I work as a lobbyist in EU. Here I follow the ITRE committee and I write proposals that are of interest for them. ITRE = Industry, Technology, Research, Energy
This document summarizes interim results from a study on collaborative e-government. It defines collaborative e-government and provides examples of existing projects. It discusses who participates in these projects and why, how government can enable collaboration, and recommendations for stimulating collaborative e-government through policy changes and funding mechanisms.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
This ppt has been amended. I uploaded a version lacking the last two slides: a business model I was working on and the bibliography. In this version (amended) the bibliography has been added. Apologies.
A presentation over the characteristics and opportunities accruing from the platform thinking.
Open Innovation is a chatchy word that rised a lot of interest as well as critiques (especially in Europe). The innovation porcess has allways been open and the sociotechnical progesses observed over the last century just show that. On the other hand, my inpression is that under this term there is a lot going on. Platform thinking is one of these phenomena.
The Open Economy; and the Networked Worldninety10group
The document discusses the concept of the "Open Economy" and how businesses are adapting to this new environment. Some key points:
- Social media has shown that people are willing to engage with brands and participate in innovation. This has led to new platforms for open innovation using crowdsourcing.
- Few companies know how to scale experimentation with open models into full business transformation. As big firms struggle with legacy issues, the market is becoming more open, connected and social.
- Open data, open innovation at scale, open capital/crowdfunding, and networked human capital are strands of the Open Economy that companies must understand to succeed.
- Becoming an "Open Business" through structured use
Business Collaboration Conducting the Virtual ChoirLogicalis
Lucas Pinz, Senior IP Technology and Architectures Manager PromonLogicalis, examines the lessons businesses can learn from the ‘Virtual Choir’, a stunning illustration of the potential for creativity and innovation inherent in ‘mass collaboration’.
Collaboraton Across Digital Industries Competition - Maurizio Pilu, TSBChinwag
The Technology Strategy Board's (TSB) Maurizio Pilu's presentation covering the £18m Collaboration Across Digital Industries competition.
The presentation gives an overview of the tensions the competition is addressing and sheds light on the scope and scale of proposals.
More information about this competition is available http://chinwag.com/events/pfi
This was originally presented at the Partnering for Innovation 2010 event in Glasgow.
This document proposes a partnership between Kapco Metal Stamping and Digital Bridge wherein Kapco will donate their outdated computers yearly. Digital Bridge refurbishes donated electronics and establishes computer labs in underprivileged areas. The partnership will provide Kapco tax deductions while increasing access to technology for communities in need. It analyzes costs, benefits, and impact, concluding the partnership aligns with business and social goals.
An in depth analyses of the current direction that Technology is taking us. This presentation asks if this is the correct route for Human society, and proposes possible alternatives.
This document summarizes interim results from a study on collaborative e-government. It defines collaborative e-government and provides examples of existing projects. It discusses who participates in these projects and why, how government can enable collaboration, and recommendations for stimulating collaborative e-government through policy changes and funding mechanisms.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
This ppt has been amended. I uploaded a version lacking the last two slides: a business model I was working on and the bibliography. In this version (amended) the bibliography has been added. Apologies.
A presentation over the characteristics and opportunities accruing from the platform thinking.
Open Innovation is a chatchy word that rised a lot of interest as well as critiques (especially in Europe). The innovation porcess has allways been open and the sociotechnical progesses observed over the last century just show that. On the other hand, my inpression is that under this term there is a lot going on. Platform thinking is one of these phenomena.
The Open Economy; and the Networked Worldninety10group
The document discusses the concept of the "Open Economy" and how businesses are adapting to this new environment. Some key points:
- Social media has shown that people are willing to engage with brands and participate in innovation. This has led to new platforms for open innovation using crowdsourcing.
- Few companies know how to scale experimentation with open models into full business transformation. As big firms struggle with legacy issues, the market is becoming more open, connected and social.
- Open data, open innovation at scale, open capital/crowdfunding, and networked human capital are strands of the Open Economy that companies must understand to succeed.
- Becoming an "Open Business" through structured use
Business Collaboration Conducting the Virtual ChoirLogicalis
Lucas Pinz, Senior IP Technology and Architectures Manager PromonLogicalis, examines the lessons businesses can learn from the ‘Virtual Choir’, a stunning illustration of the potential for creativity and innovation inherent in ‘mass collaboration’.
Collaboraton Across Digital Industries Competition - Maurizio Pilu, TSBChinwag
The Technology Strategy Board's (TSB) Maurizio Pilu's presentation covering the £18m Collaboration Across Digital Industries competition.
The presentation gives an overview of the tensions the competition is addressing and sheds light on the scope and scale of proposals.
More information about this competition is available http://chinwag.com/events/pfi
This was originally presented at the Partnering for Innovation 2010 event in Glasgow.
This document proposes a partnership between Kapco Metal Stamping and Digital Bridge wherein Kapco will donate their outdated computers yearly. Digital Bridge refurbishes donated electronics and establishes computer labs in underprivileged areas. The partnership will provide Kapco tax deductions while increasing access to technology for communities in need. It analyzes costs, benefits, and impact, concluding the partnership aligns with business and social goals.
An in depth analyses of the current direction that Technology is taking us. This presentation asks if this is the correct route for Human society, and proposes possible alternatives.
This document proposes a partnership between Kapco Metal Stamping and Digital Bridge, a non-profit organization. Kapco would donate their outdated computers to Digital Bridge annually. Digital Bridge refurbishes donated technology and creates computer labs for underprivileged communities around the world. This partnership would benefit all parties - Kapco would receive tax deductions for donations, help communities gain internet access, and reduce e-waste. Digital Bridge's labs improve education and connect people globally. The proposal estimates costs, financial benefits, and impact metrics to assess the success of providing reliable technology access to those who lack it.
This document discusses the potential societal impacts of increased robotics and artificial intelligence leading to widespread job loss and unemployment. It notes that while robots can perform some jobs more efficiently, replacing huge numbers of human workers with robots could negatively impact employment, consumer spending, tax revenue, and people's sense of purpose. The document raises concerns about governments' ability to fund public services and support unemployed populations in such a scenario. It proposes that leaders reconsider plans to make millions redundant and instead focus technology on protecting and advancing society in areas like healthcare and education.
This white paper discusses opportunities in the energy and utilities industries to become smarter through enhanced collaboration and customer engagement. It notes that energy systems must modernize to reduce their environmental impact, and that increased investments are enabling rapid progress. The key points discussed are: (1) Collaboration across the industry is essential to fulfill the promise of new technologies; (2) Utilities are partnering not just with each other but also with new entities like technology companies; and (3) Putting customers at the center through analytics and listening to their needs will help build smarter industries.
