OPPLE Lighting Highlighted at Expo 2020 Dubai, Showing World "Light of China"

      Expo 2020 grandly opened today in Dubai, the global capital of trade. As a leading Chinese lighting brand, OPPLE Lighting is the official partner of the China Pavilion at the Expo. While providing a full range of lighting solutions for the China Pavilion during the Expo, OPPLE Lighting also has its own interactive show "Like a Shadow by Your Side", demonstrating its commitment to the "Light of China" with sustainable lighting technology and AI innovation.

The architectural design of the China Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is inspired by traditional Chinese lanterns, and is known as the "Light of China" for its implication of hope and light. Relying on its expertise and innovation, OPPLE Lighting takes circle as the starting point and light as the medium to eliminate the boundaries between individuals and groups, and also the present and the future. In the China Pavilion, from the lighting of the restaurant, to the reception area, the rest area, or its own independent exhibition, OPPLE Lighting shows the uniqueness of the China Pavilion, and also its core concept of "Innovation, At-Ease, Vitality".

Echoing the Expo's theme of "Connecting Minds, Creating Future", OPPLE Lighting Interactive Smart Lighting System "Like a Shadow by Your Side" gives the guests an immersive sense of participation through the light and AI recognition, fully demonstrating OPPLE Lighting's continuous exploration of future lighting and human, as well as the application capabilities of the lighting solutions.

"Building a shared future" is not only the theme of the China Pavilion, but also an epitome of the traditional Chinese culture, and the universal aspiration of all mankind. Born in China and targeting the global market, OPPLE Lighting spreads its footprint across home furnishing, municipal engineering, education, medical care, industry, etc., in an unremitting pursuit of a sustainable growth. In the past, OPPLE Lighting was the first to enter LED energy-saving lighting market, now OPPLE Lighting once again embraces new trends such as new infrastructure, 5G and smart lighting, empowering customers and partners to achieve their energy-saving and emission-reduction goals under the national "dual-carbon" strategic framework. Green lighting, which has always been OPPLE Lighting's goal, will be an integral part of "green development" for "building a shared future for mankind".

Ms. Ma Xiuhui, Founder and President of OPPLE Lighting said, "As a Shanghai-based enterprise and a leader in the lighting industry, and one of the earliest companies in the industry to expand into the international market, OPPLE Lighting was the only lighting manufacturer that exhibited in the Private Enterprises Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai. Now we are deeply honored to once again come to World Expo and become the official partner of the China Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. OPPLE Lighting's ten-year involvement in World Expo reflects the company's 25-year growth since its founding, and is also an important epitome of China's "going global" initiative. As a leading lighting brand in China, OPPLE Lighting upholds its brand concept of 'See Beyond', providing differentiated professional lighting solutions for home and commercial furnishings, continuously creating value out of light, and winning trust of customers at home and abroad. In the future, we will spare no effort to give play to our own advantages on innovation, continue to expand overseas business, get to know more partners, and make contribution to China's 'dual circulation' development and 'Carbon Emission Peak and Carbon Neutrality' goals, so that the Light of China can be shown to the world."

About OPPLE Lighting

Founded in 1996, OPPLE Lighting has been engaged in R&D, production, distribution and after-sales services of lighting sources, lighting fixtures and controls, operating in over 70 countries and regions in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and South Africa. As an industry giant with in-house R&D capabilities and focused on lighting products, OPPLE Lighting constantly expands its product line to artistic switches, integrated home furnishing, kitchen and bathroom appliances and accessories and expands all of its business units using its huge dealer base, with a view to becoming an industry-leading provider of lighting system and integrated home total solutions. With a powerful marketing team and a well-established worldwide marketing network, it now has over 150,000 outlets of sale of various types. OPPLE Lighting became a listed company in 2016 (stock abbreviation "OPPLE Lighting", stock code 603515.SH). OPPLE Lighting improves the quality of spaces across the board and lightens each detail of life for you.

