The international Tampere Smart City Expo & Conference offers human-centric smart city development and the latest ICT solutions June 6–7 2023 at Nokia Arena, Tampere, Finland. Seeking to uncover the ultimate urban metaverse, the event provides the most current and industry-leading program. Media accreditation for the event is now open.
The Expo shares key players in the fields, topical speeches and panels, as well as rewards the number one factors in smart city development and digitalisation. The Conference will focus on topics such as Web3 technology, sustainability, AI and mobility.
Smart and human-centric event offers an inviting program
The keynote speeches at the Main Stage of the Expo will be given by Belinda Gerdt, Global Marketing Lead at Philips, and Christina Yan Zhang, CEO at the Metaverse Institute. Gerdt has built a successful international career in some of the world’s leading technology firms and has almost twenty years of experience of developing digital customer-oriented businesses. In her speech on Wednesday Belinda inspires to think big and immerses to How digitalization has changed the customer experience. Metaverse pioneer Yan Zhang has a 16 years’ experience turning forward-thinking ideas into ultra-high growth business with global impact. Her speech The Use of Digital Twin and Metaverse to Build Smart Cities for A Sustainable Future will be experienced on Tuesday.
Microsoft Finland opens possibilities on how artificial intelligence will affect work life and smart city development with their Expo floor The opportunity is yours to lead the AI transformation. The City of Tampere awards the annual Technical Creativity Prize on Tuesday. The recognition is given to a person or working group from Tampere who have applied technical expertise in an innovative way. SmartRail Ecosystem and Lyyli Living Lab tram offers an overview of urban mobility, with perspectives on ecosystem visions, research and collaborations. BRiDG3 Web3 Summit at Tampere Smart City Expo & Conference shares future insights into Web3, the Metaverse, blockchain and DAOs. The BRiDG3 Summit commences with a special address by H.E. Amna Mahmoud Mohammed Fikri, the UAE Non-Resident Ambassador to Finland, highlighting the UAE's role as a leading Web3 hub. The Summit also features distinguished international speakers like Dr. Marwan Alzarouni and Amanda Cassat.
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Urban Metaverse Deep Dives Beyond the Abstract
Tampere Smart City Expo & Conference offers human-centric smart city development and innovative ICT technology. Containing the latest digital solutions, the urban metaverse deep dives beyond the abstract, where the ideas are taken to action, perspectives on Digitally Smart, Urban Intelligence and Responsible ColLAB. The event emphasizes the importance of international connections and provides a platform for networking among top experts.
The Expo, including the program on the main stage, at Nokia Arena is open and free of charge for all registrants. Conference and BRiDG3 Summit passes can be bought either together or separately.
The Tampere Smart City Expo & Conference is organised by the City of Tampere, Business Tampere, and the Tampere Trade Fairs Group. The event is produced by the Tampere Trade Fairs Group. Tampere Smart City Expo & Conference is geared to smart urban development networks, companies, and ecosystems to the ICT sector, municipalities, cities, and educational institutions and to the field’s specialists and future experts.
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Manama, Bahrain -- (ARAB NEWSWIRE) -- The ever-evolving online landscape continues to provide new opportunities for wildlife traffickers on a virtual marketplace where chances of detection are low and profits from selling endangered wildlife can be extremely high.
The challenge is that the Internet and social networking sites facilitate the illegal trade in wildlife and its product—including but not limited to ivory products, lion and cheetah cubs, apes, parrots, birds of prey and reptile skins—through online platform advertising live animals, birds or their products to sellers and buyers. Moreover, these online platforms provide direct sellers and buyers with dedicated pages and groups to traffic wildlife, feeding larger global networks. The ease facilitated though electronic payment platforms is encouraging people to trade in wildlife especially with the encryption tools that allows these people to remain anonymous.
In order to limit the spread of illegal online wildlife trade, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare), in cooperation with the Supreme Council for the Environment in Bahrain, is implementing a regional training workshop on combating wildlife cybercrime on 14-16 June 2022 in Manama, Bahrain. Conducted by IFAW, with technical assistance from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), this workshop will train participants on methods to track online activities and report accounts used to illegally trade in wildlife.
“Distinguishing between legal and illegal wildlife trade is particularly challenging online – especially given the huge volume of daily transactions,” said Elsayed Mohamed, IFAW’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. He continued, “There are already many threats on wildlife and their natural habitats, endangered animals cannot survive further pressure coming from the online market which is open 24/7”.
The capacity of wildlife law enforcement authorities in investigating these accounts online must be built to research and audit online accounts violating the law. Moreover, social media platforms and e-commerce sites should adopt policies to combat illegal wildlife trade to support law enforcement agencies responsible for preventing illegal wildlife trade.
The workshop was inaugurated by His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Mubarak bin Dina, Minister of Oil and Environment and Special Envoy for Climate Affairs, who indicated in his speech that "with rapid technical development, electronic commerce has imposed itself on society, including electronic commerce in endangered species, which has contributed to the prosperity of this species. The Internet has become a major gateway for advertising wildlife, and some have exploited this technical development for illegal trade in endangered species, so it is necessary to address this illegal trade.
In addition, his Excellency stressed the importance of concerted efforts between all partners and stakeholders in order to strengthen measures and procedures to combat wildlife cybercrime, through tightening control over content, and an immediate response to address these violations. His Excellency also reviewed the efforts made by the Kingdom of Bahrain toward combating the illegal trade of endangered species starting with the accession of the Kingdom of Bahrain to CITES in 2012 until the issuance of Environmental Law No. (7) Of 2022, through the national law on regulating and controlling international trade in endangered species.
This regional training workshop is the first of its kind in the region and includes participants from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan.
Manama, Bahrain — (ARAB NEWSWIRE) —
تستمر الحالة الإلكترونية، التي تتطور باستمرار، في توفير فرص جديدة للمتاجرين بالحياة الفطرية (البرية). هؤلاء التجار يستخدمون الأسواق الافتراضية حيث تكون فرص ضبط تعاملاتهم غير القانونية منخفضة بينما يمكن أن تكون الأرباح عالية للغاية من الإتجار بالحياة الفطرية المهددة بالانقراض.
