Water remains an essential element for life that plays a central and critical role in all aspects of our national and global economies and environment. We are entering an era of immense water-related threats due to climate change and human actions bringing floods, droughts, reduced water availability, and degraded water quality that threaten communities, nations, and global sociopolitical and economic security.
This presentation covers water futures from a macro level as regions, governments, and industries prepare for and manage increasing water-related threats utilizing traditional and emergent technologies to resolve these issues and provide water and sanitation that address the needs of all. It also will cover water futures from at a more personal and community level featuring technological advances and rediscovery of appropriate technology of the past to forge a water-secure future.
must watch this power point presentation because of we all the west the water in many tips but really we need save the water.at least i say it is not only Indian problem but the all over world problem at today.
must watch this power point presentation because of we all the west the water in many tips but really we need save the water.at least i say it is not only Indian problem but the all over world problem at today.
ppt on 10th class social science topic- Water resources.It contains topics like water sources, types of sources, water scarcity, water conservation and conservation methods.
According to the UN report, The population of India expected to surpass China and become the largest country in population size by 2022.
Water-related challenges including water scarcity and water quality deterioration where the pace of urbanization is fastest and the local governments have limited capacity to deal with the rising water supply and sanitation challenges.
Industrial growth is completely related to the addition of a large number of toxic pollutants that are harmful to the environment, hazardous to human health.
Development of a Laser-Based Water Level Sensor for Fine-Scale Ecohydrologica...Joshua Benjamin, E.I.
These slides describe my undergraduate research project at the University of Florida, where I developed a laser-based water level sensor. They were presented at the 2017 AWRA National Meeting in Portland, OR, as well as the 2017 IEEE Sustech Conference in Phoenix, AZ. Written below is the abstract:
Evapotranspiration (ET) is a critical component
of the global water cycle, but one that is difficult to estimate due
in part to a lack of accurate and affordable sensor technology.
One low-cost approach to measuring site-specific ET in areas
where the water table is close to the surface is to take advantage
of the diurnal fluctuations in surface water and groundwater
driven by ET. This method requires highly sensitive
measurement to accurately quantify water table variation. The
goal of this work is to develop and test a laser-based water level
sensor (LB-WLS) to improve the estimate of ET via diurnal
variations in water level. The LB-WLS was compared against
traditional total pressure transducers (TPT) in both laboratory
and remote settings. The LB-WLS was found to have lower
residual noise, with an average Root Square Error (RSE) of
0.05±0.04 cm, compared to 0.19±0.16 cm for the TPT sensor.
While sensor development is ongoing, this level of performance
represents a major improvement in fine-scale monitoring of
surface water and groundwater.
Invited lightning talk at the 2017 AWRA National Meeting in Portland, OR. Summarizes the work that I did in developing laser-based water level sensors at the University of Florida.
ppt on 10th class social science topic- Water resources.It contains topics like water sources, types of sources, water scarcity, water conservation and conservation methods.
According to the UN report, The population of India expected to surpass China and become the largest country in population size by 2022.
Water-related challenges including water scarcity and water quality deterioration where the pace of urbanization is fastest and the local governments have limited capacity to deal with the rising water supply and sanitation challenges.
Industrial growth is completely related to the addition of a large number of toxic pollutants that are harmful to the environment, hazardous to human health.
Development of a Laser-Based Water Level Sensor for Fine-Scale Ecohydrologica...Joshua Benjamin, E.I.
These slides describe my undergraduate research project at the University of Florida, where I developed a laser-based water level sensor. They were presented at the 2017 AWRA National Meeting in Portland, OR, as well as the 2017 IEEE Sustech Conference in Phoenix, AZ. Written below is the abstract:
Evapotranspiration (ET) is a critical component
of the global water cycle, but one that is difficult to estimate due
in part to a lack of accurate and affordable sensor technology.
One low-cost approach to measuring site-specific ET in areas
where the water table is close to the surface is to take advantage
of the diurnal fluctuations in surface water and groundwater
driven by ET. This method requires highly sensitive
measurement to accurately quantify water table variation. The
goal of this work is to develop and test a laser-based water level
sensor (LB-WLS) to improve the estimate of ET via diurnal
variations in water level. The LB-WLS was compared against
traditional total pressure transducers (TPT) in both laboratory
and remote settings. The LB-WLS was found to have lower
residual noise, with an average Root Square Error (RSE) of
0.05±0.04 cm, compared to 0.19±0.16 cm for the TPT sensor.
