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Koelis Announces Completes of €10 Million Follow-On Growth Equity Financing with InnovaHealth Partners

GRENOBLE, France and PRINCETON, N.J., April 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Koelis, SAS ("Koelis" or the "Company") announced today the completion of a 10 million follow–on growth equity financing led by InnovaHealth Partners, LP ("InnovaHealth") and certain affiliates. Koelis is a pioneer and leader in the market for image– guided prostate cancer interventions including biopsy diagnosis and minimally invasive treatments. The financing will support the Company's continued commercial expansion as well as its commitment to clinical and technology initiatives that are at the leading edge of a paradigm shift in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. InnovaHealth Partners, based in New York, is a leading private equity firm focused on providing growth equity to the medical device industry.

The Koelis Trinity is a system that offers stand–alone ultrasound imaging and MRI fusion image guidance for prostate biopsy and minimally invasive prostate cancer treatments. Featuring proprietary 3D ultrasound imaging and prostate motion tracking software (OBT Fusion ), the Koelis Trinity System facilitates more accurate biopsy diagnosis as well as enabling "focal" treatment alternatives to traditional "total organ" treatments such as surgical prostatectomy and radiation. The Company's clinical stage, focal treatment programs include a prospective, multi–center registry ("Violette") utilizing microwave technology, and multi–center clinical evaluation of its proprietary focal cryoablation image guidance software.

Antoine Leroy, Koelis' Co–founder and Chief Executive Officer, "We are very pleased to complete this financing with the InnovaHealth Partners team that has been not just a supportive investor, but also a true partner who shares the Koelis vision to be a leader in the transformation of the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer."

Mortimer "Tim" Berkowitz III, InnovaHealth's President & CEO said that, "In advancing the way prostate cancer is diagnosed and treated, we see the enormous potential of Koelis technology to address significant unmet clinical needs on a global basis."

Contacts:

InnovaHealth Partners: Natalia Stricker
e–mail: ns@innovahp.com

Koelis: Antoine Leroy, Founder and CEO
e–mail: leroy@koelis.com


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AI Week brings together the world AI community

EDMONTON, Alberta, April 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amii (the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute) has announced the program for AI Week, May 24–27 in Edmonton, Canada. With more than 20 events taking place across four days throughout the city, the celebration of Alberta's AI excellence will feature an academic keynote from Richard S. Sutton, leading expert in reinforcement learning, who will discuss future research directions in the field.

The jam–packed week also includes panels on AI career paths for kids, AI for competitive advantage and the ethics of AI; a career and talent mixer connecting AI career seekers with top companies; and a full–day academic symposium bringing together the brightest minds in AI. The celebrations are rounded out by a "house' party at a secret, soon–to–be–revealed location and the Amiiversary street party, marking 20 years of AI excellence in Alberta. Learn more about the program at www.ai–week.ca/program

"Over the past 20 years, Alberta has emerged as one of the world's top destinations for AI research and application," says Cam Linke, CEO of Amii. "With AI Week, we're putting a global spotlight on the province and welcoming the world's AI community to experience what many in the field have known for a long time: that Alberta is at the forefront of the AI revolution. AI Week isn't just a celebration of 20 years of AI excellence "" it's a launching point for the next 20 years of advancement."

AI Week has something for everyone "" including sessions, networking events and socials for a range of ages and familiarity with AI. Additional keynotes will be delivered by Alona Fyshe, speaking about what brains and AI can tell us about one another, and Martha White, who will present on innovative applications of reinforcement learning. A special AI in Health keynote will highlight the work of Dornoosh Zonoobi and Jacob Jaremko of Medo.ai, which uses machine learning in concert with ultrasound technology to screen infants for hip dysplasia.

Informal networking and social events will help forge connections between members of the research, industry and innovation communities "" as well as AI beginners and enthusiasts. Meanwhile, the Amiiversary street party, hosted on Rice Howard Way in Edmonton's downtown core, will mark 20 years of AI excellence in Alberta. The party will be attended by the who's–who of Edmonton AI, technology and innovation scenes.

