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P33 ANNOUNCES TECHCHICAGO WEEK 2024: MAIN EVENTS, KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND FEATURED GRACE HOPPER CELEBRATION COLLABORATION

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Keynote Speakers Include Former Chicago Bulls Star Joakim Noah, First Woman of Color in Space Dr. Mae Jemison, and Co-Founder of Quantum Unicorn PsiQuantum; Over 9,000 Founders, Investors & Tech Workers to Gather for Weeklong Event

CHICAGO, June 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — P33 today announced the keynote speaker lineup for its third annual TechChicago Week set to be held from July 22-26. P33 also today announced a collaboration with AnitaB.org, who will bring a select Grace Hopper Celebration speaker stage to TechChicago Day on July 25 to elevate women leaders in technology. Over 9,000 attendees are expected to participate in the weeklong celebration of Chicago’s tech ecosystem featuring over 100 speakers.

Loaded with workshops, panel discussions, and networking events to foster inclusive access and to fuel innovation, TechChicago Week 2024 opens Monday, July 22, with a private kickoff event featuring P33 co-founder and former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, AnitaB.org founder Brenda Darden Wilkerson, and Richard Edelman, CEO of global communications firm Edelman.

The dynamic week continues on Tuesday with an Intern Social followed by a Corporate Innovation Summit hosted by 1871, and a two-day Capital Summit bringing together local founders and funders in the midwest and from the coasts. The summit will include a poker night kickoff, track-based programming focused on accelerating the flow of capital in Chicago, and curated one-on-one meetings between startups and investors.

The week’s festivities conclude with TechChicago Day, the free-to-attend flagship event featuring networking hubs, keynote speakers, tech workshops, intimate roundtable discussions, an innovation corner boasting some of Chicago’s most exciting startups, and networking events for job seekers. P33’s TechRise biotech & life sciences live pitch competition sponsored by Sterling Bay will also take place along with a Policy and Tech panel presented by Verizon. And the Grace Hopper Celebration stage will host featured speakers, panels and workshops that elevate the importance of gender inclusion and parity in tech.

“We are excited to offer our support for such an incredible event that brings together a wealth of knowledge and networking opportunities for those seeking careers in tech – and continues to solidify Chicago as an inclusive technology and innovation hub,” said Brenda Darden Wilkerson, CEO of AnitaB.org.                

Featured keynote speakers for TechChicago Day include former Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah, Chicago Public Schools graduate and the first woman of color in space Dr. Mae Jemison, and Dr. Pete Shadbolt, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of quantum unicorn PsiQuantum.

“We’re thrilled to welcome such an impressive speaker lineup to TechChicago Week 2024,” said Brad Henderson, CEO of P33. “Our third-annual event is shaping up to be the biggest and best yet, and we can’t wait to bring our tech and business community together again for an inclusive and enriching experience that continues to be the nation’s most accessible and diverse city-based tech week.”

TechChicago Week events will be held at 1229 W. Concord Place along the banks of the Chicago River at the new Lincoln Yards life sciences building.

TechChicago Week main events schedule:

Monday, July 22 – Private TechChicago Week KickoffTuesday, July 23Intern SocialTuesday, July 23Corporate Innovation SummitTuesday, July 23Capital Summit Day 1Wednesday, July 24Capital Summit Day 2Thursday, July 25TechChicago Day

TechChicago Week is still accepting applications for TechChicago Week Recommends, a curated list of recommended partner events taking place all week long.

TechChicago Week presenting sponsors Infobip and Bank of America keep the week’s marquee event TechChicago Day free to all. P33 will be leveraging Infobip’s communications platform leading up to and during TechChicago Week to communicate with attendees.

Civic partners include World Business Chicago and Intersect Illinois. Past TechChicago Week speakers include U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Governor JB Pritzker, Scottie Pippen, Tom Ricketts, Vic Mensa, Sam Yagan and Penny Pritzker.

More details and ticket registration available at https://gotechchicago.com/week. Attendee registration for TechChicago Day is available here: https://events.eventnoire.com/e/tcw24-day.

