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  • MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Baird’s Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act Passes U.S. House

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jim Baird (R-IN-04)

    Rep. Baird’s Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act Passes U.S. House

    Washington, September 23, 2024

    Today, Congressman Jim Baird’s (IN-04) Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Baird is the Republican lead on the bipartisan legislation, which was introduced by Representative Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06). The Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act modernizes math curricula to make it more applicable to real-world scenarios and improves science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in K-12 schools.

    “As a PhD scientist, I know the impact STEM education has on American innovation, and we must ensure students have the mathematical problem-solving skills necessary to succeed,” said Rep. Baird. “I am grateful to work with Representative Houlahan on this important bill to update school curricula to better equip our students with the STEM education they need to tackle the challenges of our modern world. I am proud to see this bill pass the full U.S. House, and I hope to work with the Senate to get this legislation signed into law soon.”

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  • MIL-Evening Report: The ‘publish or perish’ mentality is fuelling research paper retractions – and undermining science

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nham Tran, Associate Professor and MTP Connect REDI Industry Fellow, University of Technology Sydney

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    When scientists make important discoveries, both big and small, they typically publish their findings in scientific journals for others to read. This sharing of knowledge helps to advance science: it can, in turn, lead to more important discoveries.

    But published research papers can be retracted if there is an issue with their accuracy or integrity. And in recent years, the number of retractions has been rising sharply. For example, in 2023 more than 10,000 research papers were retracted globally. This marked a new record.

    The huge number of retractions indicates a lot of government research funding is being wasted. More importantly, the publication of so much flawed research also misleads other researchers and undermines scientific integrity.

    Fuelling this troubling trend is a mentality known in academia as “publish or perish” which has existed for decades. The publication of research papers drives university rankings and career progression, yet the relentless pressure to publish has contributed to an increase in fraudulent data. Unless this changes, the entire research landscape may shift toward a less rigorous standard, hindering vital progress in fields such as medicine, technology and climate science.

    A ‘publish or perish’ environment

    Universities and research institutes commonly use the rate of publications as a key indicator of research productivity and reputation.

    The Times Higher Education Index, which ranks these institutions, assigns 60% of its score to research, and publications are fundamental to this score.

    Additionally, publications are closely tied to individual career advancement. They influence decisions on tenure, promotions and securing funding.

    These factors create a “publish or perish” environment, a term first coined in 1942 by sociologist Logan Wilson.

    A growing trend

    Recent evidence indicates the constant pressure to generate data and publish papers may be affecting the quality of research and fuelling retractions of research papers.

    Retraction Watch is one of the largest databases to monitor scientific retractions. Launched in 2010, it reveals a growing trend in the number of publications being retracted.

    In the past decade, there have been more than 39,000 retractions, and the annual number of retractions is growing by around 23% each year.

    Nearly half the retractions were due to issues related to the authenticity of the data. For example, in August the United States Office of Research Integrity found that Richard Eckert, a senior biochemist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, faked data in 13 published papers. Four of these papers have been corrected, one has been retracted and the remainder are still awaiting action.

    Plagiarism was the second most common reason research papers were retracted, accounting for 16% of retractions.

    Fake peer review was another reason why research papers were retracted.

    Typically, when a publication is submitted to a journal, it undergoes peer review by experts in the same field. These experts provide feedback to improve the quality of the work.

    However, the use of fake peer reviewers has increased tenfold over the past decade. There has also been an eightfold rise in publications linked to so-called “paper mills”, which are businesses that provide fake papers for a fee.

    In 2022, up to 2% of all publications were from paper mills.

    Genuine mistakes in the scientific process accounted for only roughly 6% of all retractions in the last decade.

    More pressure, more mistakes

    One reason for the surge in retractions over the last decade may be that we are getting better at finding and detecting suspicious data.

    Digital publishing has made it easier to detect potential fabrication, and more scientists are making a brave stand against these dubious practices. No doubt, the current number of retractions is an underestimate of a much larger pool.

    But the intensification of the “publish or perish” culture within universities also plays a major role.

    Nearly all academic staff are required to meet specific publication quotas for performance evaluations, while institutions themselves use publication output to boost their rankings. High publication counts and citations enhance a university’s position in global rankings, attracting more students and generating income from teaching.

    The prevailing reward system in academia often prioritises publication quantity over quality. When promotions, funding, and recognition are tied to the number of papers published, scientists may feel pressured to cut corners, rush experiments, or even fabricate data to meet these metrics.

    Changing the model

    Initiatives such as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment are pushing for change. This initiative advocates for evaluating research based on its quality and societal impact rather than journal-based metrics such as impact factors or citation counts.

    A shift in journal policies to prioritise the sharing of all experimental data would enhance scientific integrity. It would ensure researchers could replicate experiments to verify others’ results.

    Academics face increasing pressure to publish journal articles to advance their careers.
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    Also, universities, research institutions and funding agencies need to improve their due diligence and hold those responsible for misconduct accountable.

    Including a simple question such as, “Have you ever had or been involved in a retracted paper?” on grant applications or academic promotions would improve the integrity of research by deterring unethical behaviour. Dishonest answers could be easily detected, thanks to the availability of online tools and databases such as Retraction Watch.

    Over the past 20 years, scientific research has significantly improved our quality of life. Career scientists must shoulder the responsibility of ensuring researchers uphold the values of truth and integrity that are fundamental to our profession. Protecting the integrity of our work is foremost to our mission, and we must remain vigilant in safeguarding these principles.

    Nham Tran receives funding from the Australian Research Council

    – ref. The ‘publish or perish’ mentality is fuelling research paper retractions – and undermining science – https://theconversation.com/the-publish-or-perish-mentality-is-fuelling-research-paper-retractions-and-undermining-science-238983

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  • MIL-OSI China: Shift toward new engines of growth underway

    Source: China State Council Information Office

    Robots work on an assembly line of a factory of a private enterprise in Zouping City, east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 13, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua]

    A sustained focus on supporting innovation in strategic emerging sectors, future industries and traditional industries will be high on the agenda as China advances its economic structural reforms, which are aimed at fostering new quality productive forces and driving a shift from old growth drivers to new ones, economists and entrepreneurs said.

    Economists said the new quality productive forces will serve as a key driver for boosting the country’s economic growth in the coming years, which will help offset the real estate downturn, accelerate the building of a modern industrial system and promote high-quality development in the long run.

    Huang Hanquan, head of the Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research, said that fostering new quality productive forces is of vital importance in promoting high-quality economic growth, boosting total factor productivity and realizing Chinese modernization.

    “Various regions and departments across China have embraced this approach to drive economic progress, which will significantly accelerate technological innovation, enhance industrial application and facilitate the shift of growth drivers from old to new ones,” Huang said.

    A new report says that despite geopolitical headwinds that are having an impact on China’s economic growth trajectory and momentum, the nation is achieving success by boosting investment in science and technology, as well as by refocusing its efforts to enhance capabilities in emerging industries including artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and electric vehicles, and this is key to reinvigorating China’s growth engine.

    According to the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities China Index, cities that were home to a significant number of tech hubs displayed a high level of economic resilience. According to the report, Chinese cities that have strategically invested in emerging technologies will continue to thrive, even as the broader economy faces challenges at home and abroad.

    Highlighting that sci-tech innovation is a key element in the development of new quality productive forces, Huang from the Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research called for more efforts to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies by investing more in fundamental research and tackling choke points, and by stepping up reforms in the science and technology, education and talent systems.

    More efforts should also be made to advance reforms in the market-based allocation of production factors, allowing factors such as land, labor, capital and technology to flow freely and efficiently to fields of new quality productive forces, he said.

    Looking ahead, Huang said the country should foster new pillar industries, including next-generation information technology, new energy vehicles, new energy and new materials, to offset the impact of the decline in real estate on China’s economy and create new growth drivers.

    Huang’s remarks came after a resolution adopted in July at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China placed great emphasis on improving the institutions and mechanisms for fostering new quality productive forces in line with local conditions.

    Justin Yifu Lin, dean of Peking University’s Institute of New Structural Economics, said that regions with development gaps should measure their progress compared with their own past rather than shifting their focus to the pursuit of success in frontier activities, which could result in haphazard or uneven development.

    There are two types of new quality productive forces — one that invents new technologies and one that applies them, Lin said. Therefore, applying new technologies in traditional sectors should be treated as part of the drive to harness new quality productive forces, he added.

    “Regions with gaps in development should use new technologies to improve productivity. It’s essential to follow the principle of seeking truth from facts and develop according to competitive advantages,” Lin said.

    China must better leverage the role of the market and tap the opportunity of technological innovation to enhance productivity, especially as it stands at the same starting line with other countries for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is an opportunity that China “cannot afford to miss”, he said.

    The nation, which recently released a guideline to improve its market access system, is taking solid steps to optimize its business environment and foster new quality productive forces. This marks the country’s key push to implement the resolution adopted at the third plenary session.

    The guideline details 10 measures, including improving the negative list management model, strengthening the coordination of policies for domestic and foreign-funded enterprises, and optimizing the market access environment for new forms of business and new sectors.

    Liu Qiao, dean of Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, said that high-standard opening-up and deeper institutional reforms will create immense room for improvement in resource allocation efficiency, leading to an increase in the growth rate of total factor productivity.

    Liu noted that the path to new quality productive forces involves expanding into industries and fields that can enhance total factor productivity and form new quality productive forces, adding that there are two paths to achieving this objective.

    “The first route involves leveraging revolutionary technological changes to foster strategic emerging industries and future endeavors, including sectors associated with energy transition and digital transformation, as well as future-oriented industries like quantum computing and AI-driven big data. These will create new momentum, aiding in the acceleration of total factor productivity growth.

    “The second path involves opportunities brought about by China’s transformation and upgrade of traditional industries. Currently, the productivity in China’s agricultural and services sectors, for example, is relatively low, offering significant potential for increasing total factor productivity,” he said.

    Global executives hailed China’s reform initiatives aimed at fostering new quality productive forces, saying that they present opportunities for global stakeholders.

    Nancy Wang, country manager at LinkedIn China, said that China’s vigorous pursuit of new quality productive forces aims to foster an innovation-driven economic growth model centered on technological advancement, sending a signal of China’s readiness to face the challenges of globalization and technological revolution with greater openness, inclusivity and innovation.

    Victor Tsao, vice-president of open-source solutions provider Red Hat and general manager of Red Hat Greater China, said, “We believe that through further deepening reform and opening-up, and optimizing the business environment, China will continue to attract more foreign enterprises.”

