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GE and Fincantieri Shipyard Successfully Delivered the Diadema Cruise Ship, Marking Ten-Year Partnership with the Carnival Corporation

January 27, 2015
  • GE’s Continuous Efforts in Improving Technology Provided to Cruise Ships Ensure GE’s Solutions Stand the Test of Time
  • The Electric Power and Propulsion System Optimizes Fuel Consumption and Reliability of  Ship Operation
  • GE’s  Advanced Technology Provides a Pleasant Journey for Cruise Passengers

PARIS - 27 January - Chosen repeatedly for more than 10 years by Fincantieri shipyard to equip in-board propulsion for Carnival and Costa vessels, GE’s Power Conversion business has helped the shipyard successfully deliver the Costa Diade

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Richard L. Gelfond: The Globalization of Entertainment

Richard L Gelfond Imax Corporation
January 27, 2015
The entertainment industry — like so many others — is undergoing enormous changes as a result of globalization and the extraordinary growth of the worldwide middle class.
 
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Jan De Coster: The Robot Soul

Jan De Coster Slightly Overdone
January 26, 2015
One day in April 2012 when I returned from the Pictoplasma Character Design conference in Berlin, I got a phone call from the agency Boondoggle. Their question was very simple, yet it held all the potential to change make career forever: “Can you build us a robot?”
 

My name had come up because I have made several interactive installations at BBDO that had gotten some attention in the industry. My head was still filled with characters from the conference, so even though I had no idea what I was getting myself into, the only possible answer was: “Sure.”
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Tony Fratto: Davos — What Is It Good For?

Tony Fratto Hamilton Place Strategies
January 23, 2015
It’s hard to arrive in Davos this year for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) without some unease. Anyone paying attention over the past year knows that there is no shortage of anxiety-inducing challenges. We faced wars both hot and cold; terror attacks, cyber attacks and viral attacks; economic stagnation and uncertainty; and volatility in energy markets — to name a few.
 
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Subra Suresh: Integrated Intelligence — Bridging Humanity and Technology for the World

Subra Suresh Carnegie Mellon University
January 23, 2015
This week, in a meeting unlike any other of its kind, leaders from across the globe come together to address the reality of transformative change in our world. Political, economic and social change, and the opportunities and repercussions that result, will be among the hefty topics debated and discussed.
 
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The Challenges of World Connectivity — Q&A with Douglas L. Peterson

Douglas L Peterson Mcgraw Hill Financial Inc
January 22, 2015
Technological advances and globalization have helped unleash innovation and bring people around the world together. Yet a more connected world also causes tensions — between nations, cultures and businesses.
 
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Richard Edelman: The Path Toward Trusted Innovation

Richard Edelman Edelman
January 22, 2015
The pace of change has never been faster than it is today, and simultaneously, innovation has become an even greater imperative for success. Against this backdrop comes a surprising finding: the pace of development and change by business and industry today is too fast, say a majority of informed publics from around the world.
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GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers New Leased Airbus A330-300 to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

January 21, 2015

SHANNON, Ireland, January 21, 2015 -- GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, today announced it delivered a new leased Airbus A330-300 aircraft to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, as part of the airline’s fleet renewal program. The aircraft is part of GECAS’ existing order book with Airbus.
 

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Steve Bolze: Investing in the Future of Electricity

Steve Bolze GE
January 21, 2015

The world is in the midst of a major power shift. Not political power, but actual electricity power being generated by an increasingly diverse and distributed range of sources — from natural gas to renewables.

 
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Njideka Harry: Design-Driven Innovations — An End to Extreme Poverty

Njideka Harry Youth For Technology Foundation
January 21, 2015
Attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, I’m excited to be involved in all the incredible sessions centered around the “new global context” and future decision-making given technological transformations. As a discussion leader at the “Designing Out Poverty” session, I will be shedding light on some of the core challenges in ending poverty and the nexus of opportunities for designers, scientists and innovators.
 
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