يتمثل التحدي في التغلب على هذه المشكلة في أن الإنترنت ومواقع شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي تُسَهل التجارة غير المشروعة في الحياة الفطرية ومنتجاتها - على سبيل المثال لا الحصر منتجات العاج وأشبال الأسود والفهد الصياد وأنواع القردة وطيور الببغاوات والطيور الجارحة وجلود الزواحف - من خلال الاعلان عن الحيوانات الحية والطيور أو منتجاتها عبر منصة ما على الإنترنت لتسهيل التواصل بين البائعين والمشترين. علاوة على ذلك، توجه هذه المنصات الالكترونية البائعين والمشترين إلى صفحات ومجموعات مخصصة للإتجار بالحياة الفطرية، وتزويد الشبكات العالمية الأكبر. إن اليسر في التعامل الذي يتم من خلال منصات الدفع الإلكترونية تشجع الناس على التجارة في الحياة الفطرية خاصة باستخدام أدوات التشفير التي تتيح لهؤلاء الأشخاص عدم الكشف عن هويتهم والمحافظة على سريتهم.
من أجل الحد من انتشار التجارة غير المشروعة في الحياة الفطرية عبر الإنترنت، ينفذ الصندوق الدولي للرفق بالحيوان IFAW بالتعاون مع المجلس الأعلى للبيئة في البحرين ورشة عمل تدريبية إقليمية حول مكافحة الجرائم الإلكترونية للحياة الفطرية خلال الفترة 14-16 يونيو 2022 في المنامة، البحرين. ستعمل هذه الورشة التي يقوم بها الـ IFAW بمساعدة فنية من وكالة التحقيقات البيئية (EIA) على تدريب المشاركين على طرائق تتبع الحسابات والأنشطة الالكترونية التي تتاجر بشكل غير مشروع بالحياة الفطرية والإبلاغ عنها.
ذكر الدكتور السيد محمد، المدير الإقليمي لمنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا في IFAW: "إن التمييز بين التجارة المشروعة وغير المشروعة في الحياة الفطرية يمثل تحديًا خاصًا على الإنترنت - لا سيما بالنظر إلى الحجم الهائل من المعاملات اليومية". وتابع: "هناك بالفعل العديد من التهديدات والضغوطات على الحياة الفطرية وموائلها الطبيعية، ولا يمكن للحيوانات المهددة بالانقراض أن تتحمل المزيد من الضغوط القادمة من سوق الإنترنت المفتوح على مدار الساعة طوال أيام الأسبوع".
يجب بناء القدرات والكفاءات لدى سلطات إنفاذ قانون حماية الحياة الفطرية من أجل البحث والتدقيق في هذه الحسابات الالكترونية. ومع ذلك، يجب أن تتبنى منصات وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي ومواقع التجارة الإلكترونية سياسات تمنع التجارة غير المشروعة في الأحياء الفطرية لدعم وكالات إنفاذ القانون المسؤولة عن منع التجارة غير المشروعة في الحياة الفطرية.
افتتح الورشة سعادة الدكتور محمد بن مبارك بن دينه وزير النفط والبيئة المبعوث الخاص لشؤون المناخ الذي أشار في كلمته إلى أنه "مع التطور التقني السريع فرضت التجارة الالكترونية نفسها على المجتمع، ومن بينها التجارة الالكترونية في الأنواع الفطرية المهددة بالانقراض، مما ساهم في ازدهار هذا النوع من التجارة، وأصبح الانترنت بوابة رئيسية للإعلان عن تجارة الحياة الفطرية. ولقد استغل البعض هذه التطور التقني للإتجار غير القانوني بالأنواع الفطرية المهددة بالانقراض، فكان لابد من التصدي لهذه التجارة غير القانونية.
مؤكدا سعادته على "أهمية تظافر الجهود بين كافة الشركاء والمعنيين من أجل تعزيز التدابير والإجراءات لمكافحة التجارة غير القانونية في الحياة الفطرية عبر الانترنت، و ذلك من خلال تشديد الرقابة على المحتوى، والاستجابة الفورية للتصدي لهذه المخالفات" ، كما استعرض سعادته الجهود التي بذلتها مملكة البحرين تجاه مكافحة التجارة غير القانونية للأنواع الفطرية المهددة بالانقراض بدءا من انضمام مملكة البحرين لاتفاقية سايتس في العام 2012 حتى صدور قانون البيئة رقم (7) لسنة 2022، مرورا بالقانون الوطني المعني بتنظيم ومراقبة التجارة الدولية في الأنواع الفطرية المهددة بالانقراض.
يُشار إلى أن الورشة الإقليمية هي الأول من نوعها في المنطقة وتضم مشاركين من البحرين والكويت وسلطنة عُمان والمملكة العربية السعودية والإمارات العربية المتحدة ومصر والأردن.
The second largest industrial subcontracting trade fair in Europe, and the largest industrial trade fair in Finland, Alihankinta and AlihankintaHEAT will be organized at Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre on 27–29th September 2022. The theme of the event will be Industry Appeal, Needs and Experts. The exhibition stands for this autumn's Alihankinta Subcontracting Trade Fair have been sold out, which means that approximately 1,000 exhibitors will attend this international event covering all exhibition halls of the Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre. The Subcontracting Trade Fair 2022 partner for Alihankinta is Wärtsilä Finland Oy.
After two years of exceptional circumstances, everyone is looking forward to Alihankinta and AlihankintaHEAT 2022 with special enthusiasm. The event will be tightly structured around current themes, meaningful encounters and latest solutions.
– This autumn looks bright, and we are looking forward to having the fair. Pandemic times may have changed many practices, but people's need for face-to-face encounters has not stopped. This is why so many still attend trade fairs and other events; just look at Alihankinta that has been sold out. In addition to pre-booked appointments, live events enable random encounters and unexpected collaboration opportunities. This is not possible via Teams, for example. Of course, being together is an important value in and of itself. Our goal is to make this autumn's Alihankinta and AlihankintaHEAT event a place for meaningful encounters and a three-day industrial festival, where the famous positive subcontracting spirit of Tampere is ever-present, says Tanja Järvensivu, PR and Partnership Director of Tampere Trade Fairs Group and Project Manager for Alihankinta.
Industry Appeal, Needs and Experts as event theme – Wärtsilä Finland Oy as the Subcontracting Trade Fair partner
The theme of Alihankinta and AlihankintaHEAT 2022 will be Industry Appeal, Needs and Experts. The theme will showcase the current and future needs and prospects of industry on a broad scale. Debate-arousing perspectives include the appeal of industry and how to attract skilled workers, the importance of a new kind of cooperation, and challenges and changes arising from the volatile global situation.
On Tuesday 27th Sept, the programme will focus on the theme "Industry Appeal, Needs and Experts". The first day's programme includes the awarding of Subcontractor of the Year and Main Supplier of the Year by Finnish Association of Purchasing and Logistics LOGY. On Wednesday 28th Sept, the programme is titled "Industry Future and Current Challenges", discussing e.g., the effects of the Ukraine crisis, industrial supply shortages, cybersecurity and preparedness, and future changes in industry. Thursday 29th Sept will be "Shapers of the Future Thursday", with a content that highlights the appeal of industry, relevant topics for youth and students, and the importance of collaboration between schools, universities and companies.