While sensor development is ongoing, this level of performance
represents a major improvement in fine-scale monitoring of
surface water and groundwater.
Invited lightning talk at the 2017 AWRA National Meeting in Portland, OR. Summarizes the work that I did in developing laser-based water level sensors at the University of Florida.
Mark Goldstein, President of International Research Center gave the opening keynote address “Internet of Things – Transformative Megatrends for Sustainability” to the IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (IEEE SusTech, http://sites.ieee.org/sustech/) on October 10, 2016 in Phoenix, AZ. He explored the next Internet wave, the Internet of Things (IoT), expected to connect tens of billions of new sensors and devices in the coming years driving sustainability while transforming home, business, government, industrial, medical, transportation, and other complex ecosystems. This deck examines how IoT will be implemented and monetized creating new business models from pervasive sensor deployments and data gathering, accompanied by new privacy and security risks. Explore IoT’s roadblocks and operational challenges, emerging standards and protocols, gateway and wireless integration, and big data strategies and opportunities.
SIMA AZ: Emerging Information Technology Innovations & Trends 11/15/17Mark Goldstein
Mark Goldstein, International Research Center presented a big overview of Emerging Information Technology Innovations & Trends to the Society for Information Management Arizona Chapter (SIM AZ) on 11/15/17 showcasing the latest and greatest emerging technologies and novel tech innovations, highlighting the market and societal transformations underway or anticipated. It covered Advances in Computer Power and Pervasiveness; Internet of Things (IoT) Overview and Ecosystem; Mobility, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR); Medical Advances Through Informatics; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics; Big Data, Its Applications and Implications; and Onward into the Future…
The Water Freedom System Review 2023.pdfnirahealhty
The Water Freedom System is a program that teaches people how to build their own air-to-water generator. This technology can produce clean, drinking water from the humidity in the air. The Water Freedom System claims that it can completely change our world by providing a sustainable and affordable way to access water.
NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS AND EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLEAN WATER #scich...selcancinar
By İdil Gürsoy, and Selcan Çınar Yıldırım (advisor)
Nanoscience has great potential for water purification, which can be a solution for increasing clean water resources. In this project our goal is to design a new water filtration system that is less costly, and sustainable.
This project is submitted to #scichallenge2017. Please credit if you like the idea. "Like" s are important to us.
Watershed Management Essay
Water Conservation Essay
Essay On Water Supply System
Essay On Integrated Water Management
Advantages And Disadvantages Of Water Management
The Water Crisis and Solutions Essay
Thesis Statement On Water Scarcity
Essay on Water Treatment Process
New Water Management System Essay
Philip Lohrmann speaks as a representative of the civilian-layman-environmental enthusiast margin and is currently a construction project manager working out of Shanghai. Philip’s educational background is in Civil Engineering with a focus on the environmental and structural disciplines, particularly water resources. His work experience includes LEED projects in Shanghai, river restoration projects on the West Coast of the United States, and water quality studies in Indiana and Zhejiang. He has also served as a volunteer with community-led local green energy initiatives, disaster relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and the non-profit organization Green Empowerment which conceives and implements water, energy and bio-sphere protection projects in South America and Southeast Asia. His turnoffs are end-of-the-tailpipe solutions, end-of-the-conveyor belt quality checks, and need-of-the-moment firefighting.
Future of water An initial perspective by Daniel Lambert and Michael O'Neill...Future Agenda
An initial perspective on the future of water by Daniel Lambert and Michael O'Neill of Arup Sydney. This is the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
Climate Change & Water Crisis Around The WorldRidhimaThakkur
Climate change is affecting every aspect of life on the planet. The world urgently needs to make the shift to a low-carbon future to avoid irreversible damage to our planet like water scarcity, severe air pollution, etc.
Arizona Broadband Policy Past, Present, and Future Presentation 3/25/24Mark Goldstein
Mark Goldstein, Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC) Chair presented Arizona Broadband Policy Past, Present, and Future on March 25, 2024 at the Arizona Broadband for All special meeting briefly recapping 35-years of Arizona broadband policy and initiatives.
