Author: Sai Krishna

GAC Partners with Villarreal CF to Strengthen European Engagement

VILLARREAL, Spain, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — GAC has entered into a strategic partnership with Villarreal CF, becoming the LaLiga club’s Official Automotive Partner. The agreement was signed at the Estadio de la Cerámica. Under the partnership, the GAC logo will appear on the left sleeve of Villarreal CF’s first-team match shirts as the club competes in LaLiga and the UEFA Champions League.

Known as the Yellow Submarine, Villarreal CF is recognized for teamwork, resilience and sustained sporting performance. These qualities align with GAC’s focus on innovation, product quality and continuous improvement, providing a shared foundation for the partnership.

Two key models in GAC’s European lineup, the AION V and AION UT, will feature in related brand and fan activities. The AION V is an electric SUV developed for European families, while the AION UT is a compact electric hatchback designed for everyday mobility. The discipline, teamwork and resilience associated with football reflect the focus on safety, quality and practical usability that guides the development of both vehicles.

GAC and Villarreal CF plan to cooperate across match-related communications, brand experiences and fan engagement. Through football, a sport followed across markets and cultures, GAC aims to build closer connections with European consumers and communicate its positioning as a high-quality, high-tech and reliable mobility brand. Planned activities will combine the club’s reach with opportunities for fans to experience GAC vehicles and learn more about the brand.

Europe is a strategic market in GAC’s international development and an important center for automotive innovation and lower-carbon mobility. The company has advanced its European Market Plan through new product introductions, sales channel development, service support and localized operations. The Villarreal CF partnership adds a consumer engagement platform as GAC works to build a long-term presence and become more closely integrated into local markets.

GAC is also advancing its One GAC 2.0 global strategy across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, Europe, the CIS and Latin America. Guided by its Local For Local approach, the company works to integrate into individual markets, serve local customers and create long-term value with local partners. From Latin America to Europe, football partnerships help GAC connect with audiences through a shared interest. GAC will continue to work with international partners to support greener and more intelligent mobility.

For more information about GAC, visit https://www.gacgroup.com/en or follow GAC on social media.

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Augury Introduces Industrial Profile for Google Cloud’s Open Knowledge Format

Open-source profile provides a human-verified layer to capture worker wisdom, process dynamics, and sensor-trust rules for plant-floor AI agents

NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Augury, a leader in Industrial AI, today announced the OKF Industrial Profile, an open-source manufacturing profile of Google Cloud’s Open Knowledge Format (OKF). Designed to address the operational complexity of industrial environments, the profile provides a vendor-neutral standard for structuring plant-floor context, operator heuristics, and sensor-trust policies into human-verified, auditable ground truth for AI agents.

As AI agents are introduced to manufacturing workflows, they face a critical challenge: context fragmentation. Decades of critical operational wisdom, how a process line behaves during cold starts, how an experienced lead handles shift handovers, or when a sensor reading shouldn’t be trusted remain unwritten or locked in legacy silos.

Google Cloud introduced OKF in June 2026 as an open specification for structuring knowledge as lightweight, human- and machine-readable files. Augury is releasing an industrial profile built on top of unmodified OKF, adding the specific conventions manufacturing needs to bring human judgment and operational context into AI reasoning.

“Industrial AI cannot succeed on generic software code or raw machine telemetry alone, it requires real operational context that is human verified,” said Anoop Mohan, Chief Product and Technology Officer of Augury. “The true bottleneck in plant-floor AI isn’t model intelligence; it’s capturing the unwritten wisdom of expert workers before they retire. The OKF Industrial Profile allows manufacturers to structure human experience, cause-and-effect relationships, and sensor-trust policies into version-controlled, auditable files. It gives AI agents the context they need to know when to act, and just as importantly, when not to act.”

A Human Reviewed & Verified Layer That Complements Plant Systems

Existing industrial standards excel at what they were built for: ISA-95 for plant hierarchies and enterprise-to-control integration, ISA-88 for batch procedures and recipe models, and the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) for structured digital-twin data, while modern data lake houses govern data pipelines and semantic data modeling.

The OKF Industrial Profile operates alongside these foundations to solve a distinct problem: standardizing human judgment, provenance, and operational trust rules. Crucially, the profile dynamically references operating limits, setpoints, and live streams directly from their source systems without duplicating values, ensuring operational knowledge never drifts out of sync with physical assets.

