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Hector Network Partners With Borussia Dortmund

Benzinga

Hector Network’s recent announcement that they are a champion partner of BVB, one of the most iconic and loved Bundesliga teams in Germany, is a massive achievement for the company. Founded in 1909, BVB boasts more than 10 million fans within Germany and, in addition, also looks to a rapidly growing fan base worldwide. The eight-time German champions and five-time DFB-Pokal winner was in 1966 the first German club to win a European Cup competition. BVB also became the first Bundesliga club to win the UEFA Champions League in 1997, followed by the Intercontinental Cup in the same year. With a turnover of over 400 million Euro, Borussia Dortmund nowadays is also one of the economically strongest football clubs in the world. Borussia Dortmund is an incredibly desirable partner with well-established stars playing every game, an enthusiastic fan base, and an internationally recognized brand! For Hector Network, the importance of this deal cannot be overstated. Live televised games, massive social media presence, and unparalleled visibility mean the partnership with BVB will catapult Hector Network beyond the crypto-community into mainstream recognition. The association also promises to open up a world of business growth opportunities for the company, broadening their networking sphere and giving them access to high-profile industry events. The team has already begun making connections, which will continue as the season progresses. Members of the Hector Network team recently had the privilege of touring the incredible stadium and meeting face to face with members of the BVB marketing team to finalize the partnership details. The experience of walking through the hallowed stadium was a true honor, and engaging with their BVB counterparts in person has inspired the Hector Network team, more than ever, to make the most of this exceptional opportunity. Hector Network will be bringing the BVB experience to their community as well! There will be ticket giveaways for every regular match this season, home game and away. Additionally, tons of giveaways for fans and community members for whom travel would be tricky, including merchandise, special events, unique personalized experiences, and so much more. Later in the season, there will also be some substantial grand prizes to be won! In the meantime, the Hector Network team is busy ensuring that every aspect of this partnership is maximized to its fullest potential. They will be focused heavily on community engagement and exposure. Hector Network is incredibly proud to join the BVB family, and they can’t wait to start interacting with the football team’s exceptionally dedicated fanbase What is Hector Network? Hector Network is an expansive decentralized ecosystem run by a utility token, HEC, and complemented by the TOR stablecoin. The company is committed to developing the future of web3 by pioneering decentralized offerings ranging from Tokenomics to Defi Gaming. Hector Network believes that crosschain expansion, lowering the barrier to entry and providing trusted sources for information are key in mass adoption of this technology.The relationship between HEC and TOR is very unique. When TOR was first introduced a portion of the coins used to mint TOR went to buy back HEC on the open market, which was then burnt, encouraging HEC into a deflationary token.By consciously reducing the circulating supply of the HEC token, through minting of TOR and other ways of burning, the Hector Network team was able to pivot and continue to expand, where many similarly structured DAO’s crumbled under the weight of inflating circulating supply and poor market conditions. To find out more about Hector Network, visit the official website: https://hector.network/ Telegram: https://t.me/Hector_Network Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hector_Network Discord: https://discord.gg/hector Instagram: https://instagram.com/hector_network Medium: https://medium.com/@Hector_Network Telegram Announcement: https://t.me/HectorNetworkAnn This post contains sponsored advertising content. This content is for informational purposes only and not intended to be investing advice. Contact Details Benzinga +1 877-440-9464 info@benzinga.com Company Website http://www.hector.network

August 10, 2022 08:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Being Data-Driven: How Streamflow Used Datawisp to Solidify their Position as a Leader in Token Vesting on Solana

