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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

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In the opening keynote at Ford’s annual trends conference, 2015 Further With Ford, CEO Mark Fields announced the next phase of the company’s Smart Mobility plan, originally announced in January this year at CES ( earlier post ). Linking us both as an automotive and a mobility company. —Mark Fields.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions.

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This Rwandan Engineer is Learning How to Manage Humanitarian Projects

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The program, offered virtually and in person, combines theory and hands-on training on topics such as community outreach and engagement, health care, the environment, and sustainability. She also got involved in organizing conferences in Africa. Her first event was the 2019 PowerAfrica Conference , held in Abuja, Nigeria.

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Big Data Could Accelerate Drug Approvals

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Drug companies perform quality-assurance tasks to verify that the steps carried out during clinical trials comply with government regulations. The way in which quality is assured hasn’t changed much in about 25 years, says Timothé Ménard , head of quality data science at pharmaceutical company Roche in Basel, Switzerland.

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Tech Leaders on 5G, Robots, and the Future of Work

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Trying to maintain strong cybersecurity for a hybrid workforce and protecting their systems from cyberattacks as more and more employees’ personal devices have been connected to the company’s systems. Tech companies are facing a labor shortage. What are today’s tech leaders concerned about?

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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IBM is a remarkable company, known for many things—the tabulating machines that calculated the 1890 U.S. Census, the mainframe computer, legitimizing the person computer, and developing the software that beat the best in the world at chess and then Jeopardy. Steven Cherry Jim, IBM wasn't the first to personal computers.

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Volkswagen’s Pablo Di Si: Generation to get ‘again to fundamentals’

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Di Si believes it’s notable that VW’s North American area carve out its personal identification and construct its personal market-based selections. And clearly, I’m additionally studying about our personal group, as a result of each and every group is other. Let’s do financing.