Digital Transportation Exchange (DTE) Presentationnvpradhan
The Digital Transportation Exchange (DTE) would connect citizens, businesses, state and local governments, industry, entrepreneurs, researchers, and investors though a public private partnership like never before—creating a thriving marketplace for transportation solutions.
We adapt organisations to the needs of a rapidly changing world; one which demands ever greater connectedness, openness and meaningful relationships with customers.
Too often the seismic shift we are experiencing is being dealt with on an issue-by-issue basis. Reactive piece-meal tactics create a permanent state of panic-ridden catch-up. Learnings are lost in silos, failures are swept under carpets.
We believe there is an holistic strategic solution which provides a framework for change, leap-frogging the tick-box exercise of simple implementation of social technologies. It makes organisations future-ready like never before.
That solution is our Open Business Program.
The document introduces the concept of Open Business, which is a framework for adapting organizations to the rapidly changing demands of the digital world. Traditional reactive approaches are no longer sufficient. Open Business utilizes principles of openness, transparency, and collaboration to make partners of customers. It provides a holistic strategic solution to help organizations become future-ready by leapfrogging past simple social media implementation.
The document summarizes a presentation about how telecommunications companies can help drive a transition to a low carbon economy. It discusses the business and environmental benefits of implementing green strategies, and identifies key drivers for the telecom industry to do so. It then provides examples of how telecom services like videoconferencing can substitute for travel and commuting, thereby reducing carbon emissions. Case studies show the potential cost savings and carbon reductions companies can achieve through teleworking programs.
This document discusses optimizing government through data-driven citizen engagement. It discusses how citizen expectations for engagement have increased and governments need to improve to match private sector standards. Effective citizen engagement involves understanding citizens' needs and using data to personalize communications and services. The document outlines four stages of citizen engagement, from informing to collaborating. It argues governments need to use data to integrate citizen views, analyze internal/external processes, learn best practices, and keep efforts simple. Data-driven engagement involves understanding citizens, analyzing preferences, optimizing communications, and delivering personalized services.
This document summarizes discussions from over 500 individuals representing more than 100 organizations on implementing the Principles for Digital Development.
The principles aim to improve the success of digital development projects by providing best practices. However, integrating the principles can be challenging.
Recommendations include having a vision and strategy to support digital development best practices. Donors should align procurement to enable principles and build a shared digital resource pool. Implementers should contribute to open resources and adapt processes to apply principles. The goal is to learn from past challenges and make digital tools more sustainable and beneficial.
Some Lessons for Startups (pdf with notes)Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly discusses lessons learned from startups like Square, Uber, and the Google autonomous vehicle project. The key lessons are:
1) Do less by leveraging sensors and existing data to streamline workflows
2) Get creative with hardware as well as software
3) Build systems that connect different devices and leverage network effects of aggregated user data
4) Rethink workflows and experiences through human-machine symbiosis like augmented retail workers
5) Create value for stakeholders beyond just shareholders to build a prosperous community
6) Work on projects that solve meaningful problems in areas like healthcare, education, and government.
Friendly Government, Or How Citizen-Centered Innovation Can Transform the Pub...Burton Lee
The document discusses how the Danish government innovation lab MindLab is helping transform the public sector through citizen-centered innovation. It outlines MindLab's approach of engaging citizens as co-developers to meet citizens' expectations for better public policies and services with fewer resources. The document also provides three key lessons learned from MindLab's work: 1) citizen-centered innovation is effective but requires leadership and employee skills; 2) there is untapped value to be found through better services at no extra cost, but the public sector isn't used to value creation; and 3) a change agent like MindLab is needed to drive cross-government collaboration, with top management focus and support.
Crowdfunding has become an important topic for last years in startups and enterprises. The understanding of the concept has been mainly depicted from a practioner’s viewpoint. However, more and more authors have researched it in order to make it a managerial strategy option for business. The objective of this paper is to bring an overview of the literature and a general description of it.
The new mobility ecosystem is rapidly expanding, with new technologies, infrastructure, providers, and modes of transport. How to integrate them all and keep everything on track? With a mobility operating system. https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/future-of-mobility/urban-transport-mobility-platforms.html
Solar service and third-party (PPA) financing ventures in the US - research s...Harald Överholm
Business model innovation can help spread clean technologies. This work uses the market for small-scale solar financing, in which firms build, own and maintain solar panels for end-customers, as an empirical example. These ventures (called solar service or third party solar financing ventures) have an intermediary role between solar panel manufacturers and end-customers, and have opened up new solar markets. In other burgeoning markets the business model is applied to new technologies. This research provides insights for new ventures seeking to use the business model, manufacturers looking to sell to similar markets, and policy-makers encouraging their growth.
The third programme has taken place during 2020, engaging more experts on the pivotal shifts via virtual workshops and wider community debate.Here are ten issues that will provide future challenge and opportunity.
E7 Not G7
As global GDP rises, the seven largest emerging economies (E7) have increasing economic power. The relative influence of the old G7 Western powers declines.
Data Sovereignty
Large-population emerging economies see the protection of their data as a national priority. Wider data sharing is restricted to within national borders.
The Race to Net Zero
Cities, countries and companies compete to set the standards for the planet.Fully reducing emissions is central for energy, health and economic targets.
Electric Aviation
As the pressure to decarbonise aviation builds and technology challenges are addressed, using electric planes for short / medium-haul flights gathers support.
The Stakeholder Society
The shift from maximising shareholder value to a stakeholder focus accelerates. Organisations’ purpose, action and performance measurement realign.
Migrating Diseases
Health systems struggle to address the impact of climate change. The increased spread of ‘old’ vector-borne diseases challenge nations for whom they are ‘new’.
Peak Soil
After water and air quality, attention shifts to soil. It impacts everything from food and health to conflict and migration. Action follows deeper understanding.
True Personalisation
Ubiquitous facial recognition and digital identity combine with wider AI adoption to enable the creation and delivery of truly individualised experiences.
Resilience by Design
Global supply chains evolve to be more flexible, shared regional supply webs. Competitors access shared, not proprietary, networks and systems.
Proof of Immunity
Public concerns about health security override worries about privacy. Governments integrate immunity and health data with national identities.
More details on www.futureagenda.org
The Fastrack Institute helps solve major challenges facing cities using proven exponential technologies to accelerate solutions 10x faster. They identify problems, run idea competitions to form teams, and support teams over 16 weeks to develop solutions. Successful projects in Miami and Medellin focused on mobility and healthcare. Fastrack aims to scale their methodology to more cities, open source their process, expand their product offerings, and develop a city membership network.
GT Briefing March 2012 Technologies Reshaping Our WorldTracey Keys
The document discusses how emerging technologies will reshape the world in the coming decades. It covers technologies that will impact resources like energy and food, reshape production through advances like 3D printing and smart machines, and change daily life with connectivity and smart transportation. Some key impacts include more sustainable energy sources, customized manufacturing in the home, intelligent homes and devices, and new forms of transportation. While change will be difficult for some, emerging technologies will challenge existing systems and redefine value.