The OKF Industrial Profile introduces standard conventions for:

• Human Operational Knowledge with Provenance: Operator heuristics captured with source receipts, verbatim quotes, contributor credentials, and human review status.
• Data-Trust Policies: Explicit rules instructing AI agents how to handle stale or stuck telemetry feeds before making diagnostic recommendations.
• Operational Relationships: Distinguishing actual cause-and-effect drivers from duplicate or redundant sensor signals.
• Standards Mapping: An open convention that maps concepts to identifiers from existing plant-floor standards, such as ISA-95 for equipment or ISA-88 for procedures and works alongside whatever standards a site already uses.

Building on Augury’s Industrial AI Workforce

The OKF Industrial Profile aligns directly with Augury’s Industrial AI Workforce vision: bringing together machine data, operational context, and human expertise so AI agents can work safely alongside plant personnel.

By establishing an open, human-readable and verifiable profile, industrial organizations can structure their know-how once and deploy it across any AI model, framework, or cloud—even remaining fully functional at disconnected edge plant sites.

“When we introduced the Open Knowledge Format, our goal was to establish a vendor-neutral standard for structuring context across enterprise workflows,” said Praveen Rao, Global Head of Manufacturing Industry at Google Cloud. “Augury’s contribution to the industrial profile demonstrates the power of open ecosystems. By unifying human operational expertise, sensor trust rules, and physical context within the OKF, this initiative enables AI agents to deliver safer, more reliable outcomes in manufacturing environments.”

Open Contribution and Availability

To support broad community adoption, Augury is making the OKF Industrial Profile available today in a public repository under the Apache 2.0 license. Augury also intends to contribute the showcase bundle to the upstream OKF open-source project, following the project’s contribution process and the pattern of its existing showcase bundles.

The open release includes:

• An industrial showcase knowledge bundle representing common plant assets and their operational relationships.
• The OKF Industrial Profile conventions and vocabulary documentation.

“In manufacturing, context is physical, mechanical, and deeply tied to worker experience,” added Mohan. “We are contributing this profile openly to the ecosystem because industrial AI shouldn’t be locked inside proprietary walled gardens; open conventions are the only way to achieve true interoperability across the plant floor.”

The OKF Industrial Profile conventions, developer guidelines, and reference bundles will be publicly available at GITHUB : https://github.com/augurysys/okf-industrial

To learn more about Augury’s vision for Industrial AI, visit Augury’s Industrial AI Workforce.

About Augury

A leading Industrial AI company, Augury helps the world’s manufacturers leverage real-time production insights and data to drive new levels of efficiency. By combining predictive and prescriptive technology with operational data and customized AI agents, production teams can improve uptime, reduce costs, and maximize yield and capacity. Our mission is to transform how people and machines work together to push the boundaries of human productivity.

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IBM and NASA Release Open-Source AI Model to Support Lunar Exploration

• The NASA‑IBM Lunar Foundation Model turns decades of lunar observations into a foundation for discovery, helping scientists surface patterns across data at a scale no single instrument has provided
• The model exceeds widely used methods by up to 23% in identifying key geographic features on the Moon’s surface, including potential ice deposits, craters and volcanic formations, to support a sustained return to the Moon

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and NASA today announced the open-source release of the NASA‑IBM Lunar Foundation Model, one of the first publicly available foundation models for scientific exploration of the Moon, now available. Trained on an extensive lunar observation dataset curated by IBM and NASA researchers, the model can help scientists turn decades of complex, multi-instrument data into insights to support the establishment of a sustained human presence on the Moon.

The Moon’s topography is ever-changing. Over time, the Moon’s surface has formed craters, distributed ice and even experienced volcanic activity. For decades, sensors and instruments have continuously observed the Moon, generating petabytes of data, but to study the Moon’s surface, scientists need to either sift through maps and images by hand or use low resolution, task specific machine learning models. These methods can be computationally intensive and can lack the degree of scientific accuracy needed to identify and analyze geographic features. The newly released NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model will help researchers accelerate scientific progress by identifying hidden relationships between many different types and resolutions of lunar data.

