the TST platform at our customers’ request, which automatically assesses individual trip data and proactively alerts nominated stakeholders, travel managers and their travelers, to specific tax and immigration compliance requirements pre-trip. In response to global events such as the pandemic and Brexit, border controls have tightened, and new taxation rules and work visa requirements are in place which vary widely between countries and states. Employers and their travelers are at risk of significant fines and sanctions if they do not have the correct immigration and tax protocols in place for any given business trip. TST’s solution is designed to eliminate the headache of navigating these complexities and help keep travelers and their employers fully compliant in the ever-evolving landscape of a mobile workforce. CWT is a Business-to-Business-for-Employees (B2B4E) travel management platform. Companies and governments rely on us to keep their people connected – anywhere, anytime, anyhow – and, across six continents, we provide their employees with innovative technology and an efficient, safe, and secure travel experience.

Codebase Technologies partners with Capital Bank Group to build new Regional Digital Bank

Dubai, UAE Capital Bank Group selects Codebase Technologies to build and launch its first fully digital bank in Jordan and Iraq. The strategic partnership will enrich Capital Bank Group’s digital offering to its retail and corporate clientele.The Capital Bank Group initiative will spearhead digital transformation across the two countries, leveraging the countries’ combined 88% mobile penetration rate to transform the financial ecosystem; bringing secure and widely accessible digital banking to the broader market.Powered by Codebase Technologies’ award-winning Digibanc™ platform, the fully digital bank will empower Jordan and Iraq’s customers with next-generation banking services such as seamless onboarding, intuitive workflows, smartphone access, and an expansive array of innovative products and services. Digibanc™ is an innovative “Bank-in-a-box” solution that can be integrated with any financial institution’s existing core banking system and be customized to deliver unique digital banking products and services.Tamer Mauge, MENA Managing Director at Codebase Technologies, commented: “We are proud to partner with Capital Bank Group and take the next step forward to launch Jordan and Iraq’s first truly digital bank, aimed at both SME and retail customers. The opportunity we are embarking on will support the financial inclusion and literacy agenda while providing the banking industry in both Jordan and Iraq with cutting-edge technology infrastructure to pioneer digital financial innovation.” Zein Malhas, Chief Digital Officer of Capital Bank, said: “Technology has become the main element in our lives and our partnership with Codebase Technologies, which is the ideal partner in providing advanced technical services that reflect the commitment of Capital Bank Group to provide top-notch and innovative solutions in the digital world. Capital Bank Group continues to develop its services in line with the customer’s expectations and the Group’s belief that innovation is the language of the future that gives customers, whether individuals or companies, an exceptional digital banking experience without having to physically visit branches”. Raheel Iqbal, Managing Partner at Codebase Technologies commented on the partnership: “Codebase Technologies is committed to leveraging its global expertise and knowledge delivering innovative digital financial products and services. We have proven experience across multiple digital banking implementations in the region and we are passionate about supporting our partners to move the financial inclusion and digital transformation agenda forward.”