Tampere Connected City is where Technology, Communication and Design meet creating a one of a kind Smart City for business & living.
The booklet describes the 4 holistic concepts for creating the Connected City.
Tampere, it's just 10 minutes!
- lake to lake by foot
- forest to forest by bike
- hotspot to hotspot by tram
"big city opportunities - small city living"
--
Team SmartyPants: Trent, Mikko, Joe
Our team spent 2 months to envision a holistic ideal of Tampere SmartCity & Living for the city of Tampere as part of Demola Summer 2013 program in New Factory. The mission was the make dreamable planable, planable doable and doable DONE.
The From Lens to Screen project explores major trends impacting the broadcasting industry like increased data generation and screen time. It builds a shared vision of a sustainable future for TV, radio and online media. The BBC, BT, and IABM have partnered with Forum for the Future on this collaboration to address challenges like changing business models and increasing environmental impacts. The project aims to create a better understanding of digitization's effects, make the industry more energy efficient, and redefine business models for the 21st century through cross-sector collaboration.
InnoVacient Position Paper - Crowdfunding and Economic DevelopmentGuy Daley
This document proposes using crowdfunding platforms at a national level as a new model for economic development. It suggests that crowdfunding could help create vibrant capital ecosystems more quickly than traditional methods, by leveraging the scalability of online platforms. The document outlines how crowdfunding works, its rapid recent growth, and how governments could implement specialized platforms to accelerate funding for innovations, gather data on clusters and trends, and partner with private organizations to further economic transformation goals.
Crowdfunding and Nonprofits: Creating Successful CampaignsMegan Mcgowan
The document discusses factors that are critical for nonprofit organizations to create successful crowdfunding campaigns. It identifies that understanding donor demographics, establishing trust between organizations/donors/platforms, providing incentives for donors, and recognizing markers of successful campaigns are important. However, it notes that the relative youth of crowdfunding has resulted in a lack of resources available to help nonprofits develop effective campaigns and maximize success.
This document proposes a partnership between Kapco Metal Stamping and Digital Bridge, a non-profit organization. Kapco would donate their outdated computers to Digital Bridge annually. Digital Bridge refurbishes donated technology and creates computer labs for underprivileged communities around the world. This partnership would benefit all parties - Kapco would receive tax deductions for donations, help communities gain internet access, and reduce e-waste. Digital Bridge's labs improve education and connect people globally. The proposal estimates costs, financial benefits, and impact metrics to assess the success of providing reliable technology access to those who lack it.
This document discusses the potential societal impacts of increased robotics and artificial intelligence leading to widespread job loss and unemployment. It notes that while robots can perform some jobs more efficiently, replacing huge numbers of human workers with robots could negatively impact employment, consumer spending, tax revenue, and people's sense of purpose. The document raises concerns about governments' ability to fund public services and support unemployed populations in such a scenario. It proposes that leaders reconsider plans to make millions redundant and instead focus technology on protecting and advancing society in areas like healthcare and education.
This white paper discusses opportunities in the energy and utilities industries to become smarter through enhanced collaboration and customer engagement. It notes that energy systems must modernize to reduce their environmental impact, and that increased investments are enabling rapid progress. The key points discussed are: (1) Collaboration across the industry is essential to fulfill the promise of new technologies; (2) Utilities are partnering not just with each other but also with new entities like technology companies; and (3) Putting customers at the center through analytics and listening to their needs will help build smarter industries.
Digital Transportation Exchange (DTE) Presentationnvpradhan
The Digital Transportation Exchange (DTE) would connect citizens, businesses, state and local governments, industry, entrepreneurs, researchers, and investors though a public private partnership like never before—creating a thriving marketplace for transportation solutions.
We adapt organisations to the needs of a rapidly changing world; one which demands ever greater connectedness, openness and meaningful relationships with customers.
Too often the seismic shift we are experiencing is being dealt with on an issue-by-issue basis. Reactive piece-meal tactics create a permanent state of panic-ridden catch-up. Learnings are lost in silos, failures are swept under carpets.
We believe there is an holistic strategic solution which provides a framework for change, leap-frogging the tick-box exercise of simple implementation of social technologies. It makes organisations future-ready like never before.
That solution is our Open Business Program.
The document introduces the concept of Open Business, which is a framework for adapting organizations to the rapidly changing demands of the digital world. Traditional reactive approaches are no longer sufficient. Open Business utilizes principles of openness, transparency, and collaboration to make partners of customers. It provides a holistic strategic solution to help organizations become future-ready by leapfrogging past simple social media implementation.
The document summarizes a presentation about how telecommunications companies can help drive a transition to a low carbon economy. It discusses the business and environmental benefits of implementing green strategies, and identifies key drivers for the telecom industry to do so. It then provides examples of how telecom services like videoconferencing can substitute for travel and commuting, thereby reducing carbon emissions. Case studies show the potential cost savings and carbon reductions companies can achieve through teleworking programs.
This document discusses optimizing government through data-driven citizen engagement. It discusses how citizen expectations for engagement have increased and governments need to improve to match private sector standards. Effective citizen engagement involves understanding citizens' needs and using data to personalize communications and services. The document outlines four stages of citizen engagement, from informing to collaborating. It argues governments need to use data to integrate citizen views, analyze internal/external processes, learn best practices, and keep efforts simple. Data-driven engagement involves understanding citizens, analyzing preferences, optimizing communications, and delivering personalized services.
This document summarizes discussions from over 500 individuals representing more than 100 organizations on implementing the Principles for Digital Development.
The principles aim to improve the success of digital development projects by providing best practices. However, integrating the principles can be challenging.
Recommendations include having a vision and strategy to support digital development best practices. Donors should align procurement to enable principles and build a shared digital resource pool. Implementers should contribute to open resources and adapt processes to apply principles. The goal is to learn from past challenges and make digital tools more sustainable and beneficial.
Some Lessons for Startups (pdf with notes)Tim O'Reilly
Tim O'Reilly discusses lessons learned from startups like Square, Uber, and the Google autonomous vehicle project. The key lessons are:
1) Do less by leveraging sensors and existing data to streamline workflows
2) Get creative with hardware as well as software
3) Build systems that connect different devices and leverage network effects of aggregated user data
4) Rethink workflows and experiences through human-machine symbiosis like augmented retail workers
5) Create value for stakeholders beyond just shareholders to build a prosperous community
6) Work on projects that solve meaningful problems in areas like healthcare, education, and government.
Friendly Government, Or How Citizen-Centered Innovation Can Transform the Pub...Burton Lee
The document discusses how the Danish government innovation lab MindLab is helping transform the public sector through citizen-centered innovation. It outlines MindLab's approach of engaging citizens as co-developers to meet citizens' expectations for better public policies and services with fewer resources. The document also provides three key lessons learned from MindLab's work: 1) citizen-centered innovation is effective but requires leadership and employee skills; 2) there is untapped value to be found through better services at no extra cost, but the public sector isn't used to value creation; and 3) a change agent like MindLab is needed to drive cross-government collaboration, with top management focus and support.