AI Week will be attended by the world's AI community, with over 500 applicants for travel bursaries from more than 35 different countries. The successful applicants, emerging researchers and industry professionals alike, will have the opportunity to learn alongside leaders in the field at the AI Week Academic Symposium, which is being organized by Amii's Fellows from the University of Alberta, one of the world's top academic institutions for AI research. The symposium will include talks and discussions among top experts in AI and machine learning as well as demos and lab showcases from the Amii community.

"I chose to set up in Canada in 2003 because, at the time, Alberta was one of the few places investing in building a community of AI researchers," says Richard S. Sutton, Amii's Chief Scientific Advisor, who is also a Professor at the University of Alberta and a Distinguished Research Scientist at DeepMind. "Nearly twenty years later, I am struck by how much we have achieved to advance the field of AI, not only locally but globally. AI Week is an opportunity to celebrate those achievements and showcase some of the brightest minds in AI."

The event is being put on by Amii, one of Canada's AI institutes in the Pan–Canadian AI Strategy and will feature event partners and community–led events from across Canada's AI ecosystem. AI Week is made possible in part by our event partners and talent bursary sponsors: AltaML, Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation, ATB, Attabotics, BDC, CBRE, CIFAR, DeepMind, DrugBank, Explore Edmonton, NeuroSoph, RBC Royal Bank, Samdesk, TELUS and the University of Alberta.

About Amii

One of Canada's three centres of AI excellence as part of the Pan–Canadian AI Strategy, Amii (the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute) is an Alberta–based non–profit institute that supports world–leading research in artificial intelligence and machine learning and translates scientific advancement into industry adoption. Amii grows AI capabilities through advancing leading–edge research, delivering exceptional educational offerings and providing business advice "" all with the goal of building in–house AI capabilities. For more information, visit amii.ca.

Spencer Murray
Communications & Public Relations
t: 587.415.6100 ext. 109 | c: 780.991.7136
spencer.murray@amii.ca


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PIND Wins Distinguished Community Engagement Award at the Community and Human Rights (CAHR) Awards

Abuja, Nigeria | Washington, D.C., April 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) announced that they have recently won a distinguished award at the annual Community and Human Rights (CAHR) Awards. Following a nomination in September 2021 and a swell of supporters, the MKO Abiola Community Engagement Award was awarded to PIND because it has the most amenable relationship with Nigeria's Niger Delta communities; delivers a transparent process for inclusive engagement and grievance management in its work, and has yielded positive impacts within Niger Delta communities.

“Our stakeholders and partners are central to what we do. This award reinforces our belief that when community stakeholders are engaged in the development process, the probability of success is higher, and the results are likely to be more lasting,” said PIND Executive Director Tunji Idowu.

The CAHR Awards are dedicated to celebrating outstanding individuals and organizations who have performed excellently in engaging their communities creditably. The award categories are named after historically prominent personalities. The MKO Abiola Community Engagement Award is named after the late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola (1937–1998), a Nigerian businessperson, politician, and philanthropist.

The CAHR Awards""an initiative of CSR–in–Action (Corporate Social Responsibility–in–Action) in partnership with Global Rights Nigeria and Zenera Consulting""seeks to provide a platform that would encourage businesses to take extraneous steps to correct the anomalies of engagement within communities, primarily extractive communities, by acknowledging and appreciating best–performing companies and individuals. Other awards named after historical figures include: the Ken Saro–Wiwa Environmental Management Award, Hajiya Gambo Sawaba Community Impact Award, Funmilayo Ransome–Kuti Human Rights Award, Mallam Aminu Kano Award for Leadership, Josephine Nkemdilim Equal Rights Award, and Apostle Hayford Alile Humanitarian Award.