G2M Digital

In March 2022, Streamflow Finance, leaders in Solana-based token vesting, approached us looking for a solution that could deliver a transparent, live understanding of the competitive landscape they were operating in. They wanted both the ability to develop and track specific KPIs as well as a simple way to answer ad-hoc data questions in order to make better business decisions. This proved to be an exciting challenge for the Datawisp team - our data exploration product had been live for two months and the Solana integration had barely been written a day earlier. We sat down with the Streamflow team and outlined a few important steps: Assess the token vesting competitive landscape Define the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure Gather the data Create the necessary outputs Ecosystem Landscape To make sure that the Datawisp dashboard gave an accurate representation of the token vesting market (as well as Streamflow’s position in that market), it was important to identify all the major players. After doing a little research, and from off-hand experience, Streamflow chose the top three competitors to include in the analysis. KPIs The next step was to identify which KPIs to use. After considering a number of data points, Streamflow decided to go with Total Value Locked (TVL) as the most impactful KPI. They concluded that measuring TVL was a robust KPI that encompassed healthy and meaningful usage by teams on Solana. Additionally, unlike in some other dApps where TVL is highly volatile, in token vesting TVL is sticky due to lengthy vesting schedules. Data Gathering After that, Streamflow used Datawisp to import all the relevant data: 1) transaction data from both, their contracts and competing ones and 2) market prices of each token in order to calculate TVL in USD. While data stored on a public blockchain like Solana is, in theory, easily accessible, Solana on-chain programs are compiled to Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) bytecode and typically store their data in a binary format like Borsh. This makes it somewhat difficult to correctly import and display this data in an analytics platform. In Datawisp, all you need to work with data like this is a program address and - optionally - an IDL (Interface Description Language). The IDL describes how to decode those binary blobs back into meaningful data. For programs using the Anchor framework, the IDL can be stored directly on-chain. In that case, data can be imported directly. If no public IDL is available, Datawisp has an IDL editor that facilitates this step. One challenge the Streamflow team ran into was that one of the competitors had a lot of forks of their vesting smart contract which made it difficult to find all the relevant programs. To solve this, the Streamflow team built a Magnet CLI - an open-source tool that analyses the Solana chain and programs to check how similar they are to the referent program (if they’re a fork/redeployment). Once this was working they reviewed the output and gathered another 20 programs to add to the analysis. In addition to the contract data, the Streamflow team needed to import relevant token prices in USD in order to make an apples-to-apples comparison. Datawisp supports a variety of web3 and web2 sources. Initially this was done through our Google Sheets integration, although we eventually realized having this data pre-loaded into Datawisp would save Streamflow (and other customers) a lot of time. This dataset is updated hourly and available to all Datawisp users. KPI Creation Once Streamflow had all the necessary data and KPIs in mind, all that was left was to ‘build’ those KPIs in Datawisp. Datawisp works by connecting a series of blocks together that transform the data in some way; here you can see Datawisp adding a new column for each calculated field: Net deposited amount (tokens) * token price (USD) = Total deposited (USD) Withdrawn amount (tokens) * token price (USD) = Total withdrawn (USD) Total deposited (USD) - total withdrawn (USD) = TVL (total value locked) Streamflow did this for its data and that of all its competitors to create the necessary dashboard in Datawisp. Streamflow did this for its data and that of all its competitors to create the necessary dashboard in Datawisp. The results With the dashboard created, Streamflow could see that they had established a position as market leaders for token vesting on Solana. * Data as of August 5th, 2022 Data-driven approach With real-time reports on projects that use token vesting smart contracts on Solana, Streamflow has been able to measure critical data points such as: Time from TGE to the first token unlocks Average vesting contract duration Average value deposited per contract They have been using these insights to better understand their target customers and drive sales strategy - focusing on approaching customers with their token vesting offering at the right time in their lifecycle, and boosting sales and TVL. “Datawisp has really become an essential part of how Streamflow works with data, develops and monitors its internal and external KPIs, and sets its strategy.” -Angelo Boskovic, Head of Business Development, Streamflow Finance StreamFi Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/streamflow_fi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/streamflow-finance/ Datawisp Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/datawispio Linkedin: https://twitter.com/streamflow_fi Contact Details Streamflow Finance Angelo Boskovic +381 16 3228411 angelo@streamflow.finance Company Website http://streamflow.finance

August 10, 2022 07:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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OPPO ColorOS 12 wins four design awards at the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2022