B.T.EXPO Biomedical Technologies

ModenaFiere, 5/6 10 2021. E’ l’evento che ospiterà il meglio del settore biomedicale. Si tratta di una manifestazione dal forte contenuto innovativo, nata dal confronto con tutte le realtà presenti nella zona di Mirandola dove è attivo il distretto industriale biomedicale più importante a livello nazionale e uno tra i primi al mondo. È previsto il coinvolgimento di realtà imprenditoriali che andranno a rappresentare l’intera filiera tecnologica e produttiva del settore biomedicale: in vetrina prodotti finiti, componenti, apparecchiature di produzione, di misura, e di controllo, apparecchi biomedicali, componenti elettronici ed elettrici, sensori, software e materiali. Tutti e sette i comparti in cui tradizionalmente viene suddiviso il comparto dei dispositivi medici – biomedicale, elettromedicale, diagnostica in vitro, biomedicale strumentale, servizi e software, attrezzature tecniche, borderline – saranno rappresentati ai massimi livelli.In Italia le imprese del settore dei dispositivi medici sono circa 4.500, il 52% manifatturiere, il 44% commerciali e il 4% di servizi. La maggiore concentrazione di aziende si trova in Lombardia (1.213), Veneto (472), Emilia-Romagna (457), Lazio (413), Toscana (229), Campania (215), Piemonte (210) e Sicilia (140). Complessivamente offrono lavoro a circa 70mila persone, con un fatturato di oltre 11miliardi di euro. L’export arriva a 5,1 miliardi di euro: il primo mercato di sbocco è quello americano seguito da Francia e Germania. Si tratta di realtà all’avanguardia, che mediamente investono l’8% del fatturato in ricerca e innovazione e che offrono lavoro particolarmente qualificato. Il ruolo strategico del settore è emerso in modo evidente in questi mesi in cui l’emergenza sanitaria ha determinato un’esponenziale richiesta di dispositivi medici.L’evento, ideato nel cuore del più importante distretto biomedicale italiano ed uno dei più avanzati ed innovativi tessuti industriali a livello europeo, nasce per offrire a tutte le aziende che operano nella catena di progettazione e di produzione l’opportunità di presentare agli operatori del settore le novità e le soluzioni più innovative. B.T.EXPO Biomedical Technologies Expo è organizzato da ModenaFiere, società del gruppo BolognaFiere, in stretta collaborazione con CNA, Confindustria Dispositivi Medici, Confindustria Emilia Area Centro e LAPAM Modena. Il Comitato organizzatore riunisce le rappresentanze delle associazioni industriali e artigianali, in questo modo è possibile assicurare la massima coerenza con le attese delle aziende e dei tanti professionisti del settore. La solidità e la qualità della scelta degli argomenti che saranno sviluppati durante i numerosi incontri e convegni è assicurata da un Comitato Scientifico formato da alcuni dei più insigni rappresentanti del mondo universitario e aziendale. I componenti sono Carlo Altomonte, professore associato presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Politiche dell’Università Bocconi, Fernanda Gellona, Direttore Generale di Confindustria Dispositivi Medici, Costantino Grana e Francesco Leali, professori ordinari presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria “Enzo Ferrari” – Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Paolo Locatelli, responsabile scientifico dell’Osservatorio Innovazione Digitale in sanità della School of Management del Politecnico di Milano e Michele Modesti, professore ordinario presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale dell’Università di Padova.

Everspin to Present at Needham Growth Conference

Everspin Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRAM), the market leader in MRAM, today announced Kevin Conley, President and CEO, will present at the 22nd Annual Needham Growth Conference to be held January 14-15, 2020 at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. Management is scheduled to present on Tuesday, January 14th at 10:00 A.M. ET and will be available throughout the day to meet with investors attending the conference.
Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Everspin Technologies, Inc. is the worldwide leader in the design, volume production and distribution of Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) into markets and applications where data persistence, performance, and endurance are paramount. Serving applications across the data center, industrial, and transportation markets, Everspin has built the strongest and fastest-growing foundation of MRAM users in the world. For more information, visit http://www.everspin.com.

Maxar Technologies to Sell MDA to Northern Private Capital for CAD$1 Billion

Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell MDA to a consortium of financial sponsors led by Northern Private Capital (NPC), for CAD$1 billion (US$765 million), subject to customary adjustments. The company expects to use proceeds to reduce leverage and improve its capital structure to prioritize investments for growth in its core areas of Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure.The transaction includes all of MDA’s Canadian businesses, encompassing ground stations, radar satellite products, robotics, defense, and satellite components, representing approximately 1,900 employees. These businesses are expected to generate approximately US$370 million and US$85 million in revenue and Adjusted EBITDA, respectively in 2019. This revenue is inclusive of approximately US$78 million of intercompany sales to other Maxar entities.Following the completion of the transaction, the MDA team will operate as a stand-alone company within NPC’s portfolio, retaining its name and standing as the leading space and defense company in Canada. MDA expects to continue to supply Maxar with certain components and subsystems, and the companies expect to sell each other’s complementary satellite data. The revenue and Adjusted EBITDA numbers for MDA highlighted above include approximately US$52 million of revenue and US$29 million of Adjusted EBITDA for certain radar related imagery sales which have historically been included in Maxar’s imagery segment. This business activity has been included in the sale of MDA.
The completion of the transaction is conditioned on regulatory approvals, including review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, Hart-Scott-Rodino review by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and Canadian government reviews under the Radiocommunications Act and the Competition Act. PJT Partners, RBC Capital Markets, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch are serving as financial advisors to Maxar. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Stikeman Elliott LLP are serving as the company’s legal advisors for this transaction.
The amounts of revenue and Adjusted EBITDA given above in this release represent the expected results of MDA as they flow into Maxar’s Space Systems and Imagery segments and will vary from the amounts ultimately classified as discontinued operations for MDA, which will reflect interest, depreciation, amortization, taxes, certain corporate expenses, and the effect of blending margins on projects for which MDA is an intercompany subcontractor. The MDA businesses are expected to have approximately US$10 million in Depreciation and Amortization expense.

