JAKARTA, Indonesia, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — In cooperation with state-owned electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), Hyundai Indonesia and BMW Indonesia, Delta Indonesia successfully implemented 80 electric vehicle (EV) chargers to foster e-mobility at the 43rd ASEAN Summit, which gathered the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other nations in Jakarta, Indonesia on 5-7 September 2023.

Delta Indonesia Supports E-mobility at the 43rd ASEAN Summit with 80 EV Chargers and Engineering Services

Delta was the main EV charging solution provider at the event with 10 200kW DC Ultra Fast Chargers  and 70 AC Mini Plus 7kW chargers onsite that provided charging for 600 EVs during the event. In addition to installation, Delta’s EV charging team and local distributor PT Tri Energi Berkarya supported customers with engineering services onsite.

Mr. Johnny Tam, Country Manager for Delta Indonesia, said, "Delta is the market leader in Indonesia’s EV charging sector which supports the nation’s drive towards e-mobility and electrification. Delta has reached a new milestone of delivering over two million EV chargers to our worldwide customers. With its comprehensive hardware and software portfolio, Delta is the most localized EV charging supplier in Indonesia capable of charging all types of EVs, from e-Buses to passenger EVs to heavy e-motorbikes. This makes us a top choice for the top utility, energy and automotive companies who want to provide reliable and convenient AC and DC EV charging services." 

The 43rd ASEAN Summit was held under the Chairmanship of the Republic of Indonesia, with the theme "ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth." It was chaired by H.E. Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, and convened in accordance with the ASEAN Charter.

In 2022, Delta was the main EV charging solution provider for the 17th G20 Summit and charged almost 900 EVs during the B20 and G20 events. In 2019, Delta launched the first Ultra Fast Charger in Southeast Asia in Jakarta. As an early market entrant, Delta Indonesia has gained experience and accumulated excellent performance records with local customers to gain their trust.

About BHLN. Delta Energy Systems (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Electronics Inc operating in Indonesia. Delta, founded in 1971, is a global leader in switching power supplies and thermal management products with a thriving portfolio of smart energy-saving systems and solutions in the fields of industrial automation, building automation, telecom power, data center infrastructure, EV charging, renewable energy, energy storage and display, to nurture the development of smart manufacturing and sustainable cities. As a world-class corporate citizen guided by its mission statement, "To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow," Delta leverages its core competence in high-efficiency power electronics and its ESG-embedded business model to address key environmental issues, such as climate change. Delta serves customers through its sales offices, R&D centers and manufacturing facilities spread over close to 200 locations across 5 continents.

Throughout its history, Delta has received various global awards and recognition for its business achievements, innovative technologies and dedication to ESG. Since 2011, Delta has been listed on the DJSI World Index of Dow Jones Sustainability™ Indices for 12 consecutive years. In 2022, Delta was also recognized by CDP with double A List for its substantial contribution to climate change and water security issues and named Supplier Engagement Leader for its continuous development of a sustainable value chain. 

For detailed information about Delta, please visit: www.deltaww.com 

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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — From October 13 to 16, 2023, the activities of the overseas branch exhibition of the 2023 Tianfu Book Fair, hosted by Sichuan Xinhua Publishing and Distribution Group and organized by China International Book Trading Corporation, is held simultaneously in eight countries including Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

2023 Tianfu Book Fair Overseas Branch Exhibition Was Held in San Francisco

The branch exhibition located in San Francisco, exhibited hundreds of Sichuan themed books and related cultural and creative products, attracting a large number of local citizens to come to the exhibition. Meanwhile, the sponsor publicized the event on the social media, attracting considerable online attention from thousands of people.

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ZUG, Switzerland, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — SHL Medical ("SHL"), a world-leading solutions provider of advanced drug delivery systems such as autoinjectors and innovative specialty delivery systems, has entered into a non-exclusive co-marketing partnership agreement with Lifecore Biomedical (Nasdaq: LFCR) ("Lifecore"), a fully integrated Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization ("CDMO") that offers highly differentiated capabilities in the development, fill and finish of complex sterile injectable pharmaceutical products in syringes and vials.

Through this partnership, Lifecore becomes a member of SHL’s recently announced Alliance Management program, an initiative created to further strengthen SHL’s vertically integrated business model by facilitating customer engagement with other key players within the drug delivery ecosystem.

SHL and Lifecore will, pursuant to the terms of its agreement, exchange knowledge and experience in their respective fields, enabling both companies to provide their customers unparalleled guidance in CDMO services and best-in-class options for drug delivery device development.