IEEE Computer Society Phoenix Chapter - Internet of Things Innovations & Mega...Mark Goldstein
Mark Goldstein, President of International Research Center delivered his annual technology deep dive, this year into the Internet of Things Innovations & Megatrends to the IEEE Computer Society Phoenix Chapter (http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/phoenix/compsociety/) exploring the emergent Internet wave, the Internet of Things (IoT), on track to connect tens of billions of new sensors and devices in the coming years. Waves of change are rolling through home, business, government, industrial, medical, transportation, and other complex ecosystems. He examined how IoT will be implemented and monetized creating new business models from pervasive sensor deployments and data gathering as myriad wireless technologies will connect smart spaces at home, at work, and in public space including autonomous transportation accompanied by new privacy and security risks. View to explore IoT’s roadblocks and operational challenges, emerging standards and protocols, gateway and wireless integration, and big data strategies and opportunities bringing you the insight and strategies to leverage emerging IoT opportunities.
IEEE Computer Society Phoenix: Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook 12...Mark Goldstein
Mark Goldstein of International Research Center presented “Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook” to the IEEE Computer Society Phoenix Chapter (https://ewh.ieee.org/r6/phoenix/compsociety/) on Wednesday, December 14 in a hybrid meeting at Grand Canyon University. In it, he explored the next-generation wireless landscape with its underlying emerging technologies, protocols & standards, market trends & opportunities in a deep dive presentation covering all of today's wireless essentials. New spectrum and technologies driven by a rapidly evolving application landscape will be served up in innovative ways through 5G/6G mobile, Wi-Fi 6E/7, CBRS, White Space, mmWave, GEO/MEO/LEO satellite & varieties of LPWAN connecting billions of new IoT sensors & devices spread around smart spaces & enabling autonomous transportation. Explore emerging wireless advances, roadblocks & operational challenges bringing you the insight and strategies to leverage emerging wireless opportunities going forward.
ATIC Engagement with Telehealth Advances in ArizonaMark Goldstein
The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC, https://www.hlc.org/) held their Redefining American Healthcare Panel on 11/2/22 on telehealth best practices. Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC, https://www.arizonatele.org/) Chair Mark Goldstein presented “ATIC Engagement with Telehealth Advances in Arizona” recapping Arizona’s 30 years of progressive broadband and telehealth policy initiatives.
I participated in the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference (SWAMC) Summit on 3/3/22 in Anchorage, AK on the Broadband Internet Connectivity Panel on behalf of Grant Management Associates (GMA). I delivered this brief Broadband Funding Presentation to kick off the panel discussion. The SlideShare version also incorporates a two page broadband funding summary at the end.
Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook Update 12/8/21Mark Goldstein
Mark Goldstein of International Research Center presented a Next-Gen Wireless Overview & Outlook to the IEEE Computer Society Phoenix (https://ewh.ieee.org/r6/phoenix/compsociety/) on Wednesday, 12/8/21. He explored the next-generation wireless landscape with its underlying emerging technologies, protocols & standards, market trends & opportunities in a deep dive presentation covering all of today's wireless essentials. New spectrum and technologies driven by a rapidly evolving application landscape will be served up in innovative ways through 5G/6G mobile, Wi-Fi 6E, CBRS, White Space, mmWave, satellite & varieties of LPWAN connecting billions of new IoT sensors & devices spread around smart spaces & enabling autonomous transportation. Explore emerging wireless advances, roadblocks & operational challenges bringing you the insight and strategies to leverage emerging wireless opportunities going forward.
PhxMobi Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook Briefing 11/13/21Mark Goldstein
Mark Goldstein of International Research Center presented this Next-Gen Wireless Overview & Outlook Briefing to the PhxMobi Emerging Tech Festival (https://phxmobifestival.com/) on Saturday, 11/13/21. He explored the next-generation wireless landscape with its underlying emerging technologies, protocols & standards, market trends & opportunities in a deep dive presentation covering all of today's wireless essentials. New spectrum and technologies driven by a rapidly evolving application landscape will be served up in innovative ways through 5G/6G mobile, Wi-Fi 6E, CBRS, White Space, mmWave, satellite & varieties of LPWAN connecting billions of new IoT sensors & devices spread around smart spaces & enabling autonomous transportation. Explore emerging wireless advances, roadblocks & operational challenges bringing you the insight and strategies to leverage emerging wireless opportunities going forward.
