Events

Portage, Mich. – September 18, 2026 -- Stryker will launch Prophecy Surgical Planning for its Incompass Total Ankle System and unveil Hoffmann LRF smartHEX at the 2026 American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) Annual Meeting in Seattle, expanding its Foot & Ankle portfolio with two connected technologies.

Prophecy Surgical Planning has processed more than 100,000 ankle cases over 14 years

Stryker's Prophecy platform, used in patient-specific surgical planning, has supported over 100,000 ankle procedures since its introduction 14 years ago, according to internal company data. The tool is now integrated with the Incompass Total Ankle System, giving surgeons 3D visualization and a choice between resect-through and pin-through fixation within a single connected platform.

London – September 18, 2026 -- Ninety-seven percent of telecom executives expect AI to deliver major productivity and operational gains within five years, yet organizational readiness gaps threaten to blunt that upside, according to the EY-Parthenon Telco of Tomorrow study, based on interviews with nearly 100 telecom C-suite leaders globally.

Cédric Foray, EY Global Telecommunications Sector Leader, said telcos are not short of growth opportunities, but the greater challenge is whether they have the operating models, skills and strategic clarity needed to capture them.

Rancho Santa Fe – September 18, 2026 -- Meriwether Companies has completed a $50 million renovation of La Valle Coastal Club, a 300-acre private club and resort property in Rancho Santa Fe, California, roughly three miles from Del Mar's beaches.

Golf infrastructure absorbs the largest share of capital investment

The property now offers 27 holes across three nine-hole courses -- Olivos, Cedros and Palmas -- following a rebuild that included new routing across an additional 20 acres for the former East Course. Practice facilities were expanded to include a driving range with 40 hitting bays, a 12,000-square-foot putting green and a separate 5,000-square-foot social putting green.

Franklin, Tenn. – September 18, 2026 -- Copper prices have surged past $6 per pound just months after crossing the once-unprecedented $5 threshold, forcing commercial construction teams to rebuild how they price and manage electrical scope, according to new analysis from Josh Vogel, CFO at bimetallic wire and cable manufacturer Copperweld.

Copper's climb past $6 per pound redefines commercial bidding risk

Vogel notes that commercial projects carry outsized exposure to copper volatility because design, permitting, bidding and mobilization can stretch beyond a year — a window during which copper prices can move multiple times before wire ever reaches a jobsite. Unlike residential construction, where material pricing typically adjusts closer to installation, commercial pricing assumptions are locked early in the contract cycle and tested later, leaving general contractors and owners exposed to cost swings they cannot easily absorb.

Washington – September 18, 2026 -- Operating and maintaining commercial buildings across the United States generates $609.9 billion in annual economic output and supports 3.9 million jobs, according to a new market study released by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International.

Building operations deliver $2.22 in output for every $1 spent

The 2026 Market Study, covering office, retail and industrial properties in BOMA's 79 U.S. markets, found that $274.9 billion in annual building operating expenditures contributes $344.4 billion to U.S. GDP. The same spending generates $219.4 billion in personal earnings, with total economic output reaching $2.22 for every $1 invested in operations once direct, indirect and induced activity is counted.

Washington – September 18, 2026 -- Casepoint has appointed Varun Bisht as Vice President of Governance and Compliance, tapping the former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Chief Privacy Officer to lead governance frameworks as AI adoption accelerates across government and regulated enterprise customers.

Bisht will oversee AI governance and risk frameworks across Casepoint's product and security divisions

Bisht will work across Casepoint's security, technology, product, legal, and customer-facing divisions, with responsibilities spanning five areas: strengthening security and compliance posture for government environments, establishing AI governance frameworks, advancing privacy and data governance policies, translating customer regulatory requirements into product strategy, and integrating AI-related risks into Casepoint's enterprise risk management framework.

Princeton, N.J. – September 18, 2026 -- CobbleStone Software will present a 20-minute webinar, "AI Contract Risk Management: 3 Features to Know," on September 22, 2026, from 2:25 PM to 2:45 PM ET as part of TechSommet's Virtual Summit.

Webinar targets hidden risks buried in overlooked contract clauses

CobbleStone will demonstrate how contract intelligence tools flag non-standard language and buried obligations before they escalate into costly disputes. The session addresses legal, procurement, and compliance teams facing rising contract volume and complexity under tight review timelines.

San Jose, Calif. – September 18, 2026 -- Anixa Biosciences (NASDAQ: ANIX) has appointed Carmen Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E., F.A.C.P., to its Cancer Business Advisory Board as the company prepares to advance its breast cancer vaccine into a Phase 2 clinical trial and continues its ovarian cancer CAR-T therapy Phase 1 trial.

Santa Clarita, Calif. – September 18, 2026 -- Datalink Networks has completed its SOC 2 Type 2 examination as of August 27, 2026, providing independent verification of the security controls underpinning its IT managed and consulting services.

Audit confirms controls met AICPA Security Trust Services Criteria

The examination, conducted by compliance assessor A-LIGN, evaluated Datalink's security, risk management, access controls, monitoring, incident response, and change management practices. Auditors reviewed controls operating from April 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026, and found them suitably designed and operating effectively throughout the period.

New York – September 18, 2026 -- Footprint, a builder of AI systems for financial-crime compliance, has closed a $25 million Series B round led by QED Investors, with participation from MUFG, Commerce Ventures, LightBank and Alumni Ventures.

Funding doubles engineering and sales headcount as Footprint opens San Francisco office

Existing investors Index Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, BoxGroup, Operator Partners and Animal Capital also joined the round. The capital will double Footprint's engineering and sales teams and fund a new San Francisco office to support West Coast expansion of its agentic AI infrastructure for enterprise financial institutions.