OPPO

SHENZHEN, CHINA - Media OutReach - 10 August 2022 - OPPO ColorOS 12 wins four design awards at the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design Awards for 2022, recognizing the pioneering designs on its operations system ColorOS12 with OPPO SANS Fonts, O Relax app, OMOJI, and the Two-Finger Split Screen function. OPPO Sans -2022 Red Dot Winner OPPO SANS is a universal typeface designed by OPPO. The visual optimization ranges from the font’s structure to its glyphs. Optimization like the simplification of strokes also allows the overall shape of the font to appear more concise and elegant. These updates present an upgraded sense of technology and strengthen the font’s legibility on a variety of screen displays in different products. O Relax-Cities -2022 Red Dot Winner O Relax is OPPO's digital wellbeing application that provides users with soothing music tracks and ambient sounds of nature and city to relax your mind. Its key feature – Sounds of the City – inspired by locations all around the world, offers users with high-quality ambiance sounds recorded from locations around the globe including Reykjavik, Beijing, and Tokyo. Each presented in the distinctive sounds ranging from vibrant sound such as a fast-approaching train, to the calming sound of a pavement in a neighbourhood, to soothing sounds of nature from gentle breeze and heavy rain. Such an audible exploration of the world enables users to immerse themselves into their own experience of serenity and meditation. OMOJI - 2022 Red Dot Winner OMOJI from ColorOS 12 is supported by OPPO's industry-leading Face Capture algorithm. With the high-precision models of virtual expression that is built upon 52 core human facial expression together with 200+ stylistic elements, users are able to customize unique emoji that represents their own style, and to send messages with a personal touch. Two-Finger Split Screen – 2022 Red Dot Winner ColorOS 12 introduce the new “Two-Finger Split Screen” function is tailored to the 7.1-inch large screen of OPPO’s first folding screen mobile phone, Find N, optimising user experience through providing efficiency and multi-tasking flexibility. Users can easily swipe down the middle of the foldable screen with two fingers, the screen display will then be split into two to aid with multi-tasking demands. Such design is aimed to be both intuitive and self-explanatory to users. The Red Dot Design Award is amongst the most prestigious of professional design competitions globally. The accolades are direct recognition to OPPO’s world-class design capabilities. In the future, OPPO will continue to endeavours on delivering users with more comprehensibile and comfortable experience through ColorOS. O PPO recently announced the date of the global online launch event for its latest mobile operating system, ColorOS 13. It will be one of the first OEM operating systems based on Android 13 to be launched. For more information about ColorOS 13, please join the ColorOS Official Launch Event on YouTube and Twitter at 7:00 PM GMT+8 on August 18 th, 2022. About OPPO OPPO is a leading global smart device brand. Since the launch of its first mobile phone - “Smiley Face” - in 2008, OPPO has been in relentless pursuit of the perfect synergy of aesthetic satisfaction and innovative technology. Today, OPPO provides a wide range of smart devices spearheaded by the Find X and Reno series. Beyond devices, OPPO also provides its users with ColorOS operating system and internet services such as OPPO Cloud and OPPO+. OPPO has footprints in more than 60 countries and regions, with more than 40,000 employees dedicated to creating a better life for customers around the world. About ColorOS ColorOS is a highly customized, efficient, intelligent, and richly designed Android-based mobile OS from OPPO. With over 500 million global monthly active users, ColorOS supports 67 languages, including English, Hindi, Thai, and Indonesian. Contact Details OPPO Media Contact press@oppo.com

August 10, 2022 05:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Assembly Hires Gaby Sethi as Global Head of Impact

Assembly

Global omnichannel agency and Ad Age Purpose-Led Agency of the Year, Assembly, has brought on Gaby Sethi as our new Global Head of Impact. Gaby will strengthen the agency’s social and environmental impact proposition and lead a comprehensive strategy globally to deliver meaningful and measurable impact, with a key initiative being the agency’s achievement of B Corp certification. Gaby joins Assembly with an impressive background in the impact space, having most recently led OVO Foundation, the philanthropic arm of OVO Energy. With Purpose – inclusive of People, Impact, and BI E&D (Belonging, Inclusion, Equity, Diversity) – being a key aspect of Assembly’s global approach, the role is critical to the agency’s ability to drive meaningful change for all stakeholders, all around the world. On joining Assembly, Gaby shared, “I loved that delivering impact and supporting communities was already core to Assembly’s DNA. And at just a few weeks in, I already feel incredibly supported by leadership and the whole agency, as I set out to shape a new vision for Impact.” “It’s proof that Assembly is genuinely committed to being a purposeful business.” Assembly started off 2022 as Ad Age’s first-ever Purpose-Led Agency of the Year, a recognition gained in celebration of the agency’s global 1,200 Moves for Impact completed in 2021, led by former Head of Impact Hanna Kubbutat-Byrne, as well as our dynamic work with clients which placed sustainability at the heart of media strategy and execution. The goal, looking forward, is to build a more connected community globally who are driving toward common sustainability and social impact goals, in addition to investing in strategic partnerships and developing new ways to engage clients in the agency’s impact efforts. Gaby added, “Assembly are total experts in growing the world’s largest brands. We have an important opportunity to work with clients who are, likewise, purpose-led and are helping create solutions to the world’s biggest problems. Together alongside our clients, we can achieve exponential impact.” Global CEO of Assembly, James Townsend, commented, “We have huge strides to make, in an environment where both our talent and clients are asking us to commit to and deliver positive environmental and social impact. Gaby will help us more clearly define and evolve our ways of working to ensure we can meet our goals, while keeping purpose at the core of our progressive company.” ABOUT ASSEMBLY: Assembly is made of the ingredients of the modern agency, bringing together data, talent, and technology to deliver a connected set of solutions for media + more to the best brands on the planet. We’re home to more than 1,600 of the industry’s top talent, who bring unmatched global omnichannel media expertise + data, technology, and business consulting capabilities that find change and fuel growth for brands worldwide. Assembly is a proud member of Stagwell, the challenger network built to transform marketing. Visit www.assemblyglobal.com for more information. Contact Details Assembly Sara Pollack, VP of Marketing +1 917-438-4922 sara.pollack@assemblyglobal.com Company Website https://www.assemblyglobal.com/

