UBTECH Smart Elderly Care Solution honored as the winner of the 2023 Edison Awards™

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, USA, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, April 20, 2023– UBTECH, a leading global AI and robotics company, was honored the Bronze award of the 2023 Edison Awards™’ MedTech category for the distinguished innovation of its Smart Elderly Care Solution.

Known as the “Oscars of tech,” the Edison Awards™ is one of the oldest and most prestigious technology awards. It honors the most impactful brands and business leaders worldwide, with past winners including Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, General Motors, and Genentech, recognizing their excellence in service development, marketing, design, and innovation.

All nominations were reviewed by the Edison Awards Steering Committee with the final ballot determined by an independent judging panel. The panel is comprised of more than 3,000 senior business executives and academics from the fields of product development, design, engineering, science, marketing and education, as well as past winners.

UBTECH’s Smart Elderly Care Solution offers an enriched portfolio of intelligent robots to enhance the quality of life for seniors. In addition to using cutting-edge robotics technologies, the solution also leverages advanced artificial intelligence. And through UBTECH’s Smart Healthcare Cloud Platform, the Smart Elderly Care Solution creates a network that enables seamless integration of a variety of devices. This interconnect between hardware, network and people supports the seven key scenarios of smart elderly care: operational management, safety and security, health management, daily care, rehabilitation, mental and physical activities, and nutrition and diet.

“This is the industry’s comprehensive solution that combines advanced robotics and AI technology to assist seniors and their caregivers in nursing homes. Rather than providing services using isolated, individual products, we focus on addressing system-level challenges. By extensively applying AI technology, we vastly improved product performance to bring a richer, more optimized experience to the elderly and caregivers,” Henry Tan, Co-Chief Technology Officer of UBTECH and General Manager of UBTECH Healthcare, says, “It is an honor to have our Smart Elderly Care Solution be recognized by the Edison Awards™.”

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, starting in 2030, all baby boomers will be 65 and older. And by 2034, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history. This forecast generates demand for efficient, comprehensive assistive care solutions.

Designed for accessibility, UBTECH’s Smart Elderly Care Solution portfolio accepts a multitude of inputs. Its smart sensors, working in parallel with its data platform, transform care from passive to proactive in assisting with daily tasks. And with rich interactive features, the solution can support seniors’ physical and mental well-being.

Moving into the smart care era, UBTECH provides people with an intelligent, independent, and convenient solution to raise the standard for the elderly care industry. Within the past year, UBTECH has released five service robots: Wassi, an intelligent walking assistance robot; VerCari, a containerized delivery robot; PathFynder, a smart wheelchair; AuCari, an open delivery robot; and Welli, a companion robot.

Due to its utility and innovation, UBTECH’s Smart Elderly Care Solution is garnering international interest. The PathFynder smart wheelchair is now exploring market in North America. In addition, UBTECH has worked with companies and partners to deliver and implement the solution in different facilities and scenarios. These successes are encouraging UBTECH to continue its mission to refine its technologies, pushing the industry forward to promote a higher quality of care.

As UBTECH expands its business globally, it expects to generate higher value and provide higher-quality services for seniors worldwide. By continuing to develop robotics and AI, the company aims to address the long-term challenge for society and create a new industry to boost the global economy.

About UBTECH

UBTECH, established in March 2012, is a leading AI and robotics company specializing in service robotics research, manufacturing, and marketing. Throughout the ongoing journey, from establishing an R&D center in North America focusing on the healthcare sector in 2019 focusing on applying solutions in various elderly-care scenarios, to releasing its global strategy for smart elderly-care in 2022, UBTECH has been a pioneer and leader in smart service robotic solutions. UBTECH is committed to the vision of transforming the healthcare industry and the sustainable development of the elderly-care economy with innovative technologies, together with industry partners.