The Subcontracting Trade Fair 2022 partner for Alihankinta 2022 will be Wärtsilä Finland Oy. Wärtsilä is a leading international supplier of innovative technologies and life cycle solutions in the marine and energy markets. In 2021, Wärtsilä's turnover was over EUR 4.8 billion.
Wärtsilä's Vesa Riihimäki, Ensto's Marjo Miettinen and Engineering Academy's Peer Haataja as theme partners
As in previous years, Alihankinta has assigned three esteemed industry experts as theme partners. The theme partner from Wärtsilä, the main partner of the fair, is Vesa Riihimäki, President in charge of production, power plants and procurement, who also leads the Sustainable Technology Hub project. The second theme partner is Chairman of the Board at Ensto, Marjo Miettinen. The third theme partner is Peer Haataja, CEO of Tampereen Teollisuusoppilaitos Oy and head of the new Engineering Academy.
Subcontracting Trade Fair Alihankinta presents the metal, electronics, plastics and rubber industries, industrial ICT solutions, as well as design and consulting within these fields. During normal years, the event has attracted over a thousand exhibitors from twenty countries and about 18,000 trade fair visitors. The fair is organized by Tampere Trade Fairs Group in collaboration with Technology Industries of Finland, Rubber Manufacturers' Association of Finland RMAF, Finnish Association of Purchasing and Logistics LOGY, and Finnish Plastics Industries Federation FIPIF. The fair has taken place in Tampere since 1988.
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Muscat, Oman (ARAB NEWSWIRE) – Shark populations continue to decline due to unsustainable shark catch practices, including shark finning. Hence, as many countries begin to prioritize the importance of marine life protection and fishing regulations, Oman takes the first step to outline science-based shark catch assessments to further regulate shark catch and trade in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES), with the support of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
In the Middle East and North Africa region, Oman will be the first country to carry a study in the direction of outlining a science based shark catch assessment known as “CITES Non-Detrimental Findings” (NDFs). Funded by the Shark Conservation Fund, and with the technical support of Save our Seas Foundation, the three-day workshop will start on 17 May in Muscat, Oman.
What are CITES NDFs?
CITES is a convention regulating the international trade in endangered species between countries, which are referred to as “parties”.
To regulate and systemize the international trade process, CITES designated “Appendix II” list for species which are allowed to be internationally traded for commercial purposes on the condition that it is regulated and its export will not be detrimental to the survival of that species in their natural habitats.
The decision on whether or not the export is detrimental will be determined by the Scientific Authority of the State of export based on the NDF assessment.
NDF is carried out through data collection, which is the core purpose of the NDF. Therefore, to complete the NDF, the data collected must comprise the biological characteristics of the species—breeding period, species count and survival, the pressure on the species in terms of catch and trade, and finally the existing laws concerning its protection.
What is the challenge in outlining NDFs?
Referred to as “non-detriment findings”, these are intended to ensure that exports of individual listed animals and their products and derivatives, have not harmed wild populations or ecosystems which they have come from.
Because the Scientific Authority of each CITES Party is responsible for making NDFs and determining how to do so, the Conference of the Parties (CoP) has not produced binding technical criteria for undertaking NDFs—in other words, NDFs are specifically tailored for each country and it is the countries responsibility to undertake it. Therefore, considerable effort has been made by some CITES Parties, inter-governmental organisations (IGOs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the CITES Secretariat and the CoP to develop non-binding general and taxon-specific guidance for making NDFs. This is where IFAW steps in.
IFAW in cooperation with the Environment Authority, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Recourses, will provide an outline to collect data and complete the NDFs assessment for the most caught shark species in Oman: the silky and bigeye thresher sharks. Participants including local authorities as well as on-ground expertise such as the National Marine Research Centre, and the Environment Society of Oman, will be participating in the workshop and take part in completing the NDFs.
Why are NDFs important?
In the Arabian Seas alone, there are more than 30 different species of shark, and the majority need protection since three-quarters of the species studied are now threated with extinction according to IUCN criteria.
“To be able to protect species, we must know about them” says Akram Eissa Darwich, IFAW’s MENA Program Manager. He continues, “Undertaking NDFs in Oman will support the authorities in making the right decisions concerning trade which will ultimately save them”.
Undoubtedly, building capacity in this scientific route is a necessary step to combat wildlife trafficking, and those who will participate in this novice process will be fundamental in improving the national laws that regulate trade according to CITES.
Steps forward?
IFAW is encouraging other countries to follow lead and begin working on their NDFs which will enable them to develop their national legislation based on scientific research that will ultimately protect more animals that are endemic to the country, and is considered to many, an invaluable national treasure.
Moreover, IFAW is highlighting the importance of neighbouring countries working together as many of the species are migratory and their protection would be impossible without the collective effort of the countries and their unity in the conservation mission.
ENDS
مسقط، عُمان (17-19 مايو 2022) Muscat, Oman (ARAB NEWSWIRE)
تستمر أعداد مجموعات أسماك القرش بالتناقص بسبب الممارسات غير المستدامة لصيد أسماك القرش، بما في ذلك الصيد لأجل زعانف سمك القرش. ولذلك بدأت العديد من البلدان في إعطاء الأولوية لأهمية حماية الحياة البحرية وتنظيم صيد الأسماك، حيث تتخذ عُمان الخطوة الأولى لتحديد التقييمات المتعلقة بصيد أسماك القرش بالاستناد على العلم من أجل تنظيم صيد وتجارة أسماك القرش وفقًا لاتفاقية التجارة الدولية بأنواع الحيوانات والنباتات البرية المهددة بالانقراض (السايتس: CITES)، بدعم من الصندوق الدولي للرفق بالحيوان (الأيفو: (IFAW.
ستكون عُمان أول دولة، في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، تجري دراسة من أجل تحديد التقييمات المتعلقة بصيد أسماك القرش بالاستناد على العلم والمعروفة باسم "دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع وفقًا لاتفاقية سايتس (NDFs)". ستبدأ ورشة العمل في 17 مايو في مسقط، عُمان وتستمر ثلاثة أيام، وهي بتمويل من الصندوق الدولي للحفاظ على أسماك القرش، وبدعم فني من مؤسسة حماية بحارنا (Save Our Seas Foundation).
