KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 -- Senseforth.ai has attained the sixth spot in one of the world’s most authoritative machine reading comprehension benchmarks, the Stanford Question Answering Dataset 2.0 (SQuAD 2.0).
Based on a statement, the leader in the Conversational AI space scored 90.830, beating the human performance level of 89.452 and becoming the only Conversational AI start-up to be featured in the top six of the global leaderboard.
SQuAD 2.0 comprises over 100,000 questions with over 50,000 new, unanswerable questions that look like answerable ones.
In order to perform well, the system must not only answer questions when possible but also abstain from answering when no answer is available.
Senseforth.ai’s proprietary NLP technology is embedded in its Conversational AI platform, A.ware, which is being used by over 35 organisations in Asia and North America to acquire customers, drive user engagement as well as provide pre-sales and after-sales support.
Senseforth.ai has emerged as the preferred Conversational AI partner for leading brands like Nestle, PwC, Future Generali, HDFC Bank, SBI Card, ICICI Bank, RBL Bank, Airtel, Kotak Mutual Fund and Stanton Optical.
Senseforth.ai is a recipient of the ‘AI product of the year 2018’ award by Frost & Sullivan and ‘the Most Innovative Product’ award from Netapp.
-- BERNAMA
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Monday, 3 February 2020
AG&P expands low CAPEX solutions to meet cleaner fuel demands
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| With Kanfer Shipping, AG&P has added a patented ATB, used for breaking bulk cargoes of LNG, to its suite of lower capital solutions. The shallow-draft vessel efficiently transports LNG to and from an FSU, FSRU, LNGC or land-based LNG terminals and delivers LNG to drop-points on islands, up rivers and along coasts. (Photo : Business Wire) |
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 -- Responding to growing global demand for cleaner and cheaper fuel, Atlantic Gulf and Pacific (AG&P) has expanded its portfolio of proprietary technologies for small-scale bunker vessels and LNG-to-power barges.
In the past year, the global downstream gas and LNG logistics company and majority-owned GAS Entec have been awarded contracts for key LNG components.
It includes Japan’s first LNG bunker vessel, Asia’s largest bunker vessel that will operate in Singapore and multiple LNG carrier (LNGC) conversions to floating storage and regasification units to be deployed in Africa and to power electricity grids in different markets.
“Our integrated, low CAPEX solutions drive down LNG equipment and transport costs, which not only reduce overall project costs, but has the potential to lower the delivered cost of LNG per MMBTU for the customer,” said Gas Entec chief executive officer, Chong-Ho Kwak.
AG&P vice-president (business development), Nishant Sharma commented: “To meet the needs of project owners and investors, solutions must be scalable to minimise surplus capacity and enable investment to match market growth.
“To sustain demand creation, producers of LNG must also be able to access smaller and more dispersed categories of consumers, bypassing the major intermediaries.”
Anticipating these market changes, in November 2019 AG&P acquired a minority stake in Norway-based Kanfer Shipping, adding a state-of-the-art, proprietary LNG articulated tug barge to its suite of cost-optimised solutions.
In addition, AG&P is building a significant fleet of LNG tankers that deliver LNG from terminals to industrial, power, commercial and LNG/CNG stations, while also providing on-site equipment to its customers.
More details at https://www.agpglobal.com.
-- BERNAMA
Friday, 31 January 2020
HIMSS-Elsevier European Digital Healthcare Award call for submissions
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 -- The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and Elsevier are calling for submissions for the Annual HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award 2020, European edition.
Established in 2013, the global HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award has recognised 218 submissions across 30 countries and 120 organisations, impacting over 41 million patients in the Asia Pacific, Middle Eastern and European regions.
According to a statement, the HIMSS-Elsevier Awards team are recognising professionals in two categories, namely Outstanding ICT Achievement and Outstanding ICT Innovation.
Outstanding ICT Achievement category focuses on harnessing information and technology to successfully advance patient care and safety.
Meanwhile, Outstanding ICT Innovation focuses on creatively leveraging existing technology or developing ground-breaking new solutions to enhance ICT adoption, patient care and outcomes.
The Awards will be presented during the HIMSS Europe & Health 2.0 Conference 2020 in Helsinki, Finland on May 26 to 28.
Deadline for submissions is March 27. Submit your project at https://www.himsseuropeconference.eu/helsinki/2020/himss-elsevier-digital-healthcare-awards.
-- BERNAMA
Established in 2013, the global HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award has recognised 218 submissions across 30 countries and 120 organisations, impacting over 41 million patients in the Asia Pacific, Middle Eastern and European regions.
According to a statement, the HIMSS-Elsevier Awards team are recognising professionals in two categories, namely Outstanding ICT Achievement and Outstanding ICT Innovation.