Researchers could use the NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model to investigate multiple lunar phenomena, including:

• Potential Lunar Ice Deposits: Permanently shadowed regions are among the Moon’s most difficult environments to observe, yet they may contain lunar ice below the surface. Lunar ice indicates the presence of water and oxygen — resources considered essential for a future Moon base and producing rocket fuel for future missions to Mars. The NASA-IBM model combines multimodal and multi-resolution observations to predict where ice may be present on the lunar surface. A NASA-IBM authored technical paper shows that the NASA-IBM model reduced error (RMSE) in identifying areas with high potential for lunar ice up to 22% compared to the SwinV2-B (ImageNet) model.¹
• Volcanic History: Scientists study lunar volcanic features, called Irregular Mare Patches, to better understand the Moon’s volcanic history and thermal evolution. In addition, identifying these changing regions is strategic for future surface operations. Using imperfect labels, the model better captures the extent of the volcanic features than the SwinV2-B (ImageNet model by 3%, bringing comparable accuracy with greater efficiency and lower fine-tuning costs.²
• Crater Detection: Craters are one of the most important and distinguishing features of the Moon and can reveal important clues about its history, such as the age of different terrains, their geology, and the chemical composition of the early lunar interior. Crater mapping also helps NASA select safe landing sites, avoid hazards such as steep slopes and boulders, and plan locations for long-term lunar infrastructure. With the model, researchers can now identify, contextualize, and classify craters at meter-scale resolution with the cited paper showing comparable accuracy as state-of-the-art models like SwinV2-B while offering greater efficiency and lower fine-tuning costs. At context-scale resolution (~100 meters), it outperforms SwinV2-B by nearly 19% using just half the training data.³

“NASA has spent decades building an extraordinary scientific record of the Moon, but collecting data is only part of the job,” said Kevin Murphy, chief science data officer and acting chief data and AI officer at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “We also have to make data easier for scientists to explore and use. The NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model shows what’s possible when we bring AI to NASA’s petabytes of scientific data. That’s a real opportunity we see with AI: turning large-scale data into new discoveries.”

“Uncovering the mysteries of the Moon requires an ability to learn from an extraordinary volume of scientific data,” said Juan Bernabe-Moreno, Director of IBM Research Europe, UK and Ireland. “The NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model gives scientists a foundation to explore the Moon at scale, connecting observations across instruments, revealing patterns that are difficult to see in isolation, and providing an open platform the global research community can build on.”

Despite the wealth of lunar data, no publicly available, unified dataset exists that brings the multi-modal, multi-resolution data into a common framework suitable for modern machine learning. Alongside the model, IBM and NASA scientists built the first open-source lunar dataset of its kind, a unified, machine learning ready lunar dataset aggregating over 30 spatially-aligned layers from nine instruments across four missions. The dataset combines tens of thousands of images and maps showing unique geophysical properties of the lunar surface from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and NASA’s GRAIL mission and incorporated complementary lunar data from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s SELENE/Kaguya for a rich, multi-modal view of the lunar surface and subsurface available for the lunar science community to build on.

The model extends an established IBM and NASA collaboration that transforms valuable scientific data into an openly available foundation for discovery for the entire scientific community. By open sourcing the model, scientists and researchers have access to cutting edge AI systems to accelerate progress in lunar exploration. It joins the Prithvi family of open foundation models, spanning geospatial, weather, heliophysics and now the Moon. Together, these models advance a broader vision: instead of building a new algorithmic system for every scientific question, researchers can start from a shared model and adapt it to new tasks to accelerate discovery across domains.

About IBM

IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting delivers open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

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¹ “Multimodal-Multiresolution Foundation Model for Lunar Remote Sensing”, pg 17 (authored by IBM & NASA)

² “Multimodal-Multiresolution Foundation Model for Lunar Remote Sensing”, pg 17 (authored by IBM & NASA)

³ “Multimodal-Multiresolution Foundation Model for Lunar Remote Sensing”, pg 15 (authored by IBM & NASA)

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Colgate and Kaun Banega Crorepati Champion the Perfect Daily Sign-Off

The collaboration leverages the show’s massive family appeal to turn everyday oral health awareness into actionable habits.

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited and Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 18 (KBC 18) have joined forces for the first time ever to create the biggest oral health conversations that can help protect India’s smiles – Two undisputed pioneers that have earned the trust of Indian families across generations.

