Day: September 17, 2024

BARCELONA, Professor Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, a Malaysian Scientist who is based in the United Kingdom has received the prestigious ESMO Award for Translational Research during the Opening Ceremony at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024 held recently in Barcelona, Spain. The award is presented to candidates who are internationally recognized for outstanding achievements in translational research, and Prof Serena has become the first Malaysian to receive the said award. Prof Serena is being recognized for her outstanding research in the field of mutational signatures and her efforts to accelerate the translation of mutational signatures into the clinical

KUALA LUMPUR, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, today received a courtesy call from former Indonesian Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla at Istana Negara. A post on His Majesty’s Facebook page stated that the meeting lasted almost half an hour. Also present was the Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara Datuk Zailani Hashim. Jusuf Kalla has served his country as vice president twice – from 2004 to 2009 during the administration of President Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and from 2014 to 2019 with President Joko Widodo.

KUALA LUMPUR, In the effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), concrete measures must be implemented in every area, including parliamentary constituencies, said Social and Economic Research Initiative (SERI) chairman Nurul Izzah Anwar. She emphasised that uncontrolled development and extreme climate changes require serious attention. ‘When development occurs without proper climate adaptation mechanisms, it can lead to floods that devastate property, affecting all states. ‘Communities need to be reminded that every development should be accompanied by climate adaptation measures so that when it rains, the water does not get blocked and eventually flow into our homes,’ she told reporters

CHICAGO, NielsenIQ (NIQ), the world’s leading global consumer intelligence company, announced two breakthroughs in artificial intelligence that further validate its leadership position. BASES AI and the CPG industry’s first large language model will help NIQ clients harness the power of responsible AI to drive innovation and grow market share. NIQ will also be speaking about AI trends in consumer buying intelligence and innovation at a panel on Thursday, September 19th at 2:20pm ET titled ‘Does AI Know What We Truly Want? How Synthetic Respondents Are Disrupting Product Innovation.’ BASES AI is a platform that uses consumer-permissioned data on consumption patterns

SINGAPORE, Saviynt, a leading provider of cloud-native identity and governance platform solutions, is excited to announce its Converge Global Tour 2024 Singapore event. Scheduled for September 20, join Saviynt executives, customers, partners, and industry analysts to explore its converged platform, The Identity Cloud, and the latest innovations in identity security, including the newly released Saviynt Intelligence Suite. As digital transformation accelerates across the APAC region, the demand for robust cybersecurity solutions is more critical than ever. A recent report by Mordor Intelligence highlights that the APAC cybersecurity market will grow from $30.45 billion in 2021 to $76.19 billion by 2026,