Events

Hollywood, Fla. – September 08, 2026 -- The South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners has confirmed Shane Strum as permanent President and CEO of Memorial Healthcare System, ending a two-year interim term that began in September 2024. Strum will continue leading a system of more than 17,000 physicians and employees across six hospitals, including Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital.

Memorial posts strongest financial performance in its 73-year history

During Strum's interim tenure, Memorial recorded its best fiscal-year financial results since its founding. The system also broke ground on a $670 million bed tower at Memorial Regional Hospital and opened new freestanding emergency rooms in Miramar and Pembroke Pines, with a third under construction in Hollywood.

DALLAS – – September 08, 2026 -- A2035 Ventures has added Preston Dunlap, the first Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect of the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force, and Sean Perry, formerly with Agentic AI at Meta Superintelligence Labs, to the technical leadership of Project 777, its compounding intelligence architecture, as the company pursues strategic discussions with major AI organizations.

Space Force's first CTO has advised Project 777 since April 2025

Dunlap now serves as Technical Advisor, having provided technical perspective on the architecture and its evidence base for roughly a year and a half before the leadership expansion was announced.

Former Meta Superintelligence Labs lead joins as Strategic Technical Lead

Perry reviewed Project 777's Technical Proof Packet after departing Meta's superintelligence organization and is now helping lead technical diligence and strategic technical engagement for the company.

Land O' Lakes, Fla. – September 08, 2026 -- FirstService Residential has been selected to manage Del Webb Bexley Community Association, a nearly 850-home active adult community in Land O' Lakes, Florida, with the transition beginning October 1, 2026.

Single operator to unify association management, lifestyle programming and food & beverage

The partnership consolidates association operations, resident services, amenities, lifestyle programming, and food & beverage under one accountable management team. Del Webb Bexley's amenities include a resort-style clubhouse, an on-site bistro, a fitness center with wellness programming, pickleball and tennis courts, a resort-style pool, outdoor gathering spaces, and walking trails.

Los Angeles – September 08, 2026 -- Hozpitality Group will convene senior women executives from Marriott International, Delta Air Lines, FIFA World Cup 2026 Los Angeles and The Music Center at an exclusive leadership forum on October 7, 2026, at Cameo Beverly Hills.

Forum caps attendance at 50 to 80 senior industry leaders

The Hozpitality Women Leadership Forum 2026 runs from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM under the theme "Breaking Barriers & Building Success: How Women Leaders Are Shaping the Future of Hospitality & Tourism." Organizers expect a curated audience of approximately 50 to 80 senior professionals and invited media, drawn from hospitality, aviation, sports, entertainment and the arts.

Indianapolis – September 08, 2026 -- Debra Wein, CEO and Founder of Wellness Workdays, will lead a session at the National Safety Council Safety Congress & Expo on September 15, addressing more than 12,500 safety, health, and environmental professionals gathered in Indianapolis.

Wein's session reframes workplace safety as a business performance driver, not a cost center

The session, titled "Transforming Safety and Wellbeing into a Competitive Business Advantage," will argue that organizations treating safety and wellbeing as compliance obligations are missing measurable financial upside. Wein will present data-driven strategies linking integrated wellness and safety programs to reduced injury and health-related costs, higher productivity, and improved retention.

Milpitas, Calif. – September 08, 2026 -- Global semiconductor equipment billings climbed 23% year-over-year to $40.53 billion in the second quarter of 2026, marking a second consecutive record quarter, according to SEMI's Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) report.

Quarterly billings grew 11% sequentially as AI infrastructure spending accelerated

Joplin, Mo. – September 08, 2026 -- Missouri American Water has completed a $34.5 million acquisition of the City of Neosho's water and wastewater systems, adding roughly 5,400 water customers and 5,400 wastewater customers to its regulated base.

Deal brings 25 Neosho employees under Missouri American Water

The transaction, unanimously approved by Neosho City Council on August 19, 2025, and cleared by the Missouri Public Service Commission on June 24, 2026, transfers 25 employees who previously served the systems to Missouri American Water.

Company commits $35 million for infrastructure over five years

Subject to PSC approval, Missouri American Water plans to invest approximately $35 million in the Neosho systems over the next five years. Planned work includes facility upgrades, replacement of water and wastewater mains, leak-detection technology, and wastewater treatment compliance with federal and state standards.

Washington – September 08, 2026 -- Lyntris Inc. (NYSE: LYNX) has completed Critical Design Review for the tri-band antenna system built for Kongsberg Satellite Services' (KSAT) two-satellite Hyperion mission, clearing a key hurdle before hardware integration, qualification, and flight.

Hyperion serves as the pathfinder for KSAT's HYPER relay network

The program underpins HYPER, KSAT's next-generation hybrid RF and optical relay architecture designed to extend global connectivity into orbit. The network will route spacecraft mission data through relay satellites when direct ground-station access is unavailable, cutting latency and improving access to time-sensitive data.

Edison, N.J. – September 08, 2026 -- McCann Systems has won two 2026 Commercial Integrator Awards, taking Best Healthcare Project and Best Casino Project honors for AV integration work completed this year. The win marks the ninth consecutive year McCann has received a "Best Of" award from Commercial Integrator.

McCann's Client Experience Center integration earns Best Healthcare Project

The award recognizes McCann's work on a 5,000-square-foot immersive Client Experience Center built for a Fortune 500 company. The project integrates interactive LED displays, personalized content, and dynamic experiential spaces designed to guide guests through the client's story and solutions, supported by centralized AV control infrastructure.

