Sentences with phrase «global innovation efforts»

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The city's efforts to position itself as a hub of the global high - tech entrepreneurial community will be showcased this week with its five - day Digital Life Design (DLD) festival, driven by the mission to create a network of innovation, digital prospects, science and culture.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

If the U.S. struggles, global growth will falter, the pace of innovation will slow, and the U.S. will find it hard to lead efforts to open the global trading and investment system,» states the report.

Undeterred, Open Innovations aims to put all the right pieces — big traditional industry, high tech startups, government ministers, foreign and domestic investors, global media — all in the same room in an effort to alter these larger realities.

How should global business leaders position their companies to prosper in a dynamic, but uncertain, future and how can technology and innovation aid in this effort?

In combination, these efforts will stimulate job growth in the health technology sector, and increase the local and global adoption of Ontario - produced innovations.»

The U.S. Dairy Export Council's global demand building and innovation efforts are supported by a wide variety of dairy, research, professional and governmental organizations.

Trevor Mundel, president of global health at the Gates Foundation, talks to Scientific American editor - in - chief Mariette DiChristina about the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the efforts to create vaccine platforms for rapid responses to epidemics.

The generously funded, graduate - only university welcomed the arrival of a prominent U.S. science administrator to oversee its research and innovation efforts and also announced the winning global teams for its first three research centers.

Their results will help to shape the way the University contributes to the global effort of understanding climate change and gives geography students at Sheffield access to the latest innovations in climate change research.

TBVI will continue to support global efforts to accelerate TB vaccine discovery and development through increasing innovation, collaboration and coordination.

Other corporate positions in Baxter included the spearheading and execution of innovation efforts which led to the creation of a global innovation council, corporate incubator group and implementation of innovation processes globally to drive growth for the corporation.

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has pledged $ 1.5 million over four years to support the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, a multi-year effort to crowdsource, support, and seed promising innovations inspired by nature.Each yearbeginning in 2016, the Institute and Foundation together will award the $ 100,000 «Ray of Hope» Prize to the most viable prototype that embodies the radical sustainability principles of biomimicry.

C. M. Rubin's Global Education Report In May, I continued my conversations with thought leaders from China to New York who sketched out for me the conflicting overlaps between creativity, innovation, reform, and testing, and shared their efforts to create coalescence between them.

WHEREAS, the over-reliance on high - stakes standardized testing in state and federal accountability systems is undermining educational quality and equity in U.S. public schools by hampering educators» efforts to focus on the broad range of learning experiences that promote the innovation, creativity, problem solving, collaboration, communication, critical thinking and deep subject - matter knowledge that will allow students to contribute and thrive in a democracy and an increasingly global society and economy; and

In a packed room, Chu gave his trademark illustrated tutorial, leading from basic climate science through the disturbing implications of global energy trends and efforts by the Obama administration to stimulate energy innovation with research hubs and dozens of grants for work on the frontiers of energy sciences that might produce breakthroughs.

Resolved, That the House of Representatives commits to working constructively, using our tradition of American ingenuity, innovation, and exceptionalism, to create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.

«[The] House of Representatives commits to working constructively, using our tradition of American ingenuity, innovation, and exceptionalism, to create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

In the end, I see efforts to boost the global capacity for connectedness and empathy — to concretize the once - fuzzy notion of the «global village» — as vital if the goal is a relatively smooth ride for humanity in this century and beyond (along with the capacity for innovation and resilience).

«It is time to show bolder vision, innovation and urgent action - in global efforts and domestically - building on the clear momentum we are seeing in our societies and economies already.

«This effort to solve global warming puts to rest all the excuses for doing nothing: This bill is bipartisan, it achieves environmental goals by encouraging innovation and American ingenuity, and its flexible approach is supported by industry,» said Mark Van Putten, president of the National Wildlife Federation.

Liontrust's Neil Brown looks at global efforts to address plastic pollution and highlights companies driving innovation in packaging, sustainable plastics and recycling

Dentons attained the international law firm innovation title for its efforts to build the world's largest free - to - use lawyer referral programme, Nextlaw Global Referral Network.

Under this MOU which covers both OEM and ODM projects, the global consumers of France Telecom - Orange can look forward to a portfolio of handsets, mobile broadband devices and tablets created through Orange and HUAWEI's collabourative product development efforts, joint investments in technology and innovation as well as exploration of new business models underpinned by co-marketing and sales activities.

The announcement came as part of the unveiling of the Global Blockchain Council (GBC), a 32 - member working group of UAE government bodies, international tech firms and blockchain startups led by a government innovation effort called Museum of the Future.

«John has brought a fresh perspective to our company from his tenure as a global branding leader in the hospitality industry, and I am confident in his ability to continue leveraging his valuable insight on behalf of our leading real estate brands,» says Richard A. Smith, chairman, CEO and president of Realogy Holdings Corp. «He is the right business leader to focus our efforts and execute our plans for continued strategic growth and innovation at the Realogy Franchise Group.»