Sentences with phrase «on accelerating the pace»

At the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the focus on accelerating the pace and rate of change for women has driven many of the sessions and conversations.

An update on the accelerating pace of land use for coffee growing in China and its environmental impact.

I think that what we've done is make a down payment on accelerating the pace of technological innovation.

Twelve of Canada's oil sands producers have formed a new alliance, Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), focused on accelerating the pace of improving environmental performance in Canada's oil sands through collaborative action and innovation.

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«Even though the pace of advances in robotics and artificial intelligence may accelerate over the next two decades, the impact of that change — whether it tends to increase or decrease employment — depends not on the technology, but on demand.

«Depending on the pace Amazon would seek to enter the market, an acquisition such as Rite Aid could accelerate the pace and be a relatively low - risk acquisition given that it currently trades at an enterprise value of only about $ 5 billion.»

«We look very different today than five years ago — for example, clinical and technology professionals are the first and third largest job categories across UnitedHealth Group — and we will look different again five years from now as we continue to evolve at an accelerated pace,» UnitedHealth CEO David Wichmann said on the company's first - quarter conference call.

China's February consumer inflation accelerated at its fastest year - on - year pace since November 2013, statistics bureau data showed.

But ad spending has been accelerating at a rapid pace on YouTube over the past two years as brands sought to connect with its audience of more than 1 billion people.

Seattle's new minimum wage law groups franchises with large businesses, putting the pressure on independent franchisees to increase workers» pay at an accelerated pace (a move that sparked a discrimination lawsuit from the IFA).

«On the capital front, we're also in the middle of a (stock) buyback program that's going at an accelerated pace.

The I - PACE will be able to travel 240 miles on a single charge and accelerate from 0 - 60 mph in under five seconds.

Other data on Thursday is expected to reinforce the view that China is still in high gear, with growth in industrial output and retail sales seen accelerating while fixed investment may hold at a roughly steady pace.

He also says he'll be keeping an eye on whether Lululemon has the capacity to accelerate investment, and maintain the pace of growth.

«Insight's investment will help HootSuite capitalize on the global demand for their solutions, and accelerate the company's pace of product innovation.»

On the other hand, having to scale your business at an accelerated pace — and dealing with the organizational and managerial challenges that come with it — can be overwhelming to a new entrepreneur.

Bloomberg Intelligence's Anurag Rana, Senior Analyst of Software & IT Services, and Poonam Goyal, Senior Retail analyst, on the growing impact of AI in the retail industry, and why it will accelerate the pace of disruption.

The impact of technology on organizations of every size and sector is infinite, and we know the pace of disruption is accelerating.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics said last week that gross domestic product expanded 1.1 per cent in the first three months of the year, while year - on - year headline growth accelerated to 3.1 per cent, its fastest pace in almost four years.

It was the 16th straight year - on - year rise and the pace of increase has been slightly accelerating from +1.8 % in February.

Fairview's latest newsletter shares the Firm's views on the topic and covers many of the efforts underway to accelerate the pace of change.

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Fortunately, the grasp religion has on humanity is weakening and an accelerating pace and will leave it behind.

The war hastened the process of concentrating the wealth of this country in the hands of the few; it is a process which has been going on at accelerated pace ever since.

What the fall of Communism showed to be true remains true: States that suppress individual rights on behalf of some expression of the collective will fail, even as globalization and technological advance accelerate the pace of state failure.

However a disc wheel can be heavier and slower to accelerate so, in events that require changes of pace, riders may use a disc on the rear only.

In spite of such known urban pressures on health as air and water pollution, water shortage, overcrowding, poor housing, the stresses of city transportation and the generally accelerated pace of city life, there is no substantial evidence from the National Health Survey that the overall health of the urban resident is worse than that of the rural resident.

«No longer water under the bridge, statistics yields new data on sea levels: Untraditional approach expected to save lives, businesses, and communities along East Coast shows rate accelerating at a pace in contrast to previously accepted data.»

Creating a coordinated review A new report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology released on November 29 looks at how best to accelerate the pace of change in energy technologies.

Such a transition has been made possible by the convergence of several factors: a stream of new science showing an accelerating pace of climate change and its impacts; the everyday experience of people witnessing the change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national security).

Transportation and communication around the world increasingly rely on lithium - ion batteries, with cell phones ubiquitous on six continents, and electric vehicles on pace to accelerate from a $ 1 billion worldwide market in 2009 to $ 14 billion by 2016, according to analysts Frost and Sullivan.

As the pace of drug approvals accelerates and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) faces potential budget cuts, a new research design from Perelman School of Medicine scientists offers a new way to successfully assess safety of newly approved drugs, as well as drugs that have been on the market for a long time and have had a marked rise in their use.

In scientific journals, papers on biodiversity loss and conservation have increased at a steady pace, but publication of papers on climate change accelerated markedly around 2006 and overtook them.

On the basis of their own preliminary data, they, too, suspected that the pace of human evolution was accelerating.

As life sciences become the fourth pillar of the nation?s economy, and with the pace of development in this sector accelerating rapidly, science education is taking on an increasingly greater role in preparing students for many of tomorrow's challenges.

IRDiRC Recognized Resources is a quality indicator, based on a specific set of criteria, that was created to highlight key resources which, if used more broadly, would accelerate the pace of translating discoveries into clinical applications.

This label is a quality indicator, based on a specific set of criteria to highlight key resources, which, if used broadly, will accelerate the pace of translating discoveries in rare diseases into clinical applications.

And with astronomers now on the lookout for the starnge pulses of radio energy, Vandenbroucke expects the pace of discovery to accelerate as the world's radio telescopes continue their searches and as new radio interferometers come on line.

The Glaucoma Research Foundation encourages the CFC scientists to focus on translational research that will accelerate the pace of discovery, leading to potential new treatments to help glaucoma patients.

I think that this investment has accelerated to the pace of research in the field of glaucoma; the number of publications that are really focusing on these mechanistic insights have just exploded in the last ten years, so this investment by Glaucoma Research Foundation was really a catalyst that allowed us to dig in deeper to understanding what's actually happening in the disease as the disease is progressing.

It will help accelerate the pace of developing improved rice varieties around the globe to feed a growing population, estimated to reach more than 9.6 billion by 2050, with half of humanity relying on rice for sustenance and livelihood.

Coined by futurist Ray Kurzweil, Kurzweil's Law, otherwise known as the Law of Accelerating Returns, states that building on past accomplishments, the pace of technological change doubles every decade — leading to a Moore's Law vision of progress.

Students choose an accelerated, traditional, or extended pace for a particular course, taking extra time if needed to review and receive additional guidance on lessons.

The impact of technology on culture — accelerating cultural change at a dizzying pace — clearly demonstrates that we would be far wiser to guide the powerful forces of change, than to try to legislate, or hold them hostage.

Students at FLVS choose an accelerated, traditional, or extended pace for a particular course, taking extra time if needed to review and receive additional guidance on lessons or move through a course at a quicker pace than is typical.

The accelerated pace of technological advancement implies a choking pressure on education.

Harbormasters often lead in one or more of those areas and work in close collaboration with other local stakeholders on the other efforts to accelerate the pace and sustainability of school improvement.

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Natalie Evans, director of the New Schools Network said: «The free schools movement has accelerated at an unprecedented pace, spurred on by the popularity of places and the increasing support from teachers.

Accelerate student achievement by doubling the number of New Leaders that will be on pace to closing the achievement gap in their schools