Event Coverage

MILAN – November 10, 2026 -- EICMA, the International Two-Wheeler Exhibition, closed its 83rd edition as the largest ever held at Fiera Milano Rho, with 765 exhibitors and 2,142 brands from 52 countries across 300,000 square metres.

EICMA expands to ten halls, double its 2021 footprint

The event occupied ten halls for the first time since moving to the Rho exhibition district, one more than in 2025. EICMA CEO Paolo Magri said the hall count has doubled from five since 2021, reflecting companies' decision to keep investing in face-to-face meetings.

EICMA's history dates to 1914.

Foreign brands make up 74% of the 2026 lineup

Of all brands exhibiting, 74% came from abroad. Among direct exhibitors, 30% were participating for the first time or returning to the show.

Nanjing – November 09, 2026 -- PharmaBlock hosted a two-day CMC Lifecycle Strategy Forum in Nanjing on November 5 and 6, gathering experts with senior R&D experience at AstraZeneca, AbbVie, Bayer and Pfizer to debate how stage-appropriate chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) decisions can improve development efficiency.

Professionals from Seda Pharmaceutical, Jacobio Pharma, Benemae and PharmaBlock also took part. The agenda covered candidate developability, solid-state science, model-informed drug development, clinical supply and commercial manufacturing.

Hamburg – November 09, 2026 -- Germany's fish industry is struggling to turn the protein boom into counter sales, according to practitioners at the 10th Fischwirtschaftsgipfel in Hamburg. Shoppers buying fish ask about taste, bones and preparation rather than protein content, retail and gastronomy experts told the audience.

The two-day conference ran on 3 and 4 November at the Empire Riverside Hotel. Fischmagazin invited more than 200 representatives from nearly 100 companies, associations and institutions. Norway attended as partner country, and delegates also came from Bremerhaven and Emden.

Doha – November 08, 2026 -- MWC26 Doha opened at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC) with the mobile economy forecast to add $470 billion to the Middle East and North Africa by 2030. The three-day event is held in partnership with Qatar's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT).

Qatar's communications minister ties AI agents to network resilience demands

Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai, Qatar's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, delivered the welcome address at the second edition of MWC Doha. Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan bin Ali Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs, attended the opening.

Beijing – November 07, 2026 -- The 7th World Media Summit opened in Beijing on Saturday with nearly 500 representatives from nearly 330 mainstream media outlets, think tanks and government bodies across 112 countries and regions.

Xinhua and Beijing government co-organize five-day summit under an intelligent-age theme

Xinhua News Agency and the Beijing municipal government jointly organized the event, which runs from Thursday to Monday. The theme is "Media in the Intelligent Age: From Consensus to Action."

The United Nations and other international organizations also sent representatives.

Senior CPC official Li Shulei delivers opening keynote

Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, gave the keynote speech at the opening ceremony.

New York – November 07, 2026 -- Nearly 300 advertising executives gathered at Tribeca Rooftop on November 5 for 212NYC's 12th Annual Gala & Excellence Awards, where the digital advertising club honored five industry leaders under the theme "Humanity in Action: Staying Human in the Age of AI."

212NYC honors five executives from media, retail and consumer brands

The 2026 honorees span agency, streaming, packaged goods, beauty and marketing roles:

Philadelphia – November 06, 2026 -- More than 9,000 attendees filled the 23rd annual Pennsylvania Conference for Women, where speakers including Lindsey Vonn, Tayari Jones and Mindy Kaling focused on career setbacks and comebacks.

Vonn and Jones recount career-defining setbacks

Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn described a devastating accident in February that ended with her being helicoptered off the mountain 13 seconds after leaving the starting gate. Her recovery has required multiple surgeries, with a tenth scheduled for the coming Monday.

Author Tayari Jones, a New York Times bestseller and TIME100 Honoree, said an earlier publisher dropped her as a financial liability. She finished her book and attended the only event left on her calendar, where children's book publisher Judy Blume introduced her to another publisher.

XUZHOU, China – November 06, 2026 -- More than 2,750 teams from over 20 countries and regions registered for the 15th China Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition's "AI + Construction Machinery" Division, which XCMG co-organized and which concluded in Xuzhou on Oct. 30. Agreements covering six Open Challenge projects and four commercialization projects were signed at the closing event.

106 of 1,600 submitted projects reached the finals

The competition received over 1,600 project submissions. After preliminary and semifinal rounds, 106 projects advanced to the finals. International teams won awards in both the Customer Co-Creation and Professional Contest tracks. The Torch High Technology Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology hosted the event together with other government and industry organizations.

Paris – November 05, 2026 -- Stingray is pressing automakers to keep in-car entertainment in-house rather than cede the dashboard to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, using its Mondial de l'Auto appearance in Paris to make the case.

DATAxis panelists frame entertainment as an OEM battleground

At the DATAxis Conference ahead of the Paris Motor Show, industry leaders agreed that in-cabin experience increasingly shapes brand perception, customer loyalty and purchasing decisions as vehicles become software-defined. Tom Adams, who represented Stingray on the panel, said automakers should retain control of their "digital customer journey" instead of leaving it to third-party smartphone ecosystems.

WUXI – November 05, 2026 -- NORROY BIOSCIENCE presented its radiopharmaceutical pipelines in eight Top Rated Oral Presentations and three e-posters at the 39th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM'26), held October 17-21 in Vienna, Austria. The China-based, late-stage clinical biotech also reached preliminary cooperation intentions with Esente Healthcare and other international partners on radiopharmaceutical automation equipment.