ما هي دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع وفقاُ لاتفاقية سايتس CITES NDFs؟
السايتس هي اتفاقية دولية تنظم التجارة الدولية بالأنواع المهددة بالانقراض فيما بين الدول، والتي يشار إليها باسم "الأطراف". لقد حددت السايتس، من أجل تنظيم عملية التجارة الدولية، قائمة "الملحق الثاني" والتي تضم الأنواع المسموح تداولها دوليًا للأغراض التجارية بشرط أن يتم تنظيم هذا التداول التجاري وأن يتم التأكد من أن تصديرها لن يضر ببقاء هذا النوع في بيئته الطبيعية. سيتم إتخاذ القرار فيما إذا كان التصدير ضارًا أم لا بالنوع من قبل الهيئة العلمية للاتفاقية في دولة التصدير بناءً على تقييم دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع NDF.
يتم تنفيذ دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع من خلال جمع البيانات، وهو الغرض الأساسي من هذه الدراسات. من أجل ذلك، ولاستكمال دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع، يجب أن تشتمل البيانات التي تم جمعها على الخصائص البيولوجية للنوع المدروس: فترة التكاثر، تعداد وبقاء النوع، والضغوط على النوع من حيث حجم الصيد والتجارة، وأخيرًا القوانين الحالية المتعلقة بحمايته.
ما هو التحدي في تحديد دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع NDFs؟
تهدف هذه الدراسات إلى ضمان أن الصادرات من الحيوانات المدرجة ومنتجاتها ومشتقاتها لم تسبب الضرر بالمجموعات البرية أو النظم البيئية التي أتت منها.
نظرًا لأن السلطة العلمية لكل دولة في السايتس هي المسؤولة عن القيام بدراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع وتحديد كيفية القيام بذلك، فإن مؤتمر الأطراف (CoP) لم ينتج معايير فنية ملزمة لإجراء هذه الدراسات. وبعبارة أخرى، فإن دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع مصممة خصيصًا لكل دولة و تقع على عاتق الدول مسؤولية القيام بها. لذلك، بذلت بعض الأطراف في اتفاقية التجارة الدولية بأنواع الحيوانات والنباتات البرية المهددة بالانقراض (السايتس)، والمنظمات الحكومية الدولية (IGOs)، والمنظمات غير الحكومية (NGOs)، وسكرتارية ومؤتمر الأطراف في السايتس، جهودًا كبيرة لتطوير إرشادات غير ملزمة عامة أو خاصة بوحدات تصنيفية معينة من أجل وضع دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع. وهنا يأتي الدور الذي تتدخل فيه الأيفو.
سيقوم الصندوق الدولي للرفق بالحيوان بالتعاون مع هيئة البيئة ووزارة الثروة الزراعية والسمكية وموارد المياه في السلطنة بوضع مخطط لجمع البيانات وإكمال تقييم دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع وذلك لأنواع أسماك القرش الأكثر عرضة للصيد في عُمان: القرش الحريري (Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis والقرش الثعلب أبو عين كبيرة (Bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus. سيقوم المشاركون في ورشة العمل والذين يتبعون للسلطات المحلية إضافة لخبراء حقليين وأكاديمين من المركز الوطني للبحوث البحرية، وجمعية البيئة العُمانية، بالمشاركة في إكمال دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع لهذين النوعين.
لماذا تعتبر دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع مهمة؟
يوجد في البحار العربية وحدها أكثر من 30 نوعًا مختلفًا من أسماك القرش، غالبيتها تحتاج إلى الحماية لأن ثلاثة أرباع الأنواع المدروسة مهددة الآن بالانقراض وفقًا لمعايير الاتحاد الدولي لحماية الطبيعة (IUCN).
يقول أكرم عيسى درويش، مدير البرامج في الأيفو للشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا: "لكي نتمكن من حماية الأنواع، يجب أن نعرفها" ويتابع قائلاً: "إن القيام بدراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع في سلطنة عُمان سوف يدعم السلطات في اتخاذ القرارات الصحيحة المتعلقة بالتجارة بهذه الأنواع والتي ستحميها في نهاية المطاف".
مما لا شك فيه أن بناء القدرات في هذا المنحى العلمي يُعد خطوة ضرورية لمكافحة الاتجار غير القانوني بالحياة الفطرية، وسيكون أولئك المشاركون في هذه العملية الجديدة أساسيين في تحسين القوانين الوطنية التي تنظم التجارة وفقًا لاتفاقية السايتس.
الخطوات قُدُمًا؟
يشجع الأيفو الدول الأخرى على اتباع هذه الخطوة الرائدة والبدء في العمل على إعداد دراسات عدم الإضرار بالنوع الخاصة بهم بما يُمكنَّهم من تطوير تشريعاتهم الوطنية على أساس علمي والذي سيحمي في نهاية المطاف المزيد من الحيوانات المتوطنة في دولهم، والتي تعتبر بالنسبة للكثيرين كنزًا وطنيًا لا يقدر بثمن.
علاوة على ذلك، يقوم الأيفو بتسليط الضوء على أهمية عمل الدول المجاورة معًا لأن العديد من الأنواع مهاجرة، وستكون حمايتها مستحيلة بدون الجهد الجماعي للدول واتحادها في مهمة الحفظ والحماية.
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In Finland, over five hundred children and young people took part in an empathy study concerning emotions toward the war in Ukraine. The results of this study, conducted by the Asikkala Municipality and NayaDaya Inc., also reveal the root causes for the emotions and their effects on behavior.
In the study, 541 children and young people from Asikkala Municipality primary school system, between 1st and 9th grades, expressed their emotions and gave reasons behind their emotions toward the war in Ukraine. The most common emotions were sadness, fear, hate, interest, disappointment, compassion, and anger.
The reasons behind the emotions included suffering and death of innocent Ukrainians as well as the threat of the war spreading to Finland. Many responses also underlined the absurdity, incomprehensibility, and injustice of war.
Among the children and young people, the war also evokes hatred and aggression toward President Putin, Russia, and the Russians.
"Over two-thirds of the children and young people expressed negative emotions or compassion toward the war in Ukraine. The reasoning reveals their ability to concretely internalize the purpose of the war. Many of the emotions are crippling and are necessarily not visible to the outside world. Some of the experiences indicate even aggressive behavior. The consequences may turn out to be unfortunate for the Russian children and youth living in Finland", says CEO Timo Järvinen from empathy analytics company NayaDaya Inc.
"The study shows that in our schools we ought to pay attention to the thoughts and emotions evoked by the war in Ukraine. Students will not necessarily bring the topic up by themselves by asking questions, for example. The results indicate that the effects of war live in their minds, regardless. Discussion is needed so the children’s worries, fears, and feelings of hatred become visible and are taken care of. Especially, we must prevent the Russian children from becoming targets of stigmatizing and bullying", highlights Director of Education Petri Haapanen from Asikkala Municipality.