About PIND

The Foundation for Partnerships Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) is a non–profit organization that promotes peace and equitable economic growth in Nigeria's Niger Delta region through multi–stakeholder partnerships. This work is funded with the support of esteemed partners and collaborators. PIND works closely with numerous partners to implement collaborative market–based, community–owned programs to mitigate conflicts and boost economic opportunities for local businesses, ensuring that economic progress occurs in a systemic, inclusive, and sustainable manner. Learn more at PINDfoundation.org.

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Bombardier’s Newly Launched Challenger 3500 Jet Wins Top International Award for Excellence in Product Design

  • Bombardier's Challenger 3500 business jet earns "Best of the Best" honor from the 2022 Red Dot Award: Product Design
  • New aircraft offers innovative technology features from cockpit to cabin that further define the Challenger's leadership status
  • The Challenger 3500 aircraft is already setting the standard as the industry's leading super mid–size business jet

MONTRÉAL, April 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bombardier is pleased to announce that its newest business jet, the Challenger 3500 aircraft, has been honoured with the distinction "Red Dot: Best of the Best" in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2022. The prestigious Red Dot Award is one of the most sought–after international recognitions for design and innovation excellence.

The Red Dot: Best of the Best is awarded for ground–breaking design and is the highest award in the competition, reserved for the best products in a given category. The award is a testament to Bombardier's successful Challenger platform and is representative of the company's innovative spirit and approach to continuous improvement. The Challenger 3500 business jet was recognized as Red Dot: Best of the Best in the Trains and Planes category.

"Bombardier's design teams are true masters of their craft and I am proud that their work on the Challenger 3500 jet was recognized by the Red Dot jury for belonging to the best in its category," said ric Martel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bombardier. "The Challenger aircraft platform has always delivered impressive performance, consistent reliability and a smooth ride, and I'm thrilled that the new interior design and technological features elevating the aircraft's cabin experience have been acknowledged by this prestigious award."

Bombardier conceived the next–generation Challenger 3500 business jet through a sustainable lens, introducing a redesigned interior with intelligent and sustainably minded cabin features crafted to combine comfort with function. Further elevating the passenger experience, Bombardier's exclusive and patented Nuage seat is included in the aircraft's standard configuration "" the first time a seat of this calibre is available in the super mid–size segment.

"Our jury was especially impressed by the products that won a Red Dot: Best of the Best. This distinction is synonymous with ground–breaking design par excellence. Only a very small percentage of competition winners were awarded this special title because a product needs to have a certain something in order to win this top award. This distinction is proof that Bombardier created a brilliant design!" said Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award.

In addition to its sustainability signature, the Challenger 3500 aircraft also introduces new and innovative technological features, such as the industry's first voice–controlled cabin to manage lighting, temperature and entertainment systems, wireless chargers throughout the cabin and the only 24–inch and only 4K display in its class.

The Red Dot Award is one of the most prestigious design awards worldwide and honours innovation, concepts, and visions. This year's winners will be celebrated during an award ceremony on June 20 in Essen, Germany and featured in the Red Dot Design Yearbook.

About Bombardier
Bombardier is a global leader in aviation, focused on designing, manufacturing and servicing the world's most exceptional business jets. Bombardier's Challenger and Global aircraft families are renowned for their cutting–edge innovation, cabin design, performance and reliability. Bombardier has a worldwide fleet of approximately 5,000 aircraft in service with a wide variety of multinational corporations, charter and fractional ownership providers, governments and private individuals. Bombardier aircraft are also trusted around the world in special–mission roles.

Headquartered in Montral, Qubec, Bombardier operates aerostructure, assembly and completion facilities in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The company's robust customer support network includes facilities in strategic locations in the United States and Canada, as well as in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, the UAE, Singapore, China and an Australian facility opening in 2022.

