Day: April 14, 2022

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

Bombardier Wins 2022 Red Dot Award

Bombardier’s Challenger 3500 aircraft has been honoured with the distinction “Red Dot: Best of the Best” in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2022.

  • 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 Éric 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 Montréal, Québec, 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

Plan, make and monetize sophisticated content on all screens from a single cloud platform

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

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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PR Agency for Imagine Communications
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TECNO Phantom X and CAMON 19 Pro Clinch Prestigious iF DESIGN AWARD 2022

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 14 April 2022 – Recently, the winners of the world-renowned iF Design Award have been announced. TECNO won the iF DESIGN AWARD 2022 in the Product and the Telecommunication categories for the outstanding product design of its Phantom X and CAMON 19 Pro. This marks TECNO’s debut award in the international design competition, reaffirming the brand’s commitment to technological innovation and continual breakthroughs.T1

As one of the most influential industrial design awards in the world, iF DESIGN AWARD is known as the “Oscar of product design” for its “independent, rigorous and reliable” screening standards and its impact. It serves as a benchmark for global industrial design and development trends. Therefore, winning the iF DESIGN AWARD means being recognized by international authorities in industrial design.  This year, a record number of close to 11,000 entries from 57 countries was submitted at iF DESIGN AWARD. Albeit the tough competition, Phantom X and CAMON 19 Pro outperformed other entries, winning over the 132-member jury of independent design experts worldwide, the largest jury ever assembled.

Phantom X is TECNO’s all-round flagship imaging series. It uses a 6.7-inch 70° curved-edged display screen with a patterned glass back. The exquisite craftsmanship allows PHANTOM X to present a unique texture and elegant taste in the interlaced light and shadow. In addition, the definition of the side arc angle of the mobile phone is 36.5°, offering the most ergonomically comfortable grip.T2

CAMON 19 Pro is a high-performance, high-value smartphone designed for young fashionistas. It will be launched in June with TECNO’s latest generation of the CAMON 19 series. This series adopts an ultra-narrow frame design and an ingenious dual-ring triple-camera layout. The jury of the iF DESIGN AWARD remarked, “It adopts a borderless design to create a fresh borderless ultra-narrow screen experience for users. The powerful camera with a double ring and three cameras perfectly balances the camera and back panel aesthetic design to create the ultimate overall feeling. The metal double ring is perfectly integrated with the strong and professional triple camera using anodizing process, bringing a sense of professional performance with the double ring and triple camera.”

“We are extremely honored to be awarded this prestigious international award for our Phantom X and CAMON 19 Pro. Our dream has always been to revolutionize the landscape of smartphone photography for our users around the world, closing the gap between the professional camera and smartphone photography, while constantly pushing the evolution of design language to bring users up-to-date exterior ID design. In the future, we will remain committed to driving further changes in mobile imaging and the design language evolution.” Stephan Ha, TECNO General Manager said.

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Read Pakistan: Book Review Session 

Wah Cantt, April 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):Read Pakistan-UW Chapter, under the flagship of UW Literary and Debating Society, convened its third discussion session of the year 2022 on 07 April, 2022. Ms. Ambreen Khalid, from ORIC was the Chief Guest, while Ms. Asma Tahir, student of 6th Semester, Department of Biosciences, hosted the session. The book titled “Girl, Stop Apologizing” by Rachel Hollis was reviewed by Ms. Hifza Javed, student of 2nd Semester, Department of Psychology.

The book titled “Taleemi Kamyabi” by Prof. Arshad Javed was reviewed by Ms. Saba Iftikhar, student of 4th Semester, Department of Chemistry. Mr. Mamoon Ahmad Khilji, former Literary Raptor and student of 8th Semester, Department of Mechanical Engineering, introduced the new team of Read Pakistan-UW Chapter to the audience. The participants were also given a briefing on library facilities by Mr. Azhar Khurshid Qureshi, Assistant Librarian, WEC Campus. Over 300 students from WEC and Quaid Campuses joined the event. The session ended with award of Appreciation Certificates to the reviewers and capturing of a group photo.

For more information, contact:
University of Wah
Quaid Avenue, Wah Cantt, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9157000, 905525256-7
Email: info@uow.edu.pk
Website: http://www.uow.edu.pk/Default.aspx

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Islamic Arts and Architecture Studies students Decorate Room of Differently-Abled Ali Nawaz

Islamabad, April 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):Students of the Department of Islamic Arts and Architecture Studies (IA and AS) of International Islamic University (IIU) have specially decorated the room of Ali Nawaz Soomro, a differently-abled young man who is an omen of true love for education, residing in the university hostels.

Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal along with Provost male hostels Dr. Abrar Anver visited the decorated room. Dean was also accompanied by Chairperson Department of Islamic Arts and Architecture Studies Dr. Atia Abrar, Assistant Director P and PR Al-Hassan and other relevant officials.