Students’ emotions toward education and the school community are regularly studied in all schools in Asikkala Municipality. Similarly, the school faculty and staff are asked about their experiences in relation to their work and work community. The empathy analytics, which is based on emotions, science, and data, also reveals the impact emotions have on peoples’ behavior and engagement.
”Asikkala Municipality aims to be a forerunner in promoting wellbeing. Hearing out children’s and young people’s emotions and openly discussing the study results is always sustainable way to act and especially so in a state of emergency such as Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Empathy, prosocial behavior, and psychological safety are our assets amid uncertainty and worry”, says Mayor Rinna Ikola-Norrbacka from Asikkala Municipality.
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"Russian President Vladimir Putin abuses empathy to identify the weaknesses of Western democracies and to achieve his goal: fear that compensates for the lack of respect," writes Timo Järvinen, CEO of the Finnish empathy analytics company NayaDaya Inc.
Emotions live at the heart of experiences, interaction, and behavior. Through emotions, we are connected to ourselves, each other, and our world. Emotions are present everywhere, in well-being and suffering.
Through empathy, we share this human process with each other. We place ourselves into the shoes of people, recognize their different perspectives, and vibrate at the same frequency, for example, of fear and relief. At its best, empathy makes us treat others as we want to be treated.
Most people are capable of empathy: their inherent tendencies promote compassion and prosocial behavior. A small percentage of people is unable to empathize. Yet they may be very much capable to identify and exploit other people’s emotions and their underlying causes.
The war in Ukraine has highlighted the two faces of empathy. Compassion and help are flooding Ukraine from all directions, but no decisive step is being taken: soldiers from other countries are not crossing the Ukrainian border, due to Putin's intimidation of nuclear weapons and even World War III.
Russia knows this. Putin represents the dark side of empathy: he recognizes and exploits the worst fears of Western democracies, including us, Finns. Putin is also manipulating his own citizens and troops with his lies.
Putin is driving Finns into a situation where there are only threatening options left: If we join NATO, how will Russia react? If we do not join NATO, is the fate of Ukraine waiting for us?
What is Putin striving for? His goals are hard to understand if you try to find logic in them. The benefits of war cannot outweigh the disadvantages.
Maybe it's not about rationality at all. Maybe Putin needs appreciation and respect first and foremost. During the Soviet era, respect and fear were synonymous with each other. Once Russia’s power has waned and the world has changed, there are no longer any means to get and maintain respect. What remains is the last and most familiar of the means: fear.
Perhaps Putin’s goal is simply to create fear – the experience of being feared. Perhaps Putin would rather see his people suffer and his soldiers die than experience inferiority to Western leaders. Fear makes him a significant, right now perhaps even the most significant person in the world. He would not have achieved this position by any other means.
A dictator with a nuclear weapon whose primary goal is to be feared is a daunting combination. However, it must be remembered that every statement made by Putin or by those close to him must be interpreted against the background that they are intended to create fear in the maximum possible way. It is obvious that in the coming weeks, months, and years we will hear frightening words and threats. Still, that doesn’t mean the threats will be materialized. For Putin, fear is an end in itself, a measure of respect.
What should the Finns do? Do we live in uncertainty and fear, as victims of manipulation, on a leash, giving Putin the satisfaction he seeks – to be feared?
When Putin places himself into our position, goes under our skin, and uses our fears against us, we must do the same: Step into Putin’s shoes and act to our own advantage. We refuse to be puppets; we make our own decisions. We put in front of him what stops him. We speak the language he and his people understand.
From the perspective of actually solving the problem, the most effective would be to offer Putin what he needs and make it possible in some other way than by threatening and fighting. The key word is respect – the solution would be respect without fear. However, in the current situation, it is impossible to show respect. However, if at some point there is an opportunity to allow Putin to withdraw while still retaining his face, holding on to his honour or even strengthening it, it is good to keep this in mind. However, we should not remain waiting for this in the context of Finland's own decisions.
Empathy has two faces. In the wrong hands, empathy is a weapon by which people are exploited. In this insensitive game, human experiences have only instrumental value.
If we take genuine responsibility for the emotions and experiences we produce for each other, empathy is an inexhaustible source of compassion, collaboration, and success in companies, organizations, society, and the global community.
True empathy makes us come together in times of need and joy. Those who step into the shoes of people and operate from genuine empathy are our servants, the solvers of our common problems, and the makers of a better future.
In them we can trust.
The author of the blog post is Timo Järvinen, CEO of the Finnish empathy analytics company NayaDaya Inc.
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LONDON, UK – (ARABNEWSWIRE) -- رفضت المحكمة التجارية في المملكة المتحدة يوم الجمعة قضية ثانية رفعتها المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار ضد رجل الأعمال وليد الجهمي، المدعى عليه في قضية بقيمة 200 مليون دولار، رفعتها المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار ضد كريدت سويس وثلاثة مدعاً عليهم آخرون.
يقول محامي الترافع بيلينج (QC) إن المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار لم يكن لديها فرصة حقيقية للنجاح في إثبات أنها قد قدمت ادعاءاتها في الوقت المحدد، وهي نتيجة مماثلة لتلك التي توصل إليها محامي الترافع برايان (QC) في الحكم الصادرعام 2019 في قضية المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار ضد جيه بي مورجن - LIA vs J.P. Morgan. خسرت المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار استئنافها ضد حكم جيه بي مورجن، ولكن مستشار المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار أوضح للمحكمة يوم الجمعة أن المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار لن تستأنف قرار كريدت سويس.
ربما يعني هذا نهاية سبع سنوات من ملاحقة غير مثمرة لبنوك عالمية كبرى بشأن استثمارات تم وضعها لديهم قبيل المراحل الأولى من الأزمة المالية العالمية 2007-2008.
يقول الجهمي: "لقد حان الوقت للمؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار أن تركز على ليبيا". هكذا قرار سيعني وضع حد للثروات التي أنفقت على المحامين في لندن بدلاً من المدارس والمستشفيات والاحتياجات الأساسية الليبية.
وصفت تكاليف قضية كريدت سويس بأنها كانت محزنة في جلسة استماع الأسبوع الماضي، مع اضطرار المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار إلى تغطية نسبة كبيرة من تكاليف المدعى عليهم القضائية، والتي تضمنت عقوبات وذلك لمتابعة قضية قيل في جلسة الاستماع أنها "بنيت على التخمين، وضعيفة، وانتهازية وهزيلة".
في أبريل 2019، كشفت الحكومة الليبية أن المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار أنفقت أكثر من 500 مليون يورو رسوم قضائية متعلقة بالتقاضي ضد بنوك عالمية، والنزاعات بشأن السيطرة على المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار.