August 10, 2022 04:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

News Release

Arcwide Expands European Offering with Acquisition of Fekra Digital Services

Arcwide

Arcwide, the joint venture of BearingPoint and IFS dedicated to the deployment of IFS Cloud services, today announces its official acquisition of Fekra Digital Services. Over the past five years, the close collaboration of these complementary organisations has enabled the success of multiple projects and such synergy has culminated in a valuable acquisition, made official in July 2022. The goal of this strategic move between Arcwide and Fekra Digital Services is to provide clients with complete end-to-end services and support the continual growth in demand for IFS software and solutions. Founded in 2008, European-based Fekra Digital Services supports companies in the digital transformation of their information systems through the integration of IT solutions, specialising in ERP IFS solutions. As global demand for IFS Cloud consultancy increases, Arcwide is set to become a market leader by combining the world-class business technology consultancy of BearingPoint with the best-in-class cloud innovation of IFS, and is on track to become the IFS delivery partner of choice for enterprise organisations worldwide. On this recent acquisition, Arcwide CEO, Philippe Chaniot comments: “Fekra Digital Services has an ethos of curiosity, open-mindedness and inventiveness which aligns perfectly with the Arcwide mindset. Our aim is to help solve complex business challenges for decision makers accountable for business growth and Fekra Digital Services will be a valuable asset in helping us achieve this.” Already a recognised IFS Diamond partner, Arcwide also is winner of the IFS Global Systems Integrator of the Year 2020 and IFS Growth Partner of the Year 2021 awards. As the business continues its momentum with further growth and acquisition, Arcwide’s focus will remain sharply on unlocking value through IFS Cloud adoption and accelerating time to value for an ever-growing client base. ###ENDS### About Arcwide Arcwide is a joint venture with a truly unique business transformation proposition: uniting technology innovation and professional services to help companies accelerate value realization. Combining the world-class business technology consultancy of BearingPoint with the best-in-class cloud technology and innovation of IFS, Arcwide expands the successful and well-established partnership between the two companies, which have been working in lockstep since 2017 to create significant value for their mutual clients around the world. Contact Details Hannah Syers +44 7566 226202 hannah@fox.agency Company Website https://www.arcwide.com/en/

August 09, 2022 11:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time

QuantmRE partners with Texture Capital and Launches Its Blockchain-Based Real Estate Marketplace

