Events

Indianapolis – September 18, 2026 -- Kristen Nunery, CEO of illumend and founder of myCOI, is urging risk and compliance leaders to demand AI systems that do more than ground decisions in an organization's insurance requirements, arguing that grounding alone leaves compliance determinations vulnerable to costly errors. Nunery outlines her position in a new article, "Grounding Is Half the Answer in COI Compliance," aimed at organizations in construction, commercial real estate, retail, franchising and government that rely on vendors, contractors, tenants and franchisees to maintain contractually required insurance coverage.

Dallas – September 18, 2026 -- American Water, the largest regulated water and wastewater utility in the United States, has selected VertexOne's VXconnect platform to power a mobile-first digital customer experience across its 14-state footprint.

American Water serves 14 million customers and will deploy its first-ever dedicated mobile app

The utility, which serves more than 14 million people across 14 states, said the platform will let customers manage payments, view usage and request services from any device. The app marks American Water's first dedicated mobile offering.

VXconnect's modular design allows American Water to scale onboarding as its footprint grows

American Water VP and Chief Customer Officer Matt Prine said the platform's modular architecture allows the company to extend capabilities over time and onboard new customer populations while maintaining consistent service quality nationwide.

San Jose, Calif. – September 18, 2026 -- Trackonomy Systems has completed the acquisition of Identiv's IoT label business, creating Trackonomy Group, a vertically integrated Physical AI supply chain spanning semiconductors, smart labels, and end-to-end tracking solutions.

Three independent businesses now orchestrate nearly 20 million shipments daily

The newly formed group combines InPlay, a Bluetooth Low Energy semiconductor supplier; Identiv, a manufacturer of NFC-, RFID-, and BLE-enabled IoT labels; and Sentient, the original smart label pioneer with readers, label-application robotics, camera tunnels, and a cloud platform. Together, the three units process nearly 20 million shipments daily and are targeting more than 200 million connected assets.

Global – September 18, 2026 -- More than two billion people worldwide live with skin disease, yet a new benchmark study finds over 80% of countries fall below the dermatologist density needed to meet demand, with 74% of nations reporting skin health is not a national government priority.

Global dermatologist density falls nearly half short of the new benchmark

The study, which supports implementation of the World Health Assembly's 2025 Resolution on Skin Diseases as a Global Public Health Priority, establishes the first evidence-based benchmark for adequate dermatology care. It finds a global average of 2.66 dermatologists per 100,000 people, against an estimated requirement of 5.63 per 100,000.

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – September 18, 2026 -- KuCoin has gone live on Arc as a mainnet launch partner, enabling eligible users to move USDC directly between the exchange and the new Layer-1 blockchain from day one.

KuCoin becomes one of first global exchanges to support Arc at launch

The integration lets eligible users transfer USDC directly between KuCoin and Arc, cutting the steps needed to access applications built on the network. Arc is an open Layer-1 blockchain launched by Arc Network Services LLC and operated by a permissioned validator set, built around payments, treasury management, tokenized assets and programmable finance.

Rockville, Md. – September 18, 2026 -- Turning Point Global Solutions (TurningPoint) has been appraised at Maturity Level 3 for Services under ISACA's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) framework for the fourth consecutive time, an assessment conducted by Primvis Inc.

Fourth Level 3 appraisal reinforces process discipline across federal and commercial contracts

The Level 3 rating confirms TurningPoint's service delivery processes are formally defined, documented in standards, procedures and tools, and consistently applied across engagements. The appraisal complements the company's existing Maturity Level 5 rating for Development, the highest tier in the CMMI model, which requires organizations to continually refine processes using quantitative performance data.

Oxford – September 18, 2026 -- Brainomix, an Oxford-based AI-powered medical imaging company, has been selected to join Future Fifty, the UK's invitation-only scale-up programme run by Tech Nation and Founders Forum Group.

Brainomix joins 24 other companies in a cohort that has raised £1.47 billion collectively

The latest Future Fifty cohort spans 10 sectors including AI, healthtech, biotech, fintech, energy and advanced manufacturing, and employs more than 3,800 people across the group. The programme has previously supported 30% of all UK tech unicorns and 40% of the country's decacorns, including Revolut and Wise.