Amsterdam – September 18, 2026 -- Spatial intelligence firm XGRIDS is demonstrating a live pipeline that converts physical film sets into navigable 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) environments inside Unreal Engine at IBC 2026, RAI Amsterdam, cutting the reconstruction time traditionally required for virtual production.

XGRIDS Moves Spatial Scans Directly Into Unreal Engine for Virtual Production

Using spatial scanners such as Lixel K2 and spatial cameras including PortalCam, XGRIDS captures site data and processes it locally through its Lixel CyberColor (LCC) software. The resulting 3DGS environments are imported into Unreal Engine via the XGRIDS LCC Plugin for UE, allowing production teams to use a photorealistic, navigable scene for camera blocking, XR and in-camera visual effects (ICVFX) rather than a single-use visualization.

New York – September 18, 2026 -- CAEVES Technology, Inc. has appointed Kirk Ryan, a two-decade infrastructure veteran, as Director of AI Innovation on its Advisory Board, tasking him with extending the company's AI Data Platform beyond Microsoft Copilot to additional AI assistant ecosystems.

Ryan brings NetApp and consultancy pedigree to CAEVES' AI buildout

Ryan previously served as Global Principal Technologist at NetApp and is Managing Director of KDBL, a UK-based AI consultancy. He is known for commentary on enterprise AI, retrieval-augmented generation, search, and the Model Context Protocol.

New York – September 18, 2026 -- Consello, a global advisory and investing platform, has signed an agreement with The European Tour to become an Official Supporter of the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in County Limerick, Ireland.

Ryder Cup returns to Ireland for first time since 2006

The 2027 tournament marks the event's return to Irish soil after a 21-year gap and coincides with the Ryder Cup's 100th anniversary. Consello operates offices in Dublin, Limerick, and Belfast, positioning Ireland as a strategic hub for the firm alongside New York, Miami, Atlanta, London, Brussels, and Abu Dhabi.

Washington, D.C. – September 18, 2026 -- Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) has named LG Electronics USA the Official TV, Commercial Display and Appliance Partner of the reimagined Capital One Arena, a multi-year partnership that will outfit the Washington, D.C. venue with LG's Direct View LED display technology.

LG-powered 'Visibowl' replaces concourse walls with 500 feet of digital displays

The centerpiece of the deal is the Visibowl, a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award finalist that swaps traditional concourse walls for more than 500 feet of immersive digital displays, keeping fans connected to live action as they move through the arena. LG will also supply new exterior LED displays, interior LED and television screens, and digital displays across the arena's new business and conference center.

Boston – September 18, 2026 -- Three Harvard University students have won the U.S. National title at the James Dyson Award 2026 for Rumble Rims, an infrared eye-tracking headset designed to screen young athletes for possible concussions in about 60 seconds. Radhika Saran, Cleo Pontone, and Sophia DeVito take home $6,500 in national prize money to fund further development of the device.

Irving, Texas – September 18, 2026 -- Silver Creek Midstream Holdings, LLC will sell its Powder River Basin crude oil midstream assets to a subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings in a deal valued at approximately $585 million in cash.

Deal structure routes through SCM PR II, LLC parent entity

The transaction will be executed through the sale of SCM PR II, LLC, the parent company of Silver Creek's Powder River Basin operations, currently owned by subsidiaries of Tailwater Capital LLC, The Energy & Minerals Group (EMG), and Silver Creek management.

McKinney, Texas – September 18, 2026 -- FarmHouse Fresh Founder and CEO Shannon McLinden has been named a 2026 BeautyMatter Awards Changemaker of the Year finalist for mobilizing more than 15,000 community members to lobby Congress on the Save America's Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act.

Beauty brand turns 15,000 supporters into federal lawmakers' inboxes

The bipartisan bill, H.R. 1661/S. 775, would permanently ban the slaughter of horses and donkeys for human consumption in the U.S. and prohibit their export abroad for that purpose. FarmHouse Fresh has used its consumer platform to convert product buyers into advocates who contact their senators and representatives directly.

Atlanta – – September 18, 2026 -- Alzamend Neuro, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALZN) has regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum stockholders' equity rule, ending a listing threat that began in March 2026.

Nasdaq confirms Alzamend's equity now exceeds required threshold

Nasdaq's Listing Qualifications Staff issued a notification letter dated September 14, 2026, confirming Alzamend satisfies Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), which requires a minimum stockholders' equity of $2.5 million. Alzamend's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2026, filed with the SEC on September 10, 2026, showed stockholders' equity of $5,802,680, more than double the required minimum.

Secaucus, N.J. – September 18, 2026 -- A new national survey commissioned by Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) finds that 75% of 1,024 registered voters surveyed consider diagnostic lab testing "very important" to their care, with a bipartisan majority pressing Congress to pass the RESULTS Act before scheduled Medicare payment cuts take effect January 1, 2027.

83% of voters relied on a lab test in the past two years to guide a medical decision

The survey found 96% of registered voters view diagnostic lab tests as important to their or their family's care, while 88% expressed concern if Medicare lab payment rates were set too low. Half of respondents said Medicare seniors, rural communities, and people managing cancer or chronic disease would be hurt most if the cuts take effect.

Greene, N.Y. – September 18, 2026 -- The Raymond Corporation is marking the 75th anniversary of the patent behind its Reach-Fork® Truck, the invention credited with establishing the narrow-aisle warehousing concept as an industry standard.

Patent granted in 1951 created narrow-aisle material handling category

On Aug. 14, 1951, Raymond founder George Raymond Sr. and engineer Christian D. Gibson were granted a U.S. patent for a power-driven narrow-aisle material handling truck. The design allowed operators to maneuver in aisles less than 7 feet wide and stack pallets multiple tiers high, letting warehouses increase storage density without expanding their physical footprint.