Crowdfunding has become an important topic for last years in startups and enterprises. The understanding of the concept has been mainly depicted from a practioner’s viewpoint. However, more and more authors have researched it in order to make it a managerial strategy option for business. The objective of this paper is to bring an overview of the literature and a general description of it.
The new mobility ecosystem is rapidly expanding, with new technologies, infrastructure, providers, and modes of transport. How to integrate them all and keep everything on track? With a mobility operating system. https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/future-of-mobility/urban-transport-mobility-platforms.html
Solar service and third-party (PPA) financing ventures in the US - research s...Harald Överholm
Business model innovation can help spread clean technologies. This work uses the market for small-scale solar financing, in which firms build, own and maintain solar panels for end-customers, as an empirical example. These ventures (called solar service or third party solar financing ventures) have an intermediary role between solar panel manufacturers and end-customers, and have opened up new solar markets. In other burgeoning markets the business model is applied to new technologies. This research provides insights for new ventures seeking to use the business model, manufacturers looking to sell to similar markets, and policy-makers encouraging their growth.
The third programme has taken place during 2020, engaging more experts on the pivotal shifts via virtual workshops and wider community debate.Here are ten issues that will provide future challenge and opportunity.
E7 Not G7
As global GDP rises, the seven largest emerging economies (E7) have increasing economic power. The relative influence of the old G7 Western powers declines.
Data Sovereignty
Large-population emerging economies see the protection of their data as a national priority. Wider data sharing is restricted to within national borders.
The Race to Net Zero
Cities, countries and companies compete to set the standards for the planet.Fully reducing emissions is central for energy, health and economic targets.
Electric Aviation
As the pressure to decarbonise aviation builds and technology challenges are addressed, using electric planes for short / medium-haul flights gathers support.
The Stakeholder Society
The shift from maximising shareholder value to a stakeholder focus accelerates. Organisations’ purpose, action and performance measurement realign.
Migrating Diseases
Health systems struggle to address the impact of climate change. The increased spread of ‘old’ vector-borne diseases challenge nations for whom they are ‘new’.
Peak Soil
After water and air quality, attention shifts to soil. It impacts everything from food and health to conflict and migration. Action follows deeper understanding.
True Personalisation
Ubiquitous facial recognition and digital identity combine with wider AI adoption to enable the creation and delivery of truly individualised experiences.
Resilience by Design
Global supply chains evolve to be more flexible, shared regional supply webs. Competitors access shared, not proprietary, networks and systems.
Proof of Immunity
Public concerns about health security override worries about privacy. Governments integrate immunity and health data with national identities.
More details on www.futureagenda.org
The Fastrack Institute helps solve major challenges facing cities using proven exponential technologies to accelerate solutions 10x faster. They identify problems, run idea competitions to form teams, and support teams over 16 weeks to develop solutions. Successful projects in Miami and Medellin focused on mobility and healthcare. Fastrack aims to scale their methodology to more cities, open source their process, expand their product offerings, and develop a city membership network.
GT Briefing March 2012 Technologies Reshaping Our WorldTracey Keys
The document discusses how emerging technologies will reshape the world in the coming decades. It covers technologies that will impact resources like energy and food, reshape production through advances like 3D printing and smart machines, and change daily life with connectivity and smart transportation. Some key impacts include more sustainable energy sources, customized manufacturing in the home, intelligent homes and devices, and new forms of transportation. While change will be difficult for some, emerging technologies will challenge existing systems and redefine value.
Tampere Connected City is where Technology, Communication and Design meet creating a one of a kind Smart City for business & living.
The booklet describes the 4 holistic concepts for creating the Connected City.
Tampere, it's just 10 minutes!
- lake to lake by foot
- forest to forest by bike
- hotspot to hotspot by tram
"big city opportunities - small city living"
--
Team SmartyPants: Trent, Mikko, Joe
Our team spent 2 months to envision a holistic ideal of Tampere SmartCity & Living for the city of Tampere as part of Demola Summer 2013 program in New Factory. The mission was the make dreamable planable, planable doable and doable DONE.
The From Lens to Screen project explores major trends impacting the broadcasting industry like increased data generation and screen time. It builds a shared vision of a sustainable future for TV, radio and online media. The BBC, BT, and IABM have partnered with Forum for the Future on this collaboration to address challenges like changing business models and increasing environmental impacts. The project aims to create a better understanding of digitization's effects, make the industry more energy efficient, and redefine business models for the 21st century through cross-sector collaboration.
InnoVacient Position Paper - Crowdfunding and Economic DevelopmentGuy Daley
This document proposes using crowdfunding platforms at a national level as a new model for economic development. It suggests that crowdfunding could help create vibrant capital ecosystems more quickly than traditional methods, by leveraging the scalability of online platforms. The document outlines how crowdfunding works, its rapid recent growth, and how governments could implement specialized platforms to accelerate funding for innovations, gather data on clusters and trends, and partner with private organizations to further economic transformation goals.
Crowdfunding and Nonprofits: Creating Successful CampaignsMegan Mcgowan
The document discusses factors that are critical for nonprofit organizations to create successful crowdfunding campaigns. It identifies that understanding donor demographics, establishing trust between organizations/donors/platforms, providing incentives for donors, and recognizing markers of successful campaigns are important. However, it notes that the relative youth of crowdfunding has resulted in a lack of resources available to help nonprofits develop effective campaigns and maximize success.
The dynamics of crowdfunding: An exploratory studypchodge
This document analyzes crowdfunding dynamics using data from over 48,500 projects on Kickstarter totaling $237 million in funding. It finds that:
1) Personal networks and underlying project quality are associated with crowdfunding success, while geography relates to both project types proposed and fundraising success.
2) Most founders fulfill obligations to backers, but over 75% deliver products later than expected, with more delay predicted by higher funding levels.
3) Crowdfunding sheds light on entrepreneurial financing, the role of founder quality/networks, and how geography impacts new ventures. The dynamics suggest further study of crowdfunding is warranted.
Crowdfunding @cewas and Our Common Food Startup ProgrammeWagnerkerstin
This document discusses crowdfunding and provides expertise on the topic from Kerstin Wagner. It defines crowdfunding as an open call over the internet for financial resources and outlines different types. It provides examples of successful crowdfunding campaigns and analyzes data on campaign performance, finding that generating traffic and conversions in the first days is critical to success. It emphasizes the importance of off-page activities, on-page optimization, and telling a compelling story.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Tuesday issued a consultation paper on proposed rules on crowdfunding aimed at allowing start-ups in India to raise funds from the general public over the Internet.