Fort Worth – September 08, 2026 -- The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) will host its 47th Annual National Conference at the Fort Worth Convention Center from September 14 to 16, drawing corporate executives, policymakers and chamber leaders under the theme "Unstoppable: Achieving Success and Powering America's Growth."

Conference agenda targets procurement and infrastructure contracts

Sessions will cover artificial intelligence, business development, and procurement opportunities in infrastructure and transportation, alongside a women's luncheon and networking programming aimed at strengthening Hispanic enterprise ties to the broader U.S. economy.

Columbia, Mo. – September 08, 2026 -- American Outdoor Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: AOUT) reported first quarter fiscal 2027 net sales of $37.3 million, up 25.4% from $29.7 million a year earlier, though growth normalizes to 4.3% after adjusting for $6.0 million in retailer orders that were pulled forward into the prior-year period.

Gross margin expands 630 basis points to 53.0%

Gross margin climbed to 53.0% from 46.7% in the year-ago quarter. GAAP net loss narrowed to $1.5 million, or $(0.12) per diluted share, from a $6.8 million loss, or $(0.54) per share, a year earlier. Non-GAAP net income reached $415,000, or $0.03 per diluted share, reversing a $3.3 million non-GAAP loss in the comparable quarter. Adjusted EBITDA turned positive at $1.2 million, or 3.1% of net sales, versus a negative $3.1 million, or (10.5)% of net sales, last year.

San Francisco – September 08, 2026 -- Thryv Therapeutics Inc. has signed an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license for a new SGK1 inhibitor chemical series, opening a path toward Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease treatments alongside its existing cardiac drug programs. The agreement with Spain's Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and Fundación de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (FUAM) became effective July 1, 2026, granting Thryv rights across all fields of use and territories, with sublicensing rights included.

Fort Washington, Pa. – September 08, 2026 -- ECRI, a global authority on healthcare safety and quality, has appointed Professor Najmedin Meshkati, PhD, to its Board of Trustees, bringing nearly four decades of complex-systems safety research from aviation, nuclear power, and petrochemical operations to the nonprofit's patient safety mission.

Meshkati investigated the world's most scrutinized industrial disasters

Professor Meshkati has examined the BP Texas City Refinery explosion, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. He testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as a member of the FAA's independent Expert Panel on Boeing, which reviewed the company's safety management system and safety culture. He currently chairs the State of California's Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee.

Coolidge, Ariz. – September 08, 2026 -- Clark Pacific has broken ground on a new 110-acre manufacturing plant in Coolidge, Arizona, a facility that will triple the company's production capacity for prefabricated building systems once complete.

Construction Proceeds in Phases Toward Spring 2027 Completion

The plant will be built in phases, with the final phase scheduled for completion by spring 2027. Clark Pacific has already begun manufacturing prefabricated building systems in a temporary facility on-site while permanent construction advances.

Vancouver – September 08, 2026 -- New Pacific Metals Corp. posted a fiscal 2026 net loss of $4.19 million, or $0.02 per share, up from $3.76 million a year earlier, as the company advanced permitting on its Carangas Silver-Gold Project in Bolivia and released an updated economic assessment showing a post-tax net present value of $2.65 billion.

Arlington, Va. – September 08, 2026 -- Retail organizations are struggling to defend increasingly connected store systems because no single team holds end-to-end authority over cyber risk, according to a new blueprint from Info-Tech Research Group. The firm's Build Cyber Resilience in Connected Retail report identifies fragmented ownership across legacy point-of-sale systems, IoT devices, cloud platforms, e-commerce applications, and third-party vendors as the core barrier to consistent security decision-making.

Canton, Ohio – September 08, 2026 -- Roman Stone Construction Co. has been selected to supply its patented EZ-KEYTM Precast Duct Bank System for a major hyperscale data center project in Canton, Ohio.

Precast system cuts installation time to under two minutes per section

Each 10-foot EZ-KEYTM section can be installed in under two minutes using the company's proprietary alignment cones and Zip Pin connection system, replacing traditional cast-in-place duct bank construction with factory-produced, modular components.

Mobile manufacturing model produces components at or near jobsites

Roman Stone's nationwide logistics and mobile manufacturing operations allow the company to produce precast concrete products close to project sites using local workforces, reducing transportation costs and supporting national expansion into critical infrastructure projects.

Washington – September 08, 2026 -- Smithfield Foods's lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has amended a federal disclosure report to reveal that China-based WH Group, which owns 86.9% of Smithfield, has a direct interest in lobbying over Farm Bill reauthorization and foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land.

Shanghai – September 08, 2026 -- Pulnovo Medical's pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) system reduced the risk of clinical worsening by 51% in patients with pulmonary hypertension linked to left heart disease (PH-LHD), according to results from the PADN-HF-PH trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2026 and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Trial enrolled 264 patients across multiple centers under academician Yaling Han

The multicenter, randomized controlled study, led by academician Yaling Han of the General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, evaluated PADN as an add-on to guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) versus GDMT alone. Corresponding authors on the NEJM paper include Professor Shao-Liang Chen of Nanjing First Hospital and Professor Gregg W. Stone of Mount Sinai Hospital.

Brewster, N.Y. – – September 08, 2026 -- Peckham Industries, Inc. has appointed John R. Peckham as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, replacing Damian J. Murphy, who is no longer associated with the company.

John R. Peckham returns to the CEO role after leading the company from 1993 to 2021

Peckham previously served as Chief Executive Officer for nearly three decades before moving into the role of Chairman of the Board. He has worked at the company for close to 50 years and helped shape its internal culture, referred to internally as "The Peckham Way,