Outstanding ICT Achievement category focuses on harnessing information and technology to successfully advance patient care and safety.
Meanwhile, Outstanding ICT Innovation focuses on creatively leveraging existing technology or developing ground-breaking new solutions to enhance ICT adoption, patient care and outcomes.
The Awards will be presented during the HIMSS Europe & Health 2.0 Conference 2020 in Helsinki, Finland on May 26 to 28.
Deadline for submissions is March 27. Submit your project at https://www.himsseuropeconference.eu/helsinki/2020/himss-elsevier-digital-healthcare-awards.
-- BERNAMA
Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Spring Festival Gala kicks off on Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge in China
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 -- The recent Spring Festival Gala on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge unveiled a dynamic Zhuhai to view.
Zhuhai, as the host of sub venue gala and forerunner of opening up, sent new year wishes to the world, drawing a new picture of openness and innovation with other cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.
According to a statement, Zhuhai is promoting the in-depth cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau.
Resources including innovation, talents, capital, technology, culture of the Area, and even the world are gathered, connected, allocated and integrated in Zhuhai, stimulating its development continuously.
With the operation of the Bridge, industrial giants such as Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent and Foxconn have carried out in-depth cooperation with Zhuhai in fields including smart cities, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and chips to expand a broad prospect for a new economy.
According to data from the People's Government of Zhuhai Municipality, in the first half of 2019 alone, there were 310 newly established Macau-invested companies in Zhuhai, accounting for more than half of the newly established enterprises in the city.
By 2020, the time limit for foreign investment putting on files outside the negative list will be reduced to less than one working day, and the time limit for starting a business will be controlled within four working days.
The number of newly registered Hong Kong and Macau-funded enterprises will reach 12,000. The business scope of individual industrial and commercial households of Hong Kong and Macau residents will be fully liberalised.
-- BERNAMA
Zhuhai, as the host of sub venue gala and forerunner of opening up, sent new year wishes to the world, drawing a new picture of openness and innovation with other cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.
According to a statement, Zhuhai is promoting the in-depth cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau.
Resources including innovation, talents, capital, technology, culture of the Area, and even the world are gathered, connected, allocated and integrated in Zhuhai, stimulating its development continuously.
With the operation of the Bridge, industrial giants such as Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent and Foxconn have carried out in-depth cooperation with Zhuhai in fields including smart cities, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and chips to expand a broad prospect for a new economy.
According to data from the People's Government of Zhuhai Municipality, in the first half of 2019 alone, there were 310 newly established Macau-invested companies in Zhuhai, accounting for more than half of the newly established enterprises in the city.
By 2020, the time limit for foreign investment putting on files outside the negative list will be reduced to less than one working day, and the time limit for starting a business will be controlled within four working days.
The number of newly registered Hong Kong and Macau-funded enterprises will reach 12,000. The business scope of individual industrial and commercial households of Hong Kong and Macau residents will be fully liberalised.
-- BERNAMA
Mary Kay celebrates milestone anniversaries worldwide this year
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 -- This year, Mary Kay Inc will celebrate milestone anniversaries in some of its most important markets globally via festivities, volunteer opportunities and special events.
According to a statement, the markets are as follows - five years in Colombia; Armenia (10 years); Moldova (15 years); 20 years each in Kazakhstan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Slovakia; 25 years each in China and Portugal; and, Argentina (40 years).
“While our innovative skin care, on-trend colour cosmetics, fragrances and body care products have been loved for more than 56 years by millions of consumers around the world, our company was founded with much more than lipstick in mind,” said Mary Kay chief operating officer, Deborah Gibbins.
“Our founder, Mary Kay Ash, built her dream company with two goals: create economic independence for women through entrepreneurship, and make the world a better place.”
The iconic Mary Kay Ash founded her namesake brand in 1963 and it quickly developed into a worldwide phenomenon with millions of independent beauty consultants in nearly 40 countries.
-- BERNAMA
According to a statement, the markets are as follows - five years in Colombia; Armenia (10 years); Moldova (15 years); 20 years each in Kazakhstan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Slovakia; 25 years each in China and Portugal; and, Argentina (40 years).
“While our innovative skin care, on-trend colour cosmetics, fragrances and body care products have been loved for more than 56 years by millions of consumers around the world, our company was founded with much more than lipstick in mind,” said Mary Kay chief operating officer, Deborah Gibbins.
“Our founder, Mary Kay Ash, built her dream company with two goals: create economic independence for women through entrepreneurship, and make the world a better place.”
The iconic Mary Kay Ash founded her namesake brand in 1963 and it quickly developed into a worldwide phenomenon with millions of independent beauty consultants in nearly 40 countries.
