Ann Arbor SPARK is an economic development organization serving the Ann Arbor region. It was formed through the merger of three previous organizations. Its mission is to help both existing businesses and startups at every stage. It provides services such as business acceleration, talent development, entrepreneurship education, funding programs, and incubator space. Ann Arbor SPARK also works with numerous regional partners and targets industries like advanced automotive, life sciences, IT, and cleantech. It measures its impact through jobs and investments generated for the local economy.
July 2010 - Michigan Energy Forum - Mark J. BennettAnnArborSPARK
Mark J. Bennett from Miller Canfield presents: An overview of carbon markets including policy and the value chain - Types of carbon projects being developed - Typical carbon transaction structures - How can I get involved in the carbon space?
March 2011 - Michigan Energy Forum - Don GraunstadtAnnArborSPARK
Have you ever considered purchasing an electric vehicle? Want to find out what all the hype is about? Join us for an evening of information and updates on the rollout of electric vehicles in Michigan and the United States.
April 2011 - Michigan Energy Forum - Nicholas CucinelliAnnArborSPARK
Did you know? As featured on mlive.com - Michigan has the fourth-largest number of solar energy jobs in the country, according to the National Solar Jobs Census from the Solar Foundation, a research organization.
Join us while we explore the solar industry in Michigan with a panel of experts. Our panelists will discuss key issues and strategies associated with solar energy ranging from innovative product development to the funding opportunities for start-ups, adoption of solar energy, and the policies that will shape the industry’s development in the state of Michigan.
July 2010 - Michigan Energy Forum - Mark J. BennettAnnArborSPARK
Mark J. Bennett from Miller Canfield presents: An overview of carbon markets including policy and the value chain - Types of carbon projects being developed - Typical carbon transaction structures - How can I get involved in the carbon space?
March 2011 - Michigan Energy Forum - Don GraunstadtAnnArborSPARK
Have you ever considered purchasing an electric vehicle? Want to find out what all the hype is about? Join us for an evening of information and updates on the rollout of electric vehicles in Michigan and the United States.
April 2011 - Michigan Energy Forum - Nicholas CucinelliAnnArborSPARK
Did you know? As featured on mlive.com - Michigan has the fourth-largest number of solar energy jobs in the country, according to the National Solar Jobs Census from the Solar Foundation, a research organization.
Join us while we explore the solar industry in Michigan with a panel of experts. Our panelists will discuss key issues and strategies associated with solar energy ranging from innovative product development to the funding opportunities for start-ups, adoption of solar energy, and the policies that will shape the industry’s development in the state of Michigan.
Stanford 2012: Building the Entrepreneurial UniversityJack Brittain
Stanford panel focused on how universities are leveraging scholarship to make a difference in the world and the communities in which they are located. This presentation describes the "Utah model" and the changes the University of Utah made to become one of the top public university commercialization programs in the nation.
How to Get Involved in Shaping the Future of Michigan Business - Business InS...Detroit Regional Chamber
Slides for town hall presentation on "How to Get Involved in Shaping the Future of Michigan Business" at Detroit Regional Chamber's "Business InSight" conference. October 27, 2009 at Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI.
Moderated by Nolan Finley, Editorial Page Director of The Detroit News; with Susan Mosey, President of University Cultural Center; Phillip Power, Founder & President of The Center for Michigan; Florine Mark, President and Chair, The WW Group, Inc. / Weight Watchers; Michael Finney, President and CEO, Ann Arbor SPARK; and Tammy Carnrike, COO of Detroit Regional Chamber.
In this presentation, learn what state services and funding are available for growing technology companies. Each year, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) dedicates $25 million to help build companies with high growth potential. The MEDC is organizing a statewide bus tour to educate early-stage tech companies on programs ranging from business support to venture capital. Visit http://www.michiganadvantage.org/Entrepreneurs-and-Innovators/
2018: What did I learn about Innovation and Entrepreneurship in IsraelLeandro de Castro
These slides were prepared based on a mission I did to Israel from 18th to 22nd of March, 2018, organized by Anjos do Brasil, APEX Brasil and ABVCAP. The information presented here were collected from my own writtings during the many visits we made and some material presented in the visits (cited as appropriate).
Innovation in the Mining Industry – How does it Compare?NORCAT
Presented by NORCAT CEO Don Duval, this presentation provides an overview of the innovation landscape in Canada, current trends, and opportunities, as well as shares insights pertaining to the “innovation supply chain” in the mining industry and compare with other innovation models.
Connect with the Pioneer in the IT Staffing industry - Avantha Business Solut...avanthabsl
Its important to build a workforce staffing strategy so that you hire the right people with the right skills sets. Facing problems to hire exceptional IT talent ?