Texture Capital

QuantmRE today announces its partnership with Texture Capital and the launch of its blockchain-based Home Equity Marketplace that allows investors -- including individuals, family offices and institutions -- to buy, sell and trade tokenized interests in the equity in residential homes, thereby enabling digital access to this asset class estimated to be over $25 trillion in size according to Freddie Mac. By partnering with Texture Capital, QuantmRE broadens its compliance capabilities via Texture’s broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System (ATS). This gives QuantmRE the regulatory readiness to launch its tokenized Home Equity Marketplace, reimagining real estate investing by making the equity in owner-occupied residential homes investible and tradable, powered by blockchain technology. Leveraging the Algorand blockchain protocol, QuantmRE’s Home Equity Marketplace allows homeowners to partner with investors via a ‘Home Equity Agreement’ – a financial structure, protected by a lien on title, that fractionalizes the current and future value of a residence. This innovative financial tool enables the homeowner to unlock equity liquidity and allows the investor to gain exposure to the future value of the property. For the homeowner, there is no loan and therefore no monthly payments, no interest rate charges and no added debt. QuantmRE’s Home Equity Marketplace enables investors to invest in fractionalized and tokenized Home Equity Agreements, where they can build, model, manage and trade personalized portfolios of the equity in hand-picked owner-occupied residential properties, taking advantage of the downside protection and leveraged upside returns offered by the Home Equity Agreement structure. Matthew Sullivan, QuantmRE’s Founder and CEO, said “We are delighted to be partnering with Texture and the important regulatory milestone that this brings, and we look forward to working closely with Texture to lead the way in making home equity more liquid, more accessible and easily tradable for everyone seeking a smarter way to invest in US residential real estate”. “QuantmRE is unique in the digital asset space”, said Richard Johnson, CEO of Texture Capital. “In a rising interest rate environment where home values have been appreciating, I believe QuantmRE is ideally positioned to take advantage of increasing demand from homeowners to find alternative, debt-free solutions to access their home equity, as well as enabling a wider range of investors to actively participate in the previously untapped real estate asset class of residential home equity”. About QuantmRE At a time when homeowners need to access cash more than ever, QuantmRE’s “Equity Freedom” program offers an alternative debt-free solution – the Home Equity Agreement. The agreement enables homeowners to receive a cash lump sum in exchange for a portion of the current and potential future value of their home without taking on any additional debt (no loans, no interest and no monthly payments). In addition to originating Home Equity Agreements, QuantmRE has developed an advanced blockchain-based Home Equity Marketplace where individuals, family offices and institutional investors can gain broad access to the multi-trillion-dollar residential real estate asset class by buying, selling and trading tokenized Home Equity Agreements. For more information, visit www.QuantmRE.com About Texture Capital Texture Capital, the blockchain powered marketplace for private capital, is a FINRA member and SEC registered broker dealer focused on digital securities. We help clients compliantly issue tokens representing equity, debt, revenue share, royalties or other investment contracts. Leveraging blockchain technology and smart contracts, we aim to improve the market structure of traditional capital markets. Texture provides tools for issuance, tokenization and secondary market trading via our Alternative Trading System. Please visit https://texture.capital for more information and to stay informed of future updates. Contact Details QuantmRE Matthew Sullivan +1 888-612-3101 msullivan@quantmre.com Texture Capital Richard Johnson +1 646-979-8558 richard@texture.capital