About P33
P33 is a publicly and privately-funded non-profit with a mission to transform Chicago into a tier 1 tech and innovation hub driving inclusive economic growth. P33’s work is anchored in deep research and driven by a need to unlock the potential of the digital age to solve some of the toughest problems facing Chicago, such as equitable access to digital careers, talent retention, deep science commercialization, and gaps in the growth-stage startup ecosystem. P33 was launched in 2019 by Penny Pritzker, former Secretary of Commerce and founder and chairman of PSP Partners; Chris Gladwin, CEO and co-founder of Ocient and Cleversafe; and Kelly Welsh, Former President of the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago. Learn more at p33chicago.com.

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In Turfan, Xinjiang, China’s first commercially operated microgrid has generated nearly 100 million kWh of electricity

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TURFAN, China, Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On November 13, the Turfan New Energy City Microgrid Demonstration Project, China’s first commercially operated microgrid demonstration project, generated nearly 100 million kWh of electricity, equivalent to saving 29,000 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 77,600 tons.

A microgrid refers to a small-scale power generation and distribution system organized by distributed power sources, power loads, distribution facilities, monitoring and protection devices, etc., which can realize flexible control and autonomous management. Since the end of 2013, the project had been the largest and most comprehensive solar energy utilization and building integration project in China up to that time, with 8.7 MW of photovoltaic power installed on the roofs of 223 residential buildings, generating an annual power capacity of about 10 million kWh.

To promote the physical operation of the project, the State Grid Turfan Power Supply Company invested more than 2 million yuan to cooperate in the construction of microgrid infrastructure, fully supporting the online operation of surplus new energy power generation, promoting the comprehensive utilization of renewable resources in urban buildings, and helping Turfan build a high-quality development demonstration area and a green and low-carbon pilot area.

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Innovations in Guiyang: Adhering to New Industrialization and Promoting High-End, Intelligent and Green Manufacturing

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GUIYANG, China, Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A report by Huanqiu.com

The wave of new industrialization in Guiyang is driving the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry in ways like never before. Guiyang is always strategically oriented toward “industrial structure optimization with a focus on industries”, and has made all efforts to develop “four major industrial bases”, highlighting its industrial economy as the “primary driving force” behind development. Especially relying on its policy edge in renewable energy, Guiyang has rapidly emerged as a national new-energy power battery and materials research, development and production center, injecting strong momentum into the city’s economy.

In October 2023, the CATL (Guizhou) New Energy Power and Energy Storage Battery Production Base, located in Gui’an New Area, Guizhou Province, was put into production. The first phase of the base boasts cutting-edge design standards, characterized by “lighthouse + zero carbon factory”. The high-standard facility employs advanced, high-speed, highly automated, and flexible production lines. It is designed to have an annual production capacity of 30 GWh. After the base achieves the designed production capacity, its annual output value is expected to reach 15 billion yuan. According to statistics, the base realized an industrial output value of 618 million yuan in the first half of 2024, and the year’s industrial output value is expected at about 2 billion yuan.

The Chery (Guizhou) industrial base has also yielded unusually brilliant results in the field of new energy vehicles (NEVs), where Chery Automobile’s self-developed “CHEVOO” new-generation light truck KL71 project is undergoing four-pillar car road tests. The advanced pressing, welding, painting and assembly lines, as well as the R&D lab and the all-electric truck production line, together constitute this “digital intelligent” NEV factory. Moreover, the Chery (Guizhou) industrial base has built, extended and strengthened its vehicle manufacturing industry chain so as to master key parts supply chains and reduce development costs.

The Gui’an FinDreams battery project, as an important move of BYD in Guiyang, is also showing its strength in power batteries for NEVs. FinDreams Battery Co., Ltd. at Longshan Industrial Park in Gui’an New Area has four automatic production lines that are operating at high speeds in the workshop, which produce “blade batteries” which are well-known both in and out of the industry. According to reports, 300 battery packs and 40,000 cells can be produced per day.

Guiyang’s “four bases” – a new energy vehicles and battery materials production base, a resource deep-processing base, a computing power assurance base, and an industrial backup base, contribute greatly to the development of NEV and battery materials industry, electronic information manufacturing industry, and advanced equipment manufacturing industry, etc. Data show that in the first three quarters, the added value of Guiyang’s industrial enterprises above designated size grew by 11%, and the contribution of industrial economy to economic growth reached 39.4%.

