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Fortune Global Forum Speaker Lineup Unveiled for Nov. 11-12 in New York City

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Seven-Time World Champion and Entrepreneur Tom Brady and Deputy Managing Director of the IMF Gita Gopinath among other luminaries confirmed to speak at Fortune’s annual gathering of top global business executives and policy leaders

Leon Panetta and Mike Pompeo, former White House Cabinet secretaries and Directors of the CIA, will open the Forum in a vital dialogue about “America and the new global order”

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Fortune announced today a list of confirmed speakers for its 2024 Fortune Global Forum, the premier gathering of CEOs and leaders of the world’s largest multinational companies, alongside policy makers, thought leaders, and investors, convening November 11-12, 2024, in New York City at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

The Fortune Global Forum is known for facilitating meaningful conversations among leading figures in business, government, and culture, providing critical insights into global business strategies. This prestigious two-day event convenes top executives from the world’s largest and most innovative companies, including the Fortune Global 500.

This year’s theme, “Business at the Speed of Change,” will address pressing issues in today’s dynamic business landscape including managing workforces in an AI-powered economy, addressing ESG backlash, mitigating technology risks and regulatory challenges, tackling climate and energy issues, navigating geopolitical tensions, and capitalizing on opportunities in an unpredictable global trade environment.

Given the U.S. presidential election will be held less than a week before, and voters in more than 70 countries around the world have gone to the polls, the Fortune Global Forum kicks off on Monday Nov. 11 with a vital discussion on global diplomacy and America’s role on the world stage with Leon Panetta, Chairman of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy and U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011) and Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State (2018-2021), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2017-2018), moderated by Clay Chandler, Executive Editor, Asia, Fortune and Co-Chair, Fortune Global Forum.

Seven-Time World Champion Tom Brady and Professor and Former Dean of Harvard Business School Nitin Nohria will talk with Fortune Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell on the art (and science) of teamwork. Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, will speak with Fortune’s Clay Chandler on how geopolitical and demographic shifts are shaping the global economy. Wynton Marsalis, Pulitzer Prize winning composer and Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, will talk with Fortune Live Media Editorial Director Andrew Nusca about democracy, the pursuit of justice, and what the fundamentals of jazz can teach us about leadership.

“During these momentous times, we are honored to convene the brightest minds and leaders of the world’s largest companies to meet face-to-face, peer-to-peer, and to drive an agenda of progress and transformation,” said Anastasia Nyrkovskaya, Fortune CEO. “Nobody does this better than Fortune. It’s time for both resetting and determining new directions that can make business better for people everywhere in the world.”

 Additional speakers include:

Charles Adkins, President, HederaHoward Boville, Executive Vice President, DXC TechnologyJohn Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Operation HopeVictor Bulto, President, Novartis USAlex Chriss, President and CEO, PayPalChris Cocks, CEO, HasbroGary Cohn, Vice Chairman, IBM; Former Director, U.S. National Economic CouncilBrian Cornell, Chairman and CEO, Target CorporationJoanne Crevoiserat, CEO, TapestryAbhijit Dubey, CEO, NTT DataJim Fitterling, Chairman and CEO, DowAdena Friedman, Chair and CEO, NasdaqStedman Graham, Chairman and CEO, S. Graham and AssociatesDr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, LanzaTechFred Hu, Founder and Chairman, Primavera CapitalPaul Hudson, CEO, SanofiBarbara Humpton, President and CEO, Siemens USAChris Hyams, CEO, IndeedBjarke Ingels, Founder and Creative Director, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)Merit Janow, Chairperson, MasterCard and Dean Emerita and Professor, Columbia UniversityKeyu Jin, Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics Kate Johnson, CEO, Lumen TechnologiesVimal Kapur, CEO, HoneywellChase Koch, EVP, Koch Industries, and Founder, Koch Disruptive TechnologiesJosh Kushner, Founder and Managing Partner, Thrive Capital  Eric Kutcher, Senior Partner and Chair, North America, McKinsey & CompanyRob Manfred, Commissioner, Major League BaseballBaroness Dambisa Moyo, Member, U.K. House of Lords and Co-Principal, Versaca InvestmentsDr. Tom Oxley, Founder and CEