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E-MOBILITY ASIA (EMA) 2024 RETURNS NOV 12 – 14 AS ASEAN DEMAND RISES

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MARii, MIDA and EVAM are co-hosting the EV Conference 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Following a successful debut last year, E-Mobility Asia (EMA) is set to return from 12 to 14 November 2024 with a comprehensive showcase of green transport solutions and business opportunities as electric vehicle (EV) demand surges in ASEAN.

The three-day event presents riveting insights into the trends and opportunities shaping sustainable mobility in the region in tune with its theme “Electrifying the Future: Transitioning Innovations Towards Mobility” at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

EMA 2024 is co-located with Sustainability Environment Asia (SEA), both organised by Derrisen Sdn Bhd, to advocate greater sustainability and synergy.

The two events bring together 100 international exhibitors from six countries and regions and over 12,000 trade visitors are anticipated.  

EMA will provide a platform for businesses to showcase latest advancements and solutions including battery technology, charging infrastructure, digital mobility providers and automotive OEMs.

Delegations from India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan region, Thailand are expected to attend the show and join the Networking Night on the second day.

Over 60 speakers will feature in the show’s conference programme and technical sessions in partnership with local and international supporting organisations from ASEAN as well as exhibitors.

As EMA Strategic Partners and Supporting Agency, Malaysia Automotive, Robotics & IoT Institute (MARii), Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and Electric Vehicle Association of Malaysia (EVAM) will organise the EV Conference 2024 on 12 to 13 November.

The conference will focus on accelerating EV adoption and growth, evolving charging infrastructure and landscape, advancing sustainability through battery management and futuristic ways and opportunities in ASEAN’s EV markets, among others.

“As the Strategic Partner for EMA 2024, MARii reaffirms its commitment to advancing technology and promoting sustainable growth in Malaysia’s automotive sector. This event marks a key milestone in Malaysia’s EV ecosystem, supporting the National Automotive Policy 2020’s goal of positioning Malaysia as a top regional hub for assembling Next Generation Vehicles (NxGV), including Electric Vehicles (EVs). With rising EV demand in ASEAN, EMA 2024 is set to attract more international participants, speakers, and buyers, further solidifying Malaysia’s role as an ASEAN automotive hub,” said Mr. Azrul Reza Aziz, CEO of MARii.

“EMA 2024 is a pivotal event fostering growth in Malaysia’s EV industry, promoting sustainable mobility and collaboration. By uniting industry leaders, stakeholders, and policymakers, we can advance cleaner, electrified transportation for an eco-friendlier Malaysia,” said Dato’ Dennis Chuah, President of EVAM.

The continued backing of the Asian Federation of Electric Vehicle Associations (AFEVA) and its regional EV associations from Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand as Supporting Associations will generate extensive networking and invaluable knowledge exchange on the policies and progress of the industry in the region.

The ASEAN market is forecast to reach US$2.7 billion by 2027 from US$500 million in 2021. Sales of EVs in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore grew by four times in 2023 and more than doubled in the January-March quarter this year from the same period last year.

Malaysia aims to be an EV hub and has targeted electrification as a key lever of its energy transition roadmap to decarbonise greenhouse gas emissions. Public transport is envisaged to be 60 percent green and EVs to comprise 80 percent of car sales by 2050.

“E-mobility is poised for more growth and it will be big in ASEAN because decarbonising is crucial for the governments in the region to meet their climate goals and foster a sustainable future for their own economic growth, transport and quality of life. EMA is excited to play a role in this green transformation eco-system and make an impact along with the many industry organisations which have come forward to support EMA 2024,” said Ms. Vicky Tan, Project Director at Derrisen.

EMA 2024 is endorsed by the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) and its agency, Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), which offers enhanced tax incentives and double tax deductions for export promotion.

(For more information, please visit www.matrade.gov.my)

Strategic Partners: Malaysia Automotive, Robotics & IoT Institute (MARii) and Electric Vehicle Association of Malaysia (EVAM)

Supporting Agencies: Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC), Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)

International Supporting Associations: Asian Federation of Electric Vehicle Associations (AFEVA), Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP), Electric Vehicle Association of Singapore (EVAS), Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT), Indonesian Electric Vehicle Industry Association (PERIKLINDO), Korea Automotive Industry Globalization Foundation (AinGlobal), and Taiwan Automotive Electrical Parts Association (TAEPA)

Local Supporting Associations: ESG Association of Malaysia (ESGAM), Malaysia Automotive Recyclers Association (MAARA), Malaysia Automation Technology Association (MATA), Malaysian Electric Vehicle Owners Club (MyEVOC), Small and Medium Enterprises Association (SAMENTA), The Electrical and Electronics Association of Malaysia (TEEAM), and The Selangor and Federal Territory Engineering and Motor Parts Traders Association (EMPTA)

For exhibition opportunities and visitor registration, visit https://emobilityasia.com/

Notes to Editors 

Derrisen is a specialist in delivering impactful trade events and conferences for businesses and industries to create sustainable high performance and growth.