Mark Goldstein of International Research Center (http://www.researchedge.com/) delivered an Arizona Fintech Innovation & Regulation presentation to an Arizona State University (ASU) Law Class for Professor Gary Marchant on 11/9/21 in Phoenix, AZ. Arizona’s financial technology (fintech) sector is among the most promising and fastest growing in our technology community. There’s a broad and robust fintech community here developing and delivering a diverse range of products and services that have the potential of disruption for traditional financial services companies, supply chain/logistics, the securitization of data, and others blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) applications. Arizona has shown leadership in breaking down regulatory barriers with the potential to inhibit fintech innovation and emerging business models accelerating the use of electronic signature & smart contracts, creating a fintech regulatory sandbox, and most recently a property technology sandbox.
This recent presentation to ASU ShapingEDU Universal Broadband Project team (https://shapingedu.asu.edu/project/universal-broadband-access-us) covers Arizona Broadband Policy: Past, Present, and Future including the rise and activities of the AZBSN COVID-19 Digital Access Task Force (https://www.arizonatele.org/covid19-about.html).
Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook Update 12/9/20Mark Goldstein
Mark Goldstein of International Research Center presented a Next-Gen Wireless Overview & Outlook to the IEEE Computer Society Phoenix (https://ewh.ieee.org/r6/phoenix/compsociety/) on Wednesday, 12/9/20. He explored the next-generation wireless landscape with its underlying emerging technologies, protocols & standards, market trends & opportunities in a deep dive presentation covering all of today's wireless essentials. New spectrum and technologies driven by a rapidly evolving application landscape will be served up in innovative ways through 5G/6G mobile, Wi-Fi 6E, CBRS, White Space, mmWave, satellite & varieties of LPWAN connecting billions of new IoT sensors & devices spread around smart spaces & enabling autonomous transportation. Explore emerging wireless advances, roadblocks & operational challenges bringing you the insight and strategies to leverage emerging wireless opportunities going forward.
Mark Goldstein of International Research Center (http://www.researchedge.com/) delivered an Arizona Fintech Innovation & Regulation presentation to an Arizona State University (ASU) Law Class for Professor Gary Marchant on 11/5/20 in Phoenix, AZ. Arizona’s financial technology (fintech) sector is among the most promising and fastest growing in our technology community. There’s a broad and robust fintech community here developing and delivering a diverse range of products and services that have the potential of disruption for traditional financial services companies, supply chain/logistics, the securitization of data, and others blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) applications. Arizona has shown leadership in breaking down regulatory barriers with the potential to inhibit fintech innovation and emerging business models accelerating the use of electronic signature & smart contracts, creating a fintech regulatory sandbox, and most recently a property technology sandbox.
Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook Update 7/25/20Mark Goldstein
Earlier this month I presented and posted my Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook presentation, a deep dive covering the next generation wireless landscape with its underlying emerging technologies, markets, and trends capturing all of today's wireless essentials. Since then I’ve substantially tweaked and expanded the deck, fortifying this brief briefing. Enjoy!
Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook 7/7/20Mark Goldstein
On July 7, 2020 I presented a Next-Generation Wireless Overview & Outlook deep dive covering the next generation wireless landscape with its underlying emerging technologies, markets, and trends. I’ve tried to capture all of today's wireless essentials in this brief briefing. Enjoy!
Arizona as an Innovation Hub Update 2/22/20Mark Goldstein
I’ve presented “Arizona as an Innovation Hub” a number of times and have continued to update the deck to highlight Arizona’s “success by sector” driven by concerted focus, regulatory reform, and an emerging vibrant ecosystem, as well as a detailing the related economic development organizations and resources. This version updates the deck for Arizona’s new facts and initiatives here in 2020. There are backup slides with additional details for Arizona’s autonomous vehicles and blockchain/fintech initiatives, as well as an appendix of Arizona technology industry and workforce statistics.
IEEE Computer Society Phoenix Chapter - Internet of Things Innovations & Mega...Mark Goldstein
Mark Goldstein, President of International Research Center delivered his fifth annual deep dive into the Internet of Things Innovations & Megatrends to the IEEE Computer Society Phoenix Chapter (http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/phoenix/compsociety/) exploring the next Internet revolution, the Internet of Things (IoT), expected to connect tens of billions of new sensors and devices in the coming years. Waves of change will roll through home, business, government, industrial, medical, transportation, and other complex ecosystems. We examined how IoT will be implemented and monetized creating new business models from pervasive sensor deployments, data gathering, and advanced analytics, driving societal transformations accompanied by new privacy and security risks. View to explore IoT’s roadblocks and operational challenges, emerging standards and protocols, gateway and wireless integration, and big data strategies and opportunities in this presentation.