As the leader and pioneer of autoinjectors, SHL offers drug delivery device solutions and vertically integrated capabilities for the development, manufacturing, and final assembly of its autoinjector products. The partnership with Lifecore will allow SHL to recommend a trusted CDMO renowned for its proven proficiency and robust quality systems in aseptic pharmaceutical manufacturing and primary container filling, creating a comprehensive support system across all stages of the autoinjector development and commercial lifecycle.

"As a true partner to pharma and biotech, we believe in providing full end-to-end solutions that enhance patients’ quality of life and enable patients’ independence," said Kimberlee Steele, Managing Director of SHL Pharma, SHL Medical’s final assembly, labeling, and packaging business unit in Florida. "We are excited to partner with Lifecore to provide high-quality CDMO services matching SHL’s own high-touch approach to servicing our customers."

Darren Hieber, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Partnerships for Lifecore commented, "We are continuously adapting to keep pace with the evolution of healthcare treatments and technologies and our deep expertise in the fill/finish of syringes and vials is a perfect match for SHL’s products. Our relationship with SHL will expand the breadth of our offerings to our CDMO customers, enabling them to deliver the benefits and convenience of innovative drug delivery systems to their patients worldwide. We are excited to be aligned with an industry leader, who has created a business focused on patient-centric solutions through their unique, convenient, high-quality product portfolio."   

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About SHL Medical
As a world-leading solutions provider of advanced drug delivery systems, SHL Medical is the partner of choice for many leading pharma and biotech companies. Driven by its company purpose – Enabling Patients’ Independence – SHL Medical offers patient-centric solutions for the design, development, and manufacturing of autoinjectors, pen injectors, as well as innovative specialty delivery systems for large-volume and high-viscosity formulations. It also offers final assembly, labeling, and packaging solutions for its drug delivery systems. 

In response to the rising trend in home therapy, SHL Medical has increased its developmental work in the digital healthcare sector to help improve the drug delivery ecosystem.

Located across Switzerland, Taiwan, Sweden, and the US, SHL Medical’s global team of experts collaborate seamlessly as one team in utilizing its comprehensive in-house manufacturing capabilities. The company’s solutions offer customization and optimization for each project while proactively weaving sustainability-driven measures into its designs and processes to contribute to a cleaner earth. For additional information, visit www.shl-medical.com.

About Lifecore Biomedical
Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. is a fully integrated contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that offers highly differentiated capabilities in the development, fill and finish of complex sterile injectable pharmaceutical products in syringes and vials. As a leading manufacturer of premium, injectable grade Hyaluronic Acid, Lifecore brings more than 40 years of expertise as a partner for global and emerging biopharmaceutical and biotechnology companies across multiple therapeutic categories to bring their innovations to market. For more information about the Company, visit Lifecore’s website at www.lifecore.com.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and future results, including the anticipated business relationship between SHL and Lifecore, that are subject to the safe harbor created under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other safe harbors under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Words such as "anticipate", "estimate", "expect", "project", "plan", "intend", "believe", "may", "might", "will", "should", "can have", "likely" and similar expressions are used to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including such factors among others, the nature and requirements of the relationship between SHL and Lifecore, the ability to achieve acceptance of Lifecore’s new products in the marketplace, and government regulations affecting the companies’ respective business. For additional information about factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to Lifecore’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors contained in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K/A. Forward-looking statements represent management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain. Except as required by law, neither company undertakes any obligation to update forward-looking statements made to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Following a consultation process with employees and union representatives, SKF confirms the proposed closure of its factory in Luton, UK. The proposal was made in May 2023 as part of a consolidation of the Group’s spherical roller bearing manufacturing to secure the long-term competitiveness on the European markets.

The Luton factory employs approximately 300 people and will be closed for production by the end of 2024 in a staged process.

David Johansson, President, Industrial Region Europe Middle East and Africa, says: "Following a comprehensive consultation process, the parties have confirmed that no viable alternative to closing the Luton factory has been found. As we move forward, we are committed to ensuring full support and assistance is provided to all those affected. On behalf of the full management team of SKF, I want to thank all our employees in Luton for their many years of commitment and dedication."

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BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Museums serve as the best windows through which to view a city’s culture and history, and in Jingdezhen, there are a variety of such assemblages that tell the story of this millennial porcelain capital.