The students decorated the walls with calligraphy and other Islamic art skills. On the occasion, hailing the efforts of Dr. Attia Abrar and students Dean FSS said that the students of Department of Islamic Arts and Architecture have made faculty of social science proud. He said this encouraging and supporting gesture will boost the morale of Ali Nawaz. He also appreciated the facilities being provided to Ali Nawaz at hostels. Dr. Zafar said Ali Nawaz is a true example of success and struggle.

Support and encouragement I am having at IIU is beyond imagination and this is the place where I got memorable support In my 21 years of life, said Ali Nawaz Soomro from Umer Kot of Sindh Province who is doing BS sociology program at IIUI. He also thanked Dean and Provost for taking care of his studies and residence. Ali Nawaz also thanked the university authorities, administration and the students for continuous support, affection and encouragement.

Meanwhile, the Provost also visited various rooms where he specially visited the room of Indonesian student that was remarkably managed and decorated. He called upon all the boarders to take inspiration from the room and make their living rooms ideal and beautiful.

For more information, contact:
Public Relations,
International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI)
Room No.118, Admin Block, New Campus,
H-10 Sector, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9019249
Fax: +92-51-9257909
Email: iiuipublicrelations@iiu.edu.pk
Website: www.iiu.edu.pk

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Al-Bayan School: LUMS Alumni making a difference in education

Lahore, April 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):Happy faces, eager to learn, attentively listen to each word the teacher says. Mornings are always a happening affair at Al-Bayan School, a joint venture by two of our alumni. Situated on Bedian Road, Lahore, Al Bayan is a non-profit which caters to students up to 5th grade.

Navera Burki, a LUMS BSC Economics 2019 graduate, volunteered at her driver’s daughter’s school near the University while she was a student in the 9th grade. Teaching English to grade 7, she was appalled that not one student could communicate in English. Rote learning was the norm and students were punished with physical violence if they didn’t memorise the content. This is when she realized the disparity between her education and that in the country. Being a faculty member’s daughter, who grew up on campus, Burki knew that “good education can not only improve one’s future career prospects, but it can also groom one into a better person.”

Burki now works as a Data Analyst at Barnes and Noble Inc. in New York. Having experienced the LUMS education, she believes that “the open discourse in classes” makes students more tolerant and open-minded, and also instils a sense of responsibility as educated individuals of the country.

Meanwhile, Maryam Khawaja, currently a Management Science senior at the Suleman Dawood School of Business, plans to go into the education sector. At 15, she started to tutor her driver’s two sons in the second grade. While teaching them, she realised “how poor the quality of education in our country” was. She shared a post on a student’s forum asking if anyone wished to start a school called Al-Bayan. Burki jumped at the opportunity. The two ladies met, and the rest is history.

“My education at LUMS has broadened my horizons and allowed me to develop into a better human being. I came across diverse viewpoints and interesting people which allowed me to develop a tolerant mind-set. I’ve also found the most valuable friendships at LUMS and the most amazing people for Al-Bayan. The school might just have been a dream if it weren’t for the team!” says Khawaja.

Started in 2019 in a small rented premises, the School opened its doors to 25 students, two teachers, and three grades. Within a few months, they were asked to vacate the premises. Taking it all in their stride, they quickly had to find another place. Just as they settled down, COVID struck and they introduced holiday booklets to keep students in touch with their studies. Students came in batches on alternate days and remote classes on WhatsApp were started.

Today, Al-Bayan operates in a purpose-built campus with a second preschool campus just a few feet away. Run by a team of two admin members, two support staff, and ten teachers, the School has classes from nursery to grade 5. Volunteers form an important part of the network. An all-female core team takes care of Finance and Operations, Education and Research, Digital Marketing and Teacher Training and Events. Interns and team members help the organisation run smoothly as they volunteer time for the School along with full-time jobs or studying.

“We focus on activity-based learning, making sure that all mediums of teaching are used since every student is different and every student understands in different ways,” explains Burki. “We also incorporate projects, presentations, videos, group work and physical activities to reinforce content”. Competitions like spelling bees, poetry recitals and art activities are regularly held. Additionally, events to mark women’s day, climate change and others help widen the horizon of the students. A Saturday Volunteer Programme aimed at bridging the knowledge gap is conducted by students and young professionals. They also partner with student societies at LUMS for annual plays, sports day, science fairs and field trips. Teacher training is a regular practice at the School.

All this spells success at all levels. “I see the change in our students after they’ve been with us for a few months. They start understanding the importance of rules and discipline and take part in discussions. I see the girls becoming more confident and outspoken while the boys are learning basic life skills like making their own sandwiches or helping their mothers clean dishes.

One success story was when two of our older male students went home and called out their fathers on abusing their mothers because it’s wrong,” recounts Burki.

“We believe we’re making a difference, but that’s for the future to tell. Let’s see if these students grow up to break the cycle of poverty and become responsible citizens,” says a proud Khawaja.

For more information, contact:
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
D.H.A. Lahore Cantt. 54792
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35608000
Fax: +92-42-35725048
Website: www.lums.edu.pk