We bring you a deeply passionate and experienced team of organisers to deliver leading industry and lifestyle portfolios in Southeast Asia to help our clients achieve their business goals and shared purpose of building positive relationships for long-term success.

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Innovative Immunology Biotech Windward Bio Lists on Nasdaq

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SHANGHAI, Nov. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Windward Bio, a portfolio company of Qiming Venture Partners and a clinical-stage biotechnology company, successfully listed on Nasdaq on November 13, 2026. Windward Bio (Nasdaq: WWB) priced its IPO at $17.00 per share. Its shares closed at $28.50 on the first trading day, up 68% from the IPO price, giving the company a market capitalization of approximately $1.69 billion. This is Qiming Venture Partners’ 11th IPO in 2026.

Qiming Venture Partners invested in Windward Bio’s inaugural Series A financing in 2025 and continued to support the company in its Series B financing in 2026. Qiming also participated in this IPO financing round.

Windward Bio was founded in 2024 with a mission to transform the treatment paradigm for patients living with chronic inflammatory diseases through the development of differentiated biologic therapies targeting clinically validated disease pathways. Led by a team with extensive expertise across discovery, development, and commercialization, Windward Bio is advancing a pipeline of ultra-long-acting antibody medicines to improve clinical outcomes, reduce treatment burden and expand treatment options for patients with serious respiratory and dermatologic diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and atopic dermatitis.

Windward Bio’s lead program, WIN378, is a potentially novel anti-TSLP monoclonal antibody engineered for improved potency and extended half-life. WIN378 is currently being evaluated in POLARIS-1, a Phase 2/3 study in severe uncontrolled asthma, and SIRIUS, a Phase 2 study in COPD. The company’s pipeline also includes WIN027, a clinical-stage, long-acting bispecific antibody targeting TSLP and IL-13 with potential applications across multiple inflammatory and immunological diseases. Windward Bio holds exclusive global rights (excluding Greater China and certain Asian countries) to WIN378 through a licensing agreement with Kelun-Biotech and Harbour BioMed, and has separately licensed WIN027 from Qyuns Therapeutics.

“Qiming Venture Partners invests in differentiated, globally competitive biotech innovation designed to address significant unmet needs for patients, and Windward Bio exemplifies this approach. We believe novel, long-acting biologics will reshape the treatment of severe chronic respiratory and skin diseases, and that WIN378 and WIN027 have the potential to expand and meaningfully improve the treatment options available to patients. In the hands of Luca and his team, with their expertise and proven track record, Windward is well-positioned to deliver on this potential, and we look forward to supporting the company through its next phase of growth,” said Alexander Sinclair Wilson, Principal at Qiming Venture Partners.

About Qiming Venture Partners

Qiming Venture Partners was founded in 2006. Currently, Qiming Venture Partners manages eleven US Dollar funds and seven RMB funds with $9.5 billion in capital raised. Since our establishment, we have invested in outstanding companies in the Technology and Healthcare industries at the early and growth stages.

Since our debut, we have backed over 630 fast-growing and innovative companies. Over 290 of our portfolio companies have achieved exits through IPOs at the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX, Shanghai Stock Exchange, or Shenzhen Stock Exchange, or through M&A or other means. There are also over 110 portfolio companies that have achieved unicorn or super unicorn status.

Many of our portfolio companies are today’s most influential firms in their respective sectors, including Xiaomi, Meituan, Bilibili, Zhihu, Roborock, Hesai Technology, UBTech, WeRide, HyperStrong, Insta360, Unisound, Biren Technology, Z.AI, Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals, Tigermed, Zai Lab, CanSino Biologics, Schrödinger, APT Medical, Sanyou Medical, AmoyDx, SinocellTech, Insilico Medicine, AusperBio, Yuanxin Technology, Medilink Therapeutics, LaNova Medicines, StepFun, among many others.

 

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WeFetch AI Corp. Is the New Name of GreenCore Solutions Corp.

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gtinfetch.ai, WeFetch.ai’s lead product, removes the guess from artificial intelligence (AI) shopping: the right barcode, and signed proof of it.

VANCOUVER, BC and LONDON, Nov. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — WeFetch AI Corp., the artificial intelligence (AI) shopping company formerly named GreenCore Solutions Corp., has completed its change of name. The Registrar of Companies for British Columbia issued the Certificate of Change of Name on November 13, 2026.

One Answer for Every Barcode

An AI agent picks a product in words. The same words can match a dozen barcodes: the right brand in the wrong size, last year’s pack, a look-alike from another maker. When the agent guesses, the shopper gets the wrong product, the brand loses a sale it had already won, and the retailer pays for the return.

The Company’s lead product, gtinfetch.ai, removes the guess. It answers for 84,810,515 barcodes from 376,271 makers across 3,520,471 points of sale. An AI agent sends a barcode and gets a firm answer: verified, not verified or unknown, with the sources behind it.

Who it matters to:

The shopper gets the product they asked for.The brand keeps the sale the AI already gave it.The retailer does not pay for a wrong order.