The Autonomous Revolution of Vehicles and TransportationMark Goldstein
This presentation to the Greater Phoenix Mensa Regional Gathering on November 29, 2019 is a detailed overview of the transformation of transportation through autonomous vehicles and the advent of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) on the ground and in the air, including why Arizona is a hotbed for development and deployment, insight into the enabling sensor and communication technologies, and a forward-looking view of societal impact, markets and opportunities. Waves of change will roll through the transportation industry and practices as autonomy ramps up in personal and mass transportation, as well as in logistics/delivery segments. We examine how autonomous vehicles will be developed, deployed and monetized, creating new business models across the transportation sector. Explore autonomous vehicles roadblocks and operational challenges, emerging standards and protocols, connected services and their associated big data strategies and opportunities.
Green Living Magazine - EV & AV Futures Panel Introduction 9/27/19Mark Goldstein
I was pleased to participate in Green Living Magazine’s Electric and Autonomous Vehicles Event (https://greenlivingaz.com/arizona-events/eco-events/) on 9/27/19 at ASU SkySong in Scottsdale. Here's my introduction slides for The Future of Electric Transportation Panel moderated by Mark Hartman of the City of Phoenix. Also, I’m co-authoring a series of smart cities articles for Green Living Magazine with Kirk Busch/Big Data Southwest with the first of those available on the Green Living Magazine site at https://greenlivingaz.com/smart-cities-cultivating-in-arizona/.
I introduced & moderated an Arizona’s Fintech Ecosystem & Opportunities Session at the SciTech Institute's Arizona STEM & Innovation Summit on 9/17/19 in Scottsdale, AZ. Arizona’s financial technology (fintech) sector is among the most promising and fastest growing in our technology community. There’s a broad and robust fintech community here developing and delivering a diverse range of products and services that have the potential of disruption for traditional financial services companies, supply chain/logistics, the securitization of data, and others blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) applications. Arizona has shown leadership in breaking down regulatory barriers with the potential to inhibit fintech innovation and emerging business models accelerating the use of electronic signature & smart contracts, creating a fintech regulatory sandbox, and most recently a property technology sandbox. We discussed why Arizona is fintech friendly and heard from some great fintech companies based here.
Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Transform the Urban Landscape Presentation 9/1...Mark Goldstein
I recently introduced and moderated the Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Transform the Urban Landscape Panel at the Arizona Technology Council's 3rd Annual Smart Cities + IoT Summit on 9/12/19 in Scottsdale, AZ. This was the brief deck that led into a great panel discussion.
Arizona as an Innovation Hub Update 9/10/19Mark Goldstein
I’ve presented “Arizona as an Innovation Hub” several times and have continued to update the deck to highlight examples here in Arizona of “success by sector” driven by concerted focus, regulatory reform, and an emerging vibrant ecosystem, as well as a detailing the related economic development organizations and resources. This version adds/updates slides on Arizona’s aerospace & defense (A&D) sector, cybersecurity, data centers, smart cities/smart regions initiatives/ecosystems, and autonomous vehicles. There are backup slides with additional details for Arizona’s autonomous vehicles and blockchain/fintech initiatives, as well as an appendix of Arizona technology industry and workforce statistics.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
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.
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.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...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.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
2. Global Future of Water
Water remains an essential element for life that plays a central and critical role
in all aspects of our national and global economies and environment. We are
entering an era of immense water-related threats due to climate change and
human actions bringing floods, droughts, reduced water availability, and
degraded water quality that threaten communities, nations, and global
sociopolitical and economic security.
This talk will cover water futures from a macro level as regions, governments,
and industries prepare for and manage increasing water-related threats
utilizing traditional and emergent technologies to resolve these issues and
provide water and sanitation that address the needs of all. It also will cover
water futures from at a more personal and community level featuring
technological advances and rediscovery of appropriate technology of the past
to forge a water-secure future.
“Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe
the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something. You are by
accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our
planet.” - Carl Sagan
3. The world’s water
resources
Glaciers,
Snow &
permafrost
1.725%
Ground
water
0.075%
Lakes,
swamps &
rivers
0.025%
Oceans
97.5%
It’s a Blue Planet, but…
Source: World Bank
8. John Snow (1813-1858) was an English physician and a
leader in the adoption of anesthesia and medical
hygiene. He is considered one of the fathers of modern
epidemiology, in part because of his work in tracing the
source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, London, in 1854.
