DuPont Chief Science & Technology Officer, Doug Muzyka, spoke at the 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition on April 8, 2013. In his presentation "Success factors for Innovation: Meeting future needs for food, energy and protection" he details the unprecedented global challenges we all face globally, primarily due to increasing population. As a science company, DuPont believes that science can address these global challenges and find solutions, especially in the areas of food, energy and protection.
To be truly innovative to solve these challenges will require 3 critical success factors:
• True innovation must meet the real needs people have – it must be based on market-driven science
• Innovation is more powerful when it integrates knowledge & ideas across scientific disciplines, and
• We can be even more successful when we leverage global capabilities and apply them locally.
A compilation of presentations made at the August 17, 2011 opening of the DuPont Thailand Innovation Center. Included is information on DuPont in the ASEAN region and Thailand, as well as photos of the Innovation Center. Photos start on slide 20.
DuPont India Innovation Center: Inclusive Innovation in ActionDuPont
DuPont is opening an Innovation Center in Pune, India focused on developing automotive technologies. The Center will fuel local collaboration with customers and connect to DuPont's global R&D network. It will focus on developing solutions in six key areas: light-weighting, improved performance, alternative drive systems, sustainability, safety, and comfort/design. The goal is to meet India's growing automotive needs through open innovation.
The document discusses DuPont's history and evolution over two centuries from explosives to chemicals to integrated science and materials like nylon, Teflon, Kevlar. It outlines DuPont's strategic focus on agriculture and nutrition, bio-based industrials, and advanced materials. The document also highlights DuPont's commitment to sustainability goals like reducing its environmental footprint and increasing sustainable innovation.
DuPont was founded in 1802 in Wilmington, Delaware and began as a gunpowder mill. It is now a multinational conglomerate that produces a variety of chemicals, polymers, fibers and other products. The company's mission is sustainable growth through reducing environmental impact and its vision is to be a leader in science and technology providing sustainable solutions. Ellen Kullman is the current CEO and chair of the board. DuPont has a diverse portfolio of products across multiple industries and engages in significant R&D spending.
This document provides a strategic analysis of the DuPont Company. It includes an executive summary and then covers various topics related to DuPont's strategies through different frameworks and analyses, including drivers of change, industry features, PESTLE analysis, Porter's analysis, key success factors, competitive assessments, value chain analysis, SWOT analysis, and potential strategies. The document evaluates DuPont's diversification into different industries and how it manages associated characteristics and risks. It also draws comparisons between DuPont and its competitors.
This document provides an overview of DuPont, a chemical company founded in 1802. It discusses DuPont's history, including its origins producing gunpowder, expansion into dynamite and smokeless powder, and major innovations in the 1920s-1930s including nylon and Teflon. The document also outlines DuPont's contributions during World War 2 and later space programs, and describes its current business segments and product offerings.
A compilation of presentations made at the August 17, 2011 opening of the DuPont Thailand Innovation Center. Included is information on DuPont in the ASEAN region and Thailand, as well as photos of the Innovation Center. Photos start on slide 20.
DuPont India Innovation Center: Inclusive Innovation in ActionDuPont
DuPont is opening an Innovation Center in Pune, India focused on developing automotive technologies. The Center will fuel local collaboration with customers and connect to DuPont's global R&D network. It will focus on developing solutions in six key areas: light-weighting, improved performance, alternative drive systems, sustainability, safety, and comfort/design. The goal is to meet India's growing automotive needs through open innovation.
The document discusses DuPont's history and evolution over two centuries from explosives to chemicals to integrated science and materials like nylon, Teflon, Kevlar. It outlines DuPont's strategic focus on agriculture and nutrition, bio-based industrials, and advanced materials. The document also highlights DuPont's commitment to sustainability goals like reducing its environmental footprint and increasing sustainable innovation.
DuPont was founded in 1802 in Wilmington, Delaware and began as a gunpowder mill. It is now a multinational conglomerate that produces a variety of chemicals, polymers, fibers and other products. The company's mission is sustainable growth through reducing environmental impact and its vision is to be a leader in science and technology providing sustainable solutions. Ellen Kullman is the current CEO and chair of the board. DuPont has a diverse portfolio of products across multiple industries and engages in significant R&D spending.