A Signed Receipt of Every Check

When an AI agent buys on a shopper’s behalf, someone has to be able to show it bought the right product. Today nobody can: the agent’s choice leaves no record. gtinfetch.ai gives the agent a signed receipt of the check, written at rco.wefetch.ai and open to public verification. The retailer, the brand and the auditor can each see what was checked, when, and what the answer was. The mark is “Barcode verified”.

Three Regions, One Record

The full record now answers from France, Singapore and the United States. Every barcode also has its own free public page at gtinfetch.ai. The three regions are where AI shopping starts. Singapore has the highest consumer use of generative AI in Asia, at 64.3% of working-age people. France stands at 49.6% and the United States at 33.0%, against 18.8% worldwide. (Source: Microsoft AI Diffusion Report, Q2 2026.) They are also the home markets of the AI that shoppers ask: ChatGPT and Claude in the United States, Mistral in France, and Singapore among the top countries in the world for Claude use per head. (Source: Anthropic Economic Index.)

What we built

WeFetch.ai, the barcode fetch system for AI agents. It answers for 84 million products in 70 countries, with 3.5 million points of sale on its own record, and includes:

triggerfetch for brands;shopfetch for shoppers;matchfetch for AI agents;gtinfetch, the record itself.

It is AI native, and works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Mistral, Perplexity and Muse. Every answer is signed.

“Words were the first generation of AI answers. Barcodes are agentic commerce,” said Matthew Keddy, Chief Executive Officer of WeFetch AI Corp. “Every AI agent that moves from search results to shopping needs barcode precision. wefetch has it, signed, in three regions.”

The market: Gartner forecasts $2.7 trillion in AI spending in 2026. McKinsey projects that AI agents will orchestrate $3 trillion to $5 trillion in global commerce by 2030, up to $1 trillion of it in US retail. Every one of those AI agent purchases needs the right barcode.

About WeFetch AI Corp.

WeFetch AI Corp. develops AI software products for AI shopping, retail, grocery and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). Its lead product, gtinfetch.ai, is the AI agentic shopping barcode engine: 84 million barcodes, answered for the agents of seven AI labs. WeFetch is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with sales offices in London, UK. Please visit: wefetch.ai

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In the news release, BTQ Technologies to Host Live Webinar on Q3 2026 Financial Results and General Corporate Update, issued Nov. 13, 2026 by BTQ Technologies Corp. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that changes have been made. The complete, corrected release follows:

BTQ Technologies to Host Live Webinar on Q3 2026 Financial Results and General Corporate Update

VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BTQ Technologies Corp. (“BTQ” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BTQ) (CBOE CA: BTQ),  a global technology company building the trust infrastructure for the quantum era, is pleased to announce that it will hold a shareholder call on Friday, November 17, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. EST to discuss its quarterly financial results and provide a general corporate update. The call will follow the release of the Company’s Q3 2026 financial statements, which will be issued after market close on Monday, November 16, 2026.

IMPORTANT – To register for the webcast see below:

When: November 17, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Time
Topic: BTQ Technologies Shareholder Call to Discuss Q3 2026 Financial Results and Corporate Update

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n6WGI3lERpCZcA63pWQWVQ 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

About BTQ
BTQ Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: BTQ | Cboe CA: BTQ) is a quantum technology company focused on accelerating the transition from classical networks to the quantum internet. Backed by a broad patent portfolio and deep technical expertise, BTQ is developing a full-stack, neutral-atom quantum computing platform spanning hardware, middleware, and post-quantum security solutions for finance, telecommunications, logistics, life sciences, and defense.

Connect with BTQ: Website | LinkedIn | X/Twitter

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Olivier Roussy Newton
CEO, Chairman

Neither Cboe Canada nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward Looking Information

Certain statements herein contain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or information include but are not limited to statements or information with respect to the business plans of the Company, including with respect to its research partnerships, and anticipated markets in which the Company may be listing its common shares. Forward-looking statements or information often can be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect”, “plan” or “may” and the variations of these words are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information.

The Company has made numerous assumptions including among other things, assumptions about general business and economic conditions, the development of post-quantum algorithms and quantum vulnerabilities, and the quantum computing industry generally. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive.

Although management of the Company believes that the assumptions made and the expectations represented by such statements or information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements or information herein will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking statements and information are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown risks which may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, expressed or implied, by such forward-looking statements or information. These factors include risks relating to: the availability of financing for the Company; business and economic conditions in the post-quantum and encryption computing industries generally; the speculative nature of the Company’s research and development programs; the supply and demand for labour and technological post-quantum and encryption technology; unanticipated events related to regulatory and licensing matters and environmental matters; changes in general economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets; changes in laws (including regulations respecting blockchains); risks related to the direct and indirect impact of COVID-19 including, but not limited to, its impact on general economic conditions, the ability to obtain financing as required, and causing potential delays to research and development activities; and other risk factors as detailed from time to time. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

Correction: An earlier version of this release incorrectly [describe the update briefly].

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