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📢 Exciting News! 🌍 Today, VIRIDIEN, formerly CGG, unveiled its new brand, signaling a strategic shift towards Advanced Technology, Digital, and Earth Data solutions. With a focus on Geoscience, Earth Data, and expansion into Low-Carbon markets, Viridien is poised for growth and innovation, driving sustainability and excellence. The new Viridien brand is a nod to the company's heritage, purpose, and values, while signaling its ambitions for the future. Derived from the French spelling, 'Viridien' combines 'Virid', inspired by the Latin 'Viridis' meaning 'fresh, green, drawn from the root', and 'ien', signifying 'coming from'. This name honors Viridien's French origins since its inception in 1931 and underscores its deep-rooted history and strengths propelling it into a new era of growth. I’m excited about the future and what we can achieve together. 💜💚#WeAreViridien #ViridienLaunch #Geoscience #EarthData #Sustainability

Today begins a new chapter.

" Considering that EU #policy and legislation should be developed, implemented and assessed in view of encouraging #innovations, the Better Regulation framework is critical as it aims at ensuring that policymaking is evidence-driven and fit for the future. Ambitious Plans such as the Green Deal, the Digital Strategy -at the EU level- and the UN 2030 Agenda -globally- can leverage current capabilities as well as drive innovation as they will require an abundance of #data and #services to achieve their long-term #objectives." ⬇ Register to the #EXPANDEO 2024, both in presence and online

While we all focus on DI conference hopping, DIII realignment is having its moment as well. https://lnkd.in/gFDqygsX

Explore the transformative impact of Sago's QualBoard on the research operations of De La Riva Group. This innovative solution enhances efficiency and streamlines the research process. For a comprehensive overview, please read our case study: https://bit.ly/46Rc2mk

Just ready for another incredible Nordic EV Summit, a conference I've been attending for years now. It's incredible to see how this event has grown from its humble beginnings, reflecting the exponential growth of the electric vehicle industry itself. Back when I first started attending, EV numbers weren't exactly small, especially in Norway, which has long been a global leader in EV adoption. However, despite Norway's pioneering efforts, acceptance and resistance to EVs persist worldwide. Yet, events like these give me hope. They bring together innovators, policymakers, and enthusiasts who are all committed to accelerating the transition to sustainable transportation. Together, we tackle the challenges head-on and drive towards a cleaner, greener future. Shoutout to Christina Bu for her unwavering support over the years! Let's keep pushing boundaries together! 💪 Here's to continuing the momentum and overcoming obstacles on the road to widespread EV adoption! 🌍⚡ #NordicEVS #SustainableFuture #ElectricVehicles" https://nordicevs.no/

🔴PLEASE ATTENTION🔴 ALİ hoca, made a great speech today at "iFest" (Kiçik və Orta Biznes Subyektləri və Klublarının Assosiasiyası ), he conveyed information that many of us do not know, especially about Azerbaijan. I personally heard for the first time that the TRIZ (theory of inventive problem solving) method was created in Baku and applied in all the world's top companies and universities. I approached ALİ hoca after his speech and thanked him for reminding us of our values. Friends, be inspired, create, love and be proud of such information. 🔗 More about TRIZ: https://lnkd.in/eApfBt-w Please look and explore, there is a lot of great information on Wikipedia in different languages. #kobska #kobska2024 #iFEST2024 #Innovatıon #technology #festival #innovationfestival #startup #startupbusiness #startupfest

What is ICOS? Read more about it here. 

‘No man is an island’… To me, the high-tech industry is only as strong as its willingness to work together. So, let’s: many thanks for our meeting today, Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi (CEO TNO) and Vinod Subramaniam (President University of Twente). Valuable discussion on how we can boost the high-tech ecosystem in Twente!

Was fantastic to be in Costa Rica and present at the Free Zone AZOFRAS conference. It has been many years since I was in Costa Rica and what a transformation. The country is still as stunning as ever with Costa Rica's strong preservation of its natural eco-system while expansion of infrastructure, free zones, and business supported by investment in education and skills have continued to drive inward investment and economic development. The big topic at the Free Zone conference was taxes and incentives. Costa Rica joined the OECD a couple of years ago and needs to consider how it will adapt its tax and incentives regime to the new minimum 15% global tax due to come into effect in 2024. The traditional model of low/zero tax Free Zones adopted by Costa Rica - and emerging markets worldwide - to help attract FDI has to be re-evaluated. Personally, I have never been a fan of MNEs paying zero tax in developing countries while they pay a ton of tax in developed countries leaving developing country governments short changed without the fiscal income to make critical investments to enable rapid economic growth and prosperity. But a key challenge for countries like Costa Rica is how the global minimum tax will impact non-OECD countries who Costa Rica is competing against and who may continue to offer more competitive tax rates. My two cents is firstly that a standard low tax rate has proven to be a fair, transparent, efficient and effective lever for business investment as examples like Hong Kong and Ireland have shown (UAE, a pioneer of free zones, also introduced a flat corporate tax rate this year) and secondly that while countries like Costa Rica must ensure their free zones remain globally competitive and offer the tax advantages important for export oriented manufacturing for other types of investment, like R&D, employment, training and other incentives can be more effective. I think there is an opportunity for countries like Costa Rica to aim for the best of both worlds - a low tax rate combined with an incentives program that encourages higher value added investments to fast-track economic transformation. It will be very interesting to see what happens but I am sure Costa Rica, with all its fundamental competitive strengths as a location, will continue to be highly attractive and successful in attracting FDI. Attached below is a short video clip of an interview I did at the Free Zone conference, covering how I see the prospects for Costa Rica.