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Financial Sector Conference Concludes its First Focused Event of the Financial Sector Conference Talks

      On Monday, 27 September 2021, the Financial Sector Conference (FSC) concluded its first focused event of the 'Financial Sector Conference Talks', organized by the Financial Sector Development Program's partners (Finance Ministry - Saudi Central bank - CMA) and held at Rafal tower in Riyadh.

The opening speech of the event was delivered by H.E. Dr. Fahad Al-Mubarak, Governor of the Central Saudi Bank, where he shed lights on Growing Global Trend in Sustainability and Climate Change. 

The first panel of the event discussed "KSA ESG Ecosystem: Opportunities and Challenges". The session was moderated by Mr. Jamie Sanz, MD & Head, Sovereign Advisory, Societe Generale, and attended by H.E. Mr. Mohammed El-Kuwaiz, Chairman, Capital Market Authority (CMA), Mr. Hani Almediani, Acting CEO of NDMC, and Eng. Fahad Al-Ajlan President, KAPSARC.

The second panel entitled "ESG Capital Markets: The New Investment Landscape", was moderated by Mr. Jean Mercer, Vice-Chairman, Capital Markets, HSBC. The panel hosted the following speakers: Mr. Timothee Jaulin, Head of ESG Development & Advocacy, Amundi Asset Management, Ms. Polina Kurdyavko, Bluebay Asset Management, & Partner - EM Senior Sovereign PM, Mr. Manish Manchandya, Group CFO, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), and Mr. Paddy Padmanathan, President and CEO ACWA Power.

On behalf of the Minister of Finance, the ceremony was concluded by Mr. Abdulaziz Alrasheed, Assistant Minister of Finance for Macro-Fiscal & International Relations, Chairman of Supervisory Committee of Financial Sector Conference, as he highlighted the kingdom's efforts towards sustainability.

This event is the first talk of an introductory series for the second edition of FSC set to be held in the first quarter of 2022, aimed to discuss the growing role of ESG and the overall efforts to fill the financing gaps, achieve sustainable financing aligned with the UN sustainability objectives, and direct the financial institutions to make value in the long run with ESG instruments; to reach sustainable capitalistic markets and increase the sustainable financing scope.

The event brought together entrepreneurs to communicate and exchange ideas and experiences, to discuss the investment opportunities in developing the Saudi finance sector, especially, that it attracts local, regional and international entrepreneurs, representatives of public and private sectors, including high-profile international consultations and financial institutions, credit agencies, and experts in financing, investment, banks and insurance.

It is worth mentioning, that the second edition of the Financial Sector Conference has sought, since its launch in 2019, to achieve interdependence integration within the financial sector ecosystem through its various tools and means. In addition, it aspired to achieve sustainable growth within a resilient financial stability framework, while employing innovative tools for the development and management of services.

This conference is one of the Financial Sector Development Program's initiatives, launched by the Council of Economic and Development Affairs as one of Vision2030 programs, which aims to realize Saudi Vision 2030 objectives, through creating a diversified and effective financial sector that supports the development of the national economy.

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CBMM | Niobium promotes international event about new battery technologies

      Nobel Prize winner, industry leaders and scientists address trends for the future of electrification

With an opening lecture given by Professor Stanley Whittingham FRS, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019, for his pioneering work with lithium-ion batteries, CBMM | Niobium will host on October 5th and 6th, the Powering Future Electrification - Innovative Battery Materials webinar series.

The event aims to expand knowledge and disseminate information about new materials and technologies for electric batteries and, for that, will bring together leading companies in the battery and supercapacitors segment, such as Toshiba, Skeleton Technologies, NanoOne, Echion Technologies and WildCat, as well as academic representatives from UCLA, Hanyang University, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Warwick, for the presentation of their work in the field of electrification.