His findings inspired fundamental changes in the water
and waste systems of London, which led to similar
changes in other cities, and a significant improvement
in general public health around the world.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow
John Snow Traces 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
18. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty)
Harvey is the worst rainfall event
ever in the continental U.S. More
than 50 inches of rain deluged
parts of Houston. The amount of
water that poured from the sky is
difficult to conceptualize. By
some estimates, 19 trillion
gallons of water fell in five days.
That's roughly a million gallons
of water for every person in
southeastern Texas.
This was a disaster foretold. In the 1990s, climate scientist Wallace Broecker said that the
Earth's climate was "an angry beast" and that by dumping massive quantities of CO2 into
the atmosphere, we were "poking it with sticks" – and nobody could say how the beast
would react. That's where we are today. Harvey is the third 500-year flood to hit the Houston
area in the past three years. Ten years ago, most scientists thought we might see three feet
of sea-level rise by 2100. Now, estimates by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration say the worst-case might be eight feet by 2100, while former NASA scientist
James Hansen argues that it could be 10 feet or more. The larger reality is, we're moving
into an era of unknown impacts, where it is impossible to say how fast our world will
change, or how bad it will get.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/hurricane-harvey-houston-flood-is-climate-change-warning-w500596
19.
20. • Climate change will lead to more precipitation - but also to more
evaporation
• Precipitation will probably increase in some areas and decline in others.
• Changing precipitation patterns will affect how much water can be
captured.
• The drier the climate, the more sensitive is the local hydrology.
• High-latitude regions may see more runoff due to greater precipitation.
• The effects on the tropics are harder to predict.
• Reservoirs and wells would be affected.
• New patterns of runoff and evaporation will also affect natural
ecosystems.
• Rising seas could invade coastal freshwater supplies.
• Reduced water supplies would place additional stress on people,
agriculture, and the environment.
• Conflicts could be sparked by the additional pressures.
• Improved water resource management can help to reduce vulnerabilities.
Source: Green Resistance (https://greenresistance.wordpress.com/)
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Water and Climate Change
23. Ecosystem Impacts of Electric Power Generation
Source: UNEP (2016) Green Energy Choices: The Benefits, Risks, and Trade-Offs
of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity Production Report (2016)
https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/report/green-energy-choices-benefits-risks-and-
trade-offs-low-carbon-technologies
Species-Years
Affected per TWh
25. Arizona Water Banking
9 Million Acre
Feet (MAF)
banked statewide
3.8 Million Acre
Feet (MAF) by
CAP
1 Million Acre
Feet (MAF) by
SRP
Source: ASU Morrison Institute 2017
29. A successful Kickstarter project with over $2.76 million in funding,
the SCiO pocket molecular sensor lets users scan and obtain
information about the chemical makeup of materials and physical
objects. Once an item is scanned, the chemical makeup is
compared against items in a cloud-based database, and the
information about the item is sent back to a smartphone. The device
is capable of scanning food (for nutritional information), medicines,
plants (for health purposes), oils, plastics, wood and more. The
device works by shining a light on an object and using a
spectrometer to analyze the properties of the light reflected back.