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Premialab appointed by Lombard Odier Investment Managers to scale Quantitative Investment Strategies

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Premialab’s technology chosen to enhance QIS scaling, operational efficiency, and risk management.

PARIS, Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM), the institutional asset management business of the Lombard Odier Group, has integrated Premialab‘s industry-leading technology to support the management of their soon-to-be-launched DOM Global Macro strategy. This partnership underscores LOIM’s commitment to onboard innovative strategies in an evolving market landscape.

“Our decision to partner with Premialab is driven by their comprehensive risk management and regulatory compliance expertise,” said Didier Anthamatten, Portfolio Manager at LOIM. “With a strong track record in alternative investments, LOIM remains focused on delivering innovative investment solutions and high-quality returns for our clients. Premialab’s advanced data capabilities are essential in helping us maintain our rigorous standards and provide robust, risk-adjusted performance. Additionally, their platform perfectly matches the DOM Global Macro strategy’s needs, enhancing our risk monitoring capabilities and streamlining portfolio management.”

The DOM Global Macro strategy expects to leverage Premialab’s unique dataset. The full lookthrough across all DOM’s proprietary systematic strategies allows granular risk decomposition and scenario-based analysis at the entire portfolio level. This should help monitoring exposures’ attractiveness, from both time-series and cross-sectional perspectives, and optimizing asset allocation.

Neil Richards, Head of EMEA Business Development at Premialab, said the collaboration with LOIM is a significant addition to Premialab’s growing business in Switzerland and within the wider European markets.

“Institutions such as LOIM, which oversees a substantial portfolio across various asset classes, need continuous monitoring and adjustment to keep their investments on track,” he explained. “Premialab provides the tools for benchmarking and stress testing their systematic investments, ensuring that LOIM’s mandates are effectively managed in terms of cost, risk, and value.”

Premialab CEO Adrien Géliot highlighted that the QIS sector is experiencing rapid growth, driven by institutional investors seeking liquid, transparent, and cost-efficient investment strategies. “Premialab sits at the centre of the QIS landscape, uniquely positioned to aggregate and make sense of the vast and growing universe of data,” he stated. “We are thrilled to be partnering with LOIM to deliver our unique data and risk monitoring capabilities to one of the top global investment firms.”

Premialab’s multi-asset, multi-region platform handles 10 million data points daily. It analyzes over 5,000 investible systematic strategies, with client assets under management totalling approximately USD $20 trillion. Combining the Premialab platform with Premialab Pure Factors®, it provides comprehensive cross-asset quantitative strategy selection and thorough due diligence on strategies available worldwide. Additionally, the platform enhances risk management and reporting capabilities, including expedited and detailed regulatory reporting.

With its unique combination of systematic strategies and discretionary trading, the DOM Global Macro strategy clearly benefits from Premialab’s state-of-the art data analysis capabilities and computational efficiency. The Portfolio and Risk Managers can thus use a shared dataset for risk analysis and performance decomposition, enhancing the portfolio’s robustness and operational efficiency.

About Premialab
Premialab is the leading independent platform that collaborates with leading investment banks and institutional investors globally, providing data, analytics, and risk solutions for systematic, factor, and multi-asset strategies. With offices in London, Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Dubai and Sydney, the company has forged strong partnerships with the top 18 investment banks, asset managers, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies globally.

About Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM)
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) is the institutional asset management business of the Lombard Odier Group, wholly owned and funded by its partners since its establishment in 1796.

We provide a range of investment solutions to a diverse group of long-term oriented clients. Our heritage, and our combination of the best of conservatism and innovation, keeps us well positioned to create lasting value for our clients. Our investment capabilities span fixed income, convertible bonds, equities, multi-asset, and alternatives. Sustainability is central to our investment philosophy; we believe it is the founding principle of long-term economic and investment outcomes and will drive returns over the long term.

With over 200 investment professionals, we are a global business with a network of 13 offices across Europe, Asia and North America and have assets under management of CHF 64 billion (as at 31 September 2024).

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