August 09, 2022 12:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time

EUCAST Engages Castle Placement in Private Equity Offering

EUCAST

EUCAST Global, an advanced wireless LTE, CBRS, and 5G telecommunication company announced it has engaged Castle Placement to lead its capital raising initiative. EUCAST provides wireless communication systems that allow users to access the internet whenever and wherever they want. Its advanced equipment, comprising base stations, application servers, core network, and network management systems, allows users in remote and underserved communities to access the internet. EUCAST also provides private network solutions for businesses that share confidential information and digital twin capabilities. EUCAST is working to equip private and public entities to launch private networks, expand coverage, providing high availability and low latency solutions for users and devices alike. In the private sector, EUCAST will be providing manufacturing, industrial, oil and gas, and mining industries with a turn-key complete coverage private network solution using CBRS and 5G spectrum on their sites. The company provides stationary and portable wireless communication systems that allow users to access the internet whenever and wherever they want – bridging the immediate need for digital technology without the process of installing complicated, costly, and time-consuming infrastructure tower projects or deep fiber extensions. EUCAST 5G base stations are also critical for the deployment of smart poles as part of the smart city initiatives that is happening throughout the U.S. In the public sector, EUCAST offers communication service opportunities for rural areas, including schools and medical facilities, as well as sovereign tribal communities and nations that have been largely ignored by the large telecommunication carriers. Both federal and state governments have identified the lack of broadband access as a significant problem and are deploying funds to provide digital equity in America. EUCAST recently adapted its network in a box technology for drone deployment which will allow for recovery of urgent communication capabilities in the event of emergencies or service interruptions where no communication coverage is available. “EUCAST technology is a solution for service disruptions,” Gary Sumihiro, EUCAST Executive Vice President and Board Member explained. “Our technology allows for continuous communication among users even in the event of emergencies and carrier service interruptions – with a complete network that fits into a backpack, car or ship version, and now drones. We are excited to be working with Castle Placement and bring these opportunities to expand our U.S. operations.” EUCAST is in discussions with many companies and public entities for the deployment of their technology. Castle Placement will be assisting EUCAST on its private equity offering. Specific information on investment opportunities is available here: https://castleplacement.com/portfolio/eucast-global/. “EUCAST solutions should be attractive to investors today," explained Harish Pillai at Castle Placement. “EUCAST’s proven technology solves digital equity issues and enables communications that were previously considered impossible. As more public and private sector entities engage, it is becoming abundantly clear, from farming, security, production, and emergency response, the possibilities are significant. We look forward to inviting our investors to be a part of this opportunity." EUCAST Global is part of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance and recently announced a partnership with the University of Denver. ### About EUCAST Global EUCAST Global provides end-to-end advanced wireless access solutions including base stations, control servers and gateway, core network, network management systems, and user devices. EUCAST has been a leading force in the advanced wireless access technology marketplace for more than a decade. Please visit https://eucastglobal.com/. For more information or to schedule an interview with a Colorado-based EUCAST spokesperson, contact Dan Rene at 202-329-8357 or daniel.rene@kglobal.com. To contact EUCAST Global directly please email contact@eucastglobal.com or globalsales@eucastglobal.com. About Castle Placement: Founded in 2009, Castle Placement raises equity and debt capital for private middle-market companies across a broad spectrum of industries. Highly experienced investment bankers and a robust, data-driven, innovative technology platform - including artificial intelligence/machine learning - match great companies with global institutional investors. Castle Placement's proprietary app, CPGO, connects companies with investors in real-time. Over 600,000 accredited investors and 65,000 private equity, venture capital and strategic investors, family offices, pension funds, foundations, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, and lenders. For more information, please visit https://castleplacement.com/. Contact Details Dan Rene +1 202-329-8357 daniel.rene@kglobal.com Company Website http://www.eu-cast.com/

August 09, 2022 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

DealMaker announces capability for European issuers to raise capital in both UK and North American markets

DealMaker

DealMaker Inc, a leading digital capital raise platform, is the only platform now built for international capital market raises. Launching in September of 2022, UK issuers will now be able to invite investors from the UK, the US, and Canada to participate in their capital raise simultaneously. This is a groundbreaking event - tackling the regulatory complexity for each market as well as the untapped potential that pre-IPO companies can now unlock. “This is incredibly exciting for us,” Mat Goldstein, Co-founder & CSO states, “our mission has always been to work towards one global capital market, and this offering is an incredible first step.” Typically, raising capital has been limited by geography due to unique regulatory bodies and requirements from country to country, even state to state. With this new streamlined approach provided by technology, issuers are able to meet regulatory requirements in a consolidated way, and tap into investor interest around the globe. Contacts Leigh Nolan, leigh.nolan@dealmaker.tech DealMaker is on a mission to create the most sophisticated capital markets tools on the planet, empowering capital to flow faster. It offers a suite of primary issuance, shareholder management, and capital raising solutions including investor ranking algorithms and data analytics tools to support all global private placements exemptions. Its innovative technology was designed to enable organizations to own and control exempt market raises to get the money they need, faster. DealMaker puts forward-thinking organizations in control to run streamlined, successful capital raises in one centralized platform. The company’s offices are located in Toronto, Canada, Austin, Texas and Tampa, Florida. Visit DealMaker.tech for more information. Contact Details DealMaker Leigh Nolan +1 416-554-0949 leigh.nolan@dealmaker.tech Company Website https://www.dealmaker.tech/

