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The Sports Technology Awards Launches Today and Introduces ‘The Arena of Innovation’: Where Today’s Vision Meets Tomorrow’s Sports

September 19, 2024 R Powell

The Sports Technology Awards, the leading global celebration of tech-led thinking, launched today and introduced its new concept, ‘The Arena of Innovation’. The Arena is a virtual, global hub at the intersection of sports, science, technology, engineering and design, where disruptive technologies are scrutinized and celebrated. It’s purpose is to be where today’s vision meets […]

Swansea University and The STA Group Reveal Strategic Collaboration: NNIISH New Sponsor for The Sports Technology Awards

September 19, 2024 R Powell

To coincide with today’s launch of The Sports Technology Awards, The STA Group and Swansea University announced an exciting multi-year partnership. This will see the University-led NNIISH (The National Network for Innovation In Sport & Health) become the official sponsor of The Awards’ judging panel, an esteemed group which spans tech visionaries, sports leaders, and […]

Report: “Belgian Teaching Materials about the Palestinian-Israel Conflict Violate Educational Standards”

September 18, 2024 R Powell

The findings present a troubling picture, uncovering elements in the analysed materials that include antisemitic content, significant bias, historical inaccuracies, and factually unsupported polarising narratives. Shaping Minds, Shaping Society, published in September 2024, is the first study to investigate educational materials concerning the Middle East conflict in Belgian schools. The report provides a thorough analysis […]

Pemberton unveils new Biodiversity monitoring tool, a sensor-agnostic methodology to handle big data in nature

September 17, 2024 R Powell

Pemberton has won grant funding for a 800,000 Euros project from European Space Agency and UK Space Agency to demonstrate biodiversity monitoring in grasslands and explore the implementation of monitoring systems for natural capital assets, with partners Ordnance Survey, Sainsbury’s and West Berkshire Council. Pemberton, a female founded nature positive AI start-up, today announces it […]

Danish engineer with COWI Mads Brandt Rasmussen named as winner of FIDIC’s 2024 Future Leaders Award

September 12, 2024 R Powell

Mads Brandt Rasmussen, an associate project and market director with COWI in Denmark, has been unveiled by international engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) as the winner of its 2024 Future Leaders Award at an awards ceremony held in Geneva on 10 September 2024. The FIDIC Future Leaders Awards acknowledge and promote […]

FIDIC members in the spotlight as winners of annual MA Excellence Awards revealed

September 12, 2024 R Powell

FIDIC has announced the winners of the 2024 FIDIC Member Association Excellence Awards at a glittering gala dinner event held in Geneva on 10 September 2024. The awards, now in their fifth year, highlight the achievements and successes of FIDIC’s international member associations and their work representing the global engineering consulting industry. This year the […]

KAYAK reveals 1 in 4 Brits now seeking a Sleepcation: New study crowns Sligo, Ireland as the ultimate Sleep Tourism destination

September 12, 2024 R Powell

As new research finds 1 in 4 Brits are now considering booking a holiday focussed primarily on sleep, KAYAK, the world’s leading travel search engine, has launched its new Sleep Tourism Guide for tired Brits in need of a restful escape, with Sligo, Ireland coming out on top as the ultimate ‘sleepcation’ destination. KAYAK launches Sleep Tourism Guide […]

FIDIC Project Awards 2024 highlight infrastructure excellence

September 11, 2024 R Powell

FIDIC has announced the overall winners of its prestigious Project Awards for 2024 at a glittering gala dinner event held in Geneva on 10 September 2024. Winners of the awards, which showcase and highlight the achievements and successes of consulting engineering member firms and their clients across the globe and the important impact their construction […]

GOOGLE LOSES FINAL APPEAL AGAINST €2.42BN SHOPPING FINE

September 10, 2024 R Powell

Google must pay the €2.42bn fine issued by the European Commission in 2017 for abusing its dominant position by self-preferencing. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced its final decision on the Google Shopping Case today. Google cannot re-appeal. GOOGLE LOSES FINAL APPEAL AGAINST €2.42BN SHOPPING FINE: KELKOO GROUP CEO AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW […]

FIDIC elects new president-elect Alfredo Ingletti and announces election of new board member

September 9, 2024 R Powell

International engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) has announced the election of Italian engineer Alfredo Ingletti as its new president-elect and the arrival of a new board member in Cosmin Tobolcea, general manager of Romanian consultancy firm PROTOBY. The announcements were made, following decisions of the FIDIC board and elections by the […]