Industry Event

Lombardy – November 02, 2026 -- Bracco held the second Global CEUS Steering Committee in Munich with 14 international experts in contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), and the group will now meet every year.

The meeting took place alongside the EUROSON School. Participants included specialists from several clinical fields and regions, as well as representatives of Bracco Medical and R&D. The initiative began in China in 2025, when Bracco first assembled CEUS experts across specialties and geographies.

Super-resolution imaging, software and AI top the agenda

Discussions covered super-resolution imaging, new software applications and artificial intelligence. Experts examined possible diagnostic and potentially therapeutic uses of CEUS. They also looked at ways to optimize clinical workflows and at the healthcare and economic considerations that affect adoption.

MILTON KEYNES – October 27, 2026 -- Three SMT Corp executives presented at the Counterfeit Awareness & Trusted Supply Chains Workshop, held at BSI's headquarters on September 24, 2026, where aerospace and defence professionals examined counterfeit risk across multi-tier supply chains.

SMT Corp President Mike Schwarm, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing Mark Broadhead, and Vice President of Technology Dr. Nicholas Williams covered supply chain assurance, real-world counterfeit cases, and component authentication and testing.

Counterfeit controls weaken as components pass through multiple supplier tiers

Avoidance requirements become harder to manage with each additional tier. Clear contractual requirements, supplier oversight and supporting evidence keep visibility intact beyond immediate suppliers.

Washington – October 16, 2026 -- The United States now produces just 1% of global aluminum, down from industry leadership 25 years ago, according to a study presented by economist Dr. Adam Hersh at an event hosted by the American Primary Aluminum Association (APAA).

Smelter count falls from 23 to four, none military-grade

In 2000, 23 primary aluminum smelters operated in the United States, against 10 in Canada. Four remain in the US, and none can produce military-grade aluminum. The last US smelter capable of making the high-purity aluminum required for many defense applications closed in 2022, leaving the country reliant on foreign sources.

Hersh, a research fellow at the University of Massachusetts, attributed the decline to foreign government subsidies and unfair trade policies. He called the loss of smelting capacity a market failure that exposes the US economy to supply chain disruption.

Vienna – – October 14, 2026 -- GSMA Intelligence presented its white paper "a target architecture for telecoms cybersecurity" for the first time globally at the Net5.5G Intelligent IP Network Summit, held during the Global Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) 2026. At the same event, ITU-T SG13 and WBBA launched a joint initiative urging carriers to build secure, resilient networks as AI reshapes both threats and revenue models.

GSMA Intelligence names native security and in-depth defense as the two core pillars

The white paper calls for security to be embedded in network elements across design, production, deployment and operation ("Native Security"). Its second pillar, in-depth defense, provides multi-layered, domain-based protection against complex and persistent threats.

Shenzhen – September 27, 2026 -- Memory and storage executives from Samsung, Sandisk, Solidigm, Arm and Lenovo converged in Shenzhen on September 23 to argue that AI inference workloads, not training alone, are now the primary driver reshaping storage architecture demand. The 5th GMIF2026 Innovation Summit, co-hosted by the Shenzhen Memory Industry Association (SMIA) and Peking University's School of Integrated Circuits, drew IDMs, controller makers, OSATs, and AI infrastructure vendors under the theme "The Future Built on AI Memory and Storage."