This document provides a strategic analysis of the DuPont Company. It includes an executive summary and then covers various topics related to DuPont's strategies through different frameworks and analyses, including drivers of change, industry features, PESTLE analysis, Porter's analysis, key success factors, competitive assessments, value chain analysis, SWOT analysis, and potential strategies. The document evaluates DuPont's diversification into different industries and how it manages associated characteristics and risks. It also draws comparisons between DuPont and its competitors.
This document provides an overview of DuPont, a chemical company founded in 1802. It discusses DuPont's history, including its origins producing gunpowder, expansion into dynamite and smokeless powder, and major innovations in the 1920s-1930s including nylon and Teflon. The document also outlines DuPont's contributions during World War 2 and later space programs, and describes its current business segments and product offerings.
Integrated Science: Merging scientific disciplines to address global challengesDuPont
The document discusses the global challenges of meeting increasing demand for food and energy by 2050 given population growth. It argues that the chemical industry has an important role to play in providing sustainable solutions through continued integration of scientific disciplines, diversification of ideas, and collaboration. DuPont's approach involves applying integrated science to develop innovations that can help address issues like more efficient energy use and a cleaner energy supply through technologies for areas like biofuels, wind power, and solar energy.
China's Insatiable Appetite for Change: An Overview of the Country's Evolving...DuPont
China faces five key challenges in achieving food security: availability and affordability of food, improving nutrition and health, ensuring food safety, sustainable use of resources like land and water, and adapting to climate change. China has made great strides over the past 30 years but still has a long way to go with its large and growing population and limited resources. International collaboration will be important to help China overcome these challenges through scientific and technological solutions.
Results of combining three specific Lactobacillus plantarum strainsDuPont
How a combination of 3 specific Lactobacillus plantarum strains reduces low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and improves other cholesterol and lipid parameters in adults with hypercholesterolemia. (Presentation from ESC 2015 in London)
HOWARU Probiotics have many benefits, but sometimes it can be difficult to get the overview of which food products may contain probiotics and the effects they might bring to your health – this infographic sums it all up for you.
HOWARU® 益生菌系列针对不同人群和健康需要有许多好处。有时候我们可能不知如何选择:哪些食品可能会含有益生菌,它们会带来何种健康益处。下面这张图为您总结解答。
Importance of Innovation - A presentation for school kidsTechgate plc
A presentation prepared by Dawn Wright (Group Sales and Marketing Director) for Blackheath School Science Week.
According to our CSR strategy we continuously work on attracting young people to work in IT.
This document provides an overview of innovation and different types of innovation. It begins with definitions of innovation and discusses theories on innovation, including waves of innovation proposed by Schumpeter and Kondratiev, seven sources of innovation identified by Drucker, and Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory. It then describes the four types of innovation identified by Henderson and Clark: incremental, radical, modular, and architectural. Examples are given of each type of innovation. The document aims to explain what innovation is and why it is important to understand the different types of innovation.
The document discusses why innovation is important for nations, regions, and firms. It states that innovation is a key driver of economic growth for nations and helps ensure firms' survival and growth. For firms specifically, innovation is important for reasons such as gaining competitive advantages, protecting market share, stimulating employees, and improving financial performance. Nationally, innovation creates jobs, increases welfare, and is responsible for virtually all economic growth since the 18th century.
Every business should innovate - and innovation does not require coming up with earth-shattering new ideas. Innovation in business can be subtle and measured. Innovation should also be inclusive, meaning that all employees in a company should be able to give ideas on how to improve the business. Restricting innovation to a particular level of management or department is wasting potential resources that you already have - the creativity that lies hidden within your work force.
So get everyone involved and start innovating. If you don't you may just be left behind.
For more, see the full article at http://smallbusinessspot.com/how-important-is-innovation-in-business/
What is Innovation? Why is Innovation Important? and Other Good QuestionsStefan Lindegaard
Stefan Lindegaard is an author, speaker and strategic advisor on innovation management. He provides resources on innovation through his website 15inno.com. The document discusses the importance of innovation and having a common language and understanding of innovation. It also lists challenges to innovation such as siloed approaches and lack of resources, and stresses the importance of people, processes, and execution for successful innovation.
The document discusses innovation and the creative process in entrepreneurship. It covers topics like the sources of innovative ideas, the role of creativity, developing personal creativity, and the different types of innovation. The key aspects of the creative process are knowledge accumulation, incubation, idea generation, evaluation, and implementation. Developing creativity involves recognizing relationships, using both sides of the brain, and eliminating mindsets that inhibit creativity.