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  • MIL-OSI Security: NMRC Leadership Provides Guidance on Marine Health to the Health Services Operational Advisory Group

    Source: United States Navy (Medical)

    BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) leadership and staff attended a meeting of the Health Services Operational Advisory Group (HSOAG) on September 11.

    The meeting, which occurred over four days from September 9-12, brought together subject matter experts, leadership, and stakeholders to discuss the state of Marine healthcare and the organizational structures that support it.

    NMRC staff presented ongoing research and development work to other HSOAG attendees. Capt. Franca Jones, NMRC commander, spoke to the assembled stakeholders on the role of Research and Development in Marine health.

    “The Health Services OAG is an opportunity for Navy Medicine leaders who support the Fleet Marine Force to come together and, aligning with the Commandant’s guidance, focus on shaping the future of operational health service support,” said Rear Adm. Pam Miller, The Medical Officer (TMO) of the Marine Corps. “Research and development are critical for the Marine Corps to keep pace with the rapidly changing field of military medicine.”

    In between sessions, HSOAG members engaged with NMRC researchers during a meet-and-greet session, with research posters and a display on the command’s advanced medical development program. Posters on display showed recent research projects and capabilities in the areas of blast exposure; biological defense; vaccines and therapeutics; infectious diseases and NMRC’s diagnostic laboratory; and current clinical trials, all of which support Marine health and readiness.

    “NMRC’s participation in the Health Services Operational Advisory Group is a critical conduit for bilateral communications and collaborations to align Navy Medicine research and development efforts to address the medical capability gaps and requirements of the US Marine Corps,” said Cmdr. Mark Simons, NMRC’s deputy science director.

    Marine Corps Health Services, led by TMO, advises the Commandant and Marines Headquarters staff on all healthcare matters. TMO serves as the functional expert in working with the appropriate Headquarters agencies for determining medical requirements and makes recommendations on all medical matters relevant to supporting the Marine Corps.

    In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, NMRC researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The Scientific and Educational Center “Evolution of the Earth” invites everyone to take excursions

    MIL OSI Translation. Region: Russian Federation –

    Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University –

    Scientific and Educational Center “Evolution of the Earth” NSU — is a modern complex of exhibition halls, exhibits and interactive systems. The center was created to support scientific, educational and popularizing activities in the field of Earth sciences among the widest audience.

    The exhibition of the center consists of four thematic halls. The first is dedicated to the planet Earth, its structure and cosmic environment – here the guides will tell about the methods by which our planet is studied. In the second hall you will learn about the processes occurring in the depths of the Earth, you will be able to touch pieces of real lava from Mongolia, Iceland and Kamchatka, and also see and hear the process of a volcanic eruption. The evolution of life from the appearance of the first cells to dinosaurs will be told in the third hall. In the fourth hall you can see real native gold and oil, as well as look at the model of the deep-sea bathyscaphe “Mir-1”, with the help of which the bottom of the World Ocean was studied.

    The center currently operates in the format of excursions for organized and group tours. You can sign up for an excursion with a group of friends, the guides will take you through all four thematic halls, tell you many facts and answer any questions. Excursions for NSU students and employees are free.

    You can sign up for a tour by calling (383) 363-42-25 or by email ee@nsu.ru.

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    http://vvv.nsu.ru/n/media/nevs/atmosphere/scientific-educational-center-evolution-of-the-earth-invites-everyone-on-excursions-/

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Join us on Sept 29 for the USGS Open House in Flagstaff!

    Source: US Geological Survey

    Get ready to launch into a day of discovery! Join us on September 29, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the USGS campus in Flagstaff, AZ, to explore interactive displays and activities related to geology, geography, biology, hydrology, planetary science, and mapping.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The second stage of the first phase of construction of the modern campus of NSU is being prepared for launch

    MIL OSI Translation. Region: Russian Federation –

    Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University – Earlier this summer, the complex of buildings of the first stage was successfully put into operation – it includes a new educational building of the NSU SUNC, a leisure center for students and two blocks of dormitories for NSU students and postgraduates. The total area of the first stage was 38 thousand square meters. Construction of a modern campus of NSU is carried out within the framework of the national project “Science and Universities”.

    The new dormitory building is the object of the second stage of the first stage of construction at the expense of the philanthropist with the support of the Foundation for the Development of Social Projects “Perspektiva”. It will become a significant addition to this comfortable infrastructure, connecting with the leisure center by an underground passage. The building project is developed in the uniform architectural style of the NSU campus – facade solutions made of concrete tiles will repeat the appearance of the new student dormitory buildings.

    The total area of the dormitory for students of the NSU SUNC will be about 15 thousand square meters. On 6 floors there will be 2- and 3-bed rooms with a total capacity of 562 people, storage and administrative premises, common leisure rooms and a medical block. Leisure, recreational areas, self-service laundries are provided on each floor.

    — New dormitories for students of the NSU SUNC will allow us to better solve problems related to the accommodation of schoolchildren outside their home, and will ensure the fulfillment of modern requirements for the conditions of stay of children coming to study at the SUNC. The staff of the physics and mathematics school are included in the process of planning and designing new dormitories, and will assist at all stages of the project implementation, — noted the director of the NSU SUNC Lyudmila Nekrasova.

    The construction of the new facility will be carried out on the site of the old building of the NSU SUNC. Its demolition and the start of construction work are scheduled for the end of 2024. The planned date for commissioning of the new dormitory is the second quarter of 2028. The technical customer of the construction will be OOO NDK Group.

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    http://www.nsu.ru/n/media/nevs/campus-construction/preparing-for-launch-the-second-stage-of-the-first-stage-construction-of-a-modern-campus-NSU/

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  • MIL-OSI China: US visas for Chinese students on rise, official says

    Source: China State Council Information Office

    The United States remains the top destination for Chinese students studying abroad despite concerns among students and parents over visas and public security, said an official with the US embassy in Beijing.

    Meanwhile, Chinese students who plan to study in US universities and their parents expressed concerns about unfair treatment that US border authorities imposed on Chinese students in some cases.

    Karen Gustafson, the embassy’s minister counselor for consular affairs, told China Daily on Sunday that the embassy issued 105,000 visas to students from China last year. “We are currently hosting 290,000 Chinese students in the US,” she said.

    A report released by the US Department of State showed that in the first half of 2023, a total of 44,762 students from the Chinese mainland were granted F-1 visas to study in the US, a year-on-year increase of 44 percent.

    As of the end of July, the embassy had issued more than 80,000 student visas to Chinese nationals, Gustafson said, noting the continuing increase in visas issued to Chinese students.

    According to the 2023 Open Doors report released in November, Chinese students accounted for approximately 29 percent of the 1.05 million foreign students in the US during the 2022-23 academic year, down from 33 percent in the previous academic year.

    Gustafson said that despite a decreasing trend, Chinese students remain the largest group of foreign students in the US, and are expected to “stay at the top and grow”.

    “We really wholeheartedly welcome Chinese students to come to the US, and we are always hoping to encourage more students to come,” she said, adding that the embassy is making efforts to maximize student numbers and return to the peak before the COVID-19 pandemic.

    On Sunday, hundreds of Chinese students and parents participated in an education fair in Beijing, seeking information on the prospects of studying abroad. Around 100 US universities attended the fair.

    A fair visitor, surnamed Wang, said she hopes to address her concerns over her daughter’s further education in the US by seeking advice from the universities and the organizer.

    Wang said that her daughter, a student of biological sciences in Wuhan, Hubei province, is preparing to pursue postgraduate studies in the US.

    Given recent cases of Chinese students, particularly those majoring in science and engineering at US universities, having their visas refused on arrival, receiving unfair treatment by border enforcement and even facing deportation, Wang said she is worried and hopes to get more information from the authorities.

    In recent years, dozens of Chinese students have reported that they suffered from unwarranted harassment, interrogation and repatriation because of their political or scientific research background.

    Many have posted on social media platforms their “terrifying” experiences of being taken by border officials to a “small dark room” at US airports, raising public concerns.

    “What I care about most is the safety of my child and whether she can smoothly graduate from a US university,” Wang said, adding that she had heard that Chinese students applying for certain subjects face higher risks of visa rejection.

    Gustafson called such cases isolated incidents, and said the majority of Chinese students are continuing their studies in the US.

    While the US embassy is in charge of issuing visas, entry into the country is handled by the Department of Homeland Security, she said.

    “What I can say is the vast majority of Chinese students going to the USend up studying in the US, and we really welcome them to continue to do so,” she added.

    Significant harm

    Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said in April that enforcing deportation orders against Chinese students has caused significant harm to the individuals concerned and disrupted cultural and academic exchanges between China and the US.

    “Recent cases demonstrate that US law enforcement officers are engaging in deportation for the sake of deportation, exhibiting political, discriminatory and selective enforcement,” she said at a news conference.

    Zhu Chenge, an assistant researcher of US diplomacy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said the excessive scrutiny of Chinese students by US authorities may seem to affect only a small group, but it is in reality demolishing one of the pillars of the complex interactions between China and the US.

    “Normal academic exchanges between two technological powerhouses are disrupted. It is certainly not a positive sign if students and scholars are more concerned about their personal safety than academic matters,” Zhu said.

    Wang Jialing, a 10th grader in the international class at RCF Experimental School in Beijing, has started to prepare his US university application.

    Aiming to enroll into the University of Southern California as a finance major, he inquired about application procedures and career prospects at the education fair. He said he wants to choose a college among the top 50 in the US in a relatively safe state, and plans to return to China after obtaining a bachelor’s degree.

