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Automation key to tackling maritime skills crisis

Facing a shortfall of 147,000 qualified officers by 2025, speakers at SOMWME 2017 hail advancements in automation and connection as the answer to shipping’s skills shortage   SINGAPORE, Aug. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — A perfect storm of retiring baby-boomers and the ongoing global economic downturn, are causing the number of skilled seafarers in the global …

CogniCor emerges as a key global chatbot solution provider; ranked 4th in Global Chatbot Market

New Delhi, July 18, 2017: CogniCor, one of the leading AI-based platforms which offers cognitive virtual assistant solutions, has been ranked 4th amongst the key international chatbot solution providers in the ‘Global Chatbots Market Professional Survey Report 2017’. Highlighting its cutting-edge and superlative technology derived from brand-led scientific explorations, CogniCor’s virtual assistant (chatbot) solutions have …

IBM Study: Innovation Key to Startup Success in India

77% of venture capitalists surveyed as part of an IBM “Entrepreneurial India” Study believe that Indian startups lack pioneering innovation     New Delhi, India – May 17, 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) recently released an entrepreneurial study conducted by the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) based on a survey done in collaboration with Oxford Economics, …

Jobs, Technology and Multilateralism Hold the Key to Asean’s Future

ASEAN must create jobs and grow inclusively to avoid pushback against globalization Member countries need to rethink and recalibrate regulation of technology Education must equip young people for 21st-century jobs For more information on the meeting: wef.ch/asean17 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 11 May 2017 – As the ASEAN region enters an era of accelerating, non-linear change, …

The Femtech revolution will flourish in 2017 but clinical evidence and changes in the regulatory framework are key, say Femtech pioneers

    Tech is transforming almost every aspect of modern life for women and helping them acquire a deep insight into their body health – from fertility trackers to wearable health tech – but the Femtech revolution will only flourish when there is high quality, large-scale clinical data that demonstrates the product works, and when …

Investors flag lack of regulatory readiness as key blockchain obstacle

  70% of property investors believe that the regulators are unprepared for blockchain’s introduction Integrating blockchain with existing regulatory and legal frameworks seen as the biggest challenge preventing blockchain’s widespread adoption BrickVest is currently prototyping blockchain as a fully compliant repository system and has filed a provisional patent currently being prepared for filing Seven in …

Nielsen: Mainlanders still key to Hong Kong’s retail business

Hong Kong-Dec 2, 2016- Hong Kong businesses still have a big chance to win if they find the right way to attract mainland travelers, though the fast growing cross-border e-commerce offer them easier and cheaper access, a latest Nielsen study shows. According to the 2016 Mainland Tourists Syndicated Report conducted by Nielsen, a global leading …

Survey shows that seldom used financial risk mitigation tools are key to bridge the emerging markets’ $1 trillion infrastructure gap

  The Risk Mitigation Instruments in Infrastructure: Gap Assessment report highlights the effectiveness and use of risk-mitigation instruments in infrastructure The report shows that current instruments are too complex, lack adequate standardization and are too costly for the private sector to use Several actions could help accelerate the allocation of institutional investors’ funds towards investment opportunities …