KBC 18’s core campaign thought, ‘Sochna Padega’, naturally mirrors Colgate’s mission to make Indian families rethink their oral hygiene routines. 9 out of 10 Indians suffer from oral health issues. A simple yet powerful act of brushing at night can help reduce the risk of cavities by 50%. The collaboration between these two icons will help further the awareness of the importance of oral health, turning everyday television viewing into a catalyst for positive habits.

Right as millions of families wind down for bed, the legendary host Amitabh Bachchan, closes each episode in his signature style but this time with a very intentional, unmissable twist – 100 unique sign-offs through the season declaring the message: “Colgate aur KBC dwaara Daant hit mein jaari” (Issued in dental interest).

This integration ensures that the message of nighttime brushing is delivered with the same gravity and trust as the show’s trivia, cementing it as an everyday family ritual. Tune in every night to see what flair the legendary Amitabh Bachchan brings every day; from urging children to don the role of the brush monitor for the day to sharing why when we remember to protect our homes, also remember to protect our smiles!

Gunjit Jain, Executive Vice President, Marketing, Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited said, “Kaun Banega Crorepati has a unique ability to make knowledge feel personal. Every season, we see how the right choices can open up new possibilities for families. At Colgate, we believe health awareness requires that same level of conscious decision-making. By embedding our core message into the show’s daily narrative, we are bringing oral health conversations into a culturally relevant environment and equipping families to make choices that positively impact their lives and smiles.”

By integrating with KBC 18, Colgate takes this Oral Health Movement out of the bathroom and into the collective family consciousness, ensuring that moments of television knowledge translate into lifelong moments of action.

About Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited

Colgate-Palmolive is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, and the planet. Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited is the market leader in Oral Care in the country, committed to delivering sustainable, profitable growth for its shareholders, while fostering an inclusive workplace for its people. With a primary focus on science-led innovations in Oral Care & Personal Care in the Indian market, the company is recognized for its leadership and innovative efforts in advancing sustainability and community well-being. Among its recent accomplishments, the company has made significant strides in reducing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, conserving water and energy at its manufacturing facilities, empowering women with financial and digital literacy and enhancing children’s oral health through its flagship, Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures® program.

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From Bangkok to the World: Central Park Unveils “Bangkok’s World Stage” as Its Next Global Ambition

BANGKOK, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Central Pattana celebrates the first anniversary of Central Park Shopping Centre (Central Park Bangkok), marking a significant milestone for its world-class retail destination in the heart of Bangkok and unveiling its next ambition: “Bangkok’s World Stage” – positioning Central Park Bangkok as a global platform that connects Bangkok with international brands, creativity, culture and audiences. In its first year, Central Park Bangkok welcomed more than 25 million visits, including over 10 million visits from international tourists, placing the destination among the top-tier performers in Central Pattana’s portfolio.

Located at the strategic intersection of Silom–Rama IV, overlooking Lumpini Park, Central Park Bangkok was conceived as a destination shaped specifically for Bangkok. Its first year has demonstrated the potential of next-generation retail to go beyond shopping by bringing together new-to-market concepts, cultural experiences, world-class design and the everyday lifestyles of the city’s people.

Central Park Bangkok’s success is driven by three key strategies. Curated Newness introduces global firsts, exclusive concepts and new formats, creating reasons to visit and return. A People-led Cultural Stage draws on the surrounding neighbourhood, connecting brands, artists and creative platforms to create cultural moments. Design for Bangkok combines global design expertise with the context of Silom, Rama IV and Lumpini Park, creating a world-class destination with a distinct Bangkok identity.

Building on its first-year momentum, Central Park Bangkok is moving forward through three global directions: Global Firsts, bringing international brands, artists and experiences to Bangkok; Global Culture, creating a stage for art, music, design and cross-cultural creativity; and Global Audience, connecting with international visitors, global creators and partners while strengthening Central Park Bangkok’s role as Bangkok’s World Stage, representing contemporary Bangkok and Thailand to the world.

Central Park Shopping Centre is part of Dusit Central Park, a fully integrated mixed-use development combining retail, offices, hotel, residences and more than seven rai of urban green space. Together, these components create an ecosystem where work, living, hospitality, leisure and city life converge.

With “Bangkok’s World Stage,” Central Park Bangkok’s next chapter extends beyond the success of a retail destination. Its ambition is to create a platform where the world can experience Bangkok – and where Bangkok’s creativity, culture and contemporary lifestyle can connect with the world.