-- BERNAMA
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF TWO NEW PARTNERS
New York, NY, Jan 28 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), a leading independent global infrastructure investor, today announced that Julie Ashworth and Philip Iley have been elected Partners of the Firm, effective January 1, 2020.
Julie Ashworth joined GIP in 2012 and has been a crucial contributor to the success of the Firm. As Deputy General Counsel, she has been actively involved in many aspects of GIP’s business, from supporting our investment activities to leading our legal team and working with investors on our fundraising efforts.
Philip Iley joined GIP in 2016 and has been a key member of our Transport Investment Team and played a leading role in several of GIP’s investments in the sector. He represents GIP on the boards of Italo and Gatwick.
Bayo Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner of GIP, commented, “We are delighted to announce these promotions as we continue to invest in our most important asset, our people. Julie and Philip have made meaningful impacts on GIP’s businesses in many ways. These well-deserved promotions are a testament to their leadership qualities and to the important contributions that they have made to the success of GIP.”
About Global Infrastructure Partners
Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP") is an independent infrastructure fund manager that invests in the equity and credit of infrastructure assets and businesses. GIP targets investments in OECD and select emerging market countries in single assets and portfolios of assets and companies in the energy, transport and water/waste sectors. GIP’s 41 portfolio companies employ over 67,000 people in over 50 countries. GIP’s teams are located in 10 offices globally: London, New York, Stamford (Connecticut), Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Mumbai, Delhi, Singapore and Hong Kong. For more information, visit www.global-infra.com.
Media Inquiries Team
Global Infrastructure Partners
646 282 1545
mediainquiries@global-infra.com
SOURCE: Global Infrastructure Partners
Julie Ashworth joined GIP in 2012 and has been a crucial contributor to the success of the Firm. As Deputy General Counsel, she has been actively involved in many aspects of GIP’s business, from supporting our investment activities to leading our legal team and working with investors on our fundraising efforts.
Philip Iley joined GIP in 2016 and has been a key member of our Transport Investment Team and played a leading role in several of GIP’s investments in the sector. He represents GIP on the boards of Italo and Gatwick.
Bayo Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner of GIP, commented, “We are delighted to announce these promotions as we continue to invest in our most important asset, our people. Julie and Philip have made meaningful impacts on GIP’s businesses in many ways. These well-deserved promotions are a testament to their leadership qualities and to the important contributions that they have made to the success of GIP.”
About Global Infrastructure Partners
Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP") is an independent infrastructure fund manager that invests in the equity and credit of infrastructure assets and businesses. GIP targets investments in OECD and select emerging market countries in single assets and portfolios of assets and companies in the energy, transport and water/waste sectors. GIP’s 41 portfolio companies employ over 67,000 people in over 50 countries. GIP’s teams are located in 10 offices globally: London, New York, Stamford (Connecticut), Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Mumbai, Delhi, Singapore and Hong Kong. For more information, visit www.global-infra.com.
Media Inquiries Team
Global Infrastructure Partners
646 282 1545
mediainquiries@global-infra.com
SOURCE: Global Infrastructure Partners
Thursday, 23 January 2020
SENIOR EXECUTIVES AND ACCOUNTANTS CAN NOW EARN A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN DIGITAL BUSINESS LEADERSHIP, COURTESY OF MIA AND APU
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 (Bernama) -- Acknowledged as a leading advocate of digital business transformation for board and management executives as well as finance and accountancy professionals, the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) is now collaborating with other leaders in professional development and education to expand its range of continuing professional education programmes geared towards Industrial Revolution (IR4.0) and digital economy.
In January 2020, MIA successfully completed its first joint programme with a Premier Digital Tech University, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU) – the MIA-APU 3-day Professional Certificate in Digital Leadership (PCDL). “This is aligned with our MIA Digital Technology Blueprint which encourages collaboration and partnership to hasten digital adoption and boost value creation and nation building,” said MIA CEO Dr. Nurmazilah Dato’ Mahzan.
The PCDL aims to equip business leaders and executives with digital knowledge and skills to map and manage digital transformation of their organisations for better business performance.
Day 1 focused on the big picture of the digital economy and the developments disrupting organisations. Day 2 focused on digital strategy and data analytics, and transformation of the finance function using appropriate technologies. Day 3 focused on digital marketing strategies and managing talent in digital transformation.
At the end of the programme, participants were awarded with a Professional Certificate. They also shared the following takeaways:
• Boost in Awareness and Knowledge.
- The programme provided an excellent and simplified snapshot of the different components and aspects of digital transformation and the roadmap for digital transformation.
- Participants said they now understand a great deal more about the theory and science behind digital transformation and the benefits for business organisations.
