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Innovation: Key to Boosting Meeting Attendance

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Earlier this week, it announced it would postpone its 2013 Publishing Conference scheduled for later this month in Los Angeles. NAA President and CEO Doug Culkin said he was inspired to do something innovative after he saw the impact of the original 2004 X-Prize for sub-orbital space flight, according to a press release. “I

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The Fantasy Sports Industry Is Still Growing—Despite the Extra Regulations

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According to a June press release from the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, it generates $7.22 “The fantasy sports industry’s continuing growth demonstrates consumers’ passion for the hobby and their desire to play with friends and family,” Charchian said in the release. million players in the U.S.

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The Latest Internet of Things Group? The Open Connectivity Foundation

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In 2013, AllSeen Alliance formed to standardize IoT function connectivity. The OCF will create a set of open specifications and protocols to enable devices from a variety of manufactures to securely and seamlessly interact with one another,” Microsoft said in a press release. The latest effort to bring things together? “The

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Engineering Associations Team Up To Support Black Engineers

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engineering workforce and innovation challenges our nation faces,” ASCE President Robert D. Stevens said in a news release. Bureau of Labor Statistics, black engineers show that in 2013, black engineers made up just 5.5 engineering community,” NSBE National Chairwoman Sossena Wood said in a press release.

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Sponsorships: What Do Meeting Organizers and Exhibitors Want?

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“A top priority of event organizers today is driving revenue growth, and sponsorships are seen as a top area of opportunity, while exhibitors are looking to enhance the value of sponsorships,” said Vice President of GES MarketWorks and Strategy David Saef in a press release. What do they consider more mundane?

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Ethanol Industry Suffers Setback as EPA Proposes Lower 2014 Target

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More details below: About the proposal: The EPA’s 2014 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) proposal released Friday would set the target total for renewable fuels in the U.S. billion in 2013 and well below the 18.15 fuel supply next year at 15.21 billion gallons, down from 16.55 This proposal cannot stand.”

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Are You Doing Enough to Prevent Link Rot?

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But it took the work of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab to do something significant about it. ” Perma.cc, introduced in late 2013, was born of these concerns. Libraries are in the forever business,” Harvard Library Innovation Lab Director Kim Dulin said in a news release. “We We developed Perma.cc