A foreign journalist takes pictures of a collection of relics exhibited at the Imperial Kiln Museum in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Li Jin / China Daily

Located in the northeast of Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen boasts a porcelain production history dating back more than 2,000 years, including over 10 centuries of kiln history and more than 600 years of imperial kiln history. One of its iconic landmarks is the Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum, which features a circular kiln shape in its exterior design. Opened in 1955 as the first large-scale ceramic-themed museum in China, it tells the story of the city’s porcelain journey through everything from loading and firing for production of the kiln furniture to crafting decorative artifacts.

One of the stars of the museum’s collection is a blue and white vase featuring an intertwined pattern of peony branches. Dating back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), it was unearthed intact from an ancient excavation and is the only one of its kind in the world.

The Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum holds more than 50,000 cultural relics and collections dating from the Neolithic Age to the Han (206 BC-AD 220) and Tang (618-907) dynasties. Starting in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Chinese porcelain took a leading position among exported goods, and Jingdezhen porcelain spread throughout the world via the ancient Maritime Silk Road.

While the ceramics museum celebrates the long history of Chinese ceramics, the Imperial Kiln Museum sheds light on another of Jingdezhen’s historic triumphs. Supported by the 600-year history of imperial kilns in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911), it showcases the city’s archaeological achievements, including the remains of kiln sites from the Yuan to Ming and Qing dynasties.

Built in 2016, the Imperial Kiln Museum is designed in a shape that replicates Jingdezhen’s traditional egg kiln and was constructed using kiln bricks. The museum displays ceramic fragments to illustrate the constant challenges faced by those working in the imperial kilns during the porcelain-firing process before ultimately succeeding in creating the perfectly fired blue-and-white porcelain.

The evolution of ceramics into an industry in modern China is the overriding theme of the Jingdezhen Industrial Heritage Museum. Built on the site of the Yuzhou Porcelain Factory’s workshop for burning and smelting in Taoxichuan, a cultural and creative block is based on the Yuzhou factory established in 1958.

Two wooden walls respectively consisting of raft firewood for folk kilns and a wood-fired kiln for official kilns set at the entrance of the museum symbolize how ceramics underwent a mass revival in the early stages of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. During this period, Jingdezhen opened 10 major factories in response to the industrial development of ceramics – including the Yuzhou factory. In response to the increased demand, the factories began industrialization production, which ensured the quantity and quality of their products.

In the 1990s, porcelain factories were phased out due to State-owned enterprise restructuring, but Jingdezhen’s ceramics culture has been passed on. More diversified business patterns, including livestreaming and cultural and creative products that can be found in Taoxichuan and other districts are testimony to the great resilience of city’s ceramics art.

Source : China Daily: Chronicle of porcelain comes to life in Jingdezhen's museums

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ERNIE 4.0 is now accessible to invited users on ERNIE Bot. In addition, enterprise customers can apply for API testing via Baidu Qianfan foundation model platform. Baidu has re-built many of its most popular applications using the latest generative AI technologies, as well as introduced new AI-native products, offering improved productivity and creativity for a wide range of usage scenarios.

BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU and HKEX: 9888), a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, today hosted its annual flagship technology conference Baidu World 2023 in Beijing, marking the conference’s return to an offline format after four years. With the theme "Prompt the World," this year’s Baidu World conference saw Baidu launch ERNIE 4.0, Baidu’s next-generation and most powerful foundation model offering drastically enhanced core AI capabilities. Baidu also showcased some of its most popular applications, solutions, and products re-built around the company’s state-of-the-art generative AI.                                                                               

"ERNIE 4.0 has achieved a full upgrade with drastically improved performance in understanding, generation, reasoning, and memory," Robin Li, Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Baidu, said at the event. "These four core capabilities form the foundation of AI-native applications and have now unleashed unlimited opportunities for new innovations."

In his keynote, Li showcased the new ERNIE Bot powered by ERNIE 4.0 through extensive demonstrations of its four core AI capabilities. ERNIE Bot is able to "Understand" and provide answers to complex and even disorganized human requests, as well as interpreting hidden messages. ERNIE can also "Generate" a range of content, including text, images, and videos, in just a few minutes, based on one simple text prompt and image input. Li further demonstrated ERNIE Bot’s ability to "Reason" by having it solve complex geometry problems. Lastly, ERNIE Bot’s ability to "Memorize" and integrate incremental inputs was demonstrated by writing a short story and regularly adding new information as ERNIE was in process of writing the story.