لقد نفى الجهمي باستمرار المزاعم القائلة بأنه قام برشوة أو ترهيب موظفي المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار للحصول على موافقات لاستثمارات قامت بها المؤسسة، أو أنه أثر على التعيينات في المؤسسة، أو أنه دفع رشاوى إلى سيف الإسلام القذافي، نجل الديكتاتور الليبي. وقد أكد الجهمي، وهو من أوائل المؤيدين للثورة ضد معمر القذافي، أنه أصبح هدفًا للانتقام مباشرة بعد كشفه عن المصرفيين الفاسدين في نظام القذافي السابق لقادة الثورة.
استمر استهداف الجهمي بعد أن أعيد بعض مصرفي القذافي إلى مواقع النفوذ في ليبيا بعد الثورة. في حين يصرف التقاضي ضد البنوك الغربية الانتباه عن الأسئلة المتعلقة بالأموال المفقودة في عهد القذافي، وعن الفساد المستمر في الوقت الراهن في ليبيا.
يقول الجهمي: "الدعاوى التي رفعت ضدي تعود إلى عام 2008، والتي كانت موضعا للتقصي من قبل السلطات الأمريكية و البريطانية و السويسرية، لم تسفر عن أي نتائج ضدي." "لقد كررت المؤسسة الليبية للاستثمار باستمرار نفس الادعاءات، لكنها تخلت عن القضية عندما أتيحت الفرصة للفصل في هذه الادعاءات من قبل المحكمة".
"لقد حرمني هذا فرصة تبرئة نفسي، وفرصة أن تنظر المحاكم في كم المعلومات الهائل الذي قدمته لها بشأن الفساد المصرفي والمالي منذ عهد نظام القذافي. وقد أتيحت الفرصة للأطراف المعنية للرد على البيانات التي قدمتها إلى المحاكم بالتفصيل إذا أرادوا ذلك، ولكنهم لم يفعلوا".
LONDON, UK – (ARAB NEWSWIRE) -- The UK Commercial Court on Friday dismissed a second case brought by the Libyan Investment Authority against businessman Walid Giahmi, a defendant in the $US 200 million case the LIA brought against Credit Suisse and three other defendants. See Case No: CL-2019-000691 with Neutral Citation Number: [2021] EWHC 2684 (Comm) that was presided at THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES COMMERCIAL COURT (QBD) at the Royal Courts of Justice, Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL .
Mr Justice Pelling QC said the LIA had “no real prospect of success” of showing that it had lodged its claims in a timely manner, a similar finding to that reached by Mr Justice Bryan in a 2019 ruling on the LIA vs J.P. Morgan. The LIA lost an appeal on the J.P. Morgan judgement but Counsel for the LIA indicated to the Court on Friday that the LIA will not be appealing the Credit Suisse decision.
This likely means an end to the LIA’s seven-year largely fruitless pursuit of major international banks over investments placed with them on the eve of or the early stages of the 2007-8 global financial crisis.
“It is time that the Libyan Investment Authority concentrates on Libya,” Mr Giahmi said. “This decision should mean an end to the fortunes spent on London lawyers in preference to Libyan schools, hospitals and basic necessities.”
Costs involved in the Credit Suisse case were described as “eye-watering” in last week’s hearing, with the LIA having to meet a large proportion of defendant’s costs, which included some penalty costs for pursuing a case said in the hearing to meet a standard of being “speculative, weak, opportunistic and thin.”
In April 2019, the Libyan Government disclosed that the LIA had already spent more than €500 million on legal fees in litigation against global banks and contesting control over the LIA.
Mr Giahmi has consistently denied allegations that he bribed or intimidated LIA employees to obtain approvals for investments made by the LIA or that he influenced appointments to the LIA or channelled bribes to the Libyan dictator’s son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. An early supporter of the revolution against Muammar Gaddafi, Giahmi maintains that he became the target of retaliation immediately after identifying suspected corrupt former Gaddafi bankers to the leaders of the revolution.
He continued to be targeted as some of Gaddafi’s bankers manoeuvred themselves back into positions of influence in post-revolutionary Libya, with the litigation against Western banks serving “as a useful distraction” against questions about missing money during the Gaddafi era and continuing corruption in current day Libya.
“The allegations against me date back to 2008 and were the subject of UK, US and Swiss regulatory inquiries which produced no adverse findings,” he said. “The LIA has continually recycled the same allegations, but withdrew the case when they had the opportunity to have them determined by a court.
“This has deprived me of the opportunity for me to clear myself, or for the courts to consider the mass of information I have provided on banking and financial corruption from the time of the Gaddafi regime on. If the parties involved wanted to respond to the material I have presented to the courts, they have had every opportunity to respond in specifics and in detail – and they haven’t.”
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Facts about the study:
• Emotion data was collected at Dubai Expo 2020 through an online survey November 6-23, 2021
• The survey was conducted with the help of the Finnish pavilion’s guides, students from the Haaga-Helia university of applied sciences
• A total of 2,010 people responded to the survey: 1,006 visitors entering the Finlands’ pavilion and 1,004 leaving it after their visit
• The background variables were age, gender, home country, and knowledge about Finland before the Expo
• The data was analyzed with the NayaDaya® Empathy Analytics, based on the scientific emotion theory[1], research at the University of Geneva, Switzerland[2] and algorithm[3] that predicts behavior and engagement
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Finland, in collaboration with 120 Finnish companies, is participating in Expo 2020 Dubai. Finland is one of the leading countries in terms of innovation and technology know-how. The Finnish pavilion presents globally leading clean technologies, a circular economy with sustainable use of resources, sustainable energy and digital solutions, mobile communications, machinery, education, health and wellbeing, travel and Finnish design. Further information at https://www.finland-dubaiexpo2020.com.
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Deutschland ist ein starker Fürsprecher erneuerbarer Energien und setzt sich ambitionierte Meilensteine für die CO2-Neutralität: 65 Prozent weniger Treibhausgas-Ausstoß bis 2030 im Vergleich zu 1990 und 88 Prozent weniger CO2-Emissionen bis 2040. Klimaneutralität ist für das Jahr 2045 anvisiert. Ob die beschlossenen Maßnahmen genügen, um diese Ziele zu erreichen, ist alles andere als gewiss. Die globalen Klimaanstrengungen müssen „dringend verdoppelt“ werden, fordert die UN im Rahmen der 26. UN-Klimakonferenz.
Die nationalen Klimaziele könnten deutlich schneller als geplant erreicht werden und dabei ließen sich sogar Stromkosten sparen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt die aktuelle Studie „Schneller zu Netto-Null“ des Technologieunternehmens Wärtsilä.