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  • MIL-OSI New Zealand: Animal Welfare – Greyhound dies due to ‘carnage collision’ at Addington Raceway – SAFE for Animals

    Source: SAFE For Animals

    SAFE is renewing its urgent call for a ban on greyhound racing after the first race-related death of the 2024/25 season. Rocket Queen suffered a catastrophic compound fracture to her right leg during a race at Addington Raceway, Christchurch, on 20 September 2024.
    Rocket Queen was one of four greyhounds involved in a collision during the race, with three other dogs sustaining injuries, including a suspected fracture.
    SAFE Campaign Manager Emma Brodie says this tragic incident is not an isolated event, but part of an ongoing pattern of cruelty in the greyhound racing industry.
    “Rocket Queen’s death is not an anomaly; this is a predictable outcome in an industry that consistently fails to protect the dogs in its care,” says Brodie.
    “It’s both infuriating and heartbreaking that, despite years of warnings and public outcry, greyhounds continue to suffer and die in the name of entertainment.”
    This latest death adds to the growing toll of greyhound fatalities. Last season saw nearly double the number of deaths compared to the previous season. Thirteen greyhounds died in the 2023/24 season from race-related injuries, compared to seven in 2022/23.
    Earlier this year, Addington Raceway was temporarily closed for two months for remedial work following a spate of animal welfare concerns, including the deaths of three dogs in just one month.
    “No amount of track repairs or superficial ‘safety measures’ can change the reality that greyhound racing amounts to a death sentence for these dogs,” says Brodie.
    “This industry exists solely to fuel gambling profits, and it has no place in modern Aotearoa.”
    SAFE is calling on the Government to intervene immediately and ban greyhound racing in New Zealand.
    “This is more than just a welfare failure; it’s a moral failure. Greyhound racing does not reflect the values of New Zealanders, and the continuation of this industry is a stain on our national conscience.”
    “It’s time for the Government to show true leadership and bring an end to this cruel and outdated industry before more lives are needlessly lost.” 
    SAFE is Aotearoa’s leading animal rights organisation.
    We’re creating a future that ensures the rights of animals are respected. Our core work empowers society to make kinder choices for ourselves, animals and our planet.
    Notes:
    • In May 2024, leading animal organisations Dogwatch, HUHA, SAFE and SPCA announced a commitment to assist with the rehoming of greyhounds should a ban be enacted.
    • A 2022 poll commissioned by SPCA found that 74% of New Zealanders would vote to ban greyhound racing in a referendum.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: NSU to host first international student cybercriminology festival CrimeLab Fest-2024

    MIL OSI Translation. Region: Russian Federation –

    Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University –

    On September 27-28, the first international student cybercriminology festival CrimeLab Fest-2024 will be held at NSU. The event will involve 9 student teams: 8 of them represent Russian cities such as Novosibirsk, Barnaul, Krasnoyarsk and Krasnodar, and one combined team, which will include students from Harbin (China). Using cyber simulators, they will compete in investigating simulated situations. The students’ results will be assessed by an authoritative jury, which will include leading Russian experts in the field of forensics. The festival will also include lectures and a round table, where experts and students will discuss the prospects and future of the profession.

    — Several years ago, educational institutions began to request the introduction of modern products at the intersection of IT and forensics into the educational process. This is how the idea of creating cyber simulators appeared, which are based on the idea of a computer game, a quest, but at the same time they incorporate the entire arsenal of forensic tools for investigation, evidence collection, verification of versions, etc. That is, they allow you to simulate the situation of investigating certain types of crimes in a game form. At the moment, 10 such simulators have been developed. Our festival will be the first platform where we will test these simulators in action, — said the head of the CrimeLab project, Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Forensics of NSU Roman Borovskikh.

    The simulators were created by a team of developers from the ANO “Digital Educational Technologies”, which includes NSU graduates. Each simulator simulates the investigation of individual types of crimes, including bribery, murder, fraud, robbery, etc. The user of the simulator has the opportunity to choose not only the type of crime, but also the location. In the future, it is planned to introduce this tool into the educational process and make it part of the curriculum.

    According to Roman Borovskikh, “our task now is to test how this tool works, what the impressions and feedback from students will be, and to understand how these electronic educational tools need to be improved in order to use them in real educational practice.”

    The festival will feature student teams, 3 of which are from out of town, representing Altai State University, Kuban State University and Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University. Also, one team is international, it is formed by students of Heilongjiang University and NSU. During the competition, the guys will have to demonstrate their knowledge and skills at all stages of the investigation, such as collecting evidence, checking versions, etc., using correct forensic methods, using simulators.

    The teams’ work will be assessed by an expert jury chaired by Igor Mikhailovich Komarov, Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Forensic Science Department at Moscow State University. The jury also includes leading Russian forensic scientists. Among them are Lev Vladimirovich Bertovsky, Doctor of Law, Professor, Director of the Institute of High-Tech Law, Social and Humanitarian Sciences at the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology. As well as practicing forensic scientists, led by Colonel of Justice Vitaly Vitalyevich Brytkov, Head of the Forensic Support Department for the Siberian Federal District (based in Novosibirsk) of the Forensic Support Directorate for Investigations in the Federal Districts of the Main Forensic Science Directorate (Forensic Center) of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

    On the second day of the festival, there will be an off-site session, during which experts will give original lectures on new methods and the future of the profession, and a student round table will also take place.

    The festival is organized by NSU, Institute of Philosophy and Law of NSU And Student CenterNSU initiatives. The project partners are the Department of Forensic Support of Investigations for the Siberian Federal District, the ANO Digital Educational Technologies, and the federal project CrimeLab.

    More detailed information about the festival.

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    http://vvv.nsu.ru/n/media/nevs/education/nsu-will-host-the-first-international-student-festival-cyberforensics-crimelab-fest-2024/

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  • MIL-OSI USA: U.S. House Members Introduce Resolution Designating Sept. 16-20 as Medical Research Week

    Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Andre Carson (7th District of INDIANA)

    Today Representatives Andre Carson (D-Ind.), Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), and Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) recognized the unique contributions of medical research to improve the lives of patients, families, and communities nationwide by introducing a resolution in the House of Representatives declaring Sept. 16-20 as Medical Research Week.  

    Medical research, much of which is conducted at academic medical centers nationwide, has led to breakthrough discoveries that improve the health and well-being of patients and communities while also promoting global competitiveness in science, boosting job creation, preparing the next generation of scientists, and strengthening economic growth.  

    Through the support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), medical research serves a vital and unique role in the U.S. research enterprise. This work leads to cutting-edge preventative strategies and improved and emerging treatments and cures for diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, sickle cell anemia, obesity, the mental health and opioid epidemics, and emerging threats like yet unknown infectious diseases.  

    “Investing in the NIH today pays a lifetime of dividends in saving lives, promoting better health, and improving the quality of life for all Americans,” said AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD. “The nation’s medical schools, academic health systems, and teaching hospitals conduct approximately 60% of all NIH extramural research and are proud to pioneer many critical advances that bring the promise of better health to patients, families, and communities nationwide.” 

    “Now, more than ever, it’s important to ensure strong funding growth for NIH so that today’s discoveries can culminate in major breakthroughs in medical research,” said AAMC Chief Scientific Officer Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH. 

    As noted in the resolution, NIH funding ripples far beyond its headquarters into every state, drives demand for medical supplies and research equipment, and boosts local and regional economies to benefit manufacturers and suppliers across the country and into many U.S. territories, generating nearly $93 billion in new economic activity and supports approximately 412,000 jobs across the U.S in FY 2023 alone. 

    “Medical research has shaped breakthroughs in science that change lives,” said Rep. André Carson. “The cure for diseases like cancer and diabetes could be possible in our lifetimes, as long as we continue to invest in this important work. I am proud to have led bipartisan efforts over several years to fully fund the National Institutes of Health, expand pancreatic cancer research at the U.S. Department of Defense, and fully fund veteran medical and prosthetic research. We also need to collect more data on how minorities are disproportionately impacted by certain health issues and widen clinical trials to include those left out. I am proud to introduce this resolution highlighting Medical Research Week and will continue to work across the aisle on lifesaving legislation.” 

    “Innovation in health care starts with the groundbreaking medical research that leads to life-changing treatments and cures,” said Rep. Joyce Beatty. “As we celebrate Medical Research Week, we honor the scientists and institutions whose work not only saves lives but also drives our economy and keeps our nation at the forefront of global health innovation. As a stroke survivor, I’ve experienced firsthand the critical importance of these advancements. That’s why I continue to advocate for billions in federal funding to the NIH to reduce the incidence of heart disease, stroke, and other threats to the health and vitality of all Americans. The future of medicine depends on what we invest in today, and I’ll keep fighting for that funding.” 

    “Medical Research Week is an opportunity to celebrate the innovations and efforts of so many scientists who have created the treatments, cures, and diagnostics that tackle terrible conditions like cancer, Alzheimer’s, kidney failure, and the opioid epidemic. This inspirational work and the strong federal investments that power it make the United States the global driver of medical research and development,” said Rep. Suzan DelBene. “Medical Research Week is also an opportunity to recommit ourselves to building on this progress by not only defending but expanding funding for our government’s lead health research agency – the National Institutes of Health – so we can continue to develop the cures of tomorrow.” 

    “Medical research is the foundation of progress: saving lives, driving economic growth, and ensuring our leadership on the world stage. By celebrating Medical Research Week, we are not merely recognizing past breakthroughs but committing to a future where innovation propels our communities forward. I am dedicated to fighting for the vital funding that fuels progress and gives researchers the tools to discover groundbreaking cures and tackle the most devastating diseases. Together, through continued innovation, we will forge a healthier, stronger future for generations to come,” said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick. 

    “It is by no accident that America leads the world in medical innovation. America’s free enterprise system alongside strong federal support of medical research has led to new cures, treatments, and hope for tomorrow that more therapies are on the horizon. I am proud that Pennsylvania institutions and companies play leading roles in developing these new technologies and am glad to join my colleagues in introducing a resolution to recognize Medical Research Week,” said Rep. Lloyd Smucker. 

    During Medical Research Week, the AAMC – along with its member medical schools, academic health systems, research institutions, and collaborators – are celebrating the achievements in medical research and breakthrough innovations on social media using the hashtag #StartsInAcademicMedicine to highlight the immeasurable impact of research on patients and communities.  

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  • MIL-OSI New Zealand: Business – Ārohia Trailblazers set to forge path to global markets

    Source: Callaghan Innovation

    Callaghan Innovation will support seven trailblazing Kiwi businesses with bold ideas to succeed in global markets, while forging new pathways for like-minded Kiwi innovators.

    Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, Judith Collins announced the Ārohia Trailblazer grant recipients at the New Zealand Aerospace Summit today in Christchurch.

    Callaghan Innovation has allocated $17.5 million in co-funding to Astrix Astronautics, Basis NZ,  Emrod, Fabrum Solutions, Toku Eyes, Zincovery Process Technologies and Zenno Astronautics. The Ārohia Trailblazer

    Innovation Grant supports businesses that are benefiting the Aotearoa New Zealand innovation ecosystem, and have global potential.

    “Congratulations to these Kiwi innovators who have developed these impressive, and ambitious innovations with the potential for success here and in global markets.

    “We look forward to following their success as they inspire and enable other, like-minded ambitious innovators,” says Callaghan Innovation Chief Product Officer, Brett Calton.