Adya Announces Proposed Transaction With Iris Technologies

Adya Inc. (“Adya” or the “Company”), (TSX-V: ADYA) announces today that it intends to close a private placement offering (“Private Placement”) of 21,249,936 common shares of the Company (“Shares”) to Iris Technologies Inc. (“Iristel”) at a price per Share equal to $0.07647, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,625,000 to the Company (the “Proceeds”). There are currently 2,363,604 Shares issued and outstanding and with the issuance of 21,249,936 Shares to Iristel, the Company will have a total of 23,613,540 Shares issued and outstanding, of which Iristel will hold approximately 90%.The Proceeds of the Private Placement are to be immediately used by the Company to effect the settlement and payment to the holders of $2,250,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.5% debentures of the Company (“Debentures”) issued February 28, 2014, pursuant to an amended & restated debenture indenture (the “Indenture”) entered into concurrently therewith between the Company and TSX Trust Company, the trustee pursuant to the Indenture. The payment of the Proceeds to TSX Trust Company, on behalf of the holders of Debentures, is to be made in addition to a payment made concurrently thereto by the Company of its cash-on-hand on the date thereof. In consideration for the payments thereto, TSX Trust Company, on behalf of the holders of Debentures, will then agree to terminate the debentures as fully-paid and cancelled.As part of this transaction, effective on the date the Private Placement is closed (the “Closing Date”), Adya’s current Board members will have resigned and the new directors, set out below, are to be appointed. The following current directors will be resigning: Rajan Arora, Eamon Hoey, Rajiv Jagota, Robert Stikeman, and Pankaj Varma.

Morehouse School of Medicine to Expand Access to Digital Health Technologies for Rural and Underserved Communities

The United Health Foundation on Thursday announced a new partnership with the Morehouse School of Medicine’s National Center for Primary Care to examine how digital tools could be leveraged to support underserved and rural communities in four Southeastern states. The partnership is funded through a three-year, $1.1 million grant and will support scientific research examining how to make digital health technology more accessible and useful for residents of urban and rural underserved communities across Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee.
This is the latest partnership between Morehouse School of Medicine and UnitedHealth Group. Morehouse of School of Medicine received a previous grant from the United Health Foundation to help build health systems and technology for a local clinic, and is part of UnitedHealth Group’s partnership with the Atlanta University Center Consortium, along with three other historically Black universities, focused on educating and training the next generation of health analytics workers.

Global Energy Prize for energy storage and integration technologies

Moscow (Russia). Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak awarded the prestigious and lucrative world science award, the 2019 Global Energy Prize, to professors Khalil Amine of the United States and Frede Blaabjerg of Denmark for their work on energy storage and integration technologies. The prize annually honors outstanding research that impacts live across the planet and provides technology addressing energy challenges.We would truly appreciate if you consider publishing this press release. In case you would like to make an additional interview with the speakers, we are happy to assist you with this process. The Global Energy Association develops international research and projects in the field of energy. The Association operates with the support of the leading Russian energy companies PJSC “GAZPROM”, “FGC UES”, PJSC, PJSC “Surgutneftegas”. The Association manages the Global Energy Prize, organizes the eponymous summit, and implements the Global Energy Youth Program. The Global Energy Prize is an international award for outstanding scientific research and technological development in energy. Since 2003, the Global Energy Prize has been awarded to 39 Laureates from 13 countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the UK and the USA. According to IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, the Global Energy Prize is one of TOP-99 international academic awards with the highest prestige and significance. In the prestige rating of the International Congress of Distinguished Awards (ICDA) the Global Energy Prize is in the category of “Mega Prizes” for its laudable goals, exemplary practices and the overall prize fund. https://globalenergyprize.org/en/

L3Harris Technologies Completes Sale of Harris Night Vision Business to Elbit Systems of America

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) today completed the previously announced sale of the Harris Night Vision business to Elbit Systems of America, LLC (ESA) for $350 million in cash. Proceeds from the transaction will be used to pre-fund the L3Harris pension.L3Harris divested the business as part of the regulatory process relating to the merger of Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies in June 2019. L3Harris retained the legacy L3 Warrior Mission Solutions business that develops and manufactures fully qualified, advanced night vision and electro-optical systems and components for the U.S military, law enforcement, first responder agencies and allied nations across the globe.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $17 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in 130 countries. L3Harris.com.