1) The document summarizes the short story "The Story Teller" by Hector Hugh Munro, who wrote under the pen name Saki.
2) The story takes place on a railway carriage with five characters: an aunt, two small girls, a small boy, and a stranger who tells them an extraordinary story.
3) In the story, the stranger tells the children about a girl named Bertha who always wore medals for goodness but was ultimately killed by a wolf, showing that her medals did not protect her.
The Truth about Crowdfunding | Capital Advantage 2015CrowdfundSuite
Primer on Crowdfunding, How to Succeed, Myths and Truths for Entrepreneurs, Investors and Stakeholders. Crowdfunding will be a $35B sector in 2015 globally. Presentation from Capital Advantage 2015 event in Vancouver.
Product failure analysis using Explicit dynamicnaga ram
This document discusses using ANSYS Autodyn, an explicit dynamics solver, to simulate product failures through drop tests. The case study analyzes dropping electronic devices from 50mm onto a concrete floor to test for cracks or fractures. Autodyn uses the explicit solver to iteratively simulate the dynamic impact in small time increments using hexagonal meshing for accurate results. Finite element analysis is introduced as a way to approximate complex problems by subdividing a domain into simpler elements and recombining them. Autodyn provides finite element and finite volume solvers as well as material models to simulate the nonlinear dynamics of solids and fluids interacting over very short time scales of 0.1 seconds for this case study.
Crowdsourcing is an online, distributed problem solving and production model that revolutionized the internet and mobile market at present. It turns the customers into designer and marketers. The practice of Crowdsourcing is transforming the web and giving rise to a new field. Today the leading enterprises are embracing the next paradigm shift in the distribution of work by outsourcing to the crowd in the cloud. Everyday millions of people make all kind of voluntary online contribution. With the number of people online approaching 3 billion by 2016 and projected to reach 5 billion by 2020, new workforce has emerged that are now used for different purposes. Available on-demand this workforce has abundant capacity and the expertise knowledge to perform work from simple to complex and solve problems and grand challenges. This paper gives an introduction to Crowdsourcing, its theoretical grounding, model and examples with case study. In this paper we show that Crowdsourcing can be applied to wide variety of problems and that it raises numerous interesting technical and social challenges. Finally this paper proposes an agenda for using Crowdsourcing in NLP.
IS CROWDFUNDING DOOMED IN SWEDEN? WHEN INSTITUTIONAL LOGICS AND AFFORDANCES C...Robin Teigland
Crowdfunding has been embraced by entrepreneurs across the globe as an alternative, and well-publicized, source of start-up financing. In Sweden, despite the apparent benefits of crowdfunding, high levels of internet
connectivity and a reputation for producing global ICT entrepreneurs, crowdfunding has not (yet) been embraced among ICT entrepreneurs. This paper explores this empirical puzzle in light of technology affordances and
institutional entrepreneurship literatures, as well as their complementarity. After presenting the methodology and preliminary findings of this qualitative case study of the crowdfunding phenomenon in Sweden, it concludes with a few salient findings of this ongoing project. These findings suggest that both the design of the platform and existing institutional logics among entrepreneurs shape perceptions of affordances and thus the adoption of this new form of start-up financing.
Evaluating The New Process For Managing Priorities At...Monica Carter
The document discusses the new process implemented at Volkswagen of America (VWoA) for managing project priorities and funding allocation. Previously, VWoA prioritized marketing and sales over IT investments. The new process empowers a program management office to ensure projects are properly planned and delivered on schedule and budget. It also implements a more organized and structured selection process that funds projects based on business requirements and alignment with organizational goals. Several entities play a role in governing and prioritizing projects under the new process. With a $60 million annual budget capped by VWAG, funds are allocated to the highest priority projects as determined by business units.
THIS IS AN ARTICLE ON THE THEME- "INNOVATE". THE ARTICLE IS PART OF TASK (CONTENT WRITING) UNDER THE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT DOMAIN. THE ARTICLE IS PUBLISHED ON MEDIUM. THIS TASK IS PART OF THE GRIP INTERNSHIP BATCH JANUARY 2022.
"Ignited” is sharing the knowledge and experience embedded within Salford Business School in a way that is accessible and relevant.
Presented as a range of short pieces from colleagues within the School this collection of insights proves that the future is:
complex
connected
international and
most definitely exciting!
Business is changing rapidly and just “keeping up” is a very real challenge for us all. Supporting our stakeholders to remain relevant and fully aware of the changing landscape of business is an integral part of our mission, our contribution to business and a reflection of the impact that we have on our local, national and international communities.
http://blogs.salford.ac.uk/business-school/2015-the-year-of-connected-business/
This document discusses crowdsourcing, including its definition, types, pros, cons and implementations. Crowdsourcing involves obtaining information or resources from a large online group of people. There are four main types: wisdom of crowds for problem-solving, creation for collaborative design/building, voting for democratic choices, and funding through crowdfunding. Some pros are unexpected solutions, diversity of ideas, and reduced costs, while cons include lack of control, inconsistent outcomes and intellectual property issues. Common platforms that use crowdsourcing are Wikipedia, Amazon Mechanical Turk and uTest.
In this paper, I talk about three distinct areas: Big Data, Crowdsourcing, and Public Sector. Each of the these areas is vast on its own but through this paper I want to argue that it is the intersection of the three which offers unique and immense possibilities that can truly make the world a better place.
Crowdsourcing Innovation Examples - MIT ID InnovationPankaj Deshpande
Here are some excellent crowdsourcing innovation examples. Let's have a look at the blog to know in detail: https://mitidinnovation.com/recreation/crowdsourcing-innovation-examples/
The document discusses the rise of startup accelerator programs to support new technology ventures. It defines accelerator programs as having five main features: an open but competitive application process; provision of pre-seed investment in exchange for equity; a focus on small teams rather than individuals; time-limited support including mentoring and programming; and supporting startups in cohort batches. It notes the rapid growth of accelerator programs since 2005, especially in the US, and signs of replication in Europe. The document aims to better understand and debate how accelerator programs could help transform startup ecosystems.
The Startup Factories: The Rise of Accelerator ProgramsVasily Ryzhonkov
The general characteristics of an accelerator described by Miller and Bound in their report Startup Factories. Authors present their ideas and findings about phenomenon called business accelerator.
The document discusses using digital technology to address social challenges in new ways. It describes Nominet Trust's mission to support social-tech innovation through grants and assistance scaling impact. Examples are provided of projects that redesigned approaches to scientific research, history education, and mental health support using crowdsourcing, public participation, and co-design with users. The presentation encourages creative thinking about applying technologies like big data, networks, and mass computing to gain insights and improve resource allocation for social issues.