Robin Li, Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Baidu, announced ERNIE 4.0 at Baidu World 2023

According to Dr. Haifeng Wang, Chief Technology Officer of Baidu, ERNIE 4.0 started beta version testing in September based on a limited amount of user input, and has since seen its overall performance improved by almost 30%. ERNIE 4.0 is now accessible to invited users on ERNIE Bot, and the API will be available upon application to enterprise clients via Qianfan foundation model platform.

The emergent intelligence brought by foundation models and large language models (LLMs) is unlocking unprecedented avenues for innovative applications. Over the past few months, Baidu has spearheaded this effort by adopting an AI-native approach to re-build its family of apps, solutions, and products, including Baidu Search, Baidu GBI, Infoflow, Baidu Wenku, Baidu Drive and Baidu Maps. This revamp has not only significantly enhanced productivity but has also sparked creativity, leading to delightful and diverse user interactions.

Key updates on Baidu AI-native applications, solutions, and products: 

New Baidu Search: Next-gen search experience powered by Generative AI

Generative AI and search products are by nature highly complementary. The addition of Generative AI has transformed the search experience, changing the way users engage with information and providing more in-depth information from a single search. The new Baidu Search can now aggregate and summarize information from diverse web sources and present a consolidated answer through a variety of modals, including text, image and dynamic graph, ensuring answers that are both vivid and concise. Baidu search will also suggest more content streams that are relevant to previous requests while staying highly customized based on the user’s unique profile. Additionally, Baidu Search offers an interactive chat interface for more complex searches, enabling users to iteratively refine their queries until reaching the optimal answer, all in one search interface.

Baidu GBI: China’s first generative business intelligent solution

As a business intelligence solution now powered by Generative AI abilities, Baidu GBI plays the role of an all-knowing, fast-reacting assistant in the business world. It can quickly execute data inquiries, output business analytics, and deliver results through easy-to-understand text and graph summaries. It reduces the heavy lifting of having to go through multiple spreadsheets to retrieve and analyze data, drastically accelerating the process of business analytics and decision making.

Infoflow: The intelligent workplace APP with super assistant

Infoflow integrates enterprise communication, collaborative work, knowledge management, and enterprise services all in one platform. Boosted with ERNIE’s AI capabilities, Infoflow can execute an array of office tasks through natural language processing – from orchestrating meeting agendas and summarizing key takeaways from complicated chat history to preparing meeting briefings based on users’ previous meeting documents and even securing flight bookings based on their agenda.

Baidu Wenku: From sharing documents to supercharging productivity

With the addition of foundation model capabilities, Baidu Wenku has evolved from a content documenting platform to a content productivity platform. It can now assist users in conducting academic research, summarizing key information, creating documents, and generating slideshow presentations, drastically reducing the time spent in content production in scenarios such as preparing a keynote speech.

Baidu Drive YunYiduo: World’s first cloud drive intelligent assistant

With the addition of YunYiduo to Baidu Drive, users can now use text prompts or voice prompts to retrieve files, images, videos, and more formats, even for very specific requests. Powered by the multi-modal capabilities, YunYiduo can summarize key information even from different figures appearing in a video, precisely pinpoint the exact frame in the video, render transcriptions, and add subtitles to drastically enhance users’ efficiency to extrapolate, summarize, and generate content across various media formats.

Baidu Maps: World’s first AI-native map product making modern travel effortless

The new Baidu Maps integrated AI capabilities into its extensive functions, including navigation, ride-hailing, restaurant recommendations, hotel booking, and more. The newly integrated AI guide will take the initiative to suggest next step of action to users during their trip.

Plugin Matrix AI Platform: Offering low-threshold access and productivity tools to develop AI plugins, this platform allows both individual developers and enterprises to build AI plugins. In just one month since its launch, 27,000 developers have applied to join the Plugin Matrix AI Platform, covering a variety of sectors ranging from legal counseling and resume creation to brain mapping and spoken language practice.

Qianfan Foundation Model Platform: As the world’s first one-stop enterprise-level foundation model platform, Qianfan consolidates a wide range of pre-installed foundation models (both from the Baidu ERNIE foundation model family and third-party foundation models), datasets, and a full set of toolchains to enable seamless development and application of foundation models. Qianfan has now become China’s largest, most inclusive foundation model development platform, encompassing 42 existing foundation models, and has empowered enterprises from different sectors to develop their own foundation models and solutions covering more than 500 use scenarios.

Baidu World 2023 also demonstrated Baidu’s recent major strategic progress across multiple business sectors. At the event, Dr. Dou Shen, Executive Vice President of Baidu and General Manager of AI Cloud Group, announced a full upgrade of Baidu AI Cloud’s strategy, aiming to provide infrastructure such as Baidu Qianfan Foundation Model Platform to empower enterprise customers in the development low-threshold AI application and foundation models.