Stanford 2012: Building the Entrepreneurial UniversityJack Brittain
Stanford panel focused on how universities are leveraging scholarship to make a difference in the world and the communities in which they are located. This presentation describes the "Utah model" and the changes the University of Utah made to become one of the top public university commercialization programs in the nation.
How to Get Involved in Shaping the Future of Michigan Business - Business InS...Detroit Regional Chamber
Slides for town hall presentation on "How to Get Involved in Shaping the Future of Michigan Business" at Detroit Regional Chamber's "Business InSight" conference. October 27, 2009 at Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI.
Moderated by Nolan Finley, Editorial Page Director of The Detroit News; with Susan Mosey, President of University Cultural Center; Phillip Power, Founder & President of The Center for Michigan; Florine Mark, President and Chair, The WW Group, Inc. / Weight Watchers; Michael Finney, President and CEO, Ann Arbor SPARK; and Tammy Carnrike, COO of Detroit Regional Chamber.
In this presentation, learn what state services and funding are available for growing technology companies. Each year, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) dedicates $25 million to help build companies with high growth potential. The MEDC is organizing a statewide bus tour to educate early-stage tech companies on programs ranging from business support to venture capital. Visit http://www.michiganadvantage.org/Entrepreneurs-and-Innovators/
2018: What did I learn about Innovation and Entrepreneurship in IsraelLeandro de Castro
These slides were prepared based on a mission I did to Israel from 18th to 22nd of March, 2018, organized by Anjos do Brasil, APEX Brasil and ABVCAP. The information presented here were collected from my own writtings during the many visits we made and some material presented in the visits (cited as appropriate).
Innovation in the Mining Industry – How does it Compare?NORCAT
Presented by NORCAT CEO Don Duval, this presentation provides an overview of the innovation landscape in Canada, current trends, and opportunities, as well as shares insights pertaining to the “innovation supply chain” in the mining industry and compare with other innovation models.
Connect with the Pioneer in the IT Staffing industry - Avantha Business Solut...avanthabsl
Its important to build a workforce staffing strategy so that you hire the right people with the right skills sets. Facing problems to hire exceptional IT talent ?
Michigan Marketing Minds - April 14, 2015 - Creating CustomersAnnArborSPARK
Great concept. Perceived need. Solid technology.
Now your challenge is: getting people to try it.
How will you identify your best prospects? How will you open the door? How will you get them hooked? How will you keep them engaged? In sum: What’s your plan to find, win, and grow profitable customer relationships?
Often the process starts with highly targeted prospecting – that is: Choose who you want to do business with. And get the conversation started.
Successful entrepreneurs will tell how they tightly focused on strategic beachheads – then grew out from them – to establish market leadership.
Selling Smart Workshop - April 1, 2015 - People Buy Emotionally, Justify Inte...AnnArborSPARK
In this session, you will learn how to define a prospect’s needs, wants, challenges, and/or problems, or “pain.” You will learn the three components of pain and how to use specific questioning techniques to prompt the prospect’s internal motivation. Additionally, you will learn how to qualify or disqualify the opportunity based on whether your product or service could solve the problems identified.
Michigan Marketing Minds - March 10, 2015 - Field notes on brand positioning ...AnnArborSPARK
Discover, explore and learn new ways to position your brand for customer engagement and advocacy. Session leader Scott Hauman will share and review real world brand definition methods and strategies that will help you shape your company, product or service brand for success.
Michigan Marketing Minds - January 13, 2015 - Marketing 101: Your Marketing PlanAnnArborSPARK
One of the keys to success for any business is to develop a strategic marketing plan. It can be a comprehensive, integrated plan or a one-pager. Pavan Muzumdar of PSI Insight kicks off this session by presenting a strategic framework that will help you align your thinking for the year. Don Hart then follows up to help you with a homework assignment of crafting your own One-Pager 2015 Plan.
Selling Smart Workshop - September 10, 2014 - Pitching Your Business for Emot...AnnArborSPARK
Most people blather-on to prospective customers about all of the stuff they love about their product or service, and then wonder why the prospect doesn’t “get it”. This session will demonstrate and then help you to state your business in a brief, targeted way so a prospective customer will appreciate your value, and get emotionally involved enough to want to know more about your offerings.
Michigan Marketing Minds - September 9, 2014 - Expressing Thought Leadership:...AnnArborSPARK
The Three Keys to Modern Marketing: Content, Content, Content...
Panelists will tell how their companies’ innovative content marketing strategies have helped them:
-establish thought leadership within their industries,
-get found by the right kinds of customers,
-build strong brands that stand apart from the competition,
-increase preference among customers ready to buy.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.