Maxar Technologies Signs Contract Renewal with International Defense and Intelligence Customer

Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, today announced that it has signed a delayed contract renewal in its Imagery segment with an International Defense and Intelligence customer, as described in the second quarter 2019 earnings call presentation. The contract renewal encompasses services that Maxar began providing on Feb. 1, 2019, and will provide through Jan. 31, 2020.Maxar is a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure. We deliver disruptive value to government and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate our changing planet; deliver global broadband communications; and explore and advance the use of space. Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost effectiveness. Maxar’s 5,900 team members in 30 global locations are inspired to harness the potential of space to help our customers create a better world. Maxar trades on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange as MAXR. For more information, visit http://www.maxar.com.

SecureNet Technologies Partners with GHS Interactive Security to Add Robust Services

SecureNet Technologies, an international market leader in security-centric IoT solutions, today announced a partnership with GHS Interactive Security, LLC., who is #30 on the SDM 100 and a leading provider of interactive home and business security systems across the United States. GHS has chosen SecureNet as its security solutions provider because of SecureNet’s robust service offerings for new Smart Home customers and an affordable option for replacements of 3G/CDMA/GSM systems.GHS will now offer SecureNet’s cloud-based, smart home security and automation services to customers across the United States. The SecureNet solution will connect GHS’s customers to their home or business through a single, easy-to-use mobile app. The app will control the property’s security and IoT (Internet of Things) devices. SecureNet’s cloud-based services will enable GHS to generate business value from smart home and business solutions.“We’re pleased to support GHS Interactive Security’s strategic vision with our interactive security services,” stated CEO, Andrew Wilson. “SecureNet’s solutions will improve both the home and business customer experience. As GHS’s customer base continues to grow, our team will help them achieve their goals with our flexible offerings and innovative solutions.”
By partnering with SecureNet, GHS will be working with a team to customize and build needed features within SecureNet’s custom app. Through this partnership, GHS will also have access to consulting partners to help navigate the management of both financial and business process tasks.

Nutrien Selects Chrome River for International Expense Management Technology Upgrade

Chrome River Technologies, Inc., a global leader in expense and invoice management solutions, announces that Nutrien, Ltd, the world’s second-largest fertilizer manufacturer, has chosen Chrome River to upgrade expense submission and approval for its global workforce of 20,000.Nutrien chose Chrome River EXPENSE as part of a major enhancement of its expense reporting program. The initiative will see the organization’s three legacy programs move to one single, company-wide, best-of-breed providers for travel booking, expense management and corporate cards. Chrome River EXPENSE will initially be rolled out to employees across Canada with other markets to be deployed in future phases.
Nutrien was formed in 2017 following the merger of PotashCorp and Agrium, and is the world’s largest producer of potash. Headquartered in Saskatoon, it has 1,500 retail stores across North and South American and Australia, operations in 14 countries and offices on four continents. Nutrien is Canada’s 11th largest company by market capitalization, at more than 42 billion Canadian dollars.
Chrome River provides expense and invoice automation solutions that let business flow for more than 1,000 organizations worldwide including Grant Thornton, Harman, and Masco. The company’s easy-to-use, enterprise-scale solutions enable future readiness for its customers. Because of this focus on innovation, Chrome River is rated as a Leader in expense management by analyst firm IDC. Chrome River’s commitment to delivering a superior customer journey by creating long-term value for its customers, makes it a preferred choice of CFOs, CIOs, AP teams, travel managers and business travelers.
Nutrien is the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services, playing a critical role in helping growers increase food production in a sustainable manner. We produce and distribute over 26 million tonnes of potash, nitrogen and phosphate products world-wide. With this capability and our leading agriculture retail network, we are well positioned to supply the needs of our customers. We operate with a long-term view and are committed to working with our stakeholders as we address our economic, environmental and social priorities. The scale and diversity of our integrated portfolio provides a stable earnings base, multiple avenues for growth and the opportunity to return capital to shareholders.