In his keynote speech at the event, Jackson He, Senior Corporate Vice President of Baidu and General Manager of the Mobile Ecosystem Group, outlined a future where Baidu’s mobile ecosystem, linking billions of users and millions of ecosystem partners, will stand at the cutting-edge of developing and introducing AI-native applications.

Ying Li, Corporate Vice President of Baidu and CEO of Xiaodu Technology, revealed a series of smart products built on incorporating AI in intelligent devices. The new releases include Tiantian Home Robot, Xiaodu Qinghe Learning All-in-one Machine, as well as Smart Speaker Series Tiantian Casa.

Zhenyu Li, Senior Corporate Vice President of Baidu, explained how the deployment of foundation models has accelerated the scaling of fully driverless robotaxis by drastically improving operational efficiency. Today, Baidu possesses the world’s largest autonomous driving ride service platform, Apollo Go, with cumulative rides provided to the public reaching more than 4 million. Apollo Go’s fully driverless robotaxi fleet, operating without any driver or safety operator in the car, currently serves major cities in China, including Beijing, Wuhan, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. Baidu soon expects a future where lower-cost robotaxi services will be more accessible to the public, bringing the industry closer to profitability.

"China possesses rich resources in terms of AI application scenarios, as well as a wealth of users who are passionate about embracing new technologies," Robin Li said. "Now, with the emergence of advanced foundation models, I am confident that we can build a thriving AI ecosystem and create a new round of economic growth together."

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HONG KONG, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Esperanza is a charitable organisation established in 2018 to advocate new ways to learn, live and work. In partnership with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Minerva Project, they brought together over 40 experts from all over the world to share innovative solutions, case studies and best practices in the applications of technology that bring significant benefits to educators, learning & development (L&D) professional and learners, from K12 to enterprise learning.  

Calling for Early Adopters of Education Technology

Kicking off the K12 Summit on 12 Oct was a video symbolizing Esperanza’s call for everyone to be leaders in propelling a learning innovation movement. Earlier this year, Esperanza launched the EdTech Heroes Award to celebrate early adopters of education technology in Hong Kong. (See Award Winners in the Annex).

EdTech Applications in Schools: Conditions for Success

Joseph South, Chief Innovation Officer of ISTE.  illustrated the pervasive influence of AI and advocated the imperative to shift from rote learning to skills development. "We need to foster students’ identities as global collaborators, innovative designers and AI creators … and we can use technology to that." said South. "Ultimately it’s our choice whether technology makes us more human or less human" he concluded.

South was joined by Benjamin Sheridan, an education consultant and Philip Law, Vice Principal of the Education University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Primary School, the Grand Award Winner of the EdTech Heroes Award. The panel discussed the role of AI in offering personalised learning and how it enables authentic and skill-based evaluation. When considering EdTech tools for integration, it is important to  define goals and learning objectives. Usability, cultural alignment, and adaptability are critical factors. Teachers’ confidence and competence with technology are pivotal for successful integration. Fostering a culture of joyful and safe tech use is vital to counter staff tech fatigue and encourage innovation.

EdTech Applications by Award Winning Solution Providers

The winners of 2023 Edventures Global Acceleration Fellowship, a global competition to identify fast growing EdTech startups, presented how technology motivates learning (House of Math, Norway) facilitates personalized and adaptive learning (Century Technology, UK) and early childhood development (iBlüm, Canada and Lamsa, UAE). They are joined by 2020 Fellows MEL Science and Zzish from the UK and Mandarin Matrix from Hong Kong.

AI accelerates the urgency to reinvent higher education

The adult learning track started out with a thought provoking dialogue between Ben Nelson, the Founder of Minerva University, and George Siemens, Chief Scientist at SNHU’s Human Systems, moderated by John  C Tsang, Founder of Esperanza. Nelson pinpointed that the advent of Generative AI has exposed the limitations of universities as certification institutions. The outdated learning model and assessment framework can neither address the needs of students nor the society. It is high time for universities to rethink the purpose of higher education with AI becoming an integral part of the consideration. Referring to the existential threat of mankind if AI is not thoughtfully and intentionally adopted, Siemens underscored the historical function of universities in developing thoughtful individuals.  "Education institutes and organisations that can make people more human are the ones that will succeed," he concluded.