    “These trailblazers represent diverse sectors, including HealthTech, CleanTech and aerospace, that are growing and have the potential to make a bigger impact globally.”

    About the recipients:

    Astrix Astronautics
    Astronautics | Auckland | astrix.space

    Astrix Astronautics design unique, reliable high performance power systems for small satellites using a state-of-the art inflatable deployment mechanism that delivers solar power to mega-constellations.

    Basis NZ Limited
    Cleantech | Auckland | wearebasis.com

    Basis has developed the world’s first residential Smart Panel, enabling homeowners to reduce their electricity costs, make their homes dramatically safer and lower barriers to adopting electrification technologies (EV, battery & solar).  

    Emrod Limited
    Hi-tech Engineering | Auckland | emrod.energy

    Emrod is pioneering the transition to a wireless, global energy network. Its technology is hardware for wirelessly sending large amounts of power over long distances, safely and efficiently. Just as the internet transformed communication, wireless power will transform the world’s ability to generate and use energy.

    Fabrum Solutions Limited
    Hi-tech Engineering | Christchurch | fabrum.nz

    The fundamental technologies that Fabrum has developed leverage over 20 years of composite and cryogenic discovery. The company has developed a very desirable library of patents and trade secrets, including cryocoolers, refuelling technologies, liquefiers and storage systems for hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and LNG. Fabrum operates around the globe with 80% of its product made in New Zealand and exported globally.

    Toku Eyes Limited
    Healthtech | Auckland | tokueyes.com

    Toku has developed a product that can identify individuals with elevated chronic kidney disease risk (CKD) using retinal fundus images only. Commercialisation of this AI medical device will remove the need for blood and urine test to identify high-risk CKD individuals, enabling preventative care to avoid costly debilitating kidney failure.

    Zincovery Process Technologies Limited
    Cleantech | Christchurch | zincovery.com

    Zincovery is looking to bring the first 100% recycled, low carbon and high purity zinc product to the market. This is enabled by their innovative zinc recycling technology that avoids the use of fossil fuels, reducing emissions by up to 95% and processing costs by 45%.

    Zenno Astronautics Limited
    Astronautics | Auckland | zenno.space

    Zenno is building the future of agile and sustainable operations in space. They have developed a patented technology based on superconducting magnets that enables spacecraft operators to reduce their costs while also increasing their mission value.

     For more information visit: arohia.govt.nz

    About Callaghan Innovation

    Callaghan Innovation is New Zealand’s innovation agency. It activates innovation and helps businesses grow faster for a better New Zealand.  The government agency partners with ambitious businesses of all sizes, delivering a range of innovation and research and development (R&D) services to suit each stage of their growth. Its staff – including more than 150 of New Zealand’s leading scientists and engineers – empower innovators by connecting people, opportunities and networks, and providing tailored technical solutions, skills and capability development programmes, and grants co-funding. Callaghan Innovation also enhances the operation of New Zealand’s innovation ecosystem, working closely with MBIE, NZTE, NZVIF, Crown Research Institutes, and other organisations that help increase business investment in R&D and innovation. The agency operates from five urban offices and a regional partner network in a further 12 locations across Aotearoa.

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  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Remarks by CE at media session before ExCo

    Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

         Following are the remarks by the Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, at a media session before the Executive Council meeting today (September 24):

    Reporter: My first question is, as the SNSO (Safeguarding National Security Ordinance) has stated that the CE has the power to issue a certificate to certify if a court case concerns national security, yesterday the court has heard that you have issued such a certificate for the HKU Students’ Union Council case. So how many of such certificates have been issued in the past, and what cases were involved? My second question is, a French photojournalist working for the Associated Press was denied entry to Hong Kong earlier this month. What are the reasons behind and will it impact Hong Kong’s image as an international city? Lastly, is there a time frame for Hong Kong to lift the ban on Japanese food imports after Beijing has agreed to lift the ban? Thank you.
     
    Chief Executive: The Chief Executive certificate was issued in accordance with the law. It has been issued more than once, and it is issued whenever it is considered necessary, but all procedures for national security cases will be done in strict accordance with legal procedures and the relevant laws. I want to repeat again: we will deal with national security offences seriously, and we will enforce the law without hesitation, because national security offences are serious. I think we are doing this in the same way as what other jurisdictions are doing in connection with safeguarding national security.
     
         Regarding the issue of discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, I am aware that the relevant authorities of China and Japan have recently reached a consensus, and the consensus reads like this: the Japanese side will fulfil its obligation to avoid negative impacts on health and the environment and will continue to carry out impact assessments on the marine environment and ecosystems. Japan will establish a long-term international monitoring arrangement under the framework of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) to ensure China’s participation, independent sampling, monitoring, and inter-laboratory comparisons. The two sides will commence science-based dialogue in the interest of life, health and the ecological environment. After the implementation of the independent sampling and monitoring activities, China will, based on the scientific evidence, consider to adjust the relevant measures. The Hong Kong SAR Government has all along accorded top priority to safeguard health and safety of the Hong Kong people. We emphasise scientific evidence. We have contacted the Commissioner’s Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong SAR for more information and have also contacted the Consul-General of Japan for more details to ensure that the Hong Kong SAR Government will have access to sufficient scientific data and evidence to consider any adjustment possibility.
     
    Regarding your question, all entries into Hong Kong must be considered in accordance with the prevailing immigration policies and relevant laws. The Immigration Department is doing the same as all other immigration authorities are doing in other jurisdictions; that is, they will look at the entries’ characteristics and examine the entries in accordance with the policies and the laws. I think individuals will be considered according to their own cases, and we are doing it in no way different from other jurisdictions. Thank you.
     
    (Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the remarks.)

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Surrogacy is booming. But new research suggests these pregnancies could be higher risk for women and babies

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University

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    A new study from Canada has found women who agree to carry and birth babies in surrogacy arrangements face a higher risk of complications than other pregnant women.

    These women were at two to three times the risk of health problems such as postpartum haemorrhages and pre-eclampsia. They were also more likely to give birth prematurely.

    With an increasing number of people in Australia and elsewhere having children via surrogacy arrangements, what can we make of these findings?

    First, what is surrogacy?

    Surrogacy is a situation where a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby (or babies) for another person or a couple in a planned arrangement.

    There are two types of surrogacy.

    The first is where the pregnant woman is the full biological mother, with the child conceived using her own egg (sometimes called “traditional” or “genetic” surrogacy).

    The second is where the pregnant woman is not the genetic mother and the child is conceived using the egg of a different woman (called “gestational surrogacy”).

    Gestational surrogacy involves the transfer of an embryo or embryos into the uterus of a woman who has agreed to carry and birth the child using in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Gestational surrogacy is now the most common form of surrogacy arrangement in Australia.

    The new study looked at gestational surrogacy specifically.

    What the researchers did

    The study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, was retrospective. This means it used existing data that is gathered routinely on people using health services.

    It included 863,017 women who had a single baby between April 2012 and March 2021 (multiple births were excluded).

    The researchers compared outcomes for women and babies where the pregnancy was achieved naturally, those who got pregnant using IVF, and those who were pregnant in a gestational surrogacy arrangement where the woman had no genetic link to the baby.

    Most babies were conceived naturally, 16,087 were IVF pregnancies, and 806 women were pregnant in gestational surrogacy arrangements.

    The study looked at more than 860,000 women in Canada who had a baby over a nine-year period.
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    The researchers found pregnant women in gestational surrogacy arrangements had a rate of severe maternal complications of 7.8%, more than three times the rate of those who became pregnant naturally (2.3%) and almost twice the rate among those who got pregnant through IVF (4.3%).

    These risks included postpartum haemorrhage (losing excessive amounts of blood following the birth), severe pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure associated with pregnancy) and serious postpartum infection (sepsis). There was also a higher risk of the baby being born preterm (before 37 weeks) in gestational surrogacy situations.

    The researchers attempted to take into account differences between the three groups like age, weight, health problems and socioeconomic status, which can all influence the risk of complications for pregnant women and their babies. Despite this, they still saw these concerning results.

    Why might the risk be higher?

    Previous research looking at outcomes with gestational surrogacy has had mixed results. But it is thought the reason risks could be greater for the woman and baby in gestational surrogacy arrangements may be because the baby is genetically unrelated to the woman.

    Pregnancy has a strong impact on the immune system. During pregnancy, women’s immune systems are altered so they do not reject the growing baby.

    An imbalanced or overactive immune response can contribute to pregnancy complications including preterm birth and pre-eclampsia. Having a baby with different genetic material may affect a woman’s immune response during pregnancy, and increase the risk of complications in this way.

    Some limitations

    Only women having a single baby were included in the study, so we don’t know the outcomes where a multiple pregnancy was involved. However, multiple birth is common in surrogacy, and there are increased risks associated with multiple births for women and babies.

    Multiple embryo transfer increases the risk of twins and triplets and is prohibited in the context of surrogacy in Australia (and discouraged in IVF treatments more broadly). But Australians engaging in overseas surrogacy commonly request it.

    Also, the study includes a relatively small number of women pregnant in a gestational surrogacy arrangement (806), meaning there’s an increased risk for statistical error and limited ability to detect rare outcomes.

    People may use a surrogate to have a baby for a range of reasons.
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    Ethical questions

    An increasing number of Australians are having children via surrogacy arrangements. This is due to a combination of factors including a decline in adoption, women delaying motherhood, and increased social acceptability of male same-sex parenting.

    Australia only allows altruistic surrogacy, where the woman who agrees to have the baby for others is not paid.

    However, some other countries allow women to be paid to become pregnant for others (commercial surrogacy). Concern regarding the exploitation of women via commercial surrogacy is such that Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory have made it illegal for residents to travel overseas to engage in commercial surrogacy.

    Even so, most Australia children born as a result of surrogacy arrangements are born through overseas commercial surrogacy.

    Despite some limitations, this research indicates increased risks for women becoming pregnant in gestational surrogacy arrangements, and the babies they carry. It seems important the potentially elevated risks should be made clear to women considering carrying and birthing a baby for someone else, and to the prospective parents.

    Considering the rise in surrogacy globally it’s important more research is undertaken on the potential health and other impacts of this practice on women and babies. Health, ethical and human rights implications should inform legislative frameworks, policy and practice.