WBM Technologies Announces the Acquisition of Ricoh Canada Operations in Manitoba

WBM Technologies Inc. and Ricoh Canada Inc. today announced a strategic acquisition that will see WBM take over the Manitoba operations of Ricoh Canada, including the legacy operations of Ikon Canada (previously acquired by Ricoh as part of a global takeover in 2008). The move is effective immediately.
As part of the acquisition, all Manitoba customers will be transitioned and all provincial staff of Ricoh Canada will become a part of the WBM Technologies team, as WBM continues to build one of Canada’s largest and fastest growing Managed Technology Solution Providers (now ranked at #31 on the MSPMentor 501 list of the top managed IT solution providers worldwide).The move is impactful for both the province and the City of Winnipeg as WBM, with its roots in the prairies and a focus on Western Canada, arrives having become one of the fastest growing employers in the technology sector, first reaching a total staff of 100 people in 2011, and now having grown to 314 people as of today’s move.The announcement follows WBM’s recent launch of their newest Infrastructure Operations Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan – a state-of-the-art facility featuring the use of data and predictive analytics in the monitoring and management of transforming digital technology systems, including print, across North America.
The move means that Ricoh customers can continue to expect the same people, technologies, and expert support teams they have worked so closely with for decades, but also the additional capabilities of WBM and the added accountability, investment, and agility of a local partnership. At the same time, enterprises seeking a comprehensive print solution now have access to one of the leading independent managed print providers in North America (WBM is currently ranked among North America’s Top 100 Managed Print Technology Providers by US-based industry group, BEI ProsElite).This is not the first time that WBM and Ricoh have come together to create a broadened local solution provider in Western Canada, as WBM previously acquired the Saskatchewan operations of Ricoh Canada through an acquisition in 2012.

XIV Convegno Nazionale della Sezione “GIT – Geosciences and Information Technologies”

Castello di Melfi (PZ) da lunedì 17 e fino a mercoledì 19 giugno si terrà il convegno della Società Geologica Italiana, realizzato in collaborazione con l’Ordine dei Geologi di Basilicata.L’evento si propone come ideale luogo multi-disciplinare per l’incontro, il confronto e il dialogo tra ricercatori, liberi professionisti, amministratori di enti pubblici e privati, giovani laureati e dottorandi, interessati allo sviluppo, integrazione e applicazione di innovativi approcci metodologici di analisi e gestione dei dati spaziali nell’ambito delle Geoscienze.Quest’anno il convegno è stato patrocinato dall’Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) che, con il personale della Sede Irpinia di Grottaminarda, ha costituito un team per l’organizzazione.L’evento, inoltre, realizzato con il patrocinio di Matera 2019 Open Future e con i principali enti sul territorio tra cui la Regione Basilicata e il Polo Museale regionale della Basilicata, rientra tra gli eventi di “Matera 2019 – Capitale Europea della Cultura” (www.materaevents.it) e beneficerà dei crediti formativi (APC) attribuiti dall’Ordine dei Geologi.In particolare, sotto l’egida della “Fondazione Matera Basilicata 2019”, il 18 giugno è stata organizzata la sessione “Gli studenti tra tecnologia e consapevolezza dei rischi” che, focalizzata sulla formazione del “cittadino del futuro”, vedrà impegnati i ragazzi delle scuole superiori che hanno affrontato dei percorsi di alternanza scuola lavoro con diversi enti di ricerca, tra i quali l’INGV ed il Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR).

UQM Technologies to Hold First Quarter Conference

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 10:30 A.M. Eastern Time UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: UQM), a developer and manufacturer of power-dense, high-efficiency electric motors, generators and power electronic controllers, will hold a conference call with members of the investment community To participate in the call, dial 888-241-0326 approximately 10 minutes before the conference is scheduled to begin and provide conference ID “2289855” to access the call. International callers should dial 647-427-3411. The call will be webcast from the Investors section of the company’s website at http://www.uqm.com/investors. Parties listening via the webcast will be in a “listen-only” mode. Please log onto UQM’s website 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast to register.Joseph R. Mitchell, UQM Technologies’ President and Chief Executive Officer, and David I. Rosenthal, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will be reviewing the Company’s operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019.The presentation will be webcast live and made available for replay on the company’s website under the Investors section. To register, click here or visit http://www.uqm.com, click on the Investor tab and select “Webcast.” The webcast audio replay will be available two hours following the live event and can be accessed and replayed at any time. UQM Technologies is a developer and manufacturer of power-dense, high-efficiency electric motors, generators, power electronic controllers and fuel cell compressors for the commercial truck, bus, automotive, marine, and industrial markets. A major emphasis for UQM is developing propulsion systems for electric, hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric vehicles. UQM is IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 certified and located in Longmont, Colorado. Please visit http://www.uqm.com for more information.