"This debate will foster the discussion about more sustainable technologies for the automotive industry, a growing demand around the world. In this sense, the most renowned professionals and researchers in the world will be able to demonstrate their studies and developments in advanced materials, which aim at the use of alternative energy sources, cleaner and renewable", explains Professor Stanley Whittingham, Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Focused on advances in electric mobility, the event will address applications of new Niobium technologies both for the cathode of batteries, making them more stable and with a longer service life, as well as for the anode, resulting in ultra-fast charging capacity of the lithium-ion batteries, in less than 10 minutes.  These developments enhance the durability and safety of batteries, vastly improving performance compared to current technologies.

"We are investing consistently in the lithium battery segment, with a strategy aimed at expanding this market and accelerating innovations with Niobium technologies. With this initiative, we want to actively contribute to the transformation of this sector, in line with the sustainability agendas for a greener future", says Rogerio Ribas, Executive Manager of Battery Products at CBMM.

Registration is now open and participation in the webinar is free of charge. Check the schedule below and sign up.

Webinar: Advanced Cathodes for the Transportation Sector
Date: October 5, 2021
Time: 11.00 - 13.00 (BRL)
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Webinar: Materials Engineered for Fast Charging
Date: October 6, 2021
Time:  11.00 - 13.00 (BRL)
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About CBMM | Niobium
World leader in the production and marketing of Niobium products, CBMM has more than 400 customers in 50 countries. Headquartered in Brazil, with offices and subsidiaries in China, the Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States, the company provides cutting-edge products and technology to the infrastructure, mobility, aerospace, and energy sectors. In 2019, he invested in 2DM, a company dedicated to graphene. In 2021, it invested in Echion with the objective of accelerating innovations in the electric mobility segment.

Shanghai Electric to Unveil Solutions for Smart Energy and Intelligent Manufacturing at Expo 2020 Dubai

      Shanghai Electric ("Shanghai Electric" or "the Company") (601727.SS and 02727.HK) announced that the Company is to unveil an array of innovations in the smart energy and intelligent manufacturing space to the global visitors at the China Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai starting on October 1.

Attending as an official partner of the China pavilion, Shanghai Electric will take visitors on an immersive journey as they explore the achievements of the Chinese energy sector within a 4,636 square meter exhibition space

A spokesperson of Shanghai Electric said, "We are proud to participate in Dubai 2020 as one of the official partners of the China Pavilion. We look forward to celebrating the latest scientific achievements that mark the making of a new era for humankind and the ground-breaking technological inventions leading us toward a greener future. Shanghai Electric wishes to show the world our prowess in new energy and our innovations born through global partnerships."

On a giant naked-eye 3D screen in the "Communication and Connection" exhibition, Shanghai Electric will display China's vision of a low-carbon future by demonstrating its effort to build the world's largest solar energy plant in Dubai, alongside technological milestones and roadmaps in wind power, hydrogen energy, energy storage, green transportation and industrial Internet.

The exhibition's theme reflects Shanghai Electric's unswerving focus on its core business areas, including smart energy and intelligent manufacturing, while implementing "technological advancement to achieve business transformation and upgrading".

Shanghai Electric seeks to partnerships with global industry leaders and innovators to accelerate human progress and sustainable development, creating more open and mutually beneficial cooperation opportunities.

On Shanghai Electric Day held in December, Shanghai Electric will promote cooperation with the United Arab Emirates and other countries by demonstrating its new energy solutions in the wind, solar and energy storage - showing the companies "Belt and Road" (BRI) achievements and its progress towards China's carbon reduction targets.

Over the past years, Shanghai Electric has spearheaded several mega-scale projects along the BRI to bolster the development of the energy sector. Chief among them is the Dubai Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project, the world's largest solar thermal photovoltaic plant, expected to provide clean power to more than 270,000 residents in Dubai and reduce about 1.6 million tons of carbon emissions every year once completed. Meanwhile, Shanghai Electric has established closer cooperation with its global partners through BRI, promoting economic development and inter-regional connectivity and offering advanced technologies and rich project experience to other countries.