    The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. Surrogacy is booming. But new research suggests these pregnancies could be higher risk for women and babies – https://theconversation.com/surrogacy-is-booming-but-new-research-suggests-these-pregnancies-could-be-higher-risk-for-women-and-babies-239574

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Polytechnic University Opens Postdoc School “Digital Methods in Social and Humanitarian Knowledge”

    MIL OSI Translation. Region: Russian Federation –

    Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    The opening of the educational program of the Postdoc School “Digital Methods in Social and Humanitarian Knowledge” (a project of the Humanities Institute – the winner of the “Priority 2030” competition of SPbPU) took place at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

    The initiative to create the “Postdoc School” (postdoctoral studies) was a response to the growing competition and changing requirements for research practices under the influence of the new technological order. Digital analysis of large volumes of data, the use of neural networks and machine learning are becoming essential tools for scientists and teachers in the humanities who strive to remain at the forefront of science.

    As part of the opening of the Postdoc School, a lecture by Eduard Ponarin was held. He is a well-known specialist in the field of digital data analysis methods, the founder and leading research fellow of the Ronald Franklin Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research and a full professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg.

    He devoted his lecture to current issues of creating and analyzing text corpora, building statistical models, working with big data, as well as popular methods of formalizing text parameters and mapping them.

    The educational program of the Postdoc School is aimed at masters, postgraduate students, young candidates of science with a strong social and humanitarian education and is aimed at developing their potential in the modern world. The school is designed to become a bridge between traditional humanitarian knowledge and modern digital technologies, teaching in-depth research based on structuring and analyzing arrays of heterogeneous data. At the same time, the results of the project will be not only the development of digital competencies and the effectiveness of scientific research, but also the creation of scientific interdisciplinary and inter-institutional teams due to the cooperation of researchers from different higher schools and institutes of the social and humanitarian profile of SPbPU in research teams.

    Thus, the program will have a significant impact on the development of the human resources potential of young people at SPbPU and will help in solving modern scientific problems.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Rosneft held the popular science festival “Park of Science” in Novokuibyshevsk

    MIL OSI Translation. Region: Russian Federation –

    Source: Rosneft – Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    With the support of the Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company (part of the Rosneft petrochemical complex), the popular science festival “Park of Science” was held. The educational project has been implemented by the enterprise for ten years and gives children the opportunity to gain knowledge through experimental research under the guidance of young scientists.

    This year, 400 schoolchildren, including those from the “First Movement”, attended the festival. Participants were asked to find answers to the question “What can be made from oil?” As part of the program, children learned how hydrocarbon deposits are explored, oil is extracted, and plastic products that surround us in everyday life are created.

    Senior schoolchildren were also able to get acquainted with the devices and equipment of the laboratories of the Samara State Technical University, where they studied the properties of lubricating oils – the most important functional element of modern engines, machines and mechanisms.

    In the modern petrochemical industry, breakthrough technologies are created at the intersection of different disciplines: mathematics, physics and computer science. Scientists from Samara Polytechnic University and Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company told how science helps to create efficient production and develop environmentally friendly technologies. During master classes, children got acquainted with impressive scientific achievements using 3D technologies, electronics and robotics. The festival ended with a spectacular chemical show.

    Reference:

    The Park of Sciences festival has been held in Novokuibyshevsk annually since 2015. During this time, more than 5,000 children have participated in master classes and conducted almost 9,000 scientific experiments.

    “Park of Sciences” became the best project in the nomination “Promotion of Future Technologies” of the regional stage of the National Award in the field of public relations development “Silver Archer -2023”.

    Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft September 24, 2024

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  • MIL-OSI China: China pledges joint efforts with ASEAN to build closer community with shared future

    Source: China State Council Information Office

    China is willing to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to deepen practical cooperation and write a new chapter in building a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future, Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang said Tuesday.

    Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks when addressing the opening ceremony of the 21st China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

    China and ASEAN enjoy a long history of friendly relations and are good neighbors, good friends and good partners, Ding noted, adding that China and ASEAN have always been moving forward hand in hand, which has become the most successful and dynamic model of Asia-Pacific regional cooperation and a vivid example of promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

    China is advancing its efforts to build a great modern socialist country in all respects and pursue national rejuvenation through a Chinese path to modernization, which will bring great opportunities to the world, Ding said.

    China will continue to follow the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy, deepen practical cooperation with ASEAN countries, and write a new chapter in building a closer China-ASEAN community of shared future, he added.

    Ding called on China and ASEAN countries to elevate strategic mutual trust to new heights. Efforts should be made to implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative, further synergize their development strategies, and strengthen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation to better promote regional and global prosperity and stability, he said.

    He also called on China and ASEAN countries to advance open cooperation to a new level. Both sides should implement the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) with high quality, work for an early conclusion of the negotiations for version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA), steadily expand institutional opening-up, and build a more stable and smooth cross-border industrial and supply chain, he added.

    China and ASEAN countries need to foster a new pattern of all-round connectivity, Ding said, urging the two sides to jointly build the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor at a high level, and make solid progress in the development of important economic corridors and key projects.

    China and ASEAN countries should expand new areas of cooperation in science, technology and innovation, Ding said, adding that the two sides should jointly implement China-ASEAN science and technology innovation enhancement program, accelerate the construction of platforms such as joint laboratories, and ensure that more innovative achievements benefit the people of both sides.

    Ding also urged China and ASEAN countries to cultivate new highlights in mutual understanding and affinity among the people. Taking the China-ASEAN Year of People-to-People Exchanges as an opportunity, Ding said the two sides should further deepen exchanges and cooperation in culture, tourism, training, youth, and solidify the public opinion foundation of bilateral relations.

    Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivered a video address. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers of Cambodia Vongsey Vissoth, Deputy Prime Minister of Laos Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Vietnam Ho Duc Phoc, as well as Secretary-General of ASEAN Kao Kim Hourn attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches successively.

    After the opening ceremony, Ding toured the exhibition hall and exchanged views with the heads of the exhibitors.

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  • MIL-OSI China: Global agriculture conference to be held in Beijing

    Source: China State Council Information Office

    The 2024 World Agrifood Innovation Conference will be held in Beijing and will feature an array of events and activities, organizers announced at a press conference on Sept. 20. 

    Organizers brief reporters on preparations and events for the 2024 World Agrifood Innovation Conference during a press conference held in Pinggu district, Beijing, Sept. 20, 2024. [Photo/China.org.cn]

    This year’s conference, themed “Climate Change and Agrifood Systems Transformation,” is organized by China Agricultural University, the Pinggu District People’s Government of Beijing Municipality and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The conference will include an opening ceremony, forums, side events and an expo. It will take place at the Beijing Jinhai Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center in Pinggu district, Beijing, from Oct. 10 to 12.

    The conference is intended to unite international experts, policymakers, industry leaders and innovators to address unprecedented challenges due to climate change, exploring strategies and solutions to make agrifood systems more resilient, sustainable and adaptive.

    Since the inaugural World Agrifood Innovation Conference in 2023, the event has received high recognition from domestic and international colleagues, being considered as one of the top three agricultural events in the world. With the goal of becoming the “Davos of agriculture,” this year’s conference has been upgraded to be a premier global gathering for agricultural science and technology innovation. 

    According to organizers, attendees will explore topics that focus on agricultural science and technology innovation, foster cooperation between industries, universities and research institutes, as well as cultivate new drivers for agricultural development. 

    Over 60 leaders and representatives from nearly 30 international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), will participate in the conference. The FAO will also organize a Scientific Advisory Committee meeting and a youth dialogue for the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, marking the first time the hub’s important meetings will be held in China.

    During the conference, there will be a special event on China-Africa agricultural science and technology cooperation, as well as a parallel session on China-Brazil agricultural economic and trade cooperation and green development.

    Sun Qixin, president of China Agricultural University (CAU), revealed that this year, during the conference’s World Agricultural University Presidents’ Forum, CAU will further enhance both agricultural education and agricultural science and technology collaborations between China and Africa.

    “Especially, we will promote the effective model developed by China Agricultural University in Africa over the years for the application of scientific and technological research outcomes, so as to benefit more African countries,” he said.

    Besides Chinese academic institutions’ involvement in the conference, leading scientists and heads of major institutions of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) will also be participating. They will discuss with top Chinese agricultural scientists and entrepreneurs the potential for hosting multiple CGIAR-funded research projects in China.

    The conference will feature over 40 parallel sessions, thematic meetings and side events, fostering dialogues among scientists, educators, entrepreneurs and investors to seamlessly integrate technological innovation with industrial application. Closed-door meetings will also connect global top animal husbandry scientists with Chinese agricultural entrepreneurs to discuss technology applications within Chinese enterprises. Major announcements, including the Pinggu Declaration and key FAO and CGIAR reports on agricultural innovation, are anticipated to be released during the event.

    In addition to formal dialogues and lectures, the conference will also organize the 2024 World AgriFood Technology Expo, showcasing the latest achievements, cutting-edge technologies and innovative products in the global agrifood sector. 

    The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs foreshadowed significant commercialization achievements during the conference. Since 2023, the bureau has facilitated connections with 15 key laboratories under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and enabled 76 companies to launch projects in Beijing’s Pinggu district in fields like modern seed industry, smart agriculture and intelligent equipment. It was announced at the press conference that the China Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Port in Pinggu has entered the planning and construction phase, with plans to gradually introduce more national key laboratories, creating a cluster of labs focused on agricultural science and technology innovation.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Working while studying increases your salary and chances of success

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    Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –

    Working while studying increases the likelihood of employment after graduation by 19%, and salary by 14%. Every second student worked at least a month during their full-time studies. The greatest return comes from working in the last years of study, when students have the opportunity to start working in their specialty. These are the results reached by a team of authors with Faculty of Economic Sciences HSE.

    Combining work and study has become a mass phenomenon among students: more than 50% of students worked at least one month during their studies. They rightly believe that thanks to work experience they can become more competitive in the labor market and find a higher-paying position after graduation. If in the first year no more than 18% combined employment with study, then by the final year their share increased to 40%.

    Based on the total data of the Graduate Employment Monitoring of more than 200,000 full-time bachelor’s and specialist’s degree graduates in 2021, the authors drew conclusions about the trends in combining study and work in Russia and its effects on subsequent employment. It turned out that among those who graduated with honors, the share of part-time workers is slightly higher. Students from more prestigious and highly ranked universities also work more often: 59% versus 50% in less selective universities. Students whose specialty is related to mathematics, information technology, and natural sciences start working more often than others during their studies, while humanities students, on the contrary, are less likely to do so: 58% versus 47%.