Role of AI in delivering Human-Centred approach to teaching and learning

The need for a human-centred education was echoed by Matthew Rascoff, Vice Provost, Digital Education, Stanford University. Rascoff argued that technology has democratised learning but the real challenge is how it can humanise education at scale. "MOOCs did a great job of democratizing, but did a horrible job of humanizing education," he said. .Quoting Stanford’s Code in Place programme, he demonstrated how Natural Language Processing might hold the key to scaling up not only personalized learning for students but personalized professional learning for teachers by making one-on-one, personal feedback from teachers possible and cost effective.

Closer to home, Prof Sook Kyoung Cho and Dr Chulmin Yoon of Korea Institute of Technology Institute introduced their partnership with Minerva to nurture durable life skills in their engineering programme. They explained how their university has adapted the Minerva programme in the Korean cultural context and showed how the use of technology has helped students develop humanistic skills.

Enhancing Employability of Students Through EdTech

Critical thinking has become one of the most essential durable skills with the advent of AGI. Macat (UK), a 2023 Edventurs GBA Fellow, introduced its PACIER framework to assess and develop critical thinking. Belong Education (India) and Virtual Internships (UK/Vietnam) showed how AI and other technology are used to enhance the employability of students and bridge the gaps between industry and the academic world. Classin (Mainland) demonstrated how its state-of-the art hardware and software provide a seamless hybrid learning experience.

Reskilling and upskilling the workshop with the help of EdTech

In the afternoon of 13 October,  the focus switched to the imperative of workforce reskilling and upskilling, with AI and automation displacing millions of jobs in the not-too-distant future. Workera (US) started with how AI can be used to do granular analysis of skills requirements and help organisations formulate their talent development and acquisition strategies. Odilo (Spain) introduced its personalized learning ecosystem powered by AI.  ThriveDX (Israel) showed how cross-company training programmes on cyber security are made possible with technology.

EdTech Applications in Companies: Conditions for Success

An expert panel shared the WHY, WHAT and HOW of integrating technology in companies’ learning and development strategy. The panel comprised Carol Chuah (Head, Learning & Development, LinkedIn South East Asia), Nick Kind (Managing Director, Tyton Partners) and Bessie Chong (Director of Partnership Development, Esquel Group) and Grand Award Winner (Enterprise) of EdTech Heroes Award. Technology has made it possible to create greater access for learning, uncover the skills gap and untapped potential via data-driven insights. To make the transformation successful, panelists highlighted the need to develop a learning culture with leaders leading by examples.  Chong showed how Esquel minimizes the learning barriers by using easy to use technology tools, integrating the learning in the flow of work  and providing staff with a safe environment to experiment as well as incentives. A recurring theme was that we should not start with technology but with an understanding of the organisation needs and the learning objectives, and develop ROI at the business level.

Role of Government, Industry and Professional Organisations

Kind posited that technology has the potential to reskill the workforce at scale, but has yet to show transformative impacts as governments and organisations have yet to embrace it to the full. The panel discussed the need to address talent development at an industry, country and regional level, as opposed to individual organizations trying to solve these issues in isolation. Kind highlighted the need for a common language and an infrastructure. Using the example of the Singapore government, Chuah underlined the importance of government and industry collaboration. 

We Need More Heroes

It is high time organisations treat the workforce as its most important asset. The speed of change is not going to slow down. Technology, applied in the correct context, can unleash human potential and transform organisations and society. What we do in the next few years will determine the state of humanity for future generations to come. The choice is ours, but we must act.  Going back to the opening theme of the Summit, we need more heroes to "motivate us to do things we never imagined we could do", as summed up Brian Tang, the MC of the Summit and the Executive Director of LITE Lab at the University of Hong Kong.

Annex 1

EdTech Heroes Award Winners

K12 Track 
Grand Award: The Education University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Primary School
Vision Award: Victoria Shanghai Academy
Stakeholder Engagement Award: Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School
Choice of Solution Award: BrainX Training Center
Implementation Award: Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School
Learning Experience Award: Kowloon Bay St. John The Baptist Catholic Primary School

Adult Learning Track
Grand Award (Enterprise): Esquel Group
Grand Award (Higher Education): Hybrid Immersive Virtual Environment (HiVE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Vision Award: MTR Operations Training Department
Stakeholder Engagement Award: Law, Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship Lab, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Choice of Solution Award: Soruki EdTech Limited, The University of Hong Kong
Implementation Award: HKUST Digital MBA for Global Leaders, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Learning Experience Award: Educational Development Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Annex 2