This document discusses various aspects of innovation management. It covers topics such as the types of innovation including technology, product/service, process, and business model innovation. It also discusses innovation strategies such as play-to-win versus play-not-to-lose strategies. Additionally, it discusses challenges of balancing creativity and value capture as organizations mature. Lastly, it briefly discusses outsourcing innovation and structured idea management processes.
The document discusses the differences between invention and innovation. Invention is the formulation of new ideas for products or processes, while innovation is the practical application of new inventions into marketable products or services. It then describes two types of innovation - product innovation which involves launching new products, and process innovation which finds more efficient production processes. The document outlines advantages of both product innovation, such as first mover advantage and increased reputation, and process innovation, like reduced costs and improved quality. Finally, it notes that innovation benefits businesses through improved productivity, higher sales and profits, and establishing competitive advantages.
Business innovation involves putting new ideas or approaches into action to create commercially successful products or services. The innovation process typically involves research and development, invention, testing prototypes, and feedback before commercial launch. Innovation builds on invention by applying inventions to create marketable products or services. Innovation benefits businesses by improving productivity and reducing costs, increasing quality, building product ranges, and creating added value to differentiate from competitors. However, risks include competition replicating innovations, uncertain commercial returns on research investments, and difficulties securing financing for research and development activities.
This book discusses the practice of innovation and entrepreneurship. It outlines 7 sources of innovative opportunities and provides strategies for entrepreneurship, including being first to market or finding a specialized niche. The book argues that systematic innovation requires purposefully searching for changes and analyzing new opportunities, and that entrepreneurship is the institution that drives innovation.
This document presents an innovation map framework that defines and differentiates four main types of innovation: operational innovation, product and service innovation, strategic innovation, and management innovation. The map charts these according to whether they are internal or external focused and evolutionary or revolutionary. It provides descriptions of each innovation type and discusses how the map can be used to align innovation initiatives and focus discussions. The goal is to help organizations better define innovation objectives and outcomes.
Drivers for product innovation; Process innovation; Concurrent engineering; Business process re-engineering - BPR; Reverse engineering; Value chain model & process innovation
A global revolution is in full swing, and the Sustainable Brands Conference is where sustainability, brand and innovation leaders gather to learn, share and strategize to shape the future. SB'12 was the largest gathering to date, a kinetic convergence of innovators from more than 150 companies from around the world finding new ways to create monumental disruption in traditional models of commerce and consumption.
This document discusses developing climate-smart crop strategies through "zoom-ins", or in-depth analyses of specific crop/region combinations. It asks questions about how to determine which zoom-ins to focus on, funding, and integrating local projects. Key points discussed include the need to integrate information on institutional priorities, climate change vulnerability and potential gains, while considering practical issues. The document also discusses how breeders can participate in climate adaptation research and tapping existing climate modeling work from research centers.
Integrated Science: Merging scientific disciplines to address global challengesDuPont
The document discusses the global challenges of meeting increasing demand for food and energy by 2050 given population growth. It argues that the chemical industry has an important role to play in providing sustainable solutions through continued integration of scientific disciplines, diversification of ideas, and collaboration. DuPont's approach involves applying integrated science to develop innovations that can help address issues like more efficient energy use and a cleaner energy supply through technologies for areas like biofuels, wind power, and solar energy.
China's Insatiable Appetite for Change: An Overview of the Country's Evolving...DuPont
China faces five key challenges in achieving food security: availability and affordability of food, improving nutrition and health, ensuring food safety, sustainable use of resources like land and water, and adapting to climate change. China has made great strides over the past 30 years but still has a long way to go with its large and growing population and limited resources. International collaboration will be important to help China overcome these challenges through scientific and technological solutions.
Results of combining three specific Lactobacillus plantarum strainsDuPont
How a combination of 3 specific Lactobacillus plantarum strains reduces low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and improves other cholesterol and lipid parameters in adults with hypercholesterolemia. (Presentation from ESC 2015 in London)
HOWARU Probiotics have many benefits, but sometimes it can be difficult to get the overview of which food products may contain probiotics and the effects they might bring to your health – this infographic sums it all up for you.