Source: Network World
SCiO Pocket Molecular Sensor
https://www.consumerphysics.com/myscio/
40. The Thermal Hydraulic Engine from Deluge, Inc. represents a breakthrough technology that
can perform the work of similar engines at a fraction of the operating costs while releasing
no emissions into the air. Also known as the Natural Energy (NE) Engine, this patented,
innovative engine employs alternative heat sources such as solar, geothermal, and waste
heat energy, as well as fuels like natural gas, to convert hot water into mechanical power
without combustion. Under development by Deluge since 1996, the NE Engine has been use-
tested in numerous applications including oil and gas pumping, water pumping,
desalination, electricity generation, compression, and air handling, and can operate as
effectively in third-world countries as in highly industrialized countries. Initially conceived
as a replacement for the internal combustion engine, the NE Engine has attracted the
attention of many who want to use this pioneering, clean, and cost-effective technology as a
way to lower production costs. The technology’s cost effective and environmentally-
innocuous features make it an attractive power source for most any application, including
pumping water for desalination processes. http://delugeinc.com/DESALINATION.html
The Natural Energy Engine as a Low-Cost
Power Source for Reverse Osmosis Desalination
41. Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT)
Systems Concept
http://fullcircle.asu.edu/research/asu-engineering-research-center-newt/
42. Deka R&D Slingshot Water Purification Machine
Ensuring access to clean water is one of the greatest challenges faced by under-
developed countries. Existing approaches to water purification require expertise
in system design, operation and maintenance. Deka R&D, led by genius inventor
Dean Kamen, the creator of the Segway transporter, has designed Slingshot, a
simple vapor compression water purification machine that transforms any source
water into safe drinking water producing roughly 30 liters of water an hour using
no more energy than required by a standard handheld hair dryer. A partnership
with Coca-Cola will bring Slingshot to communities in need of clean water in rural
parts of Latin America and Africa. http://www.dekaresearch.com/water.shtml
44. High-Voltage Water Purification
For Water Recycling or Point-of-Use Applications
Scientists at NASA's Glenn Research Center have discovered a unique water
purification method that can be used for water recycling or point-of-use
applications. Eliminating costly consumables like chemicals or ultraviolet lamps,
and relying on only electrical energy, this technology uses plasma-generated
reactive species to decompose organic contaminants, ranging from submicron
particles to water soluble organics like glycol, ethanol, and industrial dyes. This
technology has multiple applications, including the treatment of water for
industrial, agricultural, healthcare, oil and gas extraction, sewer and storm water,
livestock, and pharmaceutical uses.
Benefits:
• Environmentally friendly: Does not introduce
toxic chemicals into liquids
• Readily available: Provides clean water on-
demand
• Accessible: Accommodates large-volume,
high-throughput applications and works with
in-volume and in-line water feed systems
• Simple: Operates without filters, which can
often become fouled or punctured
• Durable: Housed in a self-contained unit
• Highly antiseptic: Attacks and destroys
microbes
Applications:
• Wastewater treatment
• Pharmaceutical and food and
beverage water treatment
• Pretreatment of contaminants
• Point-of-use drinking water
• Groundwater treatment
• EPA Superfund site cleanup
• Hydraulic fracturing water reuse
https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/LEW-TOPS-21
46. LifeStraw water filters from Vestergaard
convert contaminated water into clean,
safe drinking water. The easy-to-use filters
are a vital tool for some of the 780 million
people who don’t have ready access to
safe drinking water. This leaves them at
risk for diarrheal disease, which kills more
than 1.5 million people every year. Safe
drinking water is especially important for
vulnerable groups, such as children under
five, pregnant women and people living
with HIV. LifeStraw water filters also
prevent cryptosporidiosis, a major cause
of diarrheal illness in people living with
HIV and children under five. LifeStraw
Guinea Worm is a plastic pipe with a
stainless steel mesh that filters out Guinea
worm larvae from contaminated water. It
has been a vital tool in global efforts, led
by The Carter Center, to eradicate Guinea
worm disease. Each product in the
LifeStraw portfolio is designed for a
specific situation where safe water is
needed but not readily available.
http://www.vestergaard.com/our-products/lifestraw
47. Self-Propelled Microscopic
Carbon-Capturing Motors
May Reduce Carbon Dioxide
Levels in Oceans
Nanoengineers at the University of
California, San Diego have designed
enzyme-functionalized micromotors
the size of red blood cells that rapidly
zoom around in water, remove carbon
dioxide, and convert it into a usable
solid form, calcium carbonate.
The CO2 sequestration proof-of-
concept study represents a promising
route to mitigate the buildup of carbon
dioxide, a major greenhouse gas in
the environment, said the researchers.