World Expos are the global fests that highlight scientific, technological, economic and social progress. As the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, the Dubai Expo 2020, "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future", aims to drive inspiration, innovation and collaboration to create a better future. Originally scheduled to kick off on October 20, 2020, Dubai Expo is reopening its door to nearly 200 nations and 25 million visitors on October 1, 2021, after being delayed for a year by the coronavirus pandemic.

Themed 'Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind — Innovation and Opportunity', the China pavilion, named 'The Light of China', is one of the largest exhibition buildings in the Dubai Expo 2020, with the design language symbolizing hope and a bright future as a showcase for China's rich cultural heritage and longstanding history. Visitors can also access the China Pavilion and Shanghai Electric Exhibition Area online through the "China Pavilion on Cloud".

Shipsy Embraces Future of Work, Announces Work From Home Indefinitely

      Shipsy, a SaaS-based smart logistics management platform provider, announced that it's now a remote-first organization. Shipsy's talent pool can now indefinitely work from home (WFH).

According to research, remote working was gradually picking up pace at a global scale. Between 2005 and 2018, remote work grew by 173% and that by 2025 it was supposed to become a widely accepted reality. As much as 88% of global companies offered remote work for all their employees during COVID. Shipsy is one such organization. The pandemic drove businesses to accept this future of work five years early.

Having said that, to foster innovation and collaboration, Shipsy is opening hot desks across the country for Shipsians to get together as and when needed. The organization will be leveraging coworking and on-demand workspaces to provide employees with state-of-the-art office environments.

"Remote working is a reality now. Employers can no longer expect people to follow conventional work schedules and norms. We are crafting modern policies that enable our people to work from the location of their choice. Access to advanced collaboration tools and superior connectivity are rapidly eliminating stigmas associated with WFH and virtual hiring," says Soham Chokshi, CEO and Co-Founder, Shipsy.

Since the beginning of this year, and despite movement restrictions, Shipsy has been scaling up its hiring operations across India, the Middle East and the US. The development is critical to support the organization's hyper-growth momentum and its aggressive plans to expand across geographies.

"We have increased our workforce by more than 25% this year via efficient remote onboarding and engagement operations. Having said that, we understand that preferences vary when it comes to working from home or office. Hence, we will also ensure our people have access to a proper physical office setup on-demand," Chokshi added.

About Shipsy:

Shipsy's smart logistics management platform empowers global businesses to optimize, automate, track, and simplify end-to-end supply chain operations. Founded in 2015 in Gurugram, the company leverages AI and big data to design and develop low-code SaaS solutions to improve operational efficiency across industries. The brand has recently set its regional headquarters in Dubai. Last year the company raised $6M in Series A round led by Sequoia Capital India's Surge and existing investor Info Edge.

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Pizza Hut International Celebrates The Best Stuff In The World

      Honoring 25 Years of Cheesy Stuffed Crust Innovation & Eating Pizza Backwards

Pizza Hut International today announced the 25^th Anniversary of its iconic Stuffed Crust Pizza. The brand was the first to bring Stuffed Crust to market, revolutionizing how pizza is created and consumed by millions of fans around the world.

The anniversary is a global digital celebration honoring the love of Stuffed Crust, its unique reimaginations, and the brand's commitment to delivering the most satisfying pizza experience anywhere, anytime. The love for Stuffed Crust has translated globally, bringing more than 40 iterations to cheese-loving consumers in over 110 countries. And, while the concept has been copied by many, none matched the original.

"Stuffed Crust is a nod to our love of pizza, and continues to be a canvas for innovation," said Vipul Chawla, president, Pizza Hut International. "We are not only celebrating 25-years, but rather how one idea, like eating pizza backwards, can help in our own way to unite the world."

Gooey cheese met traditional crust in 1995, and Stuffed Crust was born three years after a former food scientist on Pizza Hut's culinary team suggested the concept. Had it not been for their belief in the idea, the complexity, cost, training and skepticism may have meant a world without Stuffed Crust.