HOWARU® 益生菌系列针对不同人群和健康需要有许多好处。有时候我们可能不知如何选择:哪些食品可能会含有益生菌,它们会带来何种健康益处。下面这张图为您总结解答。
Importance of Innovation - A presentation for school kidsTechgate plc
A presentation prepared by Dawn Wright (Group Sales and Marketing Director) for Blackheath School Science Week.
According to our CSR strategy we continuously work on attracting young people to work in IT.
This document provides an overview of innovation and different types of innovation. It begins with definitions of innovation and discusses theories on innovation, including waves of innovation proposed by Schumpeter and Kondratiev, seven sources of innovation identified by Drucker, and Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory. It then describes the four types of innovation identified by Henderson and Clark: incremental, radical, modular, and architectural. Examples are given of each type of innovation. The document aims to explain what innovation is and why it is important to understand the different types of innovation.
The document discusses why innovation is important for nations, regions, and firms. It states that innovation is a key driver of economic growth for nations and helps ensure firms' survival and growth. For firms specifically, innovation is important for reasons such as gaining competitive advantages, protecting market share, stimulating employees, and improving financial performance. Nationally, innovation creates jobs, increases welfare, and is responsible for virtually all economic growth since the 18th century.
Every business should innovate - and innovation does not require coming up with earth-shattering new ideas. Innovation in business can be subtle and measured. Innovation should also be inclusive, meaning that all employees in a company should be able to give ideas on how to improve the business. Restricting innovation to a particular level of management or department is wasting potential resources that you already have - the creativity that lies hidden within your work force.
So get everyone involved and start innovating. If you don't you may just be left behind.
For more, see the full article at http://smallbusinessspot.com/how-important-is-innovation-in-business/
What is Innovation? Why is Innovation Important? and Other Good QuestionsStefan Lindegaard
Stefan Lindegaard is an author, speaker and strategic advisor on innovation management. He provides resources on innovation through his website 15inno.com. The document discusses the importance of innovation and having a common language and understanding of innovation. It also lists challenges to innovation such as siloed approaches and lack of resources, and stresses the importance of people, processes, and execution for successful innovation.
The document discusses innovation and the creative process in entrepreneurship. It covers topics like the sources of innovative ideas, the role of creativity, developing personal creativity, and the different types of innovation. The key aspects of the creative process are knowledge accumulation, incubation, idea generation, evaluation, and implementation. Developing creativity involves recognizing relationships, using both sides of the brain, and eliminating mindsets that inhibit creativity.
This document discusses various aspects of innovation management. It covers topics such as the types of innovation including technology, product/service, process, and business model innovation. It also discusses innovation strategies such as play-to-win versus play-not-to-lose strategies. Additionally, it discusses challenges of balancing creativity and value capture as organizations mature. Lastly, it briefly discusses outsourcing innovation and structured idea management processes.
The document discusses the differences between invention and innovation. Invention is the formulation of new ideas for products or processes, while innovation is the practical application of new inventions into marketable products or services. It then describes two types of innovation - product innovation which involves launching new products, and process innovation which finds more efficient production processes. The document outlines advantages of both product innovation, such as first mover advantage and increased reputation, and process innovation, like reduced costs and improved quality. Finally, it notes that innovation benefits businesses through improved productivity, higher sales and profits, and establishing competitive advantages.
Business innovation involves putting new ideas or approaches into action to create commercially successful products or services. The innovation process typically involves research and development, invention, testing prototypes, and feedback before commercial launch. Innovation builds on invention by applying inventions to create marketable products or services. Innovation benefits businesses by improving productivity and reducing costs, increasing quality, building product ranges, and creating added value to differentiate from competitors. However, risks include competition replicating innovations, uncertain commercial returns on research investments, and difficulties securing financing for research and development activities.
This book discusses the practice of innovation and entrepreneurship. It outlines 7 sources of innovative opportunities and provides strategies for entrepreneurship, including being first to market or finding a specialized niche. The book argues that systematic innovation requires purposefully searching for changes and analyzing new opportunities, and that entrepreneurship is the institution that drives innovation.
This document presents an innovation map framework that defines and differentiates four main types of innovation: operational innovation, product and service innovation, strategic innovation, and management innovation. The map charts these according to whether they are internal or external focused and evolutionary or revolutionary. It provides descriptions of each innovation type and discusses how the map can be used to align innovation initiatives and focus discussions. The goal is to help organizations better define innovation objectives and outcomes.
