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Checks and Balances of Inclusion Needed to Avert Artificial Intelligence ‘Divide’ between Haves and Have-Nots

Humanity can better harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) if we understand it and conquer the fear of it, soberly reckon with its potential social impact and adopt a more inclusive approach to deploying it More meaningful interdisciplinary involvement is necessary to train engineers in ethics and ground them in social sciences and humanities …

Annual Meeting of the New Champions to Focus on Inclusive Growth in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Over 2,000 participants from more than 80 countries will convene in Dalian for the 11th Annual Meeting of the New Champions Meeting is the foremost multistakeholder gathering on science, technology and innovation Under the theme “Achieving Inclusive Growth in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, the meeting will examine the potential for innovation, science and technology to …

Wuja Congress 2017 at Cleaveland, Ohio, USA from 27 June – 2 July2017

The World Union of Jesuit Alumni (WUJA) will hold its quadrennial international Congress at John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, from June 27–July 2. It will be the first-ever WUJA conference in North America. Past congresses have been in Rome, Versailles, Sydney, Kolkata, Bujumbura and Medellin. WUJA is an international organization founded in 1956 to support the mission and ideals …

Meet the Social Entrepreneurs Leading Africa’s Transformation

Nine of the World Economic Forum’s 17 global Social Entrepreneurs of the Year for 2017 are actively leading positive transformation in Africa, and achieving outcomes that have eluded governments and conventional businesses Success stories include tackling poaching, mobilizing health workers, reuniting refugees, using fingerprinting to give people an official ID for the first time, and …

World military spending: increases in the USA and Europe, decreases in oil-exporting countries, says SIPRI

(Stockholm, 24 April 2017) Total world military expenditure rose to $1686 billion in 2016, an increase of 0.4 per cent in real terms from 2015, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Military spending in North America saw its first annual increase since 2010, while spending in Western Europe grew …

Big data analytics and social media capabilities are coming in play to connect and create a better understanding of consumer marketing that is fast changing to user marketing

Emerging trends in Consumer Insights and Foresights in the changing market environment get analyzed at the conference jointly hosted by AIM and WeSchool The rapid technology developments and the always connected and omnipresent consumers are challenging marketers to engage with their consumers more efficiently. Consumers are taking control of the products and services that they …

Study Abroad? 5 things you must know to plan ahead – Sucharita Basu, Director, L’avenir Education Services

WHY COUNSELLING? In this present era of educated consumers, Academic counselling can potentially help students move towards a personally determined and evolving “preferred” future.  We believe that Counselling is a shared responsibility between an advisor and the student. And at L’avenir, we guide them in understanding the options, determine resources and when necessary, identify the …

Global Advancement in Pharmaceutical Research and Start-up

Kolkata, 22nd October 2016   The international seminar entitled “Global Advancement In Pharmaceutical Research and Startup” has been jointly organized by Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology under the flagship of JIS Group and Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association, Bengal branch. The main focus of “GAPRS—2016” is to discuss about the current global trends and …