Der kostengünstigste Weg zu Netto-Null
Um den jeweils kostengünstigsten Weg zu Energieversorgungssystemen mit Null Netto-Emissionen aufzuzeigen, hat Wärtsilä Modellrechnungen für drei Schlüsselregionen durchgeführt, die von tragender Bedeutung für die Verhandlungen auf dem Weltklimagipfel sind: Deutschland, Indien und Kalifornien.
Für Deutschland hat Wärtsilä zwei Szenarien modelliert: Das Netto-Null-Szenario “Baseline 2045” geht davon aus, dass Deutschland den Kohleausstieg bis 2038 realisiert. In diesem Szenario werden in Deutschland pro Jahr bis zu 13,5 GW erneuerbare Energien verfügbar gemacht. Im Jahr 2045 wäre die Energieversorgung CO2-neutral. Das beschleunigte Szenario „Supercharged 2040“ basiert auf der Annahme, dass Deutschland den Kohleausstieg schon 2030 schafft – mit erneuerbaren Energiekapazitäten bis zu 19,5 GW pro Jahr.
”Ein höheres Tempo beim Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien treibt die Stromkosten nicht in die Höhe, sondern reduziert sie vielmehr.“
Die Schlüsselerkenntnisse aus den Modellberechnungen: Im beschleunigten Szenario kann Deutschlands Energiesektor bis 2040 CO2-Neutralität erreichen und seine Stromkosten um 8 Prozent senken. „Ein höheres Tempo beim Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien treibt die Stromkosten nicht in die Höhe, sondern reduziert sie vielmehr“, erklärt Jan Andersson, European Market Development Manager bei Wärtsilä Energy und Mitautor der Studie. Bei einem Kohleausstieg bis 2030 – also acht Jahre eher als geplant – ließen sich rund 422 Millionen Tonnen CO2-Ausstoß bis 2040 einsparen. Deutschland könnte energiepolitisch unabhängig bleiben und den Import von 550 TWh Energie vermeiden. Die Energieerzeuger würden mehr als 900 Millionen Euro pro Jahr an Kohlenstoffsteuern einsparen. Der höhere Investitionsaufwand für den schnellen Übergang zu vollständig erneuerbarer Energie würde durch Einsparungen bei den operativen Ausgaben kompensiert, die beim langsameren Übergang zu Netto-Null bis 2045 anfallen würden. „Je schneller der Umstieg, desto niedriger die Stromgesamtkosten“, erklärt Sushil Purohit, Präsident von Wärtsilä Energy.
Große Bedeutung misst Wärtsilä der Dekarbonisierung von Wärme zu. Immerhin wird in der EU etwa die Hälfte der Energie in Form von Wärme – etwa als Raumwärme, Prozesswärme oder Warmwasser –
verbraucht. Das zeigt die Studie „Heat Roadmap Europe“ der dänischen Universität Aalborg. Lediglich ein Viertel der Energie wird in Form von Strom genutzt. Um die Klimaziele zu erreichen, ist laut Wärtsilä eine Elektrifizierung der Fernwärme auf Basis regenerativer Energien nötig.
Die Wegbereiter: neue flexible Kraft-Wärmekopplungs-Werke
Zentrale Wegbereiter für den deutschen Kohleausstieg sind neue hochflexible Kraft-Wärmekopplungs-Werke (KWK). Sie liefern flexiblen Strom und Wärme, balancieren erneuerbare Energie aus und gewährleisten so Versorgungssicherheit. Wärtsilä hebt auch die Bedeutung nachhaltiger Kraftstoffe als kohlenstoffneutrale Lösung für die Langzeitspeicherung von Energie hervor.
Damit erneuerbare Energien die tragende Rolle bei der Deckung des Energiebedarfs für die Grundlast übernehmen können, sind intelligente Energiespeicherlösungen und eine flexible Stromversorgung erforderlich, die Schwankungen in der Energiebereitstellung ausgleichen.
Deutschland befindet sich in einer Transformation, unvergleichlich in Ausmaß und Geschwindigkeit. Klimaneutral und hoch digital sind die Anforderungen an deutsche Unternehmen und staatliche Verwaltung.
Die finnische Gesellschaft ist bereits in hohem Maße digital und hat viele Jahre Erfahrung gesammelt. Beispiel Verwaltung: Behördengänge gehören der Vergangenheit an, denn man authentifiziert sich fast immer online. Das e-Rezept, das in Deutschland seit Jahren diskutierte wird, gibt es in Finnland bereits seit 2010. Finnland ist das digitalste Land Europas – und hat auch beim Klimaschutz viel zu bieten. Das nordische Land führt das aktuelle UN-Ranking zur Nachhaltigkeit an. Herausforderungen geht man in Finnland mit einer pragmatischen Hands-on-Mentalität an. Deutschland sollte die Potenziale und Erfahrungen nutzen, die Finnland zu bieten hat.
”Deutschland sollte die Potenziale und Erfahrungen nutzen, die Finnland zu
bieten hat.“
Wir als Deutsch-Finnische Handelskammer (AHK Finnland) haben uns den Innovationstransfer zwischen beiden Ländern zur Aufgabe gemacht, denn wir kennen deren Stärken. Aktuellstes Beispiel: Wir bringen die deutsche Autoindustrie mit finnischen Hightech-Unternehmen zusammen, denn sowohl Premiumhersteller als auch mittelständische Zulieferer können von finnischer Automotive-Software, KI-gestützten Fertigungslösungen oder anwendungsspezifischen Quantencomputern nur profitieren.
In diesem Sinne – denken Sie an Finnland, wenn es um digitale Lösungen geht. Viel Spaß bei der Lektüre.
Dr. Jan Feller, Geschäftsführer, AHK Finnland
LONDON, October 31st, 2021 -- (ARAB NEWSWIRE) -- The Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme is an instrumental tool transforming the socio-economic landscape of the Commonwealth of Dominica. This is according to the island’s Minister of Tourism, International Transport and Maritime Initiatives, Hon. Denise Charles, who attributes the nation’s thriving tourism industry to the CBI Programme and welcomes investors from Asia and the Middle East to Dominica.
As the world rapidly changes, invaluable and intangible resources like health, safety and security have become non-negotiable for business people and their families with weak passports. Dominica, nestled in the beautiful eastern Caribbean, prides itself as a nature-prioritising destination in which one can feel safe. Aside from a second home, Dominica’s CBI grants new citizens full living, studying and working rights, business expansion opportunities, and visa-free and visa-on-arrival travel to over 140 destinations.