Drivers for product innovation; Process innovation; Concurrent engineering; Business process re-engineering - BPR; Reverse engineering; Value chain model & process innovation
A global revolution is in full swing, and the Sustainable Brands Conference is where sustainability, brand and innovation leaders gather to learn, share and strategize to shape the future. SB'12 was the largest gathering to date, a kinetic convergence of innovators from more than 150 companies from around the world finding new ways to create monumental disruption in traditional models of commerce and consumption.
This document discusses developing climate-smart crop strategies through "zoom-ins", or in-depth analyses of specific crop/region combinations. It asks questions about how to determine which zoom-ins to focus on, funding, and integrating local projects. Key points discussed include the need to integrate information on institutional priorities, climate change vulnerability and potential gains, while considering practical issues. The document also discusses how breeders can participate in climate adaptation research and tapping existing climate modeling work from research centers.
The document discusses the woody biomass industry and projections for growth in the European pellet market. It notes that the pulp and paper industry in the southern US is holding steady due to demand for pulp. However, reduced planting and thinning of pine forests has led to dwindling pulpwood inventories that will impact both existing pulp mills and new bioenergy projects. The future may see increased prices for pulpwood and forest residue as a valuable feedstock.
The Solar Future DE - Bruce Sohn "By 2013, will it have been possible to achi...Paul van der Linden
This document discusses First Solar's strategy to transition solar markets to sustainability. It aims to reduce solar electricity costs through technology development, operational excellence and scale. First Solar uses price adaptive business models and partnerships to expand markets. Its goal is to become the low cost provider of solar electricity globally and maintain financial discipline to ensure superior returns. First Solar also discusses growth opportunities in transitioning solar markets in regions like the US, India, China and opportunities in sustainable markets by 2020-2050 time frame.
Wriston Elastomers Private Limited is an Indian company established in 1966 that specializes in precision molded elastomeric seals. It operates mixing and molding facilities near Chennai, India with modern equipment. The company obtained ISO/TS16949 certification in 2004 and became part of the Bharath Technologies group in 2012. Its vision is to be a market leader for OE seals through quality, service, technology, and commitment to customers and employees.
This document discusses Epidure-MF and CF, which are biocompatible and hydrophilic polymers derived from 2-
methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC). MPC polymers form hydrogels on textile fibers that provide properties like
skin protection, antistatic effects, and durability against washing. Testing shows the textiles modified with Epidure-MF and CF
inhibit skin irritation and support the skin's natural healing process. The polymers also help protect hair from damage during
processes like bleaching or shampooing.
This document discusses Epidure-MF and CF, which are biocompatible and hydrophilic polymers derived from 2-
methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC). MPC polymers form hydrogels on textile fibers that provide properties like
skin protection, antistatic effects, and durability against washing. Testing shows the textiles modified with Epidure-MF and CF
inhibit skin irritation and support the skin's natural healing process. The polymers also help protect hair from damage during
processes like bleaching or shampooing.
How Brazil Can Capitalize on Cellulosic EthanolJohan Melchior
- Brazil is well positioned to capitalize on cellulosic ethanol production due to its large availability of bagasse (sugar cane residue) as a feedstock, existing sugar cane processing infrastructure, and the economic benefits of co-locating cellulosic ethanol facilities with sugar mills.
- Co-locating cellulosic ethanol production provides significant project cost savings over building standalone facilities and reduces land use needs for ethanol production in Brazil.
- Commercialization of cellulosic ethanol is accelerating, with several plants expected to begin construction in 2011, helped by technological advances like Novozymes' new Cellic CTec2 enzyme.
Unilever sustainable living plan and allanblackia projectekuenzi
The document discusses Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan and the Allanblackia project. The Sustainable Living Plan aims to halve the environmental footprint of Unilever's products while helping over 1 billion people improve their health and well-being by 2020. As part of sourcing raw materials sustainably, Unilever formed a partnership over 10 years ago to develop the Allanblackia tree for its oil. The partnership involves over 30 organizations and aims to create a long-term sustainable business in Africa producing over 10,000 tons of Allanblackia oil annually by 2020 to meet market needs. Achievements so far include planting trials in Ghana, Tanzania, and Nigeria, but challenges remain in fully establishing infrastructure and up
1. The document discusses various types of agrotextiles used in agriculture, horticulture, and animal husbandry to control the environment for plants and animals. Some examples provided include shade nets, crop covers, windshields, weed control discs, and bird protection nets.