Keysight Technologies, Calterah Collaborate to Launch New Generation Automotive Radar Chipset

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, has joined forces with China’s leading automotive millimeter wave radar chipset design house, Calterah, to support the design, verification, test and launch of a new generation of automotive millimeter wave radar chipset that will drive development of the connected car supply chain.In March 2019 Calterah officially released the ALPS family of chips which integrates high-speed analog-to-digital converters, complete radar signal processing baseband and high-performance CPU core. In the process of design and verification of this chip, Keysight supported Calterah with the company’s E8740A automotive radar signal analysis and generation solution for 77GHz radar signal receiving and transmission characterization, radar target simulation, and testing of the basic radio frequency parameters of the chip. Engineers from both companies worked together to accelerate time to market of the chipsets, while ensuring they deliver the best possible performance.

DBV Technologies to Attend Upcoming Investor Conferences

Montrouge, France DBV Technologies (Euronext: DBV – ISIN: FR0010417345 – Nasdaq Stock Market: DBVT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that members of its management team will present at the following investor conferences in May 2019:
Daniel Tassé, Chief Executive Officer, and Kevin Trapp, Chief Commercial Officer, will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2019 Health Care Conference in Las Vegas, NV, on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at 11:20am PT.Kevin Trapp, Chief Commercial Officer, will present at the Barclays West Coast Biopharma Conference in Calistoga, CA, on Thursday, May 30, 2019, at 10:30am PT.A live webcast of the presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2019 Health Care Conference will be available on the Investors & Media section of the Company’s website: https://www.dbv-technologies.com/investor-relations/. A replay of the presentation will also be available on DBV’s website within one hour after the event.
DBV Technologies is developing Viaskin®, a proprietary technology platform with broad potential applications in immunotherapy. Viaskin is based on epicutaneous immunotherapy, or EPIT®, DBV’s method of delivering biologically active compounds to the immune system through intact skin. With this new class of self-administered and non-invasive product candidates, the Company is dedicated to safely transforming the care of food allergic patients, for whom there are no approved treatments. DBV’s food allergies programs include ongoing clinical trials of Viaskin Peanut and Viaskin Milk, and preclinical development of Viaskin Egg. DBV is also pursuing a human proof-of-concept clinical study of Viaskin Milk for the treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis, and exploring potential applications of its platform in vaccines and other immune diseases. DBV Technologies has global headquarters in Montrouge, France and New York, NY. The Company’s ordinary shares are traded on segment B of Euronext Paris (Ticker: DBV, ISIN code: FR0010417345), part of the SBF120 index, and the Company’s ADSs (each representing one-half of one ordinary share) are traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Ticker: DBVT).

China’s bold ambitions to lead in digital technologies – a challenge for Europe

Berlin. China’s efforts at home and abroad to become a global leader in digital technologies is a challenge for Europe. The ambitions of telecommunications giant Huawei to participate in building European 5G networks are just one example of many, say MERICS researchers Kristin Shi-Kupfer and Mareike Ohlberg, authors of a new MERICS study, “China’s digital rise. Challenges for Europe.” Shi-Kupfer, who heads the MERICS research area on politics, society, and media, and research associate Ohlberg show that China’s digital ambitions are state-driven. They examine the close connection within the IT sector between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the state, and private companies and show that China’s digital rise is not only spurred by economic interests but also by political goals to become a leading superpower in research and technology.
Civil-military integration in particular has been on the national agenda of state and party leader Xi Jinping since 2014. For example, China wants to take the lead in dual-use technologies and quantum cryptography, advance its cyber-warfare capabilities, and use Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a weapon. According to the MERICS study, China also wants to use its capabilities domestically to implement its vision of cyber domination and social control. This includes the Social Credit System, which the leadership wants to roll out nationwide in the coming years. For China, digitization is a means to achieve several goals at once: creating new engines of growth, achieving technological independence, social control, and international leadership in digital technologies.
China has invested disproportionately in technological innovation in recent years. For quantum cryptography research alone, China has provided at least an estimated USD 50 billion of funding, that’s ten times as much as the United States has made available. In AI, China filed around 30,000 patents last year, two and a half times more than the US. All these efforts are beginning to pay off: The People’s Republic is already considered the leading digital marketplace and home to a third of all startups with a market evaluation above USD one billion. Soon, the country could become the world leader in digital key technologies. At the same time, Beijing is changing the global technology landscape by pushing blockchain, the Internet of Things and 5G standards and by filling key positions in relevant international institutionHowever, China’s digitization strategy also faces setbacks: Risks to innovation are the increased control of the CCP over private companies and the inefficient allocation of capital. For the foreseeable future, China will remain dependent on foreign core technologies. Western industrialized countries are increasingly concerned about potential security risks, criticizing the lack of data protection and the lack of ethical standards in China. A push back against China’s digitization and technology may only just have begun, say Shi-Kupfer and Ohlberg. But how should Europe deal with these challenges? What consequences does China’s digital progress have for European politics, the economy and security? Shi-Kupfer and Ohlberg say that China could become a serious threat if the country continues its path of seeking technological autonomy, rather than reciprocity and cooperation. The risks for Europe are compounded by the fact that the EU has no coordinated ecosystem for digital innovation and does not speak with one voice on China. If Europe does not catch up on key digital technologies, it risks losing out, or worse getting crushed between China and the US, warn Ohlberg and Shi-Kupfer. European member states would therefore have to make the strengthening of the European digital market a priority, expand cybersecurity cooperation with allied third countries and make data protection and ethical standards prerequisites for cooperation with China. (by New MERICS study)

