The document discusses innovation as a key success factor for the tourism industry. It notes that the hotel industry has seen an imbalance between supply and demand since 2001. Sales for hotels have risen and fallen depending on deflation in the tourism industry. Consumer behavior is also changing, with tourists looking for new experiences, more customized trips, and transparent information. Innovation is presented as acquiring, using, and improving upon ideas, whereas creativity alone is not enough. Innovation creates value through new clients, increased loyalty, cost reductions, and competitive advantages.
Medical tourism marketing: How to turn the web “window shopper” into a paying...Intuition Communication
A presentation given by Keith Pollard of Treatment Abroad at the Malaysia International Health Travel Exhibition and Conference in Kuala Lumpur in November 2012. In this short presentation, Keith examines two of the key areas for attracting patients to medical tourism web sites, how you can build trust with the web visitor, how it is important to engage the prospective medical tourist in a conversation and the importance of maximising the conversion rate from enquirer to paying patient.
The presentation lasts around 15 minutes and has a voiceover.
About Intuition Communication
Intuition Communication is an online publisher in the healthcare sector that operates market-leading web portals in the UK such as Private Healthcare UK, Surgery Door, and the Harley Street Guide. Within the field of medical tourism, Intuition runs consumer portals such as Treatment Abroad and DoctorInternet (aimed at Arabic speaking medical tourists) and Medical Tourism Ratings and Reviews to encourage patients to provide feedback on their medical tourism experience.
Intuition publishes IMTJ – International Medical Travel Journal - an online business to business resource for the medical travel and medical tourism markets.
The company also operates a “Code of Practice for Medical Tourism” and conducts the Treatment Abroad Medical Tourism Survey, attracting over 1,000 respondents in 2012.
Via our web portals, information guides and directories and through the latest healthcare news, Intuition gives people the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about their health and well-being and the selection of healthcare providers in the UK and internationally
Keith Pollard from Treatment Abroad provides an overview of the 2012 Medical Tourism Survey. Over 1,000 medical tourists participated in the research, one of the most extensive pieces of research into the medical tourism experience. He highlights ten key learning points for those in the medical tourism business. NOTE: THIS IS A SLIDECAST WITH VOICE-OVER.
Online marketing for NHS Private Patient Units: Part 1 - Attracting patientsIntuition Communication
Keith Pollard from Private Healthcare UK looks at the role of search engine optimisation in attracting patients to private healthcare facilities. The presentation highlights the importance of targeting the long tail of search terms, and how this approach ensures that you attract "active treatment seekers" - people who are potential purchasers of your private treatment services.
Medical tourism marketing: How to turn the web “window shopper” into a paying...Intuition Communication
A presentation given by Keith Pollard of Treatment Abroad at the Malaysia International Health Travel Exhibition and Conference in Kuala Lumpur in November 2012. In this short presentation, Keith examines two of the key areas for attracting patients to medical tourism web sites, how you can build trust with the web visitor, how it is important to engage the prospective medical tourist in a conversation and the importance of maximising the conversion rate from enquirer to paying patient.
The presentation lasts around 15 minutes and has a voiceover.
About Intuition Communication
Intuition Communication is an online publisher in the healthcare sector that operates market-leading web portals in the UK such as Private Healthcare UK, Surgery Door, and the Harley Street Guide. Within the field of medical tourism, Intuition runs consumer portals such as Treatment Abroad and DoctorInternet (aimed at Arabic speaking medical tourists) and Medical Tourism Ratings and Reviews to encourage patients to provide feedback on their medical tourism experience.
Intuition publishes IMTJ – International Medical Travel Journal - an online business to business resource for the medical travel and medical tourism markets.
The company also operates a “Code of Practice for Medical Tourism” and conducts the Treatment Abroad Medical Tourism Survey, attracting over 1,000 respondents in 2012.
Via our web portals, information guides and directories and through the latest healthcare news, Intuition gives people the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about their health and well-being and the selection of healthcare providers in the UK and internationally
Keith Pollard from Treatment Abroad provides an overview of the 2012 Medical Tourism Survey. Over 1,000 medical tourists participated in the research, one of the most extensive pieces of research into the medical tourism experience. He highlights ten key learning points for those in the medical tourism business. NOTE: THIS IS A SLIDECAST WITH VOICE-OVER.
Online marketing for NHS Private Patient Units: Part 1 - Attracting patientsIntuition Communication
Keith Pollard from Private Healthcare UK looks at the role of search engine optimisation in attracting patients to private healthcare facilities. The presentation highlights the importance of targeting the long tail of search terms, and how this approach ensures that you attract "active treatment seekers" - people who are potential purchasers of your private treatment services.
Enhancing monetisation potential from mobile location services: The case for ...Merlien Institute
Presented by Stanley Kee, Managing Director SEA, Gfk
at Market Research in the Mobile World Asia-Pacific
30-31 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This event is proudly organised by Merlien Institute
Check out our upcoming events by visiting http://www.mrmw.net
When web meets world
Four workshops to discover an exciting future that closely interlinks the physical and virtual worlds and have a look on the new innovative ideas for the future.
Smart Growth and Health Care City – to live a healthier life trough preventive care
The 7th World Technopolis Association International Conference,
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu City, Taiwan R.O.C
Utilizing external information: the impact of managerial IT skills, communica...Gunnar Oskarsson
The impact of information technology, capabilities, and innovation culture on innovativeness.
