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Igniting Innovation
The TomKat Center community feted the 10-year anniversary of the Innovation Transfer Program. PHOTO Mark Shwartz Alumni and friends of the Innovation Transfer Program gathered last Thursday to celebrate a decade of sustainability solutions. Created by Stanford’s TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy, the grant program helps awardees to develop early concepts into commercial breakthroughs. More…
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SAP’s Industry Cloud Drives Innovation in Utilities Through Cloud-Based Apps and Partner Collaborations
Had someone asked me during the early days of SAP’s industry cloud which among the roughly two-dozen industries we serve would provide the most fertile territory for our partners to innovate with cloud-based apps, I’ll admit the utilities sector may not have landed near the top of my list. But with so many new partner-developed…
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SAP’s Industry Cloud Drives Innovation in Utilities Through Cloud-Based Apps and Partner Collaborations
Had someone asked me during the early days of SAP’s industry cloud which among the roughly two-dozen industries we serve would provide the most fertile territory for our partners to innovate with cloud-based apps, I’ll admit the utilities sector may not have landed near the top of my list. But with so many new partner-developed…
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Innovation Breakthroughs: Atoms4Food
(As prepared for delivery) Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It’s good to be with you at this very important World Food Forum, 2023. I want to thank Director-General Qu Dongyu for inviting me to launch, here today, the IAEA/FAO joint initiative, Atoms4Food. It fits well into the theme of “Innovations Breakthroughs” because it is a concrete, action-oriented response to our shared goals of eradicating poverty, ending hunger and malnutrition, fighting climate change and adapting to its consequences. Before I explain what Atoms4Food is all about, I would like to say a few words about the IAEA and…
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Innovation Breakthroughs: Atoms4Food
(As prepared for delivery) Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It’s good to be with you at this very important World Food Forum, 2023. I want to thank Director-General Qu Dongyu for inviting me to launch, here today, the IAEA/FAO joint initiative, Atoms4Food. It fits well into the theme of “Innovations Breakthroughs” because it is a concrete, action-oriented response to our shared goals of eradicating poverty, ending hunger and malnutrition, fighting climate change and adapting to its consequences. Before I explain what Atoms4Food is all about, I would like to say a few words about the IAEA and…
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Immigration And Diverse Populace Made America An Innovation Superpower
New research shows immigration and a diverse population propelled America’s rise as a superpower in innovation. The study examined surnames, counties and patents from the 1850s to the 1940s to reach its findings. The research, bolstered by other recent studies, shows increasing immigration likely enhances innovation, productivity growth and labor force growth—essential elements to raising…
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Immigration And Diverse Populace Made America An Innovation Superpower
New research shows immigration and a diverse population propelled America’s rise as a superpower in innovation. The study examined surnames, counties and patents from the 1850s to the 1940s to reach its findings. The research, bolstered by other recent studies, shows increasing immigration likely enhances innovation, productivity growth and labor force growth—essential elements to raising…
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Disruption, Innovation, Leadership and Building Our Future
The need for effective leadership in the face of disruptive, large-scale change is fresh in our minds. COVID-19 took us from staying home for two weeks to a global pandemic overnight, launching us into a new future, ready or not. Today, as the acute phase of the pandemic has passed, its effects linger well beyond…
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Disruption, Innovation, Leadership and Building Our Future
The need for effective leadership in the face of disruptive, large-scale change is fresh in our minds. COVID-19 took us from staying home for two weeks to a global pandemic overnight, launching us into a new future, ready or not. Today, as the acute phase of the pandemic has passed, its effects linger well beyond…
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Lebanon, Miami University to explore developing an innovation hub
Lebanon could be taking a major step forward in the development of an innovation hub/research and development facility with Miami University at its southern gateway off Interstate 71. On Tuesday, Lebanon City Council will consider a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with Miami University on the future development of 100 acres north of the I-71/Ohio 48…