Dubai – – September 18, 2026 -- OpenClips has launched a platform that turns a single product page link into a finished, production-ready video advertisement, aggregating more than 45 video and image generation models into a single interface.

Platform Skips the Prompt Stage That Consumes Campaign Time

Most AI video tools open with an empty prompt field, forcing users to write scripts and plan shots before any rendering begins. OpenClips instead reads the product page directly, pulling imagery, features and positioning to build a scene-by-scene storyboard automatically.

"Right now there is no faster way to get a production-ready ad out of a product page," said Dan Petkovic, CEO of OpenClips. "Every other tool hands you an empty prompt box and calls it creative freedom. You should be able to paste a link and get back something you can actually run."

Munich – September 18, 2026 -- Hexnode, the enterprise software division of Mitsogo, unveiled Hexnode Synapse at its HexCon26 user conference, an agentic orchestration layer designed to coordinate IT and security actions across multiple enterprise systems from a single governed workflow.

Synapse turns fragmented IT handoffs into one automated sequence

Apu Pavithran, CEO and Founder of Hexnode, said IT tasks such as onboarding or threat response typically require manual coordination across identity systems, devices and HR platforms, with a person connecting each step every time. Synapse is built to eliminate that manual bridging by having specialist AI agents reason through requests and execute actions within defined limits.

Beijing – September 18, 2026 -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. fielded its self-developed humanoid robots in the standing high jump, 100-meter sprint and standing long jump at the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, testing gait algorithms and joint responsiveness under high-speed, complex control conditions.

Zoomlion robots complete three demanding athletic events against global competitors

The machines delivered consistent performances across all three disciplines, demonstrating integration of hardware architecture, AI algorithms and motion-control systems. Zeng Guang, general manager of Zoomlion's ZValley, said the competitions assessed AI capabilities and real-world deployment readiness beyond raw speed and strength, allowing the company to benchmark its technology against international teams and refine reliability for industrial settings.

Barcelona – September 18, 2026 -- Barcelona City Council will launch HOWS Barcelona – Housing World Summit, a new international congress on urban and affordable housing, running November 3-5 at the Gran Via venue alongside the Smart City Expo World Congress.

Congress assembles 100+ speakers across 20 sessions on housing crisis

Organized by Fira de Barcelona, the three-day program will feature more than 100 speakers across 20 sessions, targeting cities, housing providers, real estate developers, investors, non-profit organizations and academia. The event is positioned to become a platform for debate and innovation addressing what organizers call one of the most pressing challenges facing cities today.

Maidenhead – September 18, 2026 -- RWS (AIM: RWS.L) has opened public preview of Tridion Agent and Tridion Connect, two agentic AI tools designed to let regulated enterprises detect regulatory changes and propose content updates without losing human control over what gets published.

New tools cut impact-assessment time from days to hours

The platform automates a costly manual process for organizations managing complex technical and regulatory documentation: determining which content is affected when a regulation, standard or product specification changes. In early use, teams report reducing impact-assessment time from days to hours while retaining human oversight of consequential changes.

Xiamen – September 18, 2026 -- XTransfer, a global B2B cross-border trade payment platform, signed strategic cooperation agreements with China ZheShang Bank (CZ Bank) and Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. (CIB) at the 26th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in Xiamen, targeting minor-currency collection in emerging markets and RMB conversion services for foreign trade firms.

CIPS launches first cross-border bank-enterprise zone with over 70 banks at CIFIT

The agreements were signed inside a newly established cross-border bank-enterprise cooperation zone set up by CIPS at this year's fair, hosted by China's Ministry of Commerce. More than 70 Chinese and foreign banks showcased cross-border RMB services in the zone, with XTransfer signing its deals there to align with national-level financial infrastructure.

Independence, Ohio – September 18, 2026 -- SellYourWay.org has launched an interactive online feature that defines the Certified Business Intermediary® (CBI) designation, aiming to help small business owners identify qualified brokers before selling their companies.