A presentation of Dr. Gunnar Oskarsson and Dr. Eirikur Hilmarsson held on the 19TH INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE in Manchester, England, in June 2012
International opportunity: a review and a research agenda Vesa Puhakka
Recent research in the field of international entrepreneurship (IE) has emphasized the concept of international opportunity. The entrepreneurial behaviors focused on international opportunities have been found to be critical in IE. International opportunities, however, are often depicted in rather abstract and unspecified ways and the research suffers from narrow theoretical discussion in relation to the concept of opportunity. To address these issues, we draw from entrepreneurship research and present alternative conceptualizations of opportunities as a basis for more in-depth study of international opportunities in IE. To further articulate a future research agenda, we review the state of knowledge on opportunities in the IE field by content-analyzing articles published between 1989 and 2010. All the analyzed articles incorporate the concept of opportunity into their studies. We find that, although the IE research has investigated many relevant elements, it is rather limited in the articulation of the conceptual features of international opportunities and opportunity-focused behaviors. Building on these observations, we propose a definition of international opportunity and research questions and strategies to advance IE research on international opportunities.
John Isitt, Resonant Media
Changing the game: positioning your charity to succeed in the new health service market conference
www.charitycomms.org.uk/events
Innovasi usahawan kecil (Micro-entrepreneurship innovation)Murray Hunter
Innovasi usahawan kecil (Micro entrepreneurship innovation in Malaysia) Presented to KbioCorp workshop on micro-entrepreneurship, Sungai petani, Kedah, Sept 2010
The Content Revolution - LavaCon 2011 KeynoteJoe Gollner
This keynote presentation tackled some of the really big trends that are changing the way Tech Comm is conducted and how it fits into the modern enterprise.
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.
Enhancing monetisation potential from mobile location services: The case for ...Merlien Institute
Presented by Stanley Kee, Managing Director SEA, Gfk
at Market Research in the Mobile World Asia-Pacific
30-31 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This event is proudly organised by Merlien Institute
Check out our upcoming events by visiting http://www.mrmw.net
When web meets world
Four workshops to discover an exciting future that closely interlinks the physical and virtual worlds and have a look on the new innovative ideas for the future.
Smart Growth and Health Care City – to live a healthier life trough preventive care
The 7th World Technopolis Association International Conference,
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu City, Taiwan R.O.C
Utilizing external information: the impact of managerial IT skills, communica...Gunnar Oskarsson
The impact of information technology, capabilities, and innovation culture on innovativeness.
A presentation of Dr. Gunnar Oskarsson and Dr. Eirikur Hilmarsson held on the 19TH INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE in Manchester, England, in June 2012
International opportunity: a review and a research agenda Vesa Puhakka
Recent research in the field of international entrepreneurship (IE) has emphasized the concept of international opportunity. The entrepreneurial behaviors focused on international opportunities have been found to be critical in IE. International opportunities, however, are often depicted in rather abstract and unspecified ways and the research suffers from narrow theoretical discussion in relation to the concept of opportunity. To address these issues, we draw from entrepreneurship research and present alternative conceptualizations of opportunities as a basis for more in-depth study of international opportunities in IE. To further articulate a future research agenda, we review the state of knowledge on opportunities in the IE field by content-analyzing articles published between 1989 and 2010. All the analyzed articles incorporate the concept of opportunity into their studies. We find that, although the IE research has investigated many relevant elements, it is rather limited in the articulation of the conceptual features of international opportunities and opportunity-focused behaviors. Building on these observations, we propose a definition of international opportunity and research questions and strategies to advance IE research on international opportunities.
John Isitt, Resonant Media
Changing the game: positioning your charity to succeed in the new health service market conference
www.charitycomms.org.uk/events
Innovasi usahawan kecil (Micro-entrepreneurship innovation)Murray Hunter
Innovasi usahawan kecil (Micro entrepreneurship innovation in Malaysia) Presented to KbioCorp workshop on micro-entrepreneurship, Sungai petani, Kedah, Sept 2010
The Content Revolution - LavaCon 2011 KeynoteJoe Gollner
This keynote presentation tackled some of the really big trends that are changing the way Tech Comm is conducted and how it fits into the modern enterprise.
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.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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.
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.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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/
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.
6. Quick hotel industry overview
5, 4 and 3 stars hotels profitability
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7. Quick hotel industry overview
Changes in Consumer Behavior
Tourist
New vacation habits Looking for new experiences New purchase behavior Social & Demographic changes
The main vacation has More leisure activities Growing preference in Increase in life
been reduced being practiced during customized trips expectancy
vacations
Increase in short trips Search for more clear, Immigration
(escapes) Well-equipped hotels are valid and transparent
Increase in one-parent
requested and information
Increase in long distance families
demanded
trips Search for new channels
Flexible and customized
Elder people travel Preference in specialized
service are wished
interest is growing products and services
Claim mechanism and
Increase of single
service guaranteed
travelers
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8. My experience in Innovation
THE BIG DIFFERENCE
ACQUIRE USE IMPROVE
Assimilate
(understand)
COPY Manufacture INNOVATE
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9. My experience in Innovation
GROWTH MODELS
Management Enterprising
improvements Initiatives
Innovative
Initiatives
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10. My experience in Innovation
Innovation vs. Creativity
Ideas Process/Work Value
Creativity alone is not
innovation.
Innovation involves
process and
systematic methods:
1% ideas + 99% hard
work
Innovation ALWAYS
creates value.
+
Innovation
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11. CONCLUSIONS
INNOVACIÓN
More clients
Increase client’s loyalty
Price rises
Less Costs +
Improves companies image
New oportunities
Clear competitive advantatge
Lead the market trends
Etc.
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