Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Monday, April 25th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Al Dhabyaniah Committee at the Directorate General of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Abu Dhabi celebrated today the activities of the World Heritage Day. The participation in the celebration comes as part of its keenness to safeguard the national identity, strengthen its components, upgrade the cultural movement and preserve the authentic Emirati national heritage. Captain Badriah Misbah Al Fazari, Head of the Committee, noted that the participation in such events promotes the concept of heritage amongst generations. “It is a national duty and a social responsibility reflected in various areas of creativity and life,” she said. Moreover, Captain Al Fazari noted that although each country has its own diverse heritage and celebrates in their own way, however all countries agree that this day represents an occasion to celebrate their authentic national heritage. The exhibition included a number of festive and trad ... Read more »

ISTANBUL - Wednesday, April 27th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Key sessions include speeches from CEOs of Shell and Saudi Aramco, OPEC and UNFCCC leaders and a welcoming address from the President of Turkey 4 day programme covers key issues such as the global commodity price storm, innovative business models, energy storage, and Ministerial dialogues addressing the grand transition and regional integration Fourth day of the Congress opens with a powerful line up of African energy leaders, looking to securing a sustainable energy future for Africa (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The 23rd World Energy Congress, which is taking place in Istanbul, between 9 and 13 October 2016 has today announced the first key highlights of its official event programme. Headline sessions will include weathering the commodity price storm and the impact of the COP21 agreement on the energy industry. Prominent leaders such as Jean-Bernard Levy, Chairman and CEO of EDF; Amin H. Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco; Zhenya Liu, Chairman of ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO - Wednesday, April 27th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Visa Marks 100 Days to Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies: Readies New Payment Technology Across Rio (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Visa (NYSE:V) today celebrated the 100 day milestone to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. In its 30th year as the exclusive payment provider of the Olympic Games, Visa is creating and managing the entire payment system infrastructure and network throughout all venues including stadiums, press centers, point-of-sale (POS), the Olympic Village and Olympic Superstores. This year Visa will implement 4,000 POS terminals across key Olympic venues, as well as 11 ATMs in partnership with Bradesco. Visa also extends the value of its sponsorship to Olympic Games host cities, facilitating the development and advancement of payment infrastructure in those markets. This year Visa will introduce acceptance of new technologies and innovation throughout Rio, focusing on new ways to pay including payment wearables and mobile phones – ... Read more »

ISTANBUL - Mercredi 27 Avril 2016 [ME NewsWire] Les sessions clés incluent des discours des PDG de Shell et de Saudi Aramco, des responsables de l’OPEP et de la CCNUCC et une allocution de bienvenue du président de la Turquie Le programme de 4 jours couvre des défis essentiels tels que les cours catastrophiques des produits de base à l’échelle mondiale, l’innovation des modèles d’affaires, le stockage de l’énergie, et les dialogues ministériels portant sur la grande transition et l’intégration régionale La quatrième journée du Congrès s’ouvre avec une forte représentation de leaders africains dans le domaine de l’énergie qui cherchent à assurer un avenir énergétique durable pour l’Afrique (BUSINESS WIRE)--Le 23e Congrès mondial de l’énergie, qui se déroulera à Istanbul, du 9 au 13 octobre 2016, a annoncé aujourd’hui les premiers faits saillants du programme de ses événements officiels. Les principales séances examineront notamment les possibilités de pallier les prix catastroph ... Read more »

During the annual ceremony ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, April 23rd 2016 [ME NewsWire] Under the auspices of His Excellency Major General Mohammed Khalfan Al Rumaithi, Commander-in-Chief of Abu Dhabi Police, the Capital Police Directorate recently held a ceremony to honor distinguished internal and external partners, security teams, and male and female police staff members. The ceremony that took place at the Police Officers Club in Abu Dhabi comes in recognition and appreciation for the partners’ fruitful cooperation, and for the distinguished staff members’ efforts in achieving new milestones that serve police work, according to the Ministry of Interior’s vision. The honoring ceremony was attended by Colonel Ahmed Saif bin Zeitoun Al Muhairi, Director of the Capital Police Directorate; Colonel Dr. Rashid Mohammad Borshid, Head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters (GHQ); Colonel Muslim Mohammed Al Ameri, Deputy ... Read more »

