About XPRIZE: XPRIZE is an educational (501c3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity, thereby inspiring
the formation of new industries and the revitalization of markets that are currently stuck due to existing failures or a commonly held belief that a solution is not possible.
During Climate Week last September, six oil and gas companies announced
the formation of a new industry coalition aimed at cutting methane.
Not exact matches
Collectively, although nascent, we are at a key milestone in the
formation of a
new dynamic
industry and an emerging asset class that is in many ways is equally about human capital as much as it is financial capital.»
«Just as the
formation of the venture capital
industry ushered a
new approach and mindset toward funding innovation within the private sector, impact investment has started to bring opportunities to harness entrepreneurship and capital markets to drive social improvement.»
Advances in fracking technology have allowed the
industry to extract enormous volumes
of natural gas from rock
formations such as the Marcellus Shale, which lies under southern
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
According to Series lead Professor Boyd Swinburn from the University
of Auckland,
New Zealand, «The key to meeting WHO's target to achieve no further increase in obesity rates by 2025 will be strengthening accountability systems to support government leadership, constraining the role
of the food
industry in the
formation of public policy, and encouraging civil society to create a demand for healthy food environments.»
Founder
of Publishers Lunch and PublishersMarketplace.com Michael Cader and leading
industry consultant and sought - after presenter Mike Shatzkin have announced the
formation of a
new business focused on helping publishing professionals worldwide navigate the digital transition and seize its natural opportunities.
The panel opened with a video introduction by Alan Moore wherein he spoke about his initial concept that prompted the
formation of the Electricomics project, a scenario in which he imagined that «all forms
of electronic communication somehow connected up in some mysterious fashion, in which people could talk to each other all around the world and enjoy
new sorts
of entertainment media», and he also said that this project now contains some
of the «very best writing talent and artistic talent in the
industry, all coming together to tell stories in a
new, hopefully improved way».
In 2016, we saw a lot
of industry changes and the
formation of other future trends including robo - advisors, uncertainty about the DOL fiduciary standard,
new technology emerging, and more.
With the
formation of a partnership, experienced women in the
industry, whom we hope will act as mentors to the APPA Young Professionals (YPs), are also learning from these young professionals who bring in
new perspectives and ideas.
Video game
industry veteran Jeff Strain today announced the
formation of Undead Labs, a Seattle, Washington - based game development studio that's on a mission to take online gaming in bold
new directions.
It has all the hallmarks
of a
new industry with ups and downs, but it is clearly here to stay — even with cheap natural gas coming from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in shale
formations.
It's hard to dispute that the Hallowich land sits on one
of the most active plots in the 95,000 - square - mile (246,000 - square - kilometer) Marcellus shale, the rock
formation extending from West Virginia to
New York that the energy
industry is tapping, with a combination
of technological innovations, to produce huge quantities
of natural gas.
Mr. Ellenoff and the rest
of the corporate department distinguish themselves from many other transactional lawyers on the basis
of their ability to be part
of the establishment
of new securities programs, like PIPEs, SPACs, Registered Directs and Reverse Mergers, where the Firm's professionals have played leadership roles within each
of those
industries, assisting in the creation,
formation and strategies relating to those financings, as well as working closely with the regulatory agencies; including the SEC and FINRA; and the listing exchanges - AMEX and NASDAQ.
Longtime
industry leader and chairman
of Formation Capital, Arnie Whitman, recalled that Tony believed robust data would help make seniors housing a
new commercial real estate asset class.