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Major Summit to Address Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions for the Public Sector

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

JOHANNESBURG, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In the face of escalating cyber threats targeting public sector entities, IT News Africa is thrilled to announce the upcoming Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit on April 3, 2024, at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Our central theme, "Public-Private Collaboration: Strengthening Cybersecurity through Strategic Partnerships," underscores the critical importance of unity and shared strategies to fortify our defences against relentless cyber adversaries.

Key Points: 
  • In the spirit of collaboration, our discussions will focus on fostering partnerships, sharing threat intelligence, and developing joint strategies to bolster the overall cybersecurity posture in the public sector.
  • The Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit presents a unique opportunity for cybersecurity vendors and solution providers to connect with a targeted audience of senior IT decision-makers from government departments and State Owned Enterprises.
  • Registration for the Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit is now open.
  • For more information on the Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit, please visit the event website at www.publicsecurity.co.za .

Major Summit to Address Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions for the Public Sector

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

JOHANNESBURG, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In the face of escalating cyber threats targeting public sector entities, IT News Africa is thrilled to announce the upcoming Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit on April 3, 2024, at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Our central theme, "Public-Private Collaboration: Strengthening Cybersecurity through Strategic Partnerships," underscores the critical importance of unity and shared strategies to fortify our defences against relentless cyber adversaries.

Key Points: 
  • In the spirit of collaboration, our discussions will focus on fostering partnerships, sharing threat intelligence, and developing joint strategies to bolster the overall cybersecurity posture in the public sector.
  • The Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit presents a unique opportunity for cybersecurity vendors and solution providers to connect with a targeted audience of senior IT decision-makers from government departments and State Owned Enterprises.
  • Registration for the Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit is now open.
  • For more information on the Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit, please visit the event website at www.publicsecurity.co.za .

Compugen Announces Appointment of Michelle Mahler M.D. as Chief Medical Officer

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

HOLON, Israel, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN) (TASE: CGEN), a clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company and a pioneer in computational target discovery, today announced the appointment of Michelle Mahler, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer, effective March 1, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • HOLON, Israel, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN) (TASE: CGEN), a clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company and a pioneer in computational target discovery, today announced the appointment of Michelle Mahler, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer, effective March 1, 2024.
  • Michelle will succeed Henry Adewoye, M.D., who is leaving Compugen to pursue other opportunities effective February 29, 2024, after 6 years with Compugen.
  • "I am delighted that Michelle will join the management team as Chief Medical Officer at a very exciting time for Compugen," said Anat Cohen-Dayag, Ph.D., President, and Chief Executive Officer of Compugen.
  • Michelle obtained her medical degree from University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and is a board-certified pediatric hematologist and oncologist.

Kramer Levin Elevates Five to Counsel and Three to Special Counsel

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Monday, December 11, 2023

Kramer Levin is pleased to announce the promotion of Tristan Bonneau, Elan Daniels, Allison D. Gray, Pauline Plancke and M. Mendel Trapedo to counsel, effective Jan. 1, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Kramer Levin is pleased to announce the promotion of Tristan Bonneau, Elan Daniels, Allison D. Gray, Pauline Plancke and M. Mendel Trapedo to counsel, effective Jan. 1, 2024.
  • The firm has also promoted Michelle Ben-David, William Cavanagh and Ralph C. Mayrell to special counsel, effective Jan. 1, 2024.
  • Known for his creativity, Elan routinely advises clients on the opportunities and risk attendant to their positions in distressed situations.
  • He earned his J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School and his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.

EQS-News: SMT Scharf AG: Supervisory Board appoints new Managing Board

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

In addition, Mr. Volker Weiss was appointed as a member of the Managing Board as of November 1, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • In addition, Mr. Volker Weiss was appointed as a member of the Managing Board as of November 1, 2023.
  • Prof. Dr. Louis Velthuis, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SMT Scharf AG, comments: “We are very pleased that Mr. Reinhard Reinartz and Mr. Volker Weiss have decided to assume the roles of CEO and CFO respectively at SMT Scharf AG.
  • Overall, the SMT Scharf Group is active with subsidiaries in seven countries, as well as commercial agencies worldwide.
  • SMT Scharf generates a large share of its revenue in growing foreign markets such as China, Russia, Poland and South Africa.

SJW Group Appoints Marisa Joss as Corporate Secretary

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

SJW Group (NYSE: SJW) today announced that its board of directors has appointed Marisa Joss as corporate secretary, effective October 25, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • SJW Group (NYSE: SJW) today announced that its board of directors has appointed Marisa Joss as corporate secretary, effective October 25, 2023.
  • Joss will also continue in her previous role as deputy general counsel subsidiaries, reporting to Willie Brown, vice president and general counsel of SJW Group.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231101083889/en/
    Marisa Joss appointed Corporate Secretary of SJW Group.
  • Prior to joining SJW Group, Marisa served as deputy general counsel and assistant corporate secretary for Eleusis, a biotech company based in New York and London, England.

Mestag Therapeutics announces the appointment of expert advisors Dr. Cassandra Choe-Juliak, Dr. Greg Elson and Samantha Vieira MBA

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

"Mestag is honored to appoint Dr. Choe-Juliak, Dr. Elson and Ms Vieira to our advisory team.