New tool breaks CBI credential into six qualifications

The feature, hosted on SellYourWay.org, outlines six specific qualifications business owners should verify when selecting a Business Broker, covering educational and performance requirements set by the International Business Brokers Association® (IBBA). SellYourWay.org is powered by IBBA, which describes itself as the largest international not-for-profit association for business brokers.

Toronto and Paris – September 18, 2026 -- MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA) (NYSE: MDA) has launched its complete MDA CHORUSTM Earth observation product portfolio, unveiled at the World Space Business Week conference ahead of the constellation's planned launch later in 2026.

MDA Space rolls out three-tier commercial architecture for satellite tasking and analytics

The portfolio comprises MDA CHORUSTM COMMAND, an entry-level platform for archive search, area-of-interest definition and acquisition scheduling with API connectors; MDA CHORUSTM COMMAND PRO, which integrates a regional ground station directly into customer operations for near-real-time local processing and downlink; and MDA CHORUSTM INTELLIGENCE, a geointelligence analytics suite covering maritime awareness, vessel detection, oil-on-water monitoring, ground deformation and energy infrastructure tracking.

Valby, Denmark – – September 18, 2026 -- H. Lundbeck A/S has secured marketing authorization from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for eptinezumab, branded Vyepti, as a preventive treatment for migraine attacks in adults, opening the company's first independent product launch in the country.

MHLW clears the only IV CGRP-targeted migraine preventive on the market

Eptinezumab remains the sole intravenous CGRP-targeted therapy approved for migraine prevention, now available in more than 30 markets worldwide following the Japanese clearance. The drug was first approved by the U.S. FDA in February 2020, followed by the European Commission in January 2022 and, most recently, South Korea.

New Orleans – September 18, 2026 -- West Ascension Parish Hospital Service District, a Critical Access Hospital serving Donaldsonville, Louisiana, has been selected for a national Public Television documentary segment examining rural healthcare delivery models, following on-location filming completed in July 2026.

Documentary segment examines how data tracking reshapes small-hospital operations

The feature on "All Access hosted by Andy Garcia" documents how the facility analyzes qualitative staff feedback alongside regional clinical outcomes to inform operational restructuring. The hospital tracks frontline workflow metrics to help physicians and nurses streamline patient handoffs and reduce procedural friction, using data gathered across multiple community touchpoints to build adaptable care models.

Kyoto – September 18, 2026 -- ROHM Co., Ltd. has developed the RS4P063BPHZG, a 100V MOSFET delivering approximately five times the Safe Operating Area (SOA) tolerance of standard equivalent-sized products under VDS=100V and PW=100 microseconds.

New MOSFET targets automotive safety and protection circuits

The RS4P063BPHZG is optimized for airbag inflator ignition circuits, seat belt pretensioner drive circuits, and pyro-fuse drive circuits for battery cutoff. ROHM engineered the device to effectively suppress secondary breakdown, achieving Wide-SOA performance across a broad voltage range while housed in the standard HPLF5060 (5060-size) package widely used across automotive applications.

Shenzhen – September 18, 2026 -- Tencent Cloud has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Edge Services 2026 Vendor Assessment, positioning its EdgeOne platform against a field of global edge providers now competing on AI inference performance rather than legacy content delivery metrics.

IDC Says Competitive Frontier Has Shifted to AI Inference at the Edge

The IDC MarketScape (doc #US54122426, September 2026) states that content delivery performance and network proximity are now baseline expectations rather than differentiators. Vendors are instead being evaluated on GPU availability, model deployment tooling, inference latency, and token cost efficiency compared with centralized cloud AI services.

Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 18, 2026 -- DentScribe, an AI platform for dental documentation, released Dental AI SOAP Note Benchmark 1.0 and a companion white paper titled "Beyond Transcription" to expose how AI-generated clinical notes can misrepresent patient care despite reading smoothly.

Benchmark tests whether AI scribes preserve clinical accuracy across ten focused cases

The benchmark includes ten focused test cases plus two source-based cases built from de-identified clinical excerpts that retain the original scattered order of a real chairside conversation, including interruptions, corrections, and unrelated asides. Test instructions require each AI product to process the same encounter with one standard request, with the first output compared against expected clinical content. A passing note must include every essential fact, contain no invented or conflicting clinical detail, and be organized for direct clinical use.