Becoming a citizen is not just advantageous for personal security and travel, Minister Charles said, it allows one to help build a more modern, dynamic Dominica for all its citizens and residents. “I want to encourage anyone who is seeking a second citizenship to consider Dominica and be a part of something great and transformative,” she added.
“Now, as a nation, we are undertaking the single most transformative project in our history under the CBI Programme: the construction of an international airport,” said Minister Charles. The airport, scheduled for completion in 2025, will “serve as a major gateway to key countries like the United Arab Emirates, the UK, China, other parts of Asia and Africa for trade and travel.”
Through the CBI Programme, Dominica has expanded its tourism product to include luxury eco-friendly accommodations like the recently opened 5-star Kempinski resort. The initiative has funded the expansion of globally recognised boutique hotels like the Secret Bay Residences, which recently celebrated its 100th ROI payment to its CBI clientele, and rebuilt the famous Jungle Bay resort, damaged by tropical storm Erica. Other projects accepting investments through CBI include the Hilton Tranquility Beach resort, the Marriott Anichi Resort and the Sanctuary Rainforest Eco Resort & Spa.
Vetted applicants to Dominica’s CBI Programme can choose between investing in one of these trusted hotel brands for return on investment or contributing to the government fund. The second option supports youth educational advancement, climate-resilient housing projects, sustainable job certation and economic growth.
After a long wait, Finland’s leading industrial fair will be held on 21.-23. September 2021 at the Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre. In three days, the Subcontracting Trade Fair and AlihankintaHEAT will offer visitors a unique overview of the industry’s prospects and the future of the industry, with more than 900 exhibitors. The theme of the trade fair to be held safety first is Business from Data.
The Asta fair for construction and housing held at the beginning of September successfully opened the Tampere Trade Fairs group after a long pandemic break. The group’s largest trade fair event is currently being built at the Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre health safety first.
- Subcontracting Trade Fair has brought together industry companies and experts in good and more challenging times for 33 years. Hopefully, the pioneer role as a courageous leader will also work now that society needs to be opened up safely to events as well. There are more than 900 exhibitors involved, so the industrial crowd is really seen under the same roof at the end of a long wait. After the past virtual year, it is clear that there is a strong need for industry players to meet their customers and partners face to face. Hopefully, event visitors will also be allowed to go to the fair to do business, and companies’ teleworking and travel instructions would not become an obstacle. Fortunately, restrictions are finally being eased, so there is still hope to get the professionals on the go. We definitely emphasize health safety and the most important guideline is to come to the fair in good health, says the event’s Project Manager, Marketing and Communications Director Tanja Järvensivu of Tampere Trade Fairs.
Business from Data - main partner Business Tampere
The theme of the Subcontracting Fair and AlihankintaHEAT 2021 is Business from Data, through which is wanted to highlight the importance of data in the future industry. Intelligent industry, security and productivity are highlighted as perspectives. The theme is strongly reflected in the program of the fair. On the opening day, the Finnish Association of Purchasing and Logistics LOGY will traditionally award the Main Supplier of the Year and the Subcontractor of the Year.
Opening and fair program: alihankinta.fi/en/program
The main partner of the event this year is Business Tampere, the economic development agency of the Tampere region. The main partner offers an interesting program for industry professionals, and experts in the field can be met at the Business Tampere regional café throughout the fair. On the second day of the fair, 22.9., Business Tampere announces the winner of the Industrial Action of the Year 2021 award. Column, Business Tampere: Tampere region invests in joint development Subcontracting news: alihankinta.fi/en/fair-info/news/
See you safely in Tampere
Subcontracting and AlihankintaHEAT 2021 will be carried out in accordance with the applicable policies, restrictions and health safety measures of the Tampere Region Corona Fist, the Regional State Administrative Agency of Western and Inner Finland and THL. As a responsible event organizer, the Tampere Trade Fairs Group has progressed health safety first in all preparations for the fair, invested heavily in hygiene and safety instructions, and worked closely with the authorities. In cooperation with the authorities, a mask obligation has also been set for the September 2021 events. The Subcontracting Trade Fair utilizes a voluntary Covid-19 passport based on strong recommendation. Entry to the fair is only recommended if you have received full vaccination protection, have had a corona infection in the last six months or have been tested negative provided by a covid test. However, a separate certificate is not required for visitors upon entry. The most important instruction is to arrive at the event in good health. In front of the Exhibition and Sports Centre, there will be a test point by 9Lives Oy during the event, where it is possible to get yourself or your company’s personnel tested at own cost.
Subcontracting Trade Fair presents the metal, electronics, plastics and rubber industries, industrial ICT solutions, and design and consulting in these fields. In normal years, the event has gathered more than a thousand exhibitors from twenty countries and approximately 18,000 trade fair guests in Tampere. Tampere Trade Fairs Group organizes the event in cooperation with the Technology Industries of Finland, the Rubber Manufacturer’s Association of Finland, LOGY Association and the Finnish Plastics Industries Federation. The event has been held in Tampere since 1988.
Health safety arrangements for Subcontracting Trade Fair: alihankinta.fi/corona
Pre-accreditation of media: alihankinta.fi/fi/messuinfo/medialle/
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: www.alihankinta.fi/en, #Alihankinta, #AlihankintaHEAT
Tampere Trade Fairs Group, www.tampereenmessut.fi/en, firstname.lastname@tampereenmessut.fi
Tanja Järvensivu, Marketing and Communications Director, Subcontracting & AlihankintaHEAT Project Manager, tel. +358 50 536 8133
Sirkka Laine, Communications Specialist, tel. +358 40 612 9081
Damit erreicht man die Kombination zweier sonst gegensätzlicher Aspekte und schafft Mehrwert für Architekten und Bauherrn. Einerseits die optische Unversehrtheit der Oberfläche von Wand- oder Deckenverkleidungen - sehr oft hochwertige Furniere. Und andererseits zertifizierte Absorptionswerte, welche in mehreren Optionen auf die raumakustischen Bedürfnisse im Raum abgestimmt werden können.
In der Realisierung kann sich TRIKUSTIK dabei im Unterschied zu anderen Anbietern sehr stark an die Bedürfnisse des verarbeitenden Tischlers, Trockenbauers oder eines anderen Verarbeiters einstellen. Die neu eingeführte Formatvariante einer "Nut/Feder"-Lameller erweitert hier die Möglichkeiten enorm und schafft objekttaugliche Rahmenbedingungen bis hin zur einfachen Montage.
Eine Reihe inzwischen erfolgreich umgesetzter Projekte in ganz Österreich belegen die Attraktivität des Produktes. Mehr Informationen auf:
https://trikustik.at/produkte/
https://trikustik.at/mikroform-lamelle/