Key Points: 
  • "Mestag is honored to appoint Dr. Choe-Juliak, Dr. Elson and Ms Vieira to our advisory team.
  • Cassandra Choe-Juliak, MD, MS, has spent more than 17 years in oncology medical affairs and clinical drug development.
  • Greg Elson, PhD, is co-founder and managing partner at Prevail Biopharma Solutions, and Chief Technology Officer at Alentis Therapeutics.
  • Samantha holds an EMBA from Henley Business School and BSc (Honours) in Physiology from University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Aziz Pahad: the unassuming South African diplomat who skilfully mediated crises in Africa, and beyond

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Friday, September 29, 2023

Together with a small group of foreign policy analysts, I worked with Aziz over the span of 30 years, shaping the post-apartheid South African government’s approach to international relations and its foreign policy.

Key Points: 
  • Together with a small group of foreign policy analysts, I worked with Aziz over the span of 30 years, shaping the post-apartheid South African government’s approach to international relations and its foreign policy.
  • We spent countless hours debating foreign affairs and the numerous crises and challenges government had to face as a relative “newcomer” in continental African and global affairs.
  • Sadly, towards the end of his career as a diplomat he witnessed the slow decline of South Africa’s stature and influence in global affairs.

The Mandela and Mbeki years

    • Under presidents Nelson Mandela (1994-1999) and Thabo Mbeki (1999-2008), South African diplomats who’d sharpened their skills during many years of exile became sought-after as facilitators and mediators.
    • Under their guidance Africa converted the Organisation of African Unity into the African Union, and reset relations with the international community via the New Partnership for Africa’s Development.
    • Neither could it withstand the grand corruption which reached its apogee in South Africa under former president Jacob Zuma (May 2009 - February 2018).

Preparatory years

    • The congress became involved in the broader anti-apartheid struggle in later years.
    • In 1963, Aziz completed a degree in sociology and Afrikaans at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
    • It eventually shaped government’s more formal foreign policy of 2011, entitled Building a Better World: The Diplomacy of Ubuntu.
    • It lives on as the Institute of Global Dialogue, based at the University of South Africa.

Role in government

    • From there, he was appointed by President Mandela as deputy minister of foreign affairs.
    • This enabled him to play an unassuming but key mediating and facilitation role dealing with major crises on the continent and beyond.
    • Aziz resigned from government and parliament in 2008, shortly after Mbeki was removed as president of the ANC in 2007.

The ‘diplomat-scholar’

    • He played a prominent role, with his brother Essop, in a small but influential think-tank, the Concerned Africans Forum.
    • In 2015 he headed the short-lived South African Council on International Relations.
    • The council was established by the government as a body of experts and a sounding board for senior decision-makers.

Meteorite discovery: unusual finds by South African farmer add to space rock heritage

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Meteorites are therefore rightly classified by many countries as an integral part of communal natural heritage and are sought after by museums and private collectors.

Key Points: 
  • Meteorites are therefore rightly classified by many countries as an integral part of communal natural heritage and are sought after by museums and private collectors.
  • Gideon Lombaard, a farmer in the Northern Cape province, reached out to us because he suspected that he had found two meteorite fragments.
  • Mr Lombaard’s double discovery raises South Africa’s tally of confirmed meteorites to 51 – the highest in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • But, compared with the over 14,000 meteorites recovered from the Sahara desert, the number of recovered southern African meteorites is extremely small.

What is a meteorite?

    • Meteorites are usually discovered by someone who notices an unusual rock while out walking (called a “find”).
    • However, around 2% of meteorites are classified as “falls” because they are retrieved after witnessed meteor fireball events.

Discovery and forensics

    • It is thus not surprising that nearly 80% of all meteorites have been found where arid climates aid their preservation, namely Antarctica and the Sahara desert.
    • Meteorites typically become coated in a dark fusion crust during their fiery passage through the atmosphere.
    • That makes the white Antarctic ice and the pale-coloured Sahara bedrock and sand perfect backdrops for searchers.
    • We then used the greater oxidation (rust) of the Wolfkop stone to suggest that its fall predated that of the Brierskop meteorite.

South Africa’s meteorite heritage

    • The South African Heritage Act No.
    • 25 of 1999 classifies South African meteorites as national heritage items that cannot be damaged, removed, exported or traded without a permit issued by the South African Heritage Agency.
    • Prior to the two recent discoveries, the Meteoritical Bulletin Database listed 49 meteorites as having been satisfactorily proved to be from South African sites.

Northrop Grumman Elects Robert Fleming Corporate Vice President and President, Space Systems

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announces that its board of directors has elected Robert Fleming corporate vice president and president, Space Systems sector, effective October 9, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • FALLS CHURCH, Va., Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announces that its board of directors has elected Robert Fleming corporate vice president and president, Space Systems sector, effective October 9, 2023.
  • “Rob brings proven leadership experience running complex businesses in the aerospace and defense industry,” said Kathy Warden, chair, chief executive officer and president, Northrop Grumman.
  • “Building on Tom’s leadership in growing our space portfolio, I’m confident Rob will lead this team to continue innovating and delivering for our customers and shareholders.”
    Fleming is currently vice president and general manager of the Strategic Space Systems division in the Space Systems sector.
  • In his nearly 18-year career with Northrop Grumman, he has led different businesses and functions in many of the company’s sectors.