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Duck Creek Technologies Unveils a “Who’s Who” Participating in the Insurance Industry’s Leading Conference for Tech Decision Makers, Formation ’23

The world’s leading insurance industry and technology minds gather in Orlando, FL, May 8-10, 2023

Boston, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Duck Creek Technologies, the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, announces major sponsors, partners, and presenters joining the leading insurance technology decision makers for its upcoming marquee customer conference, Formation ’23. The event is being held May 8 through May 10, 2023, at Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek in Orlando, Florida.

With a focus on cultivating a world-class event experience filled with rich content, industry networking opportunities and unforgettable activities, Formation ‘23 is all about “BUILDING TOGETHER.” Duck Creek will welcome the leading insurtech minds and industry professionals of all levels from across the globe in a high-energy environment with ample educational and networking opportunities focused on the latest trends and innovations empowering the insurance industry. Duck Creek is delighted to be joined on stage and in sessions by customers who will share their personal stories and first-hand experiences implementing Duck Creek and partner ecosystem innovations. Notable carriers presenting include Australia-based general insurers Argyle and Hollard, as well as Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, EMC Insurance Companies, GAINSCO Auto Insurance® (GAINSCO), Great American Insurance Group, Indigo Insurance Ltd., and Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

“This year we have a record number of sponsorship commitments from more than 60 members of our partner ecosystem, including diamond sponsors Glia and LTIMindtree; platinum sponsors Coforge and EY; and gold sponsors Accenture, Aggne Global, Capgemini, Cognizant and Quadient,” said Rohit Bedi, Chief Revenue Officer, Duck Creek Technologies. “This is a testimony to the robust partner ecosystem Duck Creek has built to benefit our customers worldwide. We maintain strong relationships with industry leaders to provide complementary, distinct solutions and services to get our joint customers to market quickly.”

Notably, several influential industry analysts from Aite-Novarica Group (Aite-Novarica), Celent, Everest Group, Forrester, International Data Corporation (IDC) and ReSource Pro Consulting, will participate in various sessions as guest speakers. In particular, Aite-Novarica, Celent, and Forrester will come together to speak in a panel, “Building the future together,” to share how insurers must utilize technology to win in today’s market.

Attendees will get first look at Duck Creek’s latest product vision, strategy, and roadmap. “Duck Creek is committed to providing great products that enable insurers and their customers to thrive,” said Chief Product & Technology Officer Jess Keeney. “We believe great products are personal – delivered and supported through the research and development of humanized experiences. Insurance is more complex with more regulations than ever, and we provide our customers with better data and more technology to manage increased distribution channels and shifting demographics.”

The agenda and speaker line-up are now available on the conference website. For more information on Formation ‘23 or to register now for the year’s must-attend event, please visit https://www.duckcreek.com/formation/.

About Duck Creek Technologies

Duck Creek Technologies is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations. Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand. Visit www.duckcreek.com to learn more. Follow Duck Creek on our social channels for the latest information – LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Olymp Trade Held a Ramadan Charity Campaign

3,116 families in need received 10-kg food baskets

KINGSTOWN, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Media OutReach – 24 April 2023 – Olymp Trade, a trading platform with over 80 million user accounts, has completed Every 1 Counts, a Ramadan charity campaign. The aim was to encourage the community of traders to support and help those in need.For every 100 trades made by the campaign participants, Olymp Trade committed to sponsoring one food basket for a disadvantaged family. The goal was to assemble 3,000 baskets and thus enable as many families to enjoy iftar meals.

Once Every 1 Count was over, Olymp Trade donated the resulting amount to the Misr El Kheir Foundation (MEK), a well-known Egyptian NGO. Since 2007, the foundation has been contributing to human development, intending to reduce poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and disease.

Every 1 Count: Results
19,760 traders from Egypt and other MENA countries joined Olymp Trade’s Ramadan campaign. They collectively assembled 3,116 food baskets.

In April, MEK volunteers distributed more than 30,000 kg of food aid among 3,116 impoverished households during the Iftar Ramadan Charity Campaign. Additionally, they distributed 1,000 free hot meals to provide instant hunger relief.