2. Agrotextiles are made from natural fibers like jute, wool, and coir as well as synthetic fibers like polyolefin, nylon, and polyester. Woven, non-woven, knitted and other constructions are used depending on the application.
3. Agrotextiles provide benefits like preventing soil drying, reducing pesticide and herbicide use, improving crop yields, and controlling climate and
Innovation and Commercial Success in BioRenewables: Energy, PlasticsSustainable Brands
Presentation on renewable energy, plastics, and solvents from bio-based sources.
Learn more about Sustainable Business & Design at: http://sustainablelifemedia.com
RadiciGroup is an Italian chemicals company that operates worldwide in chemicals, plastics, synthetic fibers, and nonwovens. It has over 3,200 employees and annual sales of over 1 billion euros. RadiciGroup has control over the entire polyester production chain from raw materials to yarn. It produces a range of polyester yarns, including recycled, biobased, and specialty yarns, which are used in applications like apparel, automotive, home goods, and more. RadiciGroup is committed to sustainability and has integrated sustainability guidelines and certifications into its operations.
Can a company be successful & environmentally friendlyivanbaiges
1) A company can be successful and environmentally friendly by pursuing ecoefficiency throughout its operations and supply chain, from material sourcing to product end of life.
2) Traditional business models focus only on internal operations, but considering the full life cycle from cradle to grave, including upstream and downstream impacts, allows for greater environmental action and impact reduction.
3) Designing products for disassembly, reuse, recycling and reduced material and energy use enables companies to reduce costs and environmental impacts over the long run.
Can a company be successful & environmentally friendlyivanbaiges
1) A company can be successful and environmentally friendly by pursuing ecoefficiency throughout its operations and supply chain, from material sourcing to product end of life.
2) Traditional business models focus only on internal operations, but considering the full life cycle from cradle to grave, including upstream and downstream impacts, allows for greater environmental action and impact reduction.
3) Designing products for disassembly, reuse, recycling and reduced material and energy use enables companies to reduce costs and environmental impacts over the long run.
VizLite dual technology tape incorporates phosphorescent material that absorbs light and continues emitting photons after the light source is removed, providing afterglow for up to 8 hours. It combines retroreflectivity that returns light to its source and photoluminescence that absorbs UV energy and emits light in low-light conditions. This gives clothing 3 levels of visibility: fluorescence, reflectivity, and phosphorescence without needing an external power source.
The document discusses various environmental facts related to trees and plastic waste. It notes that there are currently around 60 billion trees in the world, but 300 million trees are cut down each year while only 30 million new trees are planted. 60 million trees are used each year to produce wooden transport pallets. At the current rate, there will be no trees left in the world within 200 years. The document also discusses the large amount of plastic waste produced annually and proposes a solution to produce transport pallets from recycled plastic waste to help address the problems of deforestation and plastic pollution.
The document reviews farm household models that examine food security, climate change adaptation, risk management, and mitigation. It finds that while many models use climate as an input, few study climate change adaptation or mitigation specifically. It also finds that risk is often narrowly defined and that incorporating uncertainty is important for climate applications. Overall, the techniques exist to assess farm systems and climate change, but have not been combined meaningfully for decision-makers at the farm level.
The document summarizes Tony Simons' speech on trees and forests for a healthy world by 2030. It discusses the challenges of population growth, inequality, and food insecurity. It presents paradigms for balancing ecological functioning, productivity, and income stability. It looks ahead to opportunities for knowledge transfer regarding agroforestry, forest definitions, and an integrated view of trees within and outside forests.
Novamont is an Italian company that pioneered the development of bioplastics using renewable resources. It developed Mater-Bi, a range of biodegradable and compostable plastic films made from starch. Novamont has since expanded its product range with Origo-Bi, a new family of polyesters made from vegetable oils that have improved technical performance compared to Mater-Bi. Novamont remains focused on research and development to create tailored bioplastic materials with environmental and economic benefits over traditional plastics.