For corporate news and information, including Bombardier's Environmental, Social and Governance report, visit bombardier.com. Learn more about Bombardier's industry–leading products and customer service network at businessaircraft.bombardier.com. Follow us on Twitter @Bombardier

Bombardier and Challenger 3500 are registered or unregistered trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries.

For Information
Anna Cristofaro
Bombardier
+1 514–855–8678
anna.cristofaro@aero.bombardier.com

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Imagine Aviator Maximizes Revenue Potential and Viewing Quality Across Linear and VOD Services

Denver, April 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As media companies are challenged to meet growing demand for content on any screen and deliver profitability, Imagine Communications today announces the introduction of Imagine Aviator, the first truly cloud–native platform that enables broadcasters, MVPDs and digital–first providers to plan, make and monetize premium–quality linear and OTT content from a single, unified platform. The ground–breaking platform " designed to enable media companies to extract the maximum revenue potential from their assets " will make its debut at the 2022 NAB Show (24""27 April, Las Vegas Convention Center, booth C2122).

Aviator raises the bar for monetization of content across all screens, enabling media companies to optimize ad delivery, significantly improve the revenue of otherwise under–monetized OTT content and generate greater profitability from their media assets. Architected for an ever–evolving future, Aviator offers flexible subscription and SaaS purchase options that suit new business models and an agile, cloud–based design that allows media companies to continue to deliver and monetize content no matter how consumer viewing habits change.

"We understand the challenges and complexities that premium brands have in today's fluid media landscape," says Rob Malcolm, chief product officer at Imagine Communications. "With Aviator, we are bringing together our experience and intellectual property in a unique, cloud–native platform that maximizes monetization of content across broadcast and OTT platforms today " and readies media companies to adapt and thrive no matter what the future holds."

Aviator combines the critical capabilities of scheduling, rights management, channel origination, live events, VOD, ad sales, ad placement, ad serving, campaign management, and more into a single cloud platform. It creates a converged solution that delivers linear programming and video–on–demand content with ads and triggers for local and dynamic ad insertion, making it easier for media companies to successfully monetize broadcast, OTT, FAST, pop–up and VOD content. Providing fully automated operation of thematic channels, the new platform also guarantees high audio and video quality on all outlets and supports the demands of premium services.

Running in the public cloud, Aviator requires only a web browser and internet connection to securely access and operate all aspects of the platform, placing control at the operators' fingertips wherever they are based " at the office, a remote location or when working from home. It can run either in a media company's own cloud account, or in Imagine's SaaS environment, where it is monitored, managed and maintained by Imagine, allowing customers to reap the benefits of operational efficiency, while maintaining control of all creative aspects of their content.

At launch, Aviator will include all the capabilities required to solve the complex needs of delivering premium–quality, sophisticated linear channels with unified origination "" originating broadcast and OTT linear streams from a single playlist supporting ad insertion. Its ability to integrate content acquisition from live streams, file sources such as video clips, audio and captions makes Aviator the perfect tool for delivering live sports, news, and scheduled and unscheduled live events workflows.

"We will continue to add functionality on an aggressive roadmap schedule," Malcolm adds. "Later this year, we will expand the Aviator platform's monetization capabilities to allow media companies to sell their own ad inventory rather than limiting them to only plugging in a demand–side platform to fill available inventory. This will enable media companies to maximize their yield, which in turn allows them to afford more premium content rights."

At the heart of Aviator is Imagine's "audience–first" ad placement engine, which will allow media companies to sell inventory by audience, by context, or by spot " regardless of the platform or delivery mechanism. New functionality will enable media companies to maximize revenue by targeting commercials to audiences accurately; delivering CPM/CPI–style metrics across all platforms, including broadcast; and monetizing scenarios that are difficult to plan in advance, such as extra time in sporting events and breaking news programming.

Malcolm continues, "As consumers find more ways to watch, the efficiencies of cloud play an important role, making it easier for media companies to address broadening advertising opportunities and create highly impactful and dynamic channels with genuine appeal to viewers. Some aspects of the TV landscape remain uncertain, but making content available on all screens in a way that allows our customers to achieve their full revenue potential requires convergence of content planning, origination and monetization. And that is exactly what Aviator makes possible."