ASG Technologies Announces an Alliance with Menta Group

ASG Technologies Group, Inc., a trusted provider of proven solutions for information access, management and control for the world’s top enterprises, has announced the integrator Menta Group as their new business ally for Chile and Peru. The resale agreement will cover the entire ASG solutions portfolio, including Content Management, Data Intelligence, GDPR and Workload Automation.
According to the executive, the alliance is an important step in the expansion plan of ASG in Chile, where the integrator focuses the majority of its services. “The Chilean market is an important area for our business strategy, and Menta Group, with its knowledge and experience, can help us to understand and address clients in the region. We are already visiting companies and developing joint activities to promote sales and opportunities,” he states.With a track record of servicing companies in the banking and telecommunications sector, Menta Group backs the development and implementation of modern IT environments. “Our mission is to provide cutting-edge services to our clients, providing innovations that help them to make more assertive and intelligent decisions. The ASG solutions will help us to boost our offers, with specific tools for Content Management and Data Intelligence,” says Patricio Herrera, Sales Director and Partner of Menta Group. “We want to introduce these resources into the routine of the companies of Chile and Peru,” he states.To take advantage of all the potential of the alliance, ASG and Menta Group are working together to carry out training and education programs especially developed for the sales team and integrator technicians. “We are starting the process to guide and train Menta executives and experts. The objective is to create value for clients as quickly as possible, with a solid and high-quality relationship,” asserts Oliveira.The alliance initially foresees the resale of solutions for Data Intelligence, which combines cutting-edge tools for Data Lineage, Impact Analysis, Reference Management, Intelligent Catalogs, Auditing and Analytics, as well as Compliance processes for information protection, and Enterprise Content Management, with options to optimize the scalability and integration of data governance processes of companies, which speeds up the processing of personalized documents and facilitates results management. Apart from these solutions, the expectations are for Menta to also work on the line offered by Workload Automation, which adds Scheduling services to automate workloads and process management in corporate routines.Launched in October, the new ASG channel program for Latin America seeks to increase ASG’s reach to strategic allies in the region, including integrators and skilled experts for the offering of the company’s solutions. The plan is to increase the participation of alliances to 40% of the total sales in 2019.

UQM Technologies to Hold Conference Call

UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: UQM), a developer and manufacturer of power-dense, high-efficiency electric motors, generators and power electronic controllers, will hold a conference call with members of the investment community on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. To participate in the call, dial 888-241-0326 approximately 10 minutes before the conference is scheduled to begin and provide conference ID “7772609” to access the call. International callers should dial 647-427-3411. The call will be webcast from the Investors section of the company’s website at http://www.uqm.com/investors. Parties listening via the webcast will be in a “listen-only” mode. Please log onto UQM’s website 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast to register.Joseph R. Mitchell, UQM Technologies’ President and Chief Executive Officer, and David I. Rosenthal, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will be reviewing the Company’s operating results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2018.The presentation will be webcast live and made available for replay on the company’s website under the Investors section. To register, click here or visit http://www.uqm.com, click on the Investor tab and select “Webcast”. The webcast audio replay will be available two hours following the live event and can be accessed and replayed at any time.