Medical Korea 2023 Conference kicks off March 23-24 in Seoul

Medical Korea 2023 Conference, which celebrates its 13th this year, will be held as a large-scale offline event in three years after the outbreak of COVID-19, from March 23 to 24 at Coex in SEOUL. (Graphic: Business Wire) 

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) will host Medical Korea 2023 - The 13th Global Healthcare & Medical Tourism Conference at Coex in Seoul from March 23 to 24.

Medical Korea 2023, one of the largest global healthcare conferences in Korea with the aim of the globalisation of the Korean healthcare industry, will be held as a large-scale offline event, the first time in three years after the COVID-19 outbreak.

According to a statement, the KHIDI has designated ‘Endemic’, ‘Telemedicine’, ‘Personal Health Record’, ‘Medical Tourism’ and ‘Digital Therapeutics (DTx)’ as the top five keywords for global healthcare trends in 2023.

The conference begins with keynote lectures by technology and healthcare futurist, Jamie Metzl; and Kakao Healthcare Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Hwang Hee.

The lectures consist of four forums and six seminars covering various topics such as medical tourism trends, online training, personal health record, digital healthcare and scale-up strategies for regional global healthcare business, in attendance of 65 speakers.

The invited speakers include Mohd Daud Mohd Arif (Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council CEO), Hiang Khoon Tan (SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute Director), and Kim Ju Han (Seoul National University College of Medicine Professor).

Various programmes such as business meetings, exhibition and Government to Government (G2G) meetings are in place to promote the discovery of channels to attract new customers via exchanges between overseas buyers and domestic sellers, and the expansion into the overseas markets by the health industry.

In the forums, participants can explore the latest trends in the global healthcare industry and opportunities for health care cooperation through medical tourism policies, as well as predict changes and innovations in health care caused by the spread of My Data.

For more information on the conference at www.mkconf.org.

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Wemade MIR4 updates Sabuk Clash to determine Emperor’s clan

 

MIR4 Updates ‘Sabuk Clash,’ a tournament style Castle Siege content to determine the Emperor’s Clan, on March 21 (Graphic: Wemade) 

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) – Wemade Co Ltd announced its blockbuster massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) MIR4 has updated Sabuk Clash, clan vs clan Castle Siege, on March 21.

According to Wemade in a statement, Sabuk Clash is a tournament style Castle Siege content where King’s clans from all servers in each region gather in the Domination Server and fight to become the Emperor’s clan.

Only Bicheon Castle King’s clans can participate, and the winning clan then becomes the Emperor’s clan, which can collect taxes from the Kings of all servers in each region, adjust individual tax rates per server and is given authority to manage the Sabuk Castle territory.

The first round begins on March 26, and a new round will be held every week for a total of three rounds over three weeks.

In the first round, a total of 16 clans fight to capture one of the eight Monoliths placed in eight areas, and the eight winning clans advance to the next round. In the second round, four out of eight clans advance to the next round.

Out of the four clans in the final round, the one clan that succeeds in capturing the Monolith becomes the Emperor’s clan.

The winning clan receives 50,000 clan copper as a reward. The clan master of the winning clan becomes the Emperor and receives the authority to appoint positions, adjust tax rates and give prizes. The Emperor also gets an Emperor-exclusive mount, Sabuk Destrier.

In addition, to celebrate the appointment of a new Emperor, all users in every server receive “Sabuk Emperor’s Common Royal Gift” the day after round three ends.

MIR4 is hosting two check-in events that offer various items to celebrate the update of Sabuk Clash namely the “Luckster’s Sabuk Clash 7-Day Cheer Check-in” and “The Age of War 14-Day Check-in”.

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Google chooses Fastly Oblivious HTTP Relay to improve online privacy

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- Fastly Inc, the world’s fastest global edge cloud platform, has entered into an agreement with Google LLC to operate an Oblivious HTTP Relay (OHTTP Relay) as part of FLEDGE, the Privacy Sandbox initiative to improve privacy while continuing to support tailored advertising.

According to Fastly in a statement, the Privacy Sandbox is a set of proposals to reduce cross-site and cross-app tracking while helping to keep online content and services free for all across the web.

FLEDGE is a Privacy Sandbox proposal for remarketing and custom audience advertising use cases that is designed to choose relevant ads without allowing cross-site tracking.