For more information about Imagine Communications' products and solutions, please visit https://www.imaginecommunications.com

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About Imagine Communications

Imagine Communications empowers the media and entertainment industry through transformative innovation. Broadcasters, networks, video service providers and enterprises around the world rely on our optimized, futureproof, multiscreen video and revenue enablement solutions every day to support their mission–critical operations. Today, nearly half of the world's video channels traverse our products, and our software solutions drive close to a third of global ad revenue. Through continuous innovation, we are delivering the most advanced IP, cloud–enabled, software–defined network and workflow solutions in the industry. Visit https://www.imaginecommunications.com for more information, and follow us on Twitter @imagine_comms.

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ONE swiss bank opens office in Dubai

14 April 2022

ONE swiss bank expands its activities in the GCC and
makes the opening of its office in Dubai official

ONE swiss bank SA (ONE) is pleased to announce that the acquisition of Falcon Private Wealth Ltd (FPW) has been successfully executed on 29 November 2021. FPW is now a subsidiary of ONE and has been renamed ONE swiss private wealth Ltd* (OSPW). ONE has chosen to communicate now after having taken the time to set up the appropriate structure.

OSPW has been committed to serving its clients in the Middle East and abroad since 2009. Thanks to its boutique size and the agile mindset of its multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, it is able to provide unique and transparent portfolio management and advisory services to high–net–worth individuals and their families, family offices and institutional clients.

"Coming together with ONE enables us to confidently look to the future. We will continue to serve our clients with the same dedication and professionalism, and to offer them the very best services, including access to ONE's proprietary quantitative management and portfolio insurance services provided since 1993 to top–ranking institutional investors", comments Zafar Khan, CEO of ONE swiss private wealth Ltd.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and listed on the Swiss stock exchange SIX, ONE is the result of a series of successful mergers. The Bank is a blend of private banking tradition and entrepreneurial spirit in a people–focused structure offering asset management and wealth management services to private and institutional clients. With offices in Geneva, Lugano, Zurich and now Dubai, the Bank manages around CHF 5 billion in assets.

ONE's commitment to the region echoes the bank's strategy to expand its international presence and access fast–growing markets. It also reflects its confidence in the region's economic growth and stability, and in the future of the UAE as a regional and international centre of economic prosperity and business opportunities as Grgoire Pennone, ONE swiss bank's CEO explains: "This local presence brings us closer to our clients in terms of geographical and cultural proximity and help us to provide them with bespoke investment solutions. We are one of the few Swiss private banks that offer in–depth knowhow in the regional fixed income and equity market and provide direct access to the UAE stock market and new public offerings in the region with Lombard lending facilities."

Yann Mrazek, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OSPW & Managing Partner at M/HQ adds: "We see a clear similarity in the values that define the Swiss and Dubai financial industries: excellence, stability, discretion and professionalism, to name but a few. Driven by the same values and the desire to achieve a harmonious balance between tradition and innovation, ONE works tirelessly to offer a new experience in private banking."

* ONE swiss private wealth is an international wealth and asset management firm based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) operating under a 3c licence and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).

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For further information, please contact:

Julien Delcraz
Head of Marketing & Communication
jde@oneswiss.com
+41 58 300 78 13

ONE swiss bank SA (SIX Swiss Exchange: ONE)
Listed on the Swiss stock exchange SIX, ONE swiss bank is the result of a series of successful mergers of separate entities that have come together to offer a unique and modern private banking experience. The bank is a blend of private banking tradition and entrepreneurial spirit in a people–focused structure offering asset management and wealth management services to private and institutional clients. ONE has offices in Geneva, Lugano, Zurich and a subsidiary in Dubai. It manages around CHF 5 billion in assets.
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