    The probability of finding a job within a year after graduation was 19% higher for those who combined work and study. Moreover, the longer a student worked, the higher the chances: each additional month of experience increases the probability of employment by 1%. The salary of such graduates is also higher – by 14%, and each additional month of work experience increases it by 0.7%.

    Much more important was the combination of study and work in the 4th and 5th years. Part-time jobs at the beginning of studies have almost no effect on the probability of employment, and internships during the final year increase it by 26%. Students in the field of mathematics and computer science benefit most from such a combination. Their chances of finding a job are higher by another 10%, and for economists – by 4%. The university also has an effect: if a student of any specialty studies at a university that is in the highest positions in the ratings, then the probability of employment will be 21% higher.

    Authors of the article, Junior Researcher Labor Market Research Laboratories Ksenia Rozhkova, Head of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the Higher School of Economics, Sergey Roshchin, Head of the Laboratory, and Pavel Travkin, Senior Research Fellow, note that there is currently a restructuring of views on education. More and more students are moving from combining study with work to combining work with study. Gaining work experience is becoming their main goal, while academic performance is relegated to the background.

    “In our opinion, students are increasingly combining work with study because they care not only about income, but also about the experience and competencies they acquire. Such work allows them to enter a professional field. In contrast, universities often offer formal introductory practice, which does not involve the acquisition of any applied skills,” comments Ksenia Rozhkova. Since universities are interested in their graduates successfully finding employment, it would be useful to reconsider the approach to educational processes, strive to provide more practice-oriented skills, and collaborate with potential employers.

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  • MIL-OSI China: China pledges joint efforts with ASEAN to build closer community with shared future: vice premier

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    China pledges joint efforts with ASEAN to build closer community with shared future: vice premier

    NANNING, Sept. 24 — China is willing to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to deepen practical cooperation and write a new chapter in building a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future, Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang said Tuesday.

    Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks when addressing the opening ceremony of the 21st China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Nanning, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

    China and ASEAN enjoy a long history of friendly relations and are good neighbors, good friends and good partners, Ding noted, adding that China and ASEAN have always been moving forward hand in hand, which has become the most successful and dynamic model of Asia-Pacific regional cooperation and a vivid example of promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

    China is advancing its efforts to build a great modern socialist country in all respects and pursue national rejuvenation through a Chinese path to modernization, which will bring great opportunities to the world, Ding said.

    China will continue to follow the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy, deepen practical cooperation with ASEAN countries, and write a new chapter in building a closer China-ASEAN community of shared future, he added.

    Ding called on China and ASEAN countries to elevate strategic mutual trust to new heights. Efforts should be made to implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative, further synergize their development strategies, and strengthen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation to better promote regional and global prosperity and stability, he said.

    He also called on China and ASEAN countries to advance open cooperation to a new level. Both sides should implement the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) with high quality, work for an early conclusion of the negotiations for version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA), steadily expand institutional opening-up, and build a more stable and smooth cross-border industrial and supply chain, he added.

    China and ASEAN countries need to foster a new pattern of all-round connectivity, Ding said, urging the two sides to jointly build the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor at a high level, and make solid progress in the development of important economic corridors and key projects.

    China and ASEAN countries should expand new areas of cooperation in science, technology and innovation, Ding said, adding that the two sides should jointly implement China-ASEAN science and technology innovation enhancement program, accelerate the construction of platforms such as joint laboratories, and ensure that more innovative achievements benefit the people of both sides.

    Ding also urged China and ASEAN countries to cultivate new highlights in mutual understanding and affinity among the people. Taking the China-ASEAN Year of People-to-People Exchanges as an opportunity, Ding said the two sides should further deepen exchanges and cooperation in culture, tourism, training, youth, and solidify the public opinion foundation of bilateral relations.

    Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivered a video address. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers of Cambodia Vongsey Vissoth, Deputy Prime Minister of Laos Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Vietnam Ho Duc Phoc, as well as Secretary-General of ASEAN Kao Kim Hourn attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches successively.

    After the opening ceremony, Ding toured the exhibition hall and exchanged views with the heads of the exhibitors.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Additive technologies and new materials: prospects for the fuel and energy complex

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    Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    The technical session “Additive technologies and new materials in the fuel and energy complex of the Russian Federation” was held in the research building of Technopolis Polytech. The organizers were the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport of SPbPU together with PAO Gazprom.

    The event participants were greeted by the rector of the Polytechnic University Andrey Rudskoy and the head of the department of PJSC Gazprom Viktor Sharokhin.

    We are very grateful to Gazprom for the fact that Polytech became the venue for the first strategic session dedicated to the development of the additive technology industry. Round tables and discussions will take place today, which, I am sure, will open up new prospects for the use of additive technologies at enterprises of the fuel and energy complex. Without a doubt, this will make a significant contribution to ensuring the technological sovereignty of our country, – Andrey Ivanovich noted.

    It is already obvious that additive technologies can find wide application in the gas industry. However, before that, solutions to a number of issues of both technical and innovative nature must be found. One of the goals of today’s event is to establish a dialogue between the corporate sector, the scientific community and business to remove barriers to additive manufacturing, Viktor Yuryevich emphasized.

    The Semenov Conference Hall hosted a plenary session on Additive Technologies and New Materials, attended by representatives of universities, industry associations, engineering and manufacturing companies. Director of IMMiT and session moderator Anatoly Popovich outlined the topic of the meeting and invited experts to participate in the discussion.

    This year, for the first time, we organized a technical session dedicated to additive technologies and new materials. This is extremely important, since the role of advanced production methods in our industry opens up new horizons for cooperation between science and industry, Anatoly Anatolyevich is confident.

    The session participants discussed modern achievements in the development of additive technology methods and considered the areas of their application in the fuel and energy complex.

    The exhibition display in the lobby of the Technopolis Polytech research building, where employees of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Transport of SPbPU presented their developments, aroused great interest.

    The session also included two round tables: “Practical aspects of the application of additive technologies” and “Scientific and technical aspects of the application of additive technologies”.

    At the IMMiT production center, research staff presented guests with production capacities and equipment in the field of additive manufacturing.

    The event ended with a tour of the research laboratory “Laser and Additive Technologies”. Its head Mikhail Kuznetsov showed the session participants the production facilities of the division.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Rosneft software suites recognized as the best digital solutions in the oil and gas industry

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    Source: Rosneft – Rosneft – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    The software packages RN-GEOSIM and GIS-RN became winners of the XV competition “Best digital solutions for the oil and gas industry” in the nomination “Best internal corporate development”. The award ceremony took place in Moscow as part of the X Federal Forum on IT and digital technologies of the oil and gas industry of Russia Smart Oil

    Rosneft is the first company in Russia to successfully create science-intensive software covering all key processes of hydrocarbon exploration and production. The Company’s line of science-intensive software includes 24 products for key processes of oil and gas production, 10 of which are available for purchase.

    “RN-GEOSIM” was developed by the Ufa scientific institute of “Rosneft”. Specialists use the software package to build geological models and analyze hydrocarbon deposits, which increases the efficiency of their exploration and development.

    The software package provides a full range of tools, such as data management, interactive visualization, well section correlation, structural modeling taking into account tectonic faults, 3D geological modeling, reserve calculation, and generation of reporting graphics.

    The Company’s specialists are constantly improving the digital product, supplementing it with innovative modeling methods for more accurate construction of the field model. Test licenses for the software can be ordered on the website https://rn.digital/rngeosim/.

    The GIS-RN system is a joint development of the Rosneft Research Institute in Tomsk and Sibintek. This is the first corporate geographic information system (GIS) that is built on import-substituting technologies and solves current production problems in the oil sector of the fuel and energy complex.

    The multifunctional digital service consolidates arrays of geospatial information from users and is used at all stages of capital construction and operation of oil and gas field facilities.

    By 2025, the capabilities of GIS-RN will be supplemented by a module based on a neural network model for automated interpretation of aerospace images obtained during engineering surveys and environmental monitoring. Artificial intelligence trained on a profile sample will be able to recognize terrain objects – rivers, lakes, vegetation and even illegal logging – dozens of times faster than humans.

    Rosneft has been consistently developing and commercializing domestic software for oil and gas production for over 20 years. This strategic decision was dictated by the need to ensure the technological independence of the country’s oil and gas industry, taking into account the specifics of the reserve structure and modern approaches to oil and gas production.

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    The competition “Best Digital Solutions for the Oil and Gas Industry” has been held since 2009. An independent jury determines the most significant innovative projects in the IT field and industrial automation.

    Department of Information and Advertising of PJSC NK Rosneft September 24, 2024

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Consortium led by GUU to create agricultural analogue of State Services

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    Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State –

    The State University of Management is developing a digital village – a high-tech system for managing agricultural enterprises. The project is being implemented jointly with the Omsk Agrarian Scientific Center (Omsk ASC) and the Udmurt State University (UdSU).

    The solution being created will allow even non-professionals to manage agricultural processes. The result will resemble the most modern enterprises, where one person can manage the entire workshop, and all mechanical work is done by robots. A similar model will be implemented in the field.

    “In the conditions of record low unemployment, we are not making a system that excludes people from the process. It helps non-professionals get started. The platform with a management decision support system offers the user a choice: if you go to the right, you will reap the harvest, if you go to the left, you will lose your horse. In the most literal sense of the word,” said Denis Serdechny, associate professor of the Department of Innovation Management at the State University of Management, head of the Laboratory of Convergent Expertise and Assessment of Technology Maturity, and candidate of technical sciences.

    A technological stack will be assembled at the request of state or private farms, which in addition to unmanned combines, seeders, drones, automatic irrigation systems and other devices will include products of modern agricultural technologies. The management system takes into account the possibility of integrating several farms to create a corporate effect. Reporting will be generated and sent to the Ministry of Agriculture automatically, thus creating a database of objective data and not burdening farmers with unnecessary work. The digital village will operate based on the principles of precision farming, when, for example, drones scan apples on trees, assess their condition and collect only ripe fruits, leaving the rest to ripen. This will significantly increase the efficiency and productivity of each individual farm, and in the future, at the national level, it will potentially give a significant multiplier effect.

    However, the task set by the SUM scientists is much larger. The digital village is the first level. The global idea is to create a huge digital platform for the entire agriculture of the country.

    “We are developing a concept for such a platform, where all participants in agricultural processes will find their place. In essence, such agricultural State Services,” says Denis Serdechny. “The user goes there, chooses his role: farmer, investor, producer, monitor on the part of the state, who will be able to evaluate the efficiency of spending budget funds. The farmer controls the work processes through the platform. And the investor can see in which region what crop is needed, what level of investment is required for this, what equipment is needed, in what quantity, what seeds. That is, it is also an intelligent decision support system, akin to a computer game in the genre of economic strategy – the user chooses the necessary parameters and his agricultural business is assembled on a turnkey basis. To do this, you do not have to be an expert in the field of agriculture.”