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STL launches Plenum-rated Fiber Trunk Assemblies for AI Data Center Connectivity

• Secures NFPA 262 Compliance for Intermittently Bonded Ribbon (IBR) Portfolio
• Fire Protection for the next-generation AI Data Center Overhead and Underfloor Pathways

COLUMBIA, S.C., Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — STL (NSE: STLTECH), a leading connectivity solutions provider for AI-ready digital infrastructure, today announced an update to its data center portfolio with Optical Fiber Nonconductive Plenum (OFNP) US certification for 48 to 576F Intermittently Bonded Ribbon (IBR) pre-terminated assembly portfolio. These factory-built cable assemblies are critical to support the AI-led Data Center market requirements with connectors installed, polished, and tested for high performance, preventing the need for field splicing and equipment resulting in fast installation and lowered cost.

With this certification, STL is now among the global AI-ready infrastructure providers for NFPA 262-qualified indoor cable assemblies. The Plenum certified cable assembly portfolio is purpose-built for indoor applications, targeting specialised deployment inside hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data center containment zones. Optimised for tight routing environments, these cables enable operators to scale bandwidth within restricted duct spaces without compromising safety compliance.

“As AI workloads push the boundaries of data center design, the physical layer must evolve to meet unprecedented density and safety demands,” said Dr. Badri Gomatam, CTO, Optical Networking Business, STL. “Achieving this plenum certification for our indoor IBR cable family is a testament to STL’s engineering excellence and our commitment to being the partner of choice for the world’s largest hyperscalers. We are proud to deliver solutions that not only power the AI revolution but do so with the highest standards of safety and reliability.”

About STL – Sterlite Technologies Ltd

STL is a global leader in advanced connectivity solutions, providing end-to-end solutions for building AI-ready infrastructure, FTTx, Rural, Enterprise and Data Center networks. With manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia, we deliver our solutions in more than 100 countries. Data Center & Cloud companies, Telecom operators, Internet service providers and Large enterprises collaborate with STL to build their future-ready digital infrastructure. STL’s business goals are driven by customer-centricity, R&D and sustainability. 

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Possible Finance Survey Spotlights Level of Trust in AI: NYSE Content Update

NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor.

NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

Ashley Mastronardi delivers the pre-market update on September 10th

• A new Possible Finance survey reveals participants are willing to utilize AI.
  • Roughly 15% of those surveyed said they’d trust financial advice from AI.
  • CEO Tony Huang will join NYSE Live to discuss how the tech industry should be selling AI to the public.
• Rillet achieved a $1 billion valuation following a $100 million Series C round.
  • This marked Rillet’s third funding round in a one-year span, while bring the total funding to more than $200 million.
  • CEO Nicholas Kopp will join NYSE Live to discuss how the capital will allow his company to progress.
• Investors are digesting the August PPI reports as inflation remains in focus.
  • Economists expect to see that wholesale prices rose by 5.3% over the past year.
  • The August Consumer Price Index is due to come out Friday morning.

Opening Bell

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE) celebrates its 30^th anniversary

Closing Bell

MSA Safety (NYSE: MSA) marks the 25^th anniversary of September 11^th, 2001

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Talogy assessment tool recognized for its contribution to building workplace resilience

New book on resilience, written by leading experts on the psychology of lawyer behavior, credits 30 years of Talogy’s Caliper Profile

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Talogy, a global leader in talent management solutions, has been recognized for its pivotal role in advancing workplace resilience research in a new book Thin-Skinned: Why Lawyers Are So Low in Resilience and the New Science That Can Help.

Published by the American Bar Association, the book by leading legal psychology experts Dr. Larry Richard and Dr. D’Arcy Lyness credits 30 years of data from Talogy’s Caliper profile assessment as the foundation for its insights into high-stakes workforce performance.

Drawing from a database of 4.5 million Caliper assessments, the book highlights a central workplace paradox: the very traits required for exceptional job performance are often the exact traits that leave professionals vulnerable to stress. Specifically, Dr. Richard’s data shows that lawyers average just 30% on resilience, compared to 50% for the general public, with nine out of 10 scoring in the bottom half of the resilience scale. This is a pattern that has remained unchanged since 1994.