On its official Facebook page, Misr El Kheir Foundation thanked Olymp Trade for supporting this charitable cause.

According to an Olymp Trade’s representative, the company considers the event successful and plans to organize such campaigns regularly in the future:

“So far, Olymp Trade has held several charity campaigns, including one in Egypt. But Every 1 Counts is unique because it directly engages so many of our users. Their collective activity on the platform boosted Olymp Trade’s donation to 1,000,000 EGP. We are really proud to make this contribution on behalf of the platform’s community. It’s yet another proof that trading is not limited to pursuing personal gain. It also has the potential to bring about positive social changes.”

 

Monday weather: Temperatures to drop, skies partly cloudy

Temperatures will drop to become slightly below average as the country is affected by a weak low air pressure in all parts of the atmosphere.

The weather will be moderate as the skies will be clear to partly cloudy in general and thundershowers are expected in the northern, eastern and al-Jazeera regions, and the weather will be relatively cold, particularly over the mountains, according to the bulletin of the Meteorological Department.

The wind will be westerly to southwesterly with a low to moderate speed and active gusts whose speed exceeds 60 km/h sometimes, particularly in the western and southern regions, while the sea waves will be low in amplitude.

The expected temperatures in some major Syrian cities will be as follows: Damascus 23/10, Daraa 24/8, Homs 19/9, Lattakia 22/15, Aleppo 24/9 and Deir Ezzor 26/13.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Tunisian Coast Guard Retrieves 31 Bodies of Migrants from Mediterranean

Tunisian Authorities announced the recovery of 31 “rotting” bodies that had been dumped by the waves of the Mediterranean Sea off the country’s eastern coast.

The Tunisian coast guard said in a statement on Monday that its units recovered 30 bodies off the coast of Sfax, Kerkennah, and Mahdia, including the bodies of two women and two children, while another body of a woman was recovered off the coast of Gabes.

During the first quarter of 2023, the Tunisian authorities stopped more than 14,000 migrants who were trying to reach Italy.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Palestinian Foreign Ministry Condemns Raising Occupation’s Flag on Ibrahimi Mosque

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the acts of the Israeli occupation forces and a group of far-right settlers who raised the occupation flag on the surface and walls of the Holy Ibrahimi Mosque, which is a blatant violation against the international law, Geneva Conventions, and an outright provocation against the feelings of citizens and Muslims.

Such aggression is a part and parcel of the occupation schemes that aim to entrench the theft of the Holy Ibrahimi Mosque and Judaize it through altering its landmarks, including its historic and civilized identity, the ministry said in a statement Sunday. It added that such an act reflects the mentality of the occupation and its policies in targeting the worshipping, historic and heritage places in occupied Palestine, in addition to falsifying their reality in the service of the occupation’s narratives and colonial schemes.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), along with the relevant UN organizations called for speaking out and condemning these measures, activating the fact-finding missions to investigate the details of Judaization operations of these worshipping and historic places, in addition to taking measures to ramp up pressure on the Israeli government to stop them immediately.

They reaffirmed that such violations and other forms of constant aggression against Islamic and Christian sacred places, with Al-Aqsa Mosque coming at the forefront, are new proof of the intentions of the occupation government to escalate the situation and its rejection of the calls of pacification efforts.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Dubai to host Arabian Travel Market 2023

The upcoming Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023 in Dubai is set to feature over 80 of the world’s top travel technology companies, showcasing their latest innovations and advancements.

According to Emirates News Agency (WAM), the four-day event, which will take place from May 1st to May 4th at the Dubai World Trade Centre, will offer more than 2,000 square meters of exhibition space dedicated to the technology sector, representing a 54.7% increase in sector participation compared to last year.

In addition to the Travel Tech space, ATM 2023 will also include a brand-new Sustainability Hub, highlighting the latest environmentally-responsible travel trends and innovations. The ATM Travel Tech Stage, sponsored by Sabre, will host several in-depth panel discussions exploring modern innovations such as artificial intelligence, big data, and Web3 and how they can enable seamless operations, professional development, payments, accessibility, sustainable travel, and enhanced customer experiences.