Source: Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics, UC San Diego Jacobs School of
Engineering, See http://joewang.ucsd.edu/ & http://www.kurzweilai.net/these-self-propelled-
microscopic-carbon-capturing-motors-may-reduce-carbon-dioxide-levels-in-oceans
48. The WarkaWater gathers water from fog and condensation. It was invented by an
Italian firm and three of them are shown here in an Ethiopian village. WarkaWater,
which is named after an Ethiopian fig tree, is composed of a 30-foot bamboo
frame containing a fog-harvesting nylon net that can be easily lowered for repairs
and to allow communities to measure the water level. It produces up to 26 gallons
of drinkable water a day, enough for a family of seven. Source: NPR 5/14
(YouTube Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjGVRuN9akM)
49. New research by scientists at Rice University demonstrated that forests of carbon
nanotubes can be made to harvest water molecules from arid desert air and store
them for future use. The invention called “hygroscopic scaffold” mimics
the Stenocara beetle, which survives in the desert by stretching its wings to
capture and drink water molecules from the early morning fog and has
a superhydrophobic (water-repelling) bottom and a hydrophilic (water loving) top
The water is stored until released either by squeezing the reusable scaffold or
until it slowly evaporates back into the atmosphere. If it becomes possible to grow
nanotube forests on a large scale, the invention could become an efficient,
effective water-collection device because it does not require an external energy
source. http://news.rice.edu/2014/06/11/nanotube-forests-drink-water-from-arid-air-2/
Nanotube Forests Drink Water from Arid Air
Superhydrophobic (water-repelling) Side Hydrophilic (water-loving) Side
50. This proof-of-concept device, built at MIT, demonstrates a new system for extracting drinking water from
the air. The sequence of images at right shows how droplets of water accumulate over time as the inside
temperature increases while exposed to the sun.
Photo: MIT, http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2017/04/water-harvester-could-collect-moisture-desert-air
51. Cynthia Koenig, a young social entrepreneur from New York, learned that
millions of girls and women around the world spend hours each day
collecting water from distant sources. She decided to create the
WaterWheel, a new way to help people in poor communities collect,
transport, store, and use water receiving a $100,000 Grand Challenges
Canada prize. The WaterWheel allows people to roll water in a 50-liter
container versus carrying it in 5 gallon (19 liter) jugs which can save
women 35 hours per week in water transport time, as well as prevent the
physical strain that comes from balancing 40 pounds of water on top of
their heads for hours each day. (http://wellowater.org/)
52. The UK-based startup Skipping
Rocks Lab has invented their
first product ‘Ooho’: an edible
water bottle that you can literally
just eat the packaging of the
water after drinking it or just
consume the whole thing at
once. This means no more
stacks of empty water bottles in
your room after a night of heavy
partying. On a more serious
note, their goal is to make
packaging waste disappear. The
packaging is made from
seaweed extract and it’s
completely biodegradable.
https://www.snapmunk.com/awe
some-alert-sustainable-
packaging-edible-water-bottle/
53. Uisce beatha is the name for
whiskey in Irish. The equivalent in
Scottish Gaelic is rendered uisge-
beatha. The word "whisky" (as
spelt in Scotland) or "whiskey"
(as spelt in Ireland and America)
itself is simply an anglicized
version of this phrase, stemming
from a mispronunciation of the
word uisce in Ireland or uisge in
Scotland. The phrase uisce
beatha, literally "water of life,"
was the name given by Irish
monks of the early Middle Ages to
distilled alcohol. It is simply a
translation of the Latin aqua vitae.
Source:Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uisce_beatha)
Photo by Mark Goldstein,
International Research Center of
an old Irish whiskey jug on
display in the Athlone Castle
Museum, Ireland taken in 2009
55. Pranav Agarwal has built a solar-powered floating surface aerator that can be installed in water
bodies to prevent water stagnation and mosquito breeding. The device produces ripples by
generating air bubbles at regular intervals. It automatically switches on when it comes in contact
with water and an alarm alerts if the water body dries up or someone tries to remove the device
from water. The device is cost effective and being solar powered, it is energy independent and
maintenance-free. If this device is improved upon and ubiquitously installed, the world will soon be
free from mosquito borne diseases. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42HqsWmc5cE
56. The Nebia Shower System at $499 is
a revolutionary shower technology
10x more immersive for you and
70% more sustainable for the planet.
https://www.indiegogo.com/products/the-nebia-shower-system
The Nebia Shower System
58. Texas Man Uses Massive Inflatable Dam to Save House
Randy Wagner in Rosharon, Texas used a product he found online to protect his family’s
home and property during flooding in 2016. In a desperate attempt to protect his home from
the flood waters, he drove all the way to Louisiana to pick up a product he found online, an
Aqua Dam. With the help of a couple of friends, he installed the Aqua Dam’s 400 feet of
materials and waited for the water to come. As the water built up around his home, the dam
held it all back. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/texas-man-uses-massive-inflatable-dam-save-house-spmg-media
http://aquadam.net/
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