“In the three decades that we have been evaluating and coaching legal professionals, we have seen a clear pattern,” said Dr. Larry Richard. “Law schools admit, firms hire and clients reward individuals who demonstrate high skepticism, high urgency, high self-reliance and an intolerance for error. While those traits produce stronger legal documents and won cases, our research shows they also predict rumination, defensiveness, isolation and difficulty coping with criticism, stress and change.”

This dynamic extends far beyond law. Any workforce that hires and promotes for vigilance, perfection and precision under pressure faces the same risks, such as manufacturing safety leads, ICU charge nurses, compliance officers, federal investigators or public safety supervisors.

By using Talogy’s assessment data to view resilience as a measurable trait rather than a temporary mood, leaders across all organizations can act on three core operational insights:

• Early risk detection: Identify psychological risk factors before they lead to turnover, prolonged absences, or safety incidents.
• Separating skill from leadership: Recognize that a top individual performer is not automatically equipped to be a resilient leader.
• Actionable intervention: Address workforce vulnerabilities directly using science-backed development strategies.

“The Caliper Profile measures the innate personality traits and behavioral motivations that dictate how individuals process stress, setbacks, and criticism,” said Nataliya Baytalskaya, Ph.D. and Managing Research Scientist at Talogy. “Low resilience is not a barrier, it is a developmental opportunity. By leveraging objective measurement, organizations can deploy targeted, evidence-based strategies that help high-performing teams adapt under pressure without sacrificing their operational edge.”

Authors to participate in exclusive LinkedIn Live session, September 30 at 12pm ET

Dr. Larry Richard and Dr. D’Arcy Lyness will join Talogy for a 30 minute conversation to uncover what the science of resilience can teach us about building stronger, more sustainable high-performing teams. Sign up.

Thin-Skinned: Why Lawyers Are So Low in Resilience and the New Science That Can Help is available through the American Bar Association:

https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/458426107/

To learn more about how Talogy and the Caliper Profile help organizations measure and build workforce resilience, visit Talogy.com.

About Talogy:

Talogy is proud to be one of the world’s leading talent management solution providers. Crafting personalized solutions to help select, develop, and transform talent and organizations worldwide.

Partnering with organizations to truly understand their challenges inside out to help them make the best data-driven people decisions.

Combining 75+ years of expertise, an extensive content library, and innovative technology, Talogy helps clients find, build, and grow the best talent.

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Dr Hanan H. Balkhy Launches Candidacy for WHO Director-General, Pledges “A WHO the World Can Count On”

• Nominated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• A physician trained in Saudi Arabia and the United States, with more than 30 years of experience spanning clinical medicine, academic research and international public health leadership
• WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean sets out a three-part platform for a more trusted, prepared and accountable World Health Organization
• Record of delivery includes mobilising more than US$1.6 billion in additional programme resources for polio and emergencies

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Dr Hanan H. Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, announced her candidacy for Director-General of the World Health Organization, having been nominated for the role by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, pledging to build “a WHO the world can count on.”

 “The world needs a WHO it can count on, that means decisions grounded in science and transparency; an Organization that is prepared before crises strike and decisive when they do; and a WHO that turns universal health coverage from a global commitment into something people experience in their everyday lives.”

“I have spent my career confronting health threats, strengthening health systems and leading through crises. I have worked and led across WHO at every level – country, regional and global – and I understand both what Member States need from the Organization and what it takes to deliver for them. I also know the difference strong institutions can make when they are trusted, prepared and focused on delivery.”

“My candidacy is a commitment to the transformational change WHO now needs: earning Trust through science and stewardship, delivering Impact through preparedness and country-led action, and demonstrating Value through measurable results. Above all, it means keeping people at the centre of global health.” 

A physician with more than three decades of experience spanning clinical medicine, academic research and international public health leadership, Dr Hanan H. Balkhy has built her career from the bedside to the highest offices of global health.

She currently leads WHO’s operations across 22 Member States and more than 750 million people as Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, having previously served as WHO’s first-ever Assistant Director-General for Antimicrobial Resistance and as a member of the Organization’s Global Policy Group.