This document discusses approaches to online collaboration in the workplace. It notes that while technologies like Web 2.0 have bubbled up from communities, large corporations are now looking to harness these tools for enterprise use. However, implementing collaboration technologies requires addressing challenges like changing employee expectations, generational differences in technology use, and fostering a collaborative culture and shared goals.
The document provides an overview of open source and its history:
- Open source began with early computer programs in the 1950s and 1960s being shared amongst researchers and students, with source code distributed to allow modifications and improvements.
- In the late 1960s, proprietary software emerged and open source declined as companies sought to protect their products and charge for software licenses.
- More recently, some large tech companies have adopted open source strategies to rapidly develop new technologies and standards before competitors by attracting collaborators and building critical mass on open platforms. Open source is now seen as an important approach for European industries to develop strategies to compete with large tech companies.
The digital labour market uder debate: Platforms, workers, rights and WorkertechAlbert Canigueral
"The digital labour market uder debate: Platforms, workers, rights and Workertech" is a study about the future of work and the future of workers. The report has been comissioned to Ouishare by Cotec Foundation with the suport of Malt.
Bring CSR activities to another level - HACKATHONSChallengeRocket
ChallengeRocket recently released the ebook focused on connecting hackathons (programming events) with sustainable development (CSR) for organizations active in all sectors. Case studies in publication show how innovative and socially responsible may be companies if they open the door for stakeholders to engage them in joint creation of ideas and solutions. Hackathon as a form of gaining unconventional ideas and reaching out to talented professionals is an important part of the modern corporate social responsibility strategy.
Content Partner of our ebook is Responsible Business Forum and Honorary Patronage - UN Information Center in Warsaw.
Old vs. New Economy. Keynote speech at EUKN EGTC Conference - Civic Economy i...OuiShare
The document provides an overview of a keynote presentation comparing the "old economy" to the emerging "new economy" or "civic economy". The keynote speaker contrasts the hierarchical, competition-based structures of the old economy with the collaborative, peer-to-peer and sharing-based structures of the new economy. Examples of how production, consumption and financing are changing through collaborative models are discussed. In conclusion, the new economy is described as more sustainable, inclusive and focused on social well-being compared to the extractive and unequal nature of the old economy.
Old Economy vs. New Economy. Keynote speech at the annual EUKN EGTC ConferenceThomas Doennebrink
Keynote @Conference on the Civic Economy - Time to get ready Organized by European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN) in cooperation with the municipality of Amsterdam & Pakhuis de Zwijger. Amsterdam 20.10.2014.
In order to achieve growth in society it is essential to have companies and innovators who successfully can commercialize their products and services. However, there are far too many inventions that do not manage to become commercialized. The paper present different ways for companies, innovators and investors to bridge this gap. Also EU has an important role to play when it concerns commercialization of innovations by embracing two different approaches to innovate. In the first approach an innovator or company innovate to meet a demand. In the other approach innovators first develop a product without a demand. The demand is created later and then become commercialized.
Collaborative brand building is becoming more common as technology facilitates open collaboration beyond organizational boundaries. Several examples are described:
1) Linux was created through global collaboration, growing from a student's request into a $15 billion brand challenging Microsoft.
2) Nokia contributes to and sponsors open source projects to create software collaboratively.
3) Goldcorp held an online challenge inviting global collaboration to explore its mining deposits, attracting over 600 registrations from 33 countries.
4) Emerging technologies like cloud computing are shifting companies to more open, collaborative approaches involving customers as co-creators in brand strategies.
I have failed to get a follow up contact since 20th of June at the Ahmedabad City Police by reporting and sending email reminders about the case. Are trying to use Ahmedabad City Police Facebook page to see if there is a response.
I have failed to get a follow up contact since 20th of June at the Ahmedabad City Police by reporting and sending email reminders about the case. Are trying to use Ahmedabad City Police Facebook page to see if there is a response.
The document appears to be a series of tweets from a Hootsuite account promoting an event called #pitchtour on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. The tweets target different locations and audiences around the world, encouraging entrepreneurs and businesses to build their brand, launch products, and increase sales by exhibiting on #pitchtour. The tweets provide links to the Indiegogo campaign page and are translated into various languages to reach a global audience.
The document contains a list of 10 URLs linking to various crowdfunding campaigns on Indiegogo. The campaigns are for a school project fundraiser, a portable solar street light, a design agency startup, a bistro restaurant, a tree surgery company startup, religion category projects, fashion category projects, and aprons for chefs called "The Dirty Devil Chef Aprons". The campaigns range from newly launched to in the middle of their campaign period.
The document lists various crowdfunding campaigns on Indiegogo across different categories like religion, small business, and others. It includes the campaign titles and URLs for Christians United, Andrew's January DTS in Europe, Our Dream Chapel, Ride On Biker Handbuch, a Masjid in need of a parking lot, Aviation MRO, and fighting poverty in the Philippines. The document also mentions that some of the campaigns are trending or in countdown.
This document discusses how searching for the term "bike" on Indiegogo returns campaign results that have not met the normal requirement of receiving at least two contributions in the first two days. It provides three examples of campaigns in the search results for "bike" that have received zero contributions to illustrate that campaigns can be searchable without meeting contribution thresholds.
This document discusses Jan Softa's crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo called "Pitchtour - travel and sell with other companies" and how Indiegogo's search and visibility algorithms worked. It provides details on Indiegogo's phases, the "Gogo factor" algorithm that determines search visibility, and Jan's experience with his campaign not showing up in search results despite meeting requirements. The document also includes statistics on Indiegogo's traffic and screenshots and videos taken by Jan of other campaigns at different phases to analyze Indiegogo's algorithms.
The document appears to be a catalog or listing of various technology projects spanning multiple pages. On page 74, one project is identified as "Bid A Drive" and on page 81 another is identified as "Lense". On page 85 a project called "Mind-i" is listed and on page 95 a "Mandibular Movement Simulator" is mentioned.
The purpose is to show you can find campaigns in the phase final countdown that has not passed to have at least two contributions in order to be searchable on Indiegogo after two days. I start with showing all campaign that was included this date. The total amount of campaign are 100. Later you see examples on campaigns that do not have at least contributions that Indiegogo claims is necessary in order to be searchable after two days. Sometimes when you click these direct links you get an ending like %20-%20/ Cut this away from the web address and it will work.
This document contains a long list of URLs related to social media platforms, organizations, and websites that focus on entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, women's empowerment, and professional networking. Specifically, it lists hundreds of URLs organized by topic and geographical region, with many links for Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and other parts of the world. The document seems to be a comprehensive resource compiled for sharing information on professional networks and support organizations globally.
Due to climate change the ice-belt is melting. It will change the environment and open up for a new route for sea trade. The Arctic is a very fragile environment and I discuss the possibility to use a counterbalance fee based on the expected increased cargo ships that will enter and pass the Arctic Ocean. The fee will be used for measures to preservation of the environment and to implement clean tech in ports and at those cargo ships that frequently will use this route.