Protein-fortified food & beverage market opportunities
Protein is a macronutrient that is growing in appeal and demand in today’s market. Consumers of all ages recognize its benefits in muscle health, weight and energy management and actively seek it in the foods they buy. Here some facts about proteins
Probiotic-fortified food & beverage market opportunities
Probiotics are live microorganisms, or “friendly bacteria,” similar to organisms that occur naturally in the digestive tract. These good bacteria have been clinically shown to support digestive and immune health, and have been linked to other emerging benefits. Here some facts about probiotics
Fiber-fortified food & beverage market opportunities
In today’s market, fiber enjoys strong awareness and is perceived as a nutrient that
delivers important health benefits. However, many consumers don’t get enough fiber
in their diets. With high dietary need and positive awareness, demand for high-fiber
fortified foods and beverages will remain strong.
Here some facts about dietary fibers
From Beverage innovation summit 2015. Jean Heggie, Strategic Marketing Lead and George Rakes,
Senior Technical Fellow. Both from DuPont Nutrition & Health share the choices and challenges involved in successfully formulating ready-to-drink protein beverages
AFN Chile_Ingredientes Saludables para el Control de Peso y Saciedad.pdfDuPont
El documento habla sobre ingredientes saludables para el control de peso y la saciedad. Explica que la proteína de soya y la polidextrosa de soya ayudan con el control de peso y la saciedad. También discute sobre el aumento de la obesidad a nivel global y las estrategias para promover una dieta saludable como aumentar el consumo de proteínas y fibra.
Taking a look at DuPont Today
At DuPont, we have a great story to tell.
DuPont has evolved since 1802 – from a gunpowder mill in Delaware to an integrated Science company.
We work collaboratively to find sustainable, innovative, market-driven solutions to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges, making lives better, safer, and healthier for people everywhere.
Our Core Values -- safety and health, environmental stewardship, respect for people and highest ethical behavior -- are the bedrock for everything we do, and set the tone for how we operate our business around the globe.
Our company employs over 60,000 people in more than 90 countries working collaboratively to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges.
Take a further look at DuPont Today
DuPont Chair & CEO Ellen Kullman: Prepared Remarks for MIT 2014 CommencementDuPont
In her 2014 commencement remarks to 2,700 graduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), DuPont Chair & CEO Ellen Kullman shared thoughts on how being an engineer has prepared her to solve problems. "I approach the problem like the mechanical engineer I am," Kullman said. "I think about how heat, light and water can make a difference. It's a focus that I have used throughout my career and life, and I want to share it with you."
Food Policy Impacts Economic Growth in NigeriaDuPont
DuPont Advisory Committee on Agricultural Innovation and Productivity: Nigeria successfully invested in its agriculture infrastructure through market-driven initiatives
Food security in focus: Sub-Saharan Africa 2014 is
an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report
commissioned by DuPont. The report discusses the
major findings in the 2014 Global Food Security
Index (GFSI) for the 28 countries of Sub-Saharan
Africa included in the index.
Food security in focus: North America 2014 is an
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report
commissioned by DuPont. The report discusses the
major findings in the 2014 Global Food Security
Index (GFSI) for the three countries of North
America included in the index.
Food security in focus: Europe 2014 is an Economist
Intelligence Unit (EIU) report commissioned by
DuPont. The report discusses the major findings in
the 2014 Global Food Security Index (GFSI)) for the
26 countries of Europe included in the index.
Food Security in Focus: Central & South AmericaDuPont
Food security in focus: Central & South America 2014
is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report
commissioned by DuPont. The report discusses the
major findings in the 2014 Global Food Security
Index (GFSI) for the 18 countries of Central &
South America included in the index.
Food security in focus: Asia & Pacific 2014 is an
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report
commissioned by DuPont. The report discusses the
major findings in the 2014 Global Food Security
Index (GFSI) for the 22 countries of Asia & Pacific
included in the index.
Midiendo el Progreso General de la Seguridad Alimentaria y NutricionalDuPont
Comité Consultivo de DuPont para Innovación & Productividad Agrícolas: el informe de 2014 evalúa los avances y desafíos globales en seguridad alimentaria y nutricional; agricultores, agricultura sostenible, capacitación de mujeres campesinas.
Medindo o Progresso Global em Segurança Alimentar e NutricionalDuPont
Comitê Consultivo da DuPont para Inovação & Produtividade na Agricultura: o relatório de 2014 avalia os progressos e desafios globais em segurança alimentar e nutricional; agricultores, agricultura sustentável, capacitação das mulheres no campo, treinamento.