Photo 1: (From left to right) Joseph South (Chief Learning Officer, ISTE), Philip Law (Vice Principal of the Education University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Primary School), Jason Prohaska (Educational Technologies Lead, The English Schools Foundation), Benjamin Sheridan (Co-founder, 407 Learning)

Photo 2：Winners of the 2023 Edventures Global Business Acceleration Fellowship

Photo 3：Presentation of EdTech Heroes Awards (K12 Track)

Photo 4：Presentation of the Grand Award (Higher Education) of EdTech Heroes Awards to Hybrid Immersive Virtual Environment (HiVE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Photo 5：Presentation of the Grand Award (Enterprise) of EdTech Heroes Awards to Esquel Group

Source : Esperanza's EdTech Month Summit explores advancements in education technology that unleash human potential

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TAIPEI, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, today launched its new brand value proposition, ‘Realizing an Intelligent, Sustainable and Connecting World’, at CEATEC 2023 in Japan. The showcase integrates IoT-based smart energy-saving solutions to enable the pillars of people-centric smart societies, such as green data centers, advanced surveillance, and e-mobility. For green data centers, especially those supporting AI applications, Delta’s innovative Air-Assisted Liquid Cooling (AALC) solution offers up to 2.5 times more efficient thermal management than traditional air-cooling systems. The new VORTEX cloud-based surveillance system is an ideal solution to enhance the safety in cities, while Delta’s smart energy solutions foster ubiquitous charging infrastructure for EVs, e-scooters and e-bikes.

Shan Shan Guo, Delta’s Chief Brand Officer, underscored, "This is the first time Delta is participating in CEATEC, Japan’s largest technology expo, with an integrated exhibition. Our company has successfully reinvented itself from a component manufacturer into a total solutions provider, and the Delta brand evolving beyond a pure industrial brand to now also include a commercial brand is a testament to that transformation. At CEATEC 2023, we are showcasing cutting-edge solutions for data centers, energy infrastructure, e-mobility, industrial and building automation, which can contribute substantially to the goals of Japan’s Society 5.0 initiative, while conveying our new brand value proposition, ‘Realizing an Intelligent, Sustainable, and Connecting World.’ Our goal is to create intelligent, energy-saving, and human-centric solutions. Thus, we look forward to collaborating with our local partners to enable a sustainable future in Japan together."

Jesse Chou, Delta’s Chief Sustainability Officer, said, "For over five decades, Delta has been committed to helping mankind reduce its carbon footprint. As part of our Science-Based Targets (SBT), Delta’s carbon intensity decreased by 71% as of 2021 (compared to 2014), four years ahead of our 2025 target given our unique expertise in energy management. Moreover, we committed to achieving RE100 and carbon neutrality by 2030 and have established a long-term strategy to achieve net-zero emissions in our worldwide operations by 2050. In fact, Delta’s global carbon emissions met its annual reduction target of 13.5% while our renewable electricity use reached 63% in 2022. In recent years, we have been progressively establishing energy parks in Japan, including Ako and Fukuchiyama, with solar power generation systems of a total installation capacity of 6MW, and we intend to further contribute to the global net-zero goal."

Mr. Kengo Ka, President of Delta Electronics (Japan), said, "Delta has developed intelligent, sustainable and connecting solutions, and we’ve provided comprehensive renewable energy services for clients in Hiroshima, to achieve the RE100 goal together. Additionally, we are displaying the VORTEX cloud-based video surveillance solution, which has been implemented in our warehouse in Minami-Funabashi for smart remote monitoring of large-scale areas, including people/vehicle identification, protection of the warehouse and assets, as well as comprehensive surveillance of entry and exit areas. This implementation reduces manual work of searching, ensures zero blind spots, and enhances overall logistics security, thus, demonstrating that Delta’s solutions are seamlessly implemented in the Japanese market."

Delta’s green Data Center Infrastructure Solutions, connecting Building Automation Solutions, sustainable Transportation Solutions, 8K Display Solutions, and high-efficient Power and System at CEATEC 2023, are echoing the Japan Commission’s "Society 5.0" policy, which balances economic development with solutions to social issue to realize human-oriented environment.

Held from Oct 17 to 20, CEATEC 2023 is Japan’s leading technology exhibition with over 500 exhibitors and more than 80,000 visitors expected. The 2023 edition will be held at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba. Delta’s exhibition booth is located at booth A101, Advanced Technologies area.

