The coronavirus outbreak put immense pressure on the healthcare industry, forcing pharmaceutical institutions to roll out clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine at breakneck speed. However, many other companies also played a huge role in identifying symptoms and keeping the virus under control, which sparked...
In order to drive maximum business value from data analytics strategies organisations must not rely on IT departments to determine the data strategy SMBs have increasingly invested more time and money in their data and analytics initiatives over the past five years – according to...
Leading roboticist Dr. David Hanson and AI pioneer Dr. Ben Goertzel announce the launch of Grace, the world’s first human-like robotic assistant for elderly care and biodata management. The product of Awakening Health Ltd. (AHL), a joint venture between Hanson Robotics (HR) and AI firm...
[caption id="attachment_2950" align="aligncenter" width="800"] US Medical care illustrated by flag and stethoscope[/caption] On November 3, 2020 Americans will cast their votes in what may be one of the most pivotal elections in American history. The outcome will determine the future of healthcare in this country...
· Awarded €19 million investment from Horizon 2020 · Will help European SMEs and mid-caps become highly competitive digital businesses · Set to directly create over 1,000 new high-tech EU jobs by 2025 · Will generate €1 billion in new revenues and venture capital by...
Gallery Director Aidan Meller is a specialist in modern and contemporary art and runs a gallery internationally. With over 20 years’ experience in the art business, he works closely with private collectors and is often consulted by those who wish to begin, or further develop...
Dinis Guarda interviews the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist Ai-Da in this new citiesabc YouTube Podcast series. Ai-Da combines the latest computing and AI innovations intertwined with what humans best excel at: creativity. Created in 2019 and envisaged by visionary art gallery director Aidan Meller,...
Leaked World Cocoa Foundation Strategy Documents Show Industry More Concerned About Messaging Than Ending Farmer Poverty; Initial Draft of Report Due Out Shortly Finds Children Still Laboring in West African Cocoa Fields, Often Under Hazardous Conditions. NGOs from the U.S., Europe, U.K., and Australia working...
The world is a whirlpool of permanent transformation resulting from the digital revolution and standing still is a threat to survival. In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, innovation has become a necessity and many businesses already consider it central to their strategy. According to Forbes magazine, innovation is vital for companies...
Months of 24/7 occupation have fundamentally transformed the role of the home Consumers’ collective concerns about hygiene, wellbeing and immunity will continue to influence how we live Homes will adapt to become 'blended spaces’, able to fluidly facilitate different kinds of work, rest, recuperation and...
New Mexico is launching a new ‘smart infrastructure’ and carbon-neutral energy era on a grand scale, after its 2019 Energy Transition Act (ETA) positioned the US state as a global leader to fight Climate Change. Its ambition will be enabled by partnership between The Agile...
Digital Week Online's Global Digital Transformation Day gathers top experts and industry leaders and showcase 4IR solutions in real case studies from around the world. The day was curated by citiesabc, openbusinesscouncil and intelligenthq, Digital Week Online's official partners. Society 5.0 and 4IR have been...
[caption id="attachment_2896" align="aligncenter" width="800"] 100 Major U.S. Cities To Be Ranked On Clean Energy Efforts To Tackle Climate Change[/caption] Leading U.S. cities are expanding their clean energy efforts to tackle climate change, yet many more lag far behind, and only one-fifth have community-wide greenhouse gas...
Secondmind report reveals potential for AI and human collaboration to strengthen supply chain resilience Secondmind, The Decisions Company, today released new research indicating that 82% of supply chain decision-makers have been left frustrated by AI-powered systems and tools during the COVID-19 crisis. Secondmind commissioned independent...
Michael Stanley-Jones, member of the UNEP Ecosystem Integration Branch and Secretariat of the United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion is the guest in this new citiesabc series interviews. Led by Dinis Guarda, Michael Stanley-Jones discusses the role of the United Nations in achieving the...
TNC IT Group has engineered a new blockchain network with the capacity to hit 300K transaction-per-second (TPS), offering enhanced speed performance to support TNC’s entire ecosystem. TNC IT Group’s mainnet is now on its final stage of migration testing. The group believes that these milestones and...
The experts at online magazine, StartupsGeek, have reviewed data from cost of office space to average internet speed to find out which city is the best in the UK to start a business. Canterbury has been named the best city to start a business in...
Building on the success of the first global gathering in May 2020, which attracted 170 top-level speakers, Digital Week Online will be expanding this global event to Governments, innovators and entrepreneurs on 12th-16th October with the focus on keeping the digital world united - changing...
Dinis Guarda interviews Bottler Distribution Group CEO Andy Weinstein in this new interview series for citiesabc. Both experts go through major challenges in the Supply Chain Industry and how to improve communication and sustainability in the industry. BDG Founder Andy Weinstein understands distribution. A...
· 23% of UK’s top performing businesses have been supported by local enterprise partnerships and growth hubs · Similarly, 30% of Britain’s strongest businesses have obtained external finance in the last 3 years · New findings come as part of an independent, holistic study into...