DuPont Advisory Committee on Agriculture Innovation and Productivity Fact SheetDuPont
DuPont Advisory Committee on Agricultural Innovation and Productivity focuses food and nutrition security issues; targeting collaboration and farmer’s role
DuPont Advisory Committee on Agricultural Innovation and Productivity published The Role of Technology in Agriculture in 2013. The report focuses on meeting global food demand through science-based innovation that reaches farmers around the world.
Measuring Global Progress Toward Food and Nutrition SecurityDuPont
DuPont Advisory Committee on Agricultural Innovation and Productivity: 2014 report focuses on global food and nutrition security; farmers, sustainable agriculture, empowering women, training.
"$10 thousand per minute of downtime: architecture, queues, streaming and fin...Fwdays
Direct losses from downtime in 1 minute = $5-$10 thousand dollars. Reputation is priceless.
As part of the talk, we will consider the architectural strategies necessary for the development of highly loaded fintech solutions. We will focus on using queues and streaming to efficiently work and manage large amounts of data in real-time and to minimize latency.
We will focus special attention on the architectural patterns used in the design of the fintech system, microservices and event-driven architecture, which ensure scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency of the entire system.
How information systems are built or acquired puts information, which is what they should be about, in a secondary place. Our language adapted accordingly, and we no longer talk about information systems but applications. Applications evolved in a way to break data into diverse fragments, tightly coupled with applications and expensive to integrate. The result is technical debt, which is re-paid by taking even bigger "loans", resulting in an ever-increasing technical debt. Software engineering and procurement practices work in sync with market forces to maintain this trend. This talk demonstrates how natural this situation is. The question is: can something be done to reverse the trend?
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 .
From Natural Language to Structured Solr Queries using LLMsSease
This talk draws on experimentation to enable AI applications with Solr. One important use case is to use AI for better accessibility and discoverability of the data: while User eXperience techniques, lexical search improvements, and data harmonization can take organizations to a good level of accessibility, a structural (or “cognitive” gap) remains between the data user needs and the data producer constraints.
That is where AI – and most importantly, Natural Language Processing and Large Language Model techniques – could make a difference. This natural language, conversational engine could facilitate access and usage of the data leveraging the semantics of any data source.
The objective of the presentation is to propose a technical approach and a way forward to achieve this goal.
The key concept is to enable users to express their search queries in natural language, which the LLM then enriches, interprets, and translates into structured queries based on the Solr index’s metadata.
This approach leverages the LLM’s ability to understand the nuances of natural language and the structure of documents within Apache Solr.
The LLM acts as an intermediary agent, offering a transparent experience to users automatically and potentially uncovering relevant documents that conventional search methods might overlook. The presentation will include the results of this experimental work, lessons learned, best practices, and the scope of future work that should improve the approach and make it production-ready.
In the realm of cybersecurity, offensive security practices act as a critical shield. By simulating real-world attacks in a controlled environment, these techniques expose vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them. This proactive approach allows manufacturers to identify and fix weaknesses, significantly enhancing system security.
This presentation delves into the development of a system designed to mimic Galileo's Open Service signal using software-defined radio (SDR) technology. We'll begin with a foundational overview of both Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and the intricacies of digital signal processing.
The presentation culminates in a live demonstration. We'll showcase the manipulation of Galileo's Open Service pilot signal, simulating an attack on various software and hardware systems. This practical demonstration serves to highlight the potential consequences of unaddressed vulnerabilities, emphasizing the importance of offensive security practices in safeguarding critical infrastructure.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
[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:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
"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
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
"Scaling RAG Applications to serve millions of users", Kevin GoedeckeFwdays
How we managed to grow and scale a RAG application from zero to thousands of users in 7 months. Lessons from technical challenges around managing high load for LLMs, RAGs and Vector databases.
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
ScyllaDB is making a major architecture shift. We’re moving from vNode replication to tablets – fragments of tables that are distributed independently, enabling dynamic data distribution and extreme elasticity. In this keynote, ScyllaDB co-founder and CTO Avi Kivity explains the reason for this shift, provides a look at the implementation and roadmap, and shares how this shift benefits ScyllaDB users.
Biomedical Knowledge Graphs for Data Scientists and Bioinformaticians
Success factors for Innovation
1. Success factors for innovation
Meeting future needs for food, energy and protection
Douglas Muzyka, PhD
Senior Vice President and Chief Science & Technology
Officer, DuPont