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Health, H.E. Fahad Abdulrahman AlJalajel, said: “Dr Balkhy is one of the world’s foremost public health experts. She has dedicated her career to advancing global health, and she brings the fresh thinking, proven leadership, and record of results that this moment demands”

Her candidacy comes at a pivotal moment for WHO, as the Organization moves from negotiation to implementation of the Pandemic Agreement, works to strengthen its financing base, and responds to growing calls from Member States for greater country ownership of health priorities.

Dr Balkhy has begun a programme of international visits, meeting government officials, health leaders and frontline practitioners around the world. Most recently she attended the WHO Regional Committee Meeting for Africa in Ethiopia and the one for the Southeast Asia in Timor Leste. She will be at the UNGA and in Washington D.C. later this month for national and multilateral engagements.

Dr Hanan H. Balkhy has built her career from the bedside to the highest levels of global health leadership, working across diverse health systems and political contexts. Trained in Saudi Arabia and the United States, with leadership experience spanning Saudi Arabia, the Eastern Mediterranean Region and WHO headquarters in Geneva, she brings a rare breadth of clinical, scientific and institutional experience to the role. Throughout her career, she has bridged science and policy, linking crisis response with long-term health-system strengthening and a focus on measurable results.

Long before COVID-19, she was working on the frontlines of MERS-CoV, helping to build Saudi Arabia’s national infection prevention programme, strengthen its research capacity and lead the country’s first Phase I clinical vaccine trial.

Dr Balkhy’s platform is built on three priorities:

1.  Built on TRUST – A WHO the world can count on – Restoring scientific authority, strengthening accountability and protecting WHO’s independence.

2.  Driven by IMPACT – A WHO that is there when it matters – Strengthening preparedness, responding faster to health emergencies and supporting countries when crises strike.

3.  Measured by VALUE – A WHO that delivers measurable results – Advancing universal health coverage, strengthening country capacity and demonstrating the value of every resource entrusted to it.

Dr Balkhy said she was deeply grateful to the Kingdom, to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for the nomination, which reflects their leadership in, and commitment to, global health for all.

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Nuritas Appoints Former Unilever North America President Kees Kruythoff as Board Chair

The 30-year industry veteran brings global scaling and commercialization expertise to biotech leader Nuritas.

DUBLIN, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Nuritas, a global leader in bioactive peptide discovery, today announced the appointment of Kees Kruythoff as Chair of its Board of Directors. The former Unilever Executive Committee member joins Nuritas at a pivotal moment in the company’s mission to transform everyday food into clinically proven, healthier ingredients, unlocking a new era where nutrition actively improves human health at scale.

Kruythoff brings nearly 3 decades of international leadership experience at Unilever, where he built and led businesses ranging from €200 million to €12 billion in revenue. His roles included President of Unilever North America, President of the company’s global Home Care division and CEO of its businesses in Brazil and South Africa. He has operated across Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the U.S., with extensive experience scaling innovation through global consumer brands and commercial partnerships.

Nuritas delivers clinically proven peptide ingredients that power leading consumer nutrition and wellness products worldwide. The company’s proprietary discovery platform Magnifier NπΦ analyses nature-based, non-synthetic proteins to identify high-impact peptides that target significant human-health needs.

“I believe Nuritas has a unique opportunity to impact billions of people’s health and wellbeing, as it brings together nature-based ingredients with world class AI peptide discovery. I am honored and excited to be part of this journey,” said Kees Kruythoff.

“Kees brings global scale, operating discipline and a genuine passion for food transformation to our Board,” said Dr. Nora Khaldi, Founder and CEO of Nuritas. “His experience building markets and embedding health and sustainability within global consumer businesses makes him exactly the right partner for Nuritas at this time. I’m delighted to welcome him to the team.”

Kruythoff will work closely with Khaldi and the executive leadership team, providing strategic guidance as the company deepens relationships with global partners, expands the commercial reach of its peptide portfolio and strengthens its position at the intersection of AI, biotechnology and human health.

About Nuritas

Nuritas is a global biotech firm using artificial intelligence to discover clinically validated peptides from nature. Its proprietary Magnifier NπΦ platform rapidly analyses proteins to identify peptides with the potential to support human health, enabling partners to bring scientifically substantiated innovation to market faster.

Founded in 2014 by mathematician and scientist Dr Nora Khaldi, Nuritas is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with its North American headquarters in Connecticut, USA. Partners include GNC, The Vitamin Shoppe, Mars, Nestlé, Givaudan.

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