Large - scale infrastructure is a corner stone for a functioning modern society. Therefore, it is important for Europe to be successful in building infrastructure clever. It has a tradition of being costly to build, but also to generate large incomes. I lift forward the necessity to build infrastructure safe and competitive in new innovative ways both in Europe and abroad. Besides, it is a large contributor to the balance of trade between nations, between EU and others. In addition, it is still one of the largest sectors for job employment.
A global Digital Magna Carta that lays the foundation for everyone’s access to internet is beneficial for trade and social exchange. Since internet is very accessible to all, privacy concerns for people and companies is important to protect. However, there will be exemptions to privacy concerns when technology increases the user experience and make it easier to use internet. Other cases of exemptions will be when it greatly benefit the functioning of society and such examples includes the health sector and the rescue services.
The digital inequality in Europe and beyond needs to be broken. This can be achieved by having a universal treaty, a Digital Magna Carta, that lays the basic foundation for the goals that are to be achieved by all countries. However, not all countries has the same maturity level in ICT penetration. Therefore, to study other countries treaties with specific tasks outlined for how to become digital societies is important, both for EU and others. If we all shall enter the digital society upgrades of the ICT infrastructure will be built by the public and private sector and also by the contribution by people. When it concern purchases of personal technology we in EU has to buy this on our own, while in the developing world aid workers could disperse this technology to micro businesses. It is also important to educate people about the benefits of embracing the services a digital society provides which can be done by the public sector and in procurements from companies. Also include individuals who currently work at ICT companies that have an interest to work as spare-time workers. These have the benefit with knowledge about upcoming technology.
EU wishes to decrease its external energy dependency. The reason is that more control of our own energy usage enable more stable prices for you, me as well as for companies in EU. Three important measures to evaluate is Europe’s need to produce more of our own energy, buy energy clever from abroad and reduce our energy consumption to decrease our energy demand. In the centre of this paper a Control Price Mechanism is used that can help us achieve these goals.
The document discusses the potential benefits of non-IP parks, which are specialized parks that help companies focused on open source, open innovation, and expired patents without intellectual property protection. It provides examples of companies in gaming, biotechnology, and public works that could benefit from such parks. Establishing one or a few non-IP parks in a country could increase the success rate of companies using non-IP business models and help create new jobs. The parks could provide services tailored to companies without IP protections, such as assisting with business strategies and identifying opportunities around expired patents.
- Old innovations can still be commercially successful if they solve problems and have not been replaced. Governments and the EU should help match old innovations with companies to increase competitiveness.
- There are different categories of old innovations including those with valid but old patents, re-innovated innovations, innovations without IP protection, and open source innovations.
- National governments and the EU should provide services to connect companies with upcoming patent expirations or innovations that cannot be patented in order to support industry and jobs. This includes informing companies of profitable opportunities with expired patents.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
"Frontline Battles with DDoS: Best practices and Lessons Learned", Igor IvaniukFwdays
At this talk we will discuss DDoS protection tools and best practices, discuss network architectures and what AWS has to offer. Also, we will look into one of the largest DDoS attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure that happened in February 2022. We'll see, what techniques helped to keep the web resources available for Ukrainians and how AWS improved DDoS protection for all customers based on Ukraine experience
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Freshworks Rethinks NoSQL for Rapid Scaling & Cost-EfficiencyScyllaDB
Freshworks creates AI-boosted business software that helps employees work more efficiently and effectively. Managing data across multiple RDBMS and NoSQL databases was already a challenge at their current scale. To prepare for 10X growth, they knew it was time to rethink their database strategy. Learn how they architected a solution that would simplify scaling while keeping costs under control.
Northern Engraving | Nameplate Manufacturing Process - 2024Northern Engraving
Manufacturing custom quality metal nameplates and badges involves several standard operations. Processes include sheet prep, lithography, screening, coating, punch press and inspection. All decoration is completed in the flat sheet with adhesive and tooling operations following. The possibilities for creating unique durable nameplates are endless. How will you create your brand identity? We can help!
Digital Banking in the Cloud: How Citizens Bank Unlocked Their MainframePrecisely
Inconsistent user experience and siloed data, high costs, and changing customer expectations – Citizens Bank was experiencing these challenges while it was attempting to deliver a superior digital banking experience for its clients. Its core banking applications run on the mainframe and Citizens was using legacy utilities to get the critical mainframe data to feed customer-facing channels, like call centers, web, and mobile. Ultimately, this led to higher operating costs (MIPS), delayed response times, and longer time to market.
Ever-changing customer expectations demand more modern digital experiences, and the bank needed to find a solution that could provide real-time data to its customer channels with low latency and operating costs. Join this session to learn how Citizens is leveraging Precisely to replicate mainframe data to its customer channels and deliver on their “modern digital bank” experiences.
[OReilly Superstream] Occupy the Space: A grassroots guide to engineering (an...Jason Yip
The typical problem in product engineering is not bad strategy, so much as “no strategy”. This leads to confusion, lack of motivation, and incoherent action. The next time you look for a strategy and find an empty space, instead of waiting for it to be filled, I will show you how to fill it in yourself. If you’re wrong, it forces a correction. If you’re right, it helps create focus. I’ll share how I’ve approached this in the past, both what works and lessons for what didn’t work so well.
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
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Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
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Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, they’ll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
You’ll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.
The Microsoft 365 Migration Tutorial For Beginner.pptxoperationspcvita
This presentation will help you understand the power of Microsoft 365. However, we have mentioned every productivity app included in Office 365. Additionally, we have suggested the migration situation related to Office 365 and how we can help you.
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Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
Astute Business Solutions | Oracle Cloud Partner |
Crowdfunding and crowd sourcing
1. Enhance the EC member states competitiveness
Part 9: Crowdfunding and crowd-sourcing
Abstract
Crowd-sourcing has had its breakthrough. It will continue to grow into become normal for business, science and
government to carry out non-sensitive work on these platforms. Crowdfunding is an addition to bank loans,
sponsoring or funding by governmental agencies or charities. It gives the control to the masses and are less
dependent on the evaluation of a few persons. I believe it is important that the benefits with these technologies are
lifted to the forefront of the political agenda to be discussed.
Background
Helping geniuses! Our slogan sums up who Somerco aims to help. Somerco are a company that
target to help researchers and innovators so that these geniuses can create prosperity and jobs in
society. I have discussed online crowd sourcing in several of my proposals and I believe there is
a need to lift this technology up to the forefront of the political agenda. Also crowd funding is an
important topic to discuss on the political agenda. Therefore, I discuss the potential online crowd
sourcing has for carrying out work task and how crowd funding will be a force to reckon with
when it concern funding your aims.
Introduction
The crowd has always been a contributing factor to solve work task and social challenges.