Under the new MOU, the NAFL and Dubai Trade can avail training courses at discounted rates and extend benefits to members by conducting advanced Professional programs. Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, April 24th 2016 [ME NewsWire] The National Association of Freight and Logistics (NAFL) and Dubai Trade recently signed a memorandum of understanding signifying cooperation in terms of training on their two main courses - Certified Customs Broker- CCB and CTLP – Certified Logistics & Trade Professional. Members of both NAFL and Dubai Trade will benefit from this partnership by getting discounts on courses. Present at the ceremony were members of NAFL and Dubai Trade, led by Eng. Mahmood Al Bastaki, Board Member & CEO of Dubai Trade and Ms. Nadia Abdul Aziz, President of NAFL. The MOU seeks to synergize the activities and initiatives of both parties to promote the development of the UAE freight and logistics industry through Professional training and raising Industry standards. Anot ... Read more »

NEUCHATEL, Suisse - Mardi 26 Avril 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--La société Swiss Advanced Vision (SAV-IOL SA – www.sav-iol.com) a annoncé la disponibilité de la lentille intraoculaire (intraocular lens - IOL) InFo Instant Focus© indiquée pour le traitement de la cataracte après ablation du cristallin, dans une gamme dioptrique élargie. L’IOL InFo a été lancée en janvier 2016 avec une gamme de 15 à 24D. La lentille est dorénavant disponible avec une gamme étendue allant de 5 à 30D – « Les améliorations de la vision sont prouvées chaque jour un peu plus ; nous avons reçu d’excellents retours des patients et des chirurgiens. Avec cette extension de la gamme de puissance, davantage de patients peuvent dorénavant bénéficier de cet implant unique », a déclaré Max Boysset, PDG de SAV-IOL. Grâce à sa conception unique, InFo reste la seule lentille haut de gamme permettant une vision nette à toutes les distances sans effets négatifs sur la vision comme les images fantômes, les halos ou ... Read more »

In cooperation with the Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, April 22nd 2016 [ME NewsWire] The Criminal Investigation Department at Abu Dhabi Police recently launched a community-based initiative that is considered the first of its kind for visually impaired people and their families to raise their awareness about the dangers of drugs. The initiative avails of the “Braille” system that is widely used by blind people to read and write, in order to combat this scourge, protect community members from falling prey to drugs and extend a helping hand to addicts. The Abu Dhabi Police received 100 Braille awareness booklets from the Blind Printing Press Center of the Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs. These booklets are designed to acquaint visually impaired and blind people with the dangers of drugs. Both parties collaborated to issue these booklets to become a beacon of knowledge for this category of people ... Read more »

HANOVRE, Allemagne - Mardi 26 Avril 2016 [ME NewsWire] · Signature du protocole d'accord à la Foire de Hanovre · Accord potentiel en vue de développer conjointement des normes d'automatisation destinées à l'industrie de l'électronique · Les partenaires ont l'intention de coopérer en matière de concepts d'intégration de gamme et d'automatisation (BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic et Siemens s'efforcent toutes deux de promouvoir la production numérique pour l'industrie électronique. Dans le cadre de la Hannover Messe (Foire de Hanovre), Hiroyuki Aota, directeur en charge de la division Factory Solutions et directeur général de Panasonic Corporation, et Anton S. Huber, directeur général de la division Digital Factory chez Siemens AG, ont signé un protocole d'accord énonçant l'intention des deux entreprises de collaborer plus étroitement à l'avenir dans les domaines des concepts d'automatisation au sein de l'industrie électronique. L'accent est mis sur les concepts normalisés d'intégration des ... Read more »