"Our culinary teams are always innovating and ensuring our consumers get the tastiest pizzas, period. When you have a great product that resonates, you need to believe and persevere to bring it to the world," says Ana Maria Rodriguez, chief food innovation and quality officer, Pizza Hut International.

"The drive and passion to deliver the best pizza brings people together is what brought Stuffed Crust to market. It broke the rules, putting cheese where no one imagined. Today, it continues to surprise and delight with new flavors, shapes and stuffing."

About Pizza Hut(R) International
Pizza Hut International, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), was founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kan., and operates almost 18,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries. Now more than ever, restaurants have an important role in helping to safely feed families. To help keep team members and customers safe, customers can get their favorite Pizza Hut pizza via three contactless offerings: curbside pickup, delivery, or carryout.

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LTI and eClinicalHealth Form Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Innovation in Clinical Research

      - Partnership to help decentralize clinical trials resulting in better and faster outcomes

Larsen & Toubro Infotech (BSE: 540005) (NSE: LTI), a global technology consulting and digital solutions company has entered in a strategic partnership with eClinicalHealth Limited to accelerate digital innovation in R&D Clinical Trials Management process for patient-centric drug development. The partnership will help clients decentralize clinical trials setting new benchmarks of excellence in clinical research space.

The significance of the tie-up is based on the fact that 86 percent of clinical studies are delayed* due to challenges in patient engagement - mainly involving recruitment and retaining patients, which is a time consuming and expensive process. The pandemic has further aggravated this challenge. It is in this context that eClinicalHealth, which is focused on developing innovative clinical trial solutions, launched cloud-based patient-centric SaaS solution, Clinpal - which improves patient engagement for each clinical trial journey.  

As part of this strategic partnership, LTI with its digital, technical and life sciences domain capabilities, will help accelerate joint go-to-market pursuits and faster deployment for Clinpal Adopters. The solution will make use of exponential technologies such as analytics and AI to enhance patient engagement and faster clinical studies.

Archana Ramanakumar, EVP & Global Delivery Head - Life Sciences, Media, Consumer & Technology, LTI commented: "At LTI, we are on a journey to drive digital transformation for various aspects of clinical trials. Our endeavour with eClinicalHealth partnership is to accelerate and streamline the enablement of Decentralized Trials, to reduce patient burden and drive acceleration of clinical trials. With this partnership we aim to accelerate the development and deployment of eClinicalHealth's ClinPal platform in clinical trials for the industry."

Karl Landert, Chairman of the Board and CEO at eClinicalHealth said: "The new normal world has put into limelight the benefits of a telemedicine ecosystem for larger benefit of end-users. Clinical trials assume an important function in development and improvement of treatment methods in order to enhance patient's wellbeing, and De-Centralized Trials (DCT) have attained highest order of patient preference. With our strategic partnership with LTI, our aim is to further scale and simplify patient engagement."

*Contemporary Clinical Trials Volume 66, March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2018.01.003

About LTI :

LTI (NSE: LTI) is a global technology consulting and digital solutions Company helping more than 435 clients succeed in a converging world. With operations in 31 countries, we go the extra mile for our clients and accelerate their digital transformation with LTI's Mosaic platform enabling their mobile, social, analytics, IoT and cloud journeys. Founded in 1997 as a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited, our unique heritage gives us unrivalled real-world expertise to solve the most complex challenges of enterprises across all industries. Each day, our team of more than 36,000 LTItes enable our clients to improve the effectiveness of their business and technology operations and deliver value to their customers, employees and shareholders. Find more at http://www.Lntinfotech.com or follow us at @LTI_Global.

About eClinicalHealth :

Headquartered in Scotland, eClinicalHealth Limited, developers of the revolutionary Clinpal patient engagement platform, was founded in early 2012 to provide innovative clinical trial solutions. The company is committed to leading open and collaborative innovation discussions about patient-centric clinical trial processes and technology with pharmaceutical companies, CROs, and other service and technology providers.

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