Delta’s Highlights at CEATEC 2023:

Green Data Center Infrastructure Solutions
Air-Assisted Liquid Cooling (AALC): Delta offers flexible data center infrastructure solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership for high-density workloads in a hyperscale data center. Our offerings encompass UPSs, DC power, busway systems, Li-ion battery systems, cooling, racks, DCIM, networking infrastructure, and remote PC arrays. For HPC/AI workloads, Delta’s AALC solution features excellent heat dissipation and maximizes cooling capacity up to 2.5x with the power consumption rate less than 3%. Moreover, it provides significant CAPEX savings by eliminating the need for raised floors and piping infrastructure, while preserving rack and fan wall components.

Connecting Building Automation/Display Solutions
Building Solutions & VORTEX Cloud-based Video Surveillance: Delta showcases intelligent meeting room control, DALI lighting control, and indoor air quality management solutions. VORTEX also provides AI-powered security solutions for Small and Medium-sized Businesses, chain stores, city surveillance, and education. It offers intrusion, line-crossing, and loitering detection, enabling real-time alerts and notifications, creating a safer environment for society.

Bridge Inspection Drone System: Delta Research Center has developed the "Bridge Inspection Drone System" that includes functions such as automatic flight, video streaming, deterioration image identification, 3D bridge modeling, etc. This system can automatically photograph piers, bridge sides along the route, and even areas under the bridge where lack GPS. Photographic resolution reaches 1mm per pixel. It’s expected to save 40% of bridge inspection costs and 50% of time.

INSIGHT Laser 8K Satellite MLS (Modular Laser System):
Delta Digital Projection launches the latest Satellite MLS series Projector, which is the smallest 3-Chip DLP high-brightness projectors. The Satellite RGB laser projector features a separated modular design, where the projection module and light source are connected through optical fiber, allowing for a maximum distance of up to 100 meters. This provides greater flexibility in installation, significantly reducing noise and heat levels within the exhibition space.

Solutions for e-Mobility:
V2B EV Charger: Delta’s V2B Charger provides bi-directional charge/discharge power conversion for EVs. The V2B charger can augment EVs by not only making them useful for transportation but also an energy storage device which can then be drawn as an energy source during peak hours or emergency. This helps optimize home energy efficiency and serves as a backup power for the home.

Powertrains: e-Bike Mid Drive Motor features a compact design, outstanding performance, and higher frame design flexibility, suitable for e-Mountain and e-Cargo bikes. e-Scooter Integrated Side-Mounted Powertrain offers a high-performance and high-efficiency power output. The highly integrated design combines the drive, motor, and gearbox in one package that greatly saves space and cables for simple assembly and maintenance.

High-efficient Power and System
1,800W Portable Power Station: Equipped with 6 AC ports, USB Type A and Type C ports and a car charger, this model features stable output power ranging from 12W to 108.8W with an efficiency of up to 91%. With a total output power of 1,800 W, it meets the charging requirements of LED TVs, microwaves, steam cookers and other home appliances. In addition to outdoor activities such as camping and other events, the power station would be an indispensable back-up power source during urgent situations like earthquakes and typhoons.

About Delta Electronics Japan
Delta Electronics (Japan), Inc. established in 1991 having 250 employees in 6 offices throughout Japan.  Supporting more than 500 clients in the region. For detailed information, please visit: https://www.delta-japan.jp/

About Delta 
Delta, founded in 1971, is a global leader in switching power supplies and thermal management products with a thriving portfolio of smart energy-saving systems and solutions in the fields of industrial automation, building automation, telecom power, data center infrastructure, EV charging, renewable energy, energy storage and display, to nurture the development of smart manufacturing and sustainable cities. As a world-class corporate citizen guided by its mission statement, "To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow," Delta leverages its core competence in high-efficiency power electronics and its ESG-embedded business model to address key environmental issues, such as climate change. Delta serves customers through its sales offices, R&D centers and manufacturing facilities spread over close to 200 locations across 5 continents.

Throughout its history, Delta has received various global awards and recognition for its business achievements, innovative technologies and dedication to ESG. Since 2011, Delta has been listed on the DJSI World Index of Dow Jones Sustainability™ Indices for 12 consecutive years. In 2020 and 2022, Delta was also recognized by CDP with double A List for its substantial contribution to climate change and water security issues and named Supplier Engagement Leader for its continuous development of a sustainable value chain for 6 consecutive years.

For detailed information about Delta, please visit: www.deltaww.com

Source : Delta's Solutions at CEATEC 2023 Echo its New Brand Value Proposition 'Realizing an Intelligent, Sustainable and Connecting World'

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