SHANGHAI - Wednesday, April 27th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- OPPLE LIGHTING, China’s leading lighting brand, has lately signed up Smart Home Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Huawei, the global leader of telecommunication equipment suppliers and smart phone manufacturers. By establishing smart home system with cutting-edge technologies, the agreement opened up a new chapter of cross-boundary cooperation at strategic level for both sides. Mr. Wang Yaohai, Opple board director, Ms. Ma Xiuhui, Opple president and Mr. Shao Yang, CSO of Huawei Consumer Business Group were present to witness the important moment that would shape the future. As the leading lighting brand in China, Opple has been sparing no effort providing consumers with quality and healthy lighting experience; while Huawei, as a global leading telecommunication brand, is strong in “connectivity.” With the concerted efforts and the leading technologies of respective areas from the two giants, interconnection and ... Read more »

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland - Tuesday, April 26th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The company Swiss Advanced Vision (SAV-IOL SA - www.sav-iol.com) announced the availability of the intraocular lens (IOL) InFo Instant Focus© indicated for the treatment of cataract after removal of the crystalline lens, in a broader dioptric range. The IOL InFo was launched in January 2016 with a range of 15 to 24D. The lens is now available with an extended range covering 5 to 30D - “Vision improvements are proven more and more every day; we have received excellent feedbacks from patients and surgeons. With this power range extension, more patients can now benefit from this unique implant” says Max Boysset, CEO of SAV-IOL. Through its unique design, InFo remains the sole premium lens allowing a neat vision at all distances without any adverse visual effects such as ghost images, halos, and glares. After the successful launch of InFo Instant Focus© (CE marked on December 2015), year 2016 will combine ... Read more »

DENVER - Tuesday, April 26th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- MPEG LA, LLC has announced that coverage of its DisplayPort Patent Portfolio License was recently updated to include the latest DisplayPort standard specification, VESA DisplayPort Standard, Version 1.4, March 2016. The DisplayPort Patent Portfolio License is offered for the convenience of DisplayPort users enabling them to obtain coverage under essential patents owned by multiple patent holders in a single license as an alternative to negotiating separate licenses. Interested parties may request a copy of the License at http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/DisplayPort/Pages/AgreementExpress.aspx. MPEG LA’s objective is to provide worldwide access to as much DisplayPort essential intellectual property as possible for the benefit of licensees. Any party that believes it has a patent which is essential to the DisplayPort standard is welcome to submit its patent(s) for an evaluation of essentiality by MPEG LA’s patent exp ... Read more »

HANNOVER, Germany - Tuesday, April 26th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Signing of Memorandum of Understanding at the Hannover Messe Agreement on potential for the joint development of automation standards for the electronics industry Partners intend to cooperate in line integration and automation concepts (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic and Siemens strive for the common advancement of digital production for the electronics industry. Against the backdrop of the Hannover Messe, Hiroyuki Aota, Director in charge of Factory Solutions Business and Executive Officer of Panasonic Corporation, and Anton S. Huber, CEO of the Digital Factory Division at Siemens AG, signed a Memorandum of Understanding setting out the intention of the two companies to work more closely together in the future in the fields of automation concepts for the electronics industry. The focus lies on standardized line integration concepts, which the partners plan to develop not only for individual production lines but also as overar ... Read more »

DENVER - Mardi 26 Avril 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--MPEG LA, LLC a annoncé que la couverture de sa licence de portefeuille de brevets DisplayPort avait été récemment mise à jour pour inclure la dernière spécification de la norme DisplayPort, VESA DisplayPort Standard, Version 1.4, mars 2016. La licence de portefeuille de brevets DisplayPort est offerte aux utilisateurs de DisplayPort pour des raisons de commodité afin qu'ils puissent bénéficier sous une seule licence d'une couverture à des brevets essentiels appartenant à de multiples détenteurs de brevets, et ce en alternative à la négociation de licences distinctes. Les parties intéressées peuvent solliciter une copie de la licence à l’adresse http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/DisplayPort/Pages/AgreementExpress.aspx. L’objectif de MPEG LA est de fournir un accès mondial à autant de propriété intellectuelle DisplayPort essentielle que possible pour le bénéfice des titulaires de licences. Toute partie pensant posséder un b ... Read more »