Danielle Curtis, Exhibition Director ME, Arabian Travel Market, stated that innovation is a crucial component of the event’s theme, ‘Working Towards Net Zero’. Curtis emphasised the importance of supporting and investing in the most promising technologies to build a better and more sustainable travel sector for future generations.

One of the innovation-centric discussions at the ATM Travel Tech Stage will be the ‘Technology: The Enabler of Sustainable Travel’ session, where industry experts will discuss how online tools are making it easier for consumers to reduce their environmental impact when purchasing and planning trips. The panel will be moderated by Shashank Nigam, Founder and CEO of SimpliFlying, and will feature insights from Tom Kershaw, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Travelport; Lucas Bobes, Group Environmental Officer and Head of ESG Reporting at Amadeus; and Carlo Olejniczak, Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA at Booking.com.

The Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023 is set to feature over 20 innovation-focused sessions and events during the four-day event, including the Tech Stage, which will provide the backdrop for a selection of panels discussing the main trends impacting travel in 2023 and beyond. The session, in partnership with Sabre, will explore how the travel industry has harnessed innovation in response to the global pandemic and how technology is likely to drive further advancements in the future. Moderated by Abdul-Razzaq Iyer, Vice President, Middle East, at Sabre, the panel will feature industry experts such as Andy Finkelstein, SVP, Global Agency Sales and Delivery at Sabre; Jason Hooper, Head of Digital Solutions at Dnata; and Dean Wicks, Chief Flights Officer at Wego.

For the first time in the show’s history, ATM 2023 will feature a Sustainability Hub, which will offer a venue for sessions dedicated to the latest sustainable travel trends and innovations, including the ATM 2023 Start-up Competition hosted by conference partner Plug and Play. This event will see entrepreneurs compete head-to-head in a “Sustainable Tech Pitch Battle.” The technology segment of the event will host industry-leading exhibitors, including Itrip, Traveazy DMCC, TBO.com, WebBeds FZ LLC, and Expedia Inc.

The 30th edition of ATM will explore the future of sustainable travel in line with its theme, “Working Towards Net Zero.” The conference programme will explore how innovative sustainable travel trends will evolve and allow delegates to identify growth strategies within key vertical sectors. Regional experts will also explore a sustainable future ahead of COP28 in November 2023 at Expo City Dubai.

In addition, the conference will feature a sustainability category at its annual exhibitor awards for the first time, recognising exhibitors based on the extent to which they have considered the environmental impact of their stands and their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint.

ATM 2023 is held in conjunction with Dubai World Trade Centre and its strategic partners, including Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) as the Destination Partner, Emirates as the Official Airline Partner, IHG Hotels and Resorts as the Official Hotel Partner, and Al Rais Travel as the Official DMC Partner.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Bahrain marks World Malaria Day

The Ministry of Health commemorates, alongside the rest of the world, the World Malaria Day, which is observed on April 25 every year, in support of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s efforts to protect people from life-threatening diseases. The occasion aims to raise awareness of the importance of prevention as a main strategy to curb the spread of Malaria.

Malaria is one of the diseases which constitute a burden for the whole world. The Bahraini government has harnessed all the needed efforts and resources to combat the disease which was endemic in Bahrain in the 1930’s. It established the Malaria Control Department in 1939 to start malaria control programmes on a regular basis. Thanks to the tremendous efforts and continuous control, the last case of local transmission of malaria was recorded in 1979. The Kingdom of Bahrain was officially declared free of malaria by WHO in 1982.

The Kingdom of Bahrain is considered one of the first countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate malaria. Since then the Kingdom is proud of its achievement of 44 continuous years without local transmission of malaria thanks to the efforts of all workers at the Ministry of Health and other concerned sectors to keep Bahrain free from malaria.

Source: Bahrain News Agency