    The system is not being built from scratch; the necessary competencies are acquired from specialists who will train the system’s artificial intelligence. The platform will be loaded with existing databases on meteorological observations, aerial reconnaissance, soil science, and other necessary information. The system will also offer, for example, leasing companies, so that the investor does not necessarily have to purchase equipment. Service providers will also be able to use the system to track the operation of their fleet.

    A grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation for the implementation of a major scientific project “Ensuring food security of the country based on the creation of software and hardware complexes and intelligent platform digital solutions in the field of development of agro-industrial technologies of the full life cycle” was won by the State University of Management in the spring of 2024. This project is designed until 2026 and is currently in the active stage of development.

    A group of almost three dozen specialists from the State University of Management is developing an economic model of a new generation agricultural enterprise and a complex of its technological support. The SUM develops management, economic and digital models.

    To create digital twins of agricultural enterprises and subsequent processing of data from the fields, artificial intelligence tools and supercomputer power will be used. The equipment has already been purchased and is located on the territory of the State University of Management.

    Udmurt State University will provide technologies for recycling and closing the production cycle of agricultural enterprises. Waste from factories and plants, as well as expired products from stores, will be returned to the fields as fertilizers, rather than being disposed of, which will have a positive effect on the environment and will allow saving some budget funds.

    The Omsk AMC will become a test site for testing this technology. It is engaged in the entire cycle of work: field preparation, sowing, monitoring, harvesting. Including tracking weather changes, for which it recently purchased a weather station. Several special areas have already been allocated there for the digital village project.

    The system will be launched in test mode this year. The project is designed to last until 2026, but Denis Serdechny believes that this is only the first step towards implementing a federal-scale project. Interaction with global market players has already begun. Some of the largest Russian banks are interested in the results of the project, ready to provide their data centers for data processing, buy and distribute the finished digital product.

    Subscribe to the TG channel “Our GUU” Date of publication: 09.24.2024

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Sweden’s and Finland’s Governments held historic meeting in Stockholm

    Source: Government of Sweden

    Sweden’s and Finland’s Governments held historic meeting in Stockholm – Government.se

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    On 16 September, Sweden’s Government received Finland’s Government for a joint meeting. They adopted a declaration on enhanced cooperation between the countries, and the countries’ ministers took part in almost 20 visits and activities around Stockholm.

    The joint meeting was the second ever for Sweden and Finland, and the first for the two countries on Swedish soil. It lasted two hours and resulted in the signing of a joint declaration on enhanced cooperation between the countries.

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson – who described Finland as Sweden’s closest partner ahead of the meeting – held a joint press conference at Rosenbad together with Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo to discuss the declaration and enhanced cooperation.

    The declaration includes the efforts for a secure, green and free Nordic region, the importance of continued strong support to Ukraine, cooperation to strengthen competitiveness at national and EU levels and enhanced cooperation on law enforcement. The ambition of attracting highly qualified international workers, enhanced cooperation in the areas of research, development and innovation, joint efforts to promote children’s and young people’s health and continued cooperation in the areas of culture and international tourism are also included.

    The Swedish and Finnish ministers took part in a large number of visits and activities around Stockholm in the afternoon. These included visits to a higher vocational education institution, a fire station, the Baltic Sea Science Center at Skansen, Värtaverket’s thermal power station, the ports of Stockholm, a family centre and school in Rinkeby, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency headquarters and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

    Mr Kristersson, Mr Orpo, Sweden’s Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch and Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman also took part in a business seminar held by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and the Confederation of Finnish Industries at Storgatan to discuss how to jointly enhance Sweden’s, Finland’s and the EU’s competitiveness.

    The day concluded with a mingle in the Sager House and a dinner and art tour at Sven-Harrys konstmuseum.

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard and Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa met their Finnish counterparts at Swedish-Finnish government meeting

    Source: Government of Sweden

    Foreign ministers highlighted support to Ukraine 

    During the visit, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard and her Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen took part in a panel discussion on Swedish-Finnish cooperation on support to Ukraine. 

    “Support to Ukraine is my top priority as Minister for Foreign Affairs, and it is particularly important that we discuss with Finland how best to continue supporting Ukraine,” Ms Malmer Stenergard said during the panel. Ms Valtonen also emphasised the value of Swedish-Finnish cooperation and stated that she was looking forward to ensuring even more in-depth joint efforts.

    The panel was moderated by Maud Holma von Heijne, Secretary-General of Folk och Försvar. The other participants were Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, and Katarina Areskoug, former Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Sweden and Swedish representative in the Nordic-Baltic high-level group.

    Following the panel discussion, Elly Reinolds, co-founder of OperationAid, presented the organisation’s operations in Ukraine, providing medical care close to the front line and activities for children affected by the war. This year, Sweden has contributed SEK 5 million to its ActiveKids project, which aims to strengthen children and young people and offer them respite, as well as mitigating mental health issues.

    Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade discussed support to scale-ups 

    In connection with the government meeting, a seminar was also held on support to Swedish and Finnish scale-ups, with a focus on financing and internationalisation. Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa and his Finnish counterpart Ville Tavio were the hosts. Along with businesses, investors and organisations, they discussed how Sweden and Finland can create the best conditions for scale-ups to grow.

    “It’s clear that there’s huge engagement among those represented here today. Together we can make a difference. Scale-ups are innovative and knowledge-intensive businesses that, given the right conditions, can have an impact on society and entire sectors. It was inspiring to listen to the solution-oriented discussions, which also resulted in a number of concrete proposals,” says Mr Dousa.

    The seminar was organised by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in cooperation with Business Sweden and Swedish Incubators and Science Parks (SISP), and was held at Epicenter, a creative meeting place for growing companies.

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  • MIL-OSI USA News: Statement from President Joe  Biden on CHIPS and Science Act Final Award for Polar Semiconductor

    Source: The White House

    Semiconductors – those tiny chips smaller than the tip of your finger – power everything from smartphones to cars to satellites and weapons systems.  I signed the CHIPS and Science Act to revitalize American leadership in semiconductors, strengthen our supply chains, protect our national security, and advance American competitiveness. And over the last three and a half years, we have done just that, catalyzing over $400 billion in private sector investments in semiconductors and electronics that are creating over 115,000 construction and manufacturing jobs. This year alone, the United States is on pace to see more investment in electronics manufacturing construction than it did over the last 24 years combined.

    Today’s announcement that the Department of Commerce has finalized the first commercial CHIPS Incentives award with Polar Semiconductor marks the next phase of the implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act, and demonstrates how we continue to deliver on the Investing in American agenda. Polar’s new facility will also be completed under a Project Labor Agreement to support its construction workforce, creating good-quality union jobs in Bloomington, Minnesota. Today’s announcement is just one of the many ways our Investing in America agenda is reshoring U.S. manufacturing, investing in workers and communities across the country, and advancing America’s leadership in the technologies of tomorrow.

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  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Speech by CE at BritCham Hong Kong Summit 2024 (English only)

    Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

    Speech by CE at BritCham Hong Kong Summit 2024 (English only)
    Speech by CE at BritCham Hong Kong Summit 2024 (English only)
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         Following is the speech by the Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, at Britcham Hong Kong Summit 2024 today (September 24): Mr Jeremy Sheldon (Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong), Mr Paul McComb (Executive Director of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong), Deputy Consul-General Sarah Robinson (Deputy Consul-General of the United Kingdom to Hong Kong), distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,      Good afternoon to you all. I am delighted to be here, today, for the fourth annual BritCham Hong Kong Summit. And what a day it’s been, with Commissioner Cui Jianchun opening the Summit and five smartly considered panel discussions, each centred on Hong Kong opportunity – long-term, far-reaching opportunities powered by innovation, sustainability, and more.           Panel One’s theme certainly caught my attention, with its focus, and I quote, “Business Leaders Perspective on Hong Kong as a Global Powerhouse City”.           Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Hong Kong indeed endeavours to become a global powerhouse city. With its energy, entrepreneurship and connectivity.           More than an ambition, it is a goal and collective commitment that the Hong Kong SAR Government is working, tirelessly, to realise.           With welcome assistance, let me add, from organisations such as the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, and its membership of some 1 000 professionals from about 350 companies. Each and every one of you as committed as us in building a flourishing future for all, right here in Hong Kong.           At last count, over 640 UK companies call Hong Kong home. And it’s reassuring to tell you that Hong Kong and UK companies like to do business together. Last year, our bilateral merchandise trade was up a whopping 19 per cent, year on year, and reached nearly HK$130 billion.           Yes, Hong Kong has all along been a key export market for the UK. In the decade between 2014 and 2023, the value of UK exports to Hong Kong grew nearly 100 per cent, to GBP15.7 billion.           Our trade in services are just as vibrant. In 2022, the UK was Hong Kong’s third-largest services trading partner.           And, of course, we like to invest in each other’s economies and companies. In 2021, Hong Kong was the sixth-most popular destination for foreign direct investment from the UK, with a total value of GBP77.6 billion. That accounted for 4.4 per cent of the UK’s total outward FDI stock. Hong Kong, in 2021, was the second-largest Asian investor in the UK, with FDI stock worth GBP16.3 billion.           Hong Kong’s selling card, our great and enduring strength over the years, is our openness to trade and business, our eagerness to connect – with the UK and a world of companies and economies.           “One country, two systems” makes it happen. This unique principle allows Hong Kong to enjoy the wealth of opportunities our country presents, while taking full advantage of our dominant role as the multilevel bridge between the Mainland and the rest of the world.           It ensures that Hong Kong’s robust rule of law, as well as our continuous practice of the common law system, one that resembles that of the UK and many major global financial centres. It also helps to maintain our simple and low tax regime, world-class infrastructure, and international connectivity.           That’s probably why in the latest World Competitiveness Yearbook, published by the International Institute for Management Development, Hong Kong ranked fifth globally. We came first in the world in “international trade” and “business legislation”, and was also among the global top five in “tax policy”, “international investment”, “basic infrastructure”, “finance” and “education”.           As a global powerhouse city, Hong Kong will never stop expanding its business and trade networks. These include our well-established partners among developed economies, as well as new and budding ones.           The 10 Member States of ASEAN – the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – is one of our pre-eminent partners. For more than a decade now, ASEAN has been our second-largest merchandise trade entity. Investment between us is also buoyant. Indeed, Hong Kong is ASEAN’s fourth-largest source of inward direct investment.           It helps, of course, that the free trade agreement and investment agreement between us has been in full force now for three years.           It helps, too, that I have been to seven ASEAN countries since I assumed office just over two years ago. My latest visit, in July, to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, resulted in 55 MOUs and related agreements. They will expand our co-operation in trade and investment, as well as finance, technology, logistics and a good many other areas, too.           Our ties with the Middle East have also burgeoned following my visit to the region in February last year.           This past week, Saudi Arabia gave its approval for the first exchange-traded fund, or ETF, investing in Hong Kong equities to be listed on its stock exchange. That’s an encouraging development for investors, too.           Last November, HKEX, and investors, welcomed the listing of Asia-Pacific’s first ETF to track Saudi Arabian equities, allowing local and global investors to invest in the Saudi stock market through Hong Kong. This mutually rewarding co-operation is a boost for Hong Kong’s ETF market and the global connectivity of our financial services sector.           We look, too, to other cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area for connectivity, for long-term opportunity powered by innovation and technology. I’m sure you’ve heard as much at the panel discussion just now.           The Greater Bay Area, as you will be well aware, brings together Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong province. It counts a population of over 86 million people. Its GDP amounted to nearly US$2 trillion last year, rivalling the world’s 10th largest economy.           More than an enormous consumer market, the Greater Bay Area is fast becoming an innovation and technology hub. This year’s Global Innovation Index ranked the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster second in the world, for the fifth year in a row.           That only underlines the huge potential for I&T development in the Greater Bay Area – and in Hong Kong, China’s most international city as you all know. Hong Kong is the only Asian city that has as many as five universities in the world’s top 100, and boast world-class capabilities in research, a robust intellectual property rights protection system, and an established international business environment. Hong Kong has what it takes to play a pivotal role in the region’s rise as an I&T hub.           The Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park in the Lok Ma Chau Loop, situated right next to our boundary with Shenzhen, is central to that future. This Hong Kong Park, of 87 hectares in area, together with a 300-hectare Shenzhen Park, will form the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Co-operation Zone. It straddles our geographical boundary with the Mainland and will propel the region’s I&T growth.           The Hong Kong Park’s first three buildings, I’m pleased to say, are expected to complete, gradually, from the end of this year.           The Park’s first phase, a total floor area of up to one million square metres, will focus on a number of I&T areas, including life and health technology, AI, advanced manufacturing and industry, academic and research sectors.           That, of course, will demand technology specialists. A continuing flow of strategic talent of every kind, at every level.           We’re working on that, too. And, according to the International Institute for M
    anagement Development and its 2024 World Talent Ranking, we’re well on our way.           In the latest World Talent Ranking, published just last week, Hong Kong’s ranking rose to ninth, overall – up considerably from 16th last year. That’s also the first time we were back to the ranking’s top 10 since 2016.           And I’m delighted to say that Hong Kong topped the ranking in the percentage of graduates in sciences.           We’re making notable progress, too, in enticing talent to turn to Hong Kong for their future.           As at the end of last month, we have received more than 360 000 applications under our various enhanced talent admission programmes, launched in the end of 2022. Nearly 230 000 applications have been approved, and more than 150 000 professionals have already arrived in Hong Kong, many with their families.           The schemes are popular among our friends from the UK, I’m glad to add. Some 4 100 of these approved applicants are UK nationals. That’s a blessing. For our new Top Talent Pass Scheme, which targets graduates from the world’s best universities and high-income earners, about 7 per cent of the admitted top graduates are from British universities.           And our Working Holiday Scheme with the UK, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, has also strengthened our youth ties. At last count, nearly 11 000 young people from Hong Kong and the UK have been granted visas to work, while holidaying, in each other’s places over the past decade.           More than our people-to-people bond, the young and talented professionals joining Hong Kong will boost our labour force. Good news for the economy. For business. For you as well.           Getting, and keeping, talent is, of course, a work in progress, as is the Hong Kong economy. I’ll have more to say on that, and much more, next month, in my annual Policy Address.           And my thanks to BritCham for its Policy Address submission, which I received in early August. I am grateful for your considered thoughts on how Hong Kong can boost its standing as an international trade and finance centre, how we can build our technology and innovation capabilities, take our place as an international talent hub and a good deal more.           I look forward to your continuing co-operation – the excellent work your Chamber is doing for our economy and our community.           On our community, I understand a cheering section from the Chamber will be in London for the upcoming Hong Kong Dinner. This annual gathering is one of the many deep-rooted traditions that have long defined, and distinguished, the abiding ties between our two economies and peoples.           Ladies and gentlemen, I wish you the best of business, health and happiness in the coming year. And, for those of you flying off to London this week, I wish you a memorable Hong Kong Dinner, brimful of the good stories of Hong Kong, a global powerhouse city.           Thank you.

     
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  • MIL-OSI Video: Stopping global trend of violence “is in our hands” – Youth Rep. at Summit of the Future

    Source: United Nations (Video News)

    Ghanim Mohammed Al Muftah, United Nations youth representative from Qatar and a political science graduate, said that the decisions made today are not just about policies and strategies. They are about shaping a world where all children can thrive in an inclusive, safe and sustainable future.

    “As a person with disability, I have learned that true progress comes not from overcoming personal challenges alone, but from how we, as a society, embrace each other’s differences,” he said.

    Sadly, there is no choice for children where wars and conflicts cause unnecessary injuries and life-long disabilities. It is in our hands to stop this global trend of violence, in Gaza and around the world.

    “The future belongs to our youth and we must ensure that they are prepared to take on leadership roles,” he said.

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    The Summit of the Future (22-23 September 2024) is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enhance cooperation on critical challenges and address gaps in global governance, reaffirm existing commitments including to the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Charter, and move towards a reinvigorated multilateral system that is better positioned to positively impact people’s lives.

    The Summit of the Future is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future.

    Effective global cooperation is increasingly critical to our survival but difficult to achieve in an atmosphere of mistrust, using outdated structures that no longer reflect today’s political and economic realities.

    World leaders will convene at the United Nations to adopt the Pact for the Future, which will include a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations as annexes.

    Screenshot Credit:
    UN Photo/Loey Felipe

    Website: https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future

    Programme: https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future/programme

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kILXK5QSNC8

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  • MIL-OSI Banking: Luigi Federico Signorini: Disaster risk financing – the role of insurance in new public-private partnerships

    Source: Bank for International Settlements

    Ladies and gentlemen,

    Once again we are seeing dramatic images of floods, damages and losses. The images that we just saw in the walk-in video for this conference are surely older, but could have been taken yesterday. Our hearts and thoughts are with those that have been hit, not just this time but also in the previous months, some repeatedly. We must hope that human life has been spared this time, although I understand that as of this morning some are still missing.

    This is another reminder of the seriousness of the climate issue. We cannot be in denial. The accelerating change in the Earth’s climate has increased the frequency and intensity of river and coastal floods, landslides, droughts and forest fires worldwide. Europe, in particular, is warming quite fast; according to Copernicus (the European satellite monitoring system), the average temperature for European land in August 2024 was more than 1.5°C above the 1991-2020 average for the same month. In addition to climate-related events, other natural disasters such as earthquakes, tidal waves, volcanic eruptions and bradyseism can have a dramatic impact on the economy and society.

    The issue of natural disasters and, more generally, catastrophe risks, once confined to scholars of the ‘hard’ sciences, such as physicists and biologists, has become an area of concern for economists, sociologists and lawyers as well. As a consequence, one sees among other things more and more attempts at measuring the economic impact of natural events in a reliable way. The 2023 European State of the Climate Report estimates the direct damage to property generated in 2023 by floods, inundations and fires (disregarding, that is, indirect effects) at more than €13 billion, and the human toll at 151 deaths. Over the past few years, there has also been a growing attention in international fora to natural disasters as a potential source of systemic financial stability risk.

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  • MIL-OSI Submissions: Business – Blackstone Announces Agreement to Acquire AirTrunk in a A$24B Transaction

    Source: Blackstone

    SYDNEY – Funds managed by Blackstone Real Estate Partners, Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, and Blackstone’s private equity strategy for individual investors, along with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPP Investments”), have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AirTrunk, the leading Asia Pacific data center platform, from Macquarie Asset Management and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, for an implied enterprise value of over A$24 billion1. This represents Blackstone’s largest investment in the Asia Pacific region. The transaction is subject to approval from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board.

    AirTrunk is the largest data center platform in the Asia Pacific region, with a sizeable presence in Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. It has more than 800MW of capacity committed to customers and owns land that can support over 1GW of future growth across the region.

    Jon Gray, President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone, said: “This is Blackstone at its best – leveraging our global platform to capitalize on our highest conviction theme. AirTrunk is another vital step as Blackstone seeks to be the leading digital infrastructure investor in the world across the ecosystem, including data centers, power and related services.”

    Sean Klimczak, Global Head of Blackstone Infrastructure and Nadeem Meghji, Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate, said: “Digital infrastructure is experiencing unprecedented demand driven by the AI revolution as well as the broader digitization of the economy. Prior to AirTrunk, Blackstone’s portfolio consisted of US$55 billion of data centers including facilities under construction, along with over US$70 billion in prospective pipeline development. We look forward to partnering with the outstanding AirTrunk management team to further accelerate its growth.”

    Robin Khuda, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AirTrunk, said: “This transaction evidences the strength of the AirTrunk platform in a strong performing sector as we capture the next wave of growth from cloud services and AI and support the energy transition in Asia Pacific. We look forward to working with Blackstone and CPP Investments and benefitting from their scale capital, sector expertise and valuable network across the various local markets, which will help support the continued expansion of AirTrunk.”

    It is expected that there will be approximately US$1 trillion of capital expenditures in the United States over the next five years to build and facilitate new data centers, with another US$1 trillion of capital expenditures outside the United States. Blackstone is capitalizing on this movement as a leading investor globally in data centers. Blackstone has invested in both the debt and equity of other data center companies, including as owner of QTS, the fastest growing data center company in the world, Coreweave and Digital Realty. Blackstone is also focused on addressing the sector’s power needs in many differentiated ways, including as an investor in power and utility companies, such as Invenergy, the largest independent renewables developer in the United States.

    About Blackstone
    Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which we invest. Our more than US$1 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, credit, real assets, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram.

    1 Including capital expenditure for committed projects

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