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AVEVA Recognized as ‘Digital Partner of the Year' at Downstream India Excellence Awards 2023

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

AVEVA , a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, has been recognized as ‘Digital Partner of the Year’ at the 4th Edition of Downstream India Excellence Awards 2023 in New Delhi.

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  • AVEVA , a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, has been recognized as ‘Digital Partner of the Year’ at the 4th Edition of Downstream India Excellence Awards 2023 in New Delhi.
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    AVEVA Recognized As 'Digital Partner of the Year’ at the 4th Edition of Downstream India Excellence Awards 2023 (Photo: AETOSWire)
    Held in association with the Global Refining & Petrochemicals Congress (GRPC), India's flagship downstream industry forum dedicated to facilitating the transition to an agile, lean and sustainable future, the Downstream India Excellence Awards celebrates the expertise, achievements, and milestone accomplishments of the Indian downstream Oil & Gas industry.
  • AVEVA was awarded for the successful deployment of its Value Chain Optimization Solutions, which have enabled increased levels of data usage, performance transparency, and operational agility in downstream operations of AVEVA’s Oil & Gas customers in India.
  • Ajit Kulkarni, Vice President – Asia Pacific, AVEVA, said, “We are proud to be recognized for our efforts in simplifying processes and driving digital transformation for our customers in the downstream industry.

COFRA Holding Joins Hedera Governing Council to Accelerate DLT Adoption and Further Leadership in Sustainability

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

ZUG, Switzerland, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hedera Governing Council, which stewards the Hedera open source, leaderless proof-of-stake public network, today announced that COFRA Holding has joined the Governing Council.

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  • ZUG, Switzerland, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hedera Governing Council, which stewards the Hedera open source, leaderless proof-of-stake public network, today announced that COFRA Holding has joined the Governing Council.
  • As a member of the Governing Council of Hedera, COFRA, whose mission is to amaze customers and be a force for good, will work to develop innovative, blockchain-based solutions on Hedera, initially focusing on areas like tokenization and supply chain transparency.
  • According to Simon Olson, Co-Chair of Hedera's Membership Committee, "You won't solve the world's most intractable problems by working in isolation.
  • COFRA has a long, successful track record of building coalitions to tackle difficult problems and we believe that they will contribute enormously to Hedera."

Klaytn Announces Transition to Permissionless Validator Structure to Expand Network Participation and Decentralize Ecosystem

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Friday, December 23, 2022

With network incentives now provided at the protocol level, the transition to a permissionless validator structure will allow more to participate in the block validation process, paving the way for greater decentralization of the Klaytn ecosystem.

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  • With network incentives now provided at the protocol level, the transition to a permissionless validator structure will allow more to participate in the block validation process, paving the way for greater decentralization of the Klaytn ecosystem.
  • Plans are also in progress to establish qualifications, compensation, and penalties for block validators in order to ensure network stability.
  • Beyond maximizing network effects, increased validator participation will also result in enhanced security and censorship resistance.
  • By increasing KLAY transactions and diversifying the network of depositors, Klaytn's permissionless validator structure will make it more difficult for malicious attacks, such as hacking or censorship attempts, to occur.

Civitas Networks for Health Selects Velatura Public Benefit Corporation as a Technology Solution Partner for the Patient Centered Data Home® Initiative

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Monday, August 22, 2022

Civitas and the PCDH Governance Council are committed to collaboration and to positioning all Civitas members for future success, said Lisa Bari, CEO of Civitas.

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  • Civitas and the PCDH Governance Council are committed to collaboration and to positioning all Civitas members for future success, said Lisa Bari, CEO of Civitas.
  • After careful consideration, we have identified Velatura to deploy a new centralized technology platform for the national PCDH network.
  • Civitas Networks for Health is a national collaborative comprised of member organizations working to use health information exchange, health data, and multi-stakeholder, cross-sector approaches to improve health.
  • In this model, all clinical data becomes part of the comprehensive longitudinal patient record in the HIE where the patient resides, called the Patient Centered Data Home.Patient Centered Data Home is a registered trademark of Civitas Networks for Health Association.

TOGETHER OUTDOORS TO SUPPORT "FRONT LINE" DEI ORGS THROUGH NEW GRANT PROGRAM

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

This program, in addition to TO's overall efforts is made possible thanks to foundational and multi-year support from THOR Industries, with support from Winnebago Industries for this grant opportunity.

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  • This program, in addition to TO's overall efforts is made possible thanks to foundational and multi-year support from THOR Industries, with support from Winnebago Industries for this grant opportunity.
  • "Funding from the initial pilot round of our grant program will go directly to frontline, grassroots leaders and organizations working to make the outdoors more accessible and welcoming," said Gerry Seavo James, TO Coalition Lead.
  • Research + Resources Monetary support for the development of effective research and resource tools concerning inclusion in the outdoors (i.e., toolkits, educational resources, audio and video resources, linguistic translations, etc.).
  • Activating Change Outdoors Outdoor recreation-related programming, events, and leadership development initiatives that benefit communities of color and intersecting minority groups.

Hedera Governing Council Votes to Purchase Hashgraph IP, Commits to Open Source World's Most Advanced Distributed Ledger Technology

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

DALLAS, Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hedera Governing Council has voted to purchase the intellectual property rights to the hashgraph consensus algorithm from Swirlds, Inc., the original creator of the hashgraph consensus algorithm and founding member of the Hedera Governing Council.

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  • DALLAS, Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hedera Governing Council has voted to purchase the intellectual property rights to the hashgraph consensus algorithm from Swirlds, Inc., the original creator of the hashgraph consensus algorithm and founding member of the Hedera Governing Council.
  • The Governing Council members further made a commitment to make the code open source under Apache 2.0 license in 2022.
  • The Council members also announced that the network code will be out of beta with the next mainnet upgrade.
  • The development and management teams and related personnel currently employed by Hedera Hashgraph, LLC will move to Swirlds.

Environmentalist Louie Porta to Lead the CEC's Joint Public Advisory Committee

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

MONTREAL, Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -We are pleased to announce that leading Canadian environmentalist Louie Porta will chair the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) for 2022.

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  • MONTREAL, Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -We are pleased to announce that leading Canadian environmentalist Louie Porta will chair the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) for 2022.
  • Porta previously served as lead political advisor to Mary Simon, Canada's first Indigenous Governor General, in her capacity as Minister's Special Representative for Arctic Leadership.
  • Porta will chair the CEC's advisory committee in the coming year as the body holds public consultations in the three countries on pressing environmental matters of global concern.
  • For more information about the CEC's Joint Public Advisory Committee, visit www.cec.org/jpac .