Historically, crowd sourcing has been the preferred way to solve task. When it concern science it
is common to research on your own or with others at your faculty in order solve problems. When
it concern industry, work tasks has been carried out by employees at the company. It is only
when we look at solving societal challenges it is common practise to include different
contributors from companies and governmental organisations.
Crowd sourcing
Online collaboration is the biggest development in information sharing since the printing press.
For carrying out work tasks, online crowd-sourcing is the largest change that has happened to the
work force for the last 80 - 90 years. It will have the same replications for companies as the
assembly line had for industry and will become a huge benefit to society. EU or any country who
are serious about being in the forefront of having a competitive industry and an effective public
sector should evaluate how they can make use of this technology. It would be beneficial if the
legislation in Europe was overlooked so this technology can be used and developed into its full
potential.
Crowd sourcing can be carried out over vast distances and virtually include as many people as
you like. It is no longer futuristic. It has had its breakthrough, but much more is to come. I
believe crowd-sourcing will grow into a natural part in more and more businesses. Especially,
when it concern non-sensitive work tasks for industry. It will also be seen as a more effective
way for research to achieve quicker results without loosing its validity. For government, it has a
great potential by including members of society to tackle local and regional development. In
governmental funding of science, it will open up for running more and larger projects for the
same amount of financial resources.
In science
A classic example of crowd sourcing in science is Tim Gowers, who posted in his blog a
mathematical question and in a matter of days the commenter’s had solved it. This gave birth to
the Polymath Project, an online effort to solve some mathematics problems. His blog is a simple
technological solution that has been used for crowd sourcing. Moreover, during the last decades
software has been developed with more advanced features that focus on solving science
problems. For R & D it has meant that it can be carried out at a more rapid pace than earlier.
2. Galaxy Zoo is one such crowd-sourcing effort. Originally based on finding and matching types
of galaxies from unanalysed data, it added "Galaxy Zoo: Mergers", where you match real
galaxies to simulation results so they can try to forsensically figure out how the collisions
occurred.
Industry
Industry has started to adopt the advantages online crowd sourcing is offering and for some of
them it is a natural part of running their business. This development will continue to increase.
For companies it means, others outside the company from any part of the world can work on an
hourly rate for their company during production peaks and projects with tight deadlines.1
Today, we also find that some companies conducts research and development of less sensitive
new products or services and use it in the development of their existing products on the market.
However, this technology has an even greater potential if companies had clear regulations on
who owns the IP-rights when companies R& D projects are run on these platforms. I believe if
EU could start to discuss with IP lawyers how we can adopt laws that enables companies to run
crowd sourced R & D projects and maintain their future patent rights it will open up for anyone
to join in whenever during the project. There will be no need to sign contracts in advance, which
is a shift from signing up specific subcontractors to carry out your work. It will benefit large as
well as small companies and also sole innovators as well as small groups of innovators.
Municipalities and so on
There is no limits for how small or large projects that can be run at these platforms. Therefore,
municipalities and regions have the possibility to get help to tackle societal challenges. Crowd
sourcing is a flexible approach that could lower expenditure. Nowadays, government buy up
contracts for the services they need the private sector to solve. In some societal sectors, you
could use these platforms and put out microtasks with a set goal and a fixed or bid price and ask
the private sector to solve it. It could be to ask for help to arrange the local carnival or improve
the environment in the neighbourhood. When there is a good candidate for carrying out the work
task they are approved by the borough or municipality.
EU-level
Crowd sourced EU projects should be a more common alternative. When it concern science and
industry, EU should study the opportunities these technologies can provide. Normally, EU set
their research tasks in the framework programs to solve a societal or scientific challenge. Crowd
sourcing enables a shift from how EU normally works where you first apply and then the
applicants gets funding. Crowd-sourcing is a more open work environment and can include more
contributors. More research, knowledge and feedback will be put into solve the research tasks for
the same amount of funding. Why not try to put out some projects without demanding
applications and instead invite a few researchers or companies before the projects starts in order
to determine how much each work task is worth. Release the project on a crowd sourcing
platform and make it open for other qualified contributors to join-in the projects.
If the project will be an open source project it will be no issues with who owns the IP-right. Also
others can a lot sooner build upon the research that is conducted while the project is running and
develop it in their direction. When these projects have ended, evaluate its success rate.
Crowdfunding
When it concern online crowd funding it is a newer approach to get access to capital. It is an
addition to bank loans, sponsoring or funding by governmental agencies or charities and make us
less dependent on these. This technology has rejuvenated how the crowd can be a contributing
source to finance new research projects and give opportunities to industry and society. Crowd
1
Example of platforms that has adopted this approach is oDESK, Crowdflower and Crowdspring.
3. funding will continue to do so even more in the future. A major advantage is that any person or
company can use these platforms as long as they are accessible in their country. Crowdfunding
gives the control to the masses and are less dependent on the evaluation of a few persons.
Crowdfunding platforms
On crowdfunding platforms the funders can be rewarded by being given products or gifts in
return other platforms has more of a charity approach and so on.
Individuals
Crowd funding can have a decisive outcome for individuals when it concern their education.
Some crowd funding platforms has more of a charity form and on these you can find examples
on families asking for help to send their children to college.
For companies
Crowd funding for companies enables high-risk projects to take air. Their projects might be
interesting for banks but they consider the risk to be too high and therefore do not the companies
get bank loans. However, on crowd-sourcing platforms we find examples on companies that
have developed and launched projects that are more difficult to get bank loans for. Such an
example is funding for a new brand of sneakers on the crowdfunding platform Kickstart due to
that people and investor's crowd funded their projects. In return they got a number of their
products later.
For government
Cities and municipalities could in the future find this as an addition to taxes in order to fund
societal projects. It could be asking to fund new quality hospital equipment or extra finances for
sanitation of polluted areas.
EU - level
Could EU go in as a contributor to fund projects at these platforms? As EU is structured today it
is not possible because project participants need to apply for funding before receiving it. I hope
this paper highlights the possibility for how EU could adopt to this new environment. It would
mean that EU goes in as a contributor in crowd funded projects who have a science, research &
development or innovation approach in order to help them in their development and sometimes
to tackle societal challenges.
4. Draft proposals
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 1 - Designated tax to science
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 2 – Strategy to support the software
industry
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 3 – Actions to support women in ICT
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 4 – Going abroad – Competitive assets
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 5 – Business incubators, financial
recycling and incentives into reward
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 6 – Standardization as a tool to increase
competitiveness
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 7 – Different types of innovations
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 8 - Open source from science to society
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 9 – Crowdfunding and crowd-sourcing
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 10 – Green VAT for business
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 11 – Keep talents in Europe
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 12 – Research leftovers (In progress)
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Part 13 – Science Parks (In progress)
Enhance the competitiveness of EC member states Overview – Old and new key areas in order to
increase the competitiveness of the industry (In progress)
Input on threats against information society