August 09, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

HKBU launches Turing AI Orchestra as next milestone in human-AI art co-creation

Hong Kong Baptist University

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 9 August 2022 - Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has announced the launch of the world’s first “Turing AI Orchestra” today (9 August) as the next milestone in its visionary plan to broaden the scope and explore potential opportunities in art co-creation by humans and artificial intelligence (AI). The Turing AI Orchestra is the world’s first AI ensemble. By applying state-of-the-art AI technology, the Orchestra aims to achieve a new form of symbiotic artistic creation and performance between humans and AI systems. The announcement of the launch of the Orchestra was made at the “ Human, Machine, Art, Creativity: International Symposium ” co-organised by HKBU and the Hong Kong Productivity Council, at which world-renowned researchers and artists from academia and industry gathered to discuss the development of human-AI symbiotic art creativity. Mr John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Executive of the HKSAR; Mr Xu Jie, Deputy Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China; Dr Zhang Zhihua, Director-General, Youth Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, graced the occasion and gave video addresses. Professor Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the HKSAR Government also gave an opening address in person. Other officiating guests of the opening ceremony included Professor James Tang Tuck-kong, Secretary-General of the University Grants Committee; Ms Zhu Yihua, Deputy Director-General, New Territories Sub-office of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR; Mr Mohamed Butt, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Productivity Council; Dr Clement Chen, Chairman of the Council and the Court of HKBU; Ms Rosanna Choi, Treasurer of the Council and the Court of HKBU; Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU; Professor Guo Yike, Vice-President (Research and Development) of HKBU; Ms Christine Chow, Vice-President (Administration) and Secretary of HKBU; and Professor Johnny M Poon, Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research) of HKBU. In his address, Chief Executive Mr John Lee Ka-chiu said: “Hong Kong Baptist University, with its commitment in discovering and nurturing new technologies and big ideas, is a leading force in comprehensive research and development for arts technology. The pioneering and innovative project Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong is funded by the Research Grants Council. It is one of China's biggest artificial intelligence technology research projects. It seeks to radically advance human and AI interaction and contribute to the sustainability of our arts ecosystem.” In his welcoming speech, Dr Clement Chen said: “With the emerging trend of applying technology to art creation, our scholars at HKBU are also pushing the frontiers of art-tech to transform the creation of art and culture. We are also impressed and encouraged by the increased amount of support offered by the National 14th Five-Year Plan and the HKSAR Government’s drive to promote and develop art-tech. Against such a backdrop, our important initiatives will definitely support and spearhead the development of art-tech in Hong Kong and enable the SAR to assume a leading position in art-tech on the global stage.” In his address, Professor Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the HKSAR Government said: “Leveraging the advanced development in the AI technologies, art creations can be transformed and propelled to the next level, bringing new experiences to audiences and significant socio-economic benefits to the city. I must say, the Hong Kong Baptist University has best demonstrated how AI can be a creative force in performing music, cross-media art and dance at its Symphony Orchestra Annual Gala Concert held last month. It truly marks a milestone in the history of arts tech, showing the harmonious collaboration between human and machine.” Outlining the concept of the Turing AI Orchestra (TAIO), Professor Guo Yike said that it offers an open platform for artists and scientists from around the world to collaborate within a dynamic and innovative environment, and it will produce groundbreaking AI research that will disrupt the world of art. “The Turing AI Orchestra also echoes one of the project tasks stated in the project proposal – building a Digital Art and Policy Network, for symbiotic creativity collaboration and related policy innovation. It is envisaged that TAIO, as a vibrant and sustainable development base, can help us put our vision, philosophy and technology into practice via creative performances in the context of active international collaboration. By using Blockchain technologies, TAIO will realise the world’s first Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) ecosystem for art creation through collaboration between scientists and artists. TAIO will promote transdisciplinary whole-person education to the next generation in Hong Kong. It will propel strategic policymaking by the Government to guide Hong Kong’s cultural and creative industries development going forward, thus contributing toward building Hong Kong to be an international cultural exchange and Intellectual Property trading hub,” said Professor Guo. Apart from launching the TAIO and introducing ongoing HKBU initiatives in human-AI symbiotic art creativity, today’s Symposium also covered topics including the enabling technologies of symbiotic art creation and manifestation, the aesthetics and cognitive values of symbiotic art creativity, the new trend of the art economy with the ecosystem of Metaverse, new issues raised by the new forms of art in society, and the impact on art community stakeholders, among others. Following the first human-AI collaborative performance of its kind in the world at the Annual Gala Concert of the HKBU Symphony Orchestra on 14 July, today’s Symposium is another key deliverable of the “ Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong ” research project supported by HK$52.84 million in funding from the Theme-based Research Scheme under the Research Grants Council. Contact Details Wong Suk-ling +852 3411 2119 hkbunews@hkbu.edu.hk

August 09, 2022 07:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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