- They are also now aware of the different digital tools in the market for marketing, analytics, financial statement analysis, audit planning, documentation and practice management to boost productivity and reduce human error.
- The programme also effectively overcame their personal barriers and fears of digital disruption.
• Ease of Knowledge-sharing.
- Many participants noted that they will be sharing the roadmap and materials with their colleagues to accelerate implementation of their organisation’s digital roadmap.
• Continuous Learning.
- They welcomed the idea of follow-up workshops focusing on diverse industries to help guide the real-world implementation exercises.
• Needed - Management/Owner Mindset Change.
- Feedback from accountants in small and medium practices (SMPs) indicate that SMP owners and management’s resistance to change is the biggest stumbling block to digital transformation for SMPs that make up over 90% of the accountancy firms in Malaysia.
G. Shanmugam, Executive Director of Strategy and Development, MIA welcomed the feedback and look forward to further strengthen future programmes for digital competency building. “MIA is continually striving to support businesses and talent in digital transformation. We will integrate the feedback to further improve this professional certification programme to create and upskill agile executives who can lead and manage digital transformation in the IR4.0 economy.”
NOTE TO EDITOR:
About the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
Established under the Accountants Act 1967, MIA is the national accountancy body that regulates, develops, supports and enhances the integrity, status and interests of the profession in Malaysia. MIA accords the Chartered Accountant Malaysia or “C.A. (M)” designation. Working closely alongside businesses, MIA connects its membership to an unmatched range of information resources, events, professional development and networking opportunities.
Presently, there are more than 36,000 members making their strides in businesses across all industries in Malaysia and around the world.
MIA’s international outlook and connections are reflected in its membership of regional and international professional organisations such as the ASEAN Federation of Accountants (AFA), and the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). For more information on MIA, visit www.mia.org.my
SOURCE: Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=36603
In January 2020, MIA successfully completed its first joint programme with a Premier Digital Tech University, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU) – the MIA-APU 3-day Professional Certificate in Digital Leadership (PCDL). “This is aligned with our MIA Digital Technology Blueprint which encourages collaboration and partnership to hasten digital adoption and boost value creation and nation building,” said MIA CEO Dr. Nurmazilah Dato’ Mahzan.
The PCDL aims to equip business leaders and executives with digital knowledge and skills to map and manage digital transformation of their organisations for better business performance.
Day 1 focused on the big picture of the digital economy and the developments disrupting organisations. Day 2 focused on digital strategy and data analytics, and transformation of the finance function using appropriate technologies. Day 3 focused on digital marketing strategies and managing talent in digital transformation.
At the end of the programme, participants were awarded with a Professional Certificate. They also shared the following takeaways:
• Boost in Awareness and Knowledge.
- The programme provided an excellent and simplified snapshot of the different components and aspects of digital transformation and the roadmap for digital transformation.
- Participants said they now understand a great deal more about the theory and science behind digital transformation and the benefits for business organisations.
- They are also now aware of the different digital tools in the market for marketing, analytics, financial statement analysis, audit planning, documentation and practice management to boost productivity and reduce human error.
- The programme also effectively overcame their personal barriers and fears of digital disruption.
• Ease of Knowledge-sharing.
- Many participants noted that they will be sharing the roadmap and materials with their colleagues to accelerate implementation of their organisation’s digital roadmap.
• Continuous Learning.
- They welcomed the idea of follow-up workshops focusing on diverse industries to help guide the real-world implementation exercises.
• Needed - Management/Owner Mindset Change.
- Feedback from accountants in small and medium practices (SMPs) indicate that SMP owners and management’s resistance to change is the biggest stumbling block to digital transformation for SMPs that make up over 90% of the accountancy firms in Malaysia.
G. Shanmugam, Executive Director of Strategy and Development, MIA welcomed the feedback and look forward to further strengthen future programmes for digital competency building. “MIA is continually striving to support businesses and talent in digital transformation. We will integrate the feedback to further improve this professional certification programme to create and upskill agile executives who can lead and manage digital transformation in the IR4.0 economy.”
NOTE TO EDITOR:
About the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
Established under the Accountants Act 1967, MIA is the national accountancy body that regulates, develops, supports and enhances the integrity, status and interests of the profession in Malaysia. MIA accords the Chartered Accountant Malaysia or “C.A. (M)” designation. Working closely alongside businesses, MIA connects its membership to an unmatched range of information resources, events, professional development and networking opportunities.
Presently, there are more than 36,000 members making their strides in businesses across all industries in Malaysia and around the world.
MIA’s international outlook and connections are reflected in its membership of regional and international professional organisations such as the ASEAN Federation of Accountants (AFA), and the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). For more information on MIA, visit www.mia.org.my
SOURCE: Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=36603
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