Using Fastly’s OHTTP Relay, FLEDGE can privately count k-anonymous ads cohorts, making FLEDGE, and the infrastructure that supports it, more private.

“Fastly strives to make the internet a better, safer place for every user, and the selection of our OHTTP Relay for FLEDGE is a testament to our platform’s power and flexibility to do just that.

“We are thrilled to play an important role in Google’s ecosystem-driven approach to preserving privacy and improving performance across the web,” said Fastly Vice President of Product, Infrastructure and Network Services, Jana Iyengar.

Meanwhile, Google Senior Director of Product Management, Victor Wong said with Fastly, the company has achieved the best of both worlds, giving users robust privacy protections, while continuing to deliver high quality and personalised experiences.

OHTTP Relay provides fast, reliable separation and isolation of data about who a person is while passing along non-identifying requests to the business server.

Fastly’s OHTTP Relay is part of Fastly’s growing line of privacy enablement services, which are available to any online service looking to offer the highest levels of user privacy.

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RYAN PERERA JOINS INFINERA AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF APAC SALES

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 3 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today that Ryan Perera has joined Infinera as Senior Vice President of APAC Sales. In this role, Ryan will lead Infinera’s efforts to scale the business and achieve faster-than-market growth across the region, fully leveraging Infinera’s leading suite of optical systems and subsystems capabilities.

“Ryan is an experienced and accomplished telecom industry leader with a proven track record of delivering results,” said Nick Walden, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales at Infinera. “With deep relationships and a passion for creating value for customers and partners, Ryan will be instrumental in advancing Infinera’s APAC business, and I’m excited to welcome him to the team.”

Ryan brings over 20 years of industry experience to his new role at Infinera. Prior to Infinera, he served as Ciena’s Vice President of Asia Content & Subsea Networks and India for more than a decade. Prior to Ciena, he held various leadership positions with Nortel Networks in Asia. Ryan began his career at Optus in Australia, where he played a pivotal role in operations, engineering, and product marketing. Ryan holds a Master of Engineering (Telecommunications) from University of New South Wales and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from National Institute of Technology Warangal, India.

Contacts:

Infinera Media:
Anna Vue
Tel. +1 (916) 595-8157
avue@infinera.com

Investors:
Amitabh Passi
Head of Investor Relations
Tel. +1 (669) 295-1489
apassi@infinera.com

About Infinera

Infinera is a global supplier of innovative open optical networking solutions and advanced optical semiconductors that enable carriers, cloud operators, governments, and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate service innovation, and automate network operations. Infinera solutions deliver industry-leading economics and performance in long-haul, submarine, data center interconnect, and metro transport applications. To learn more about Infinera, visit www.infinera.com, follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn, and subscribe for updates.

Infinera and the Infinera logo are registered trademarks of Infinera Corporation.
 

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SOURCE: Infinera Corporation

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Mary Kay Appoints James Whatley Chief Information Officer

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- Iconic beauty and entrepreneurship company Mary Kay Inc. has announced the appointment of James Whatley as Chief Information Officer.

In his new role, Whatley will champion Mary Kay’s digital innovation efforts, including revolutionising Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants’ ability to unleash their full potential through tools and technology.

“Through the development of digital technology, tools, and applications, we are improving not only the experience for the independent sales force, but for their customers around the world.

“James is a change champion. He understands how to equip the independent sales force to compete and provide exceptional service in our always-on, always-connected world. We are excited to see how his passion for innovation will transform our digital strategy moving forward,” said Mary Kay Inc Chief Operating Officer, Deborah Gibbins in a statement.

Whatley, a 25-year veteran with Mary Kay, has played an instrumental role in designing systems that ensure an Independent Beauty Consultant can run her business anytime, anywhere.

This includes the development of iconic Mary Kay digital properties like MaryKay.com, Mary Kay InTouch (a digital portal used by the independent sales force), online ordering and the independent sales force’s personal business websites.

As one of the largest direct sellers in the world, Mary Kay processes millions of orders through its commerce sites.

“I am motivated first and foremost by finding solutions for the sales force. At the same time, I want to create environments that foster teamwork, trust, and strong partnerships amongst the company’s global partners,” said Whatley.

Whatley holds a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from the University of New Orleans. Before joining Mary Kay, he worked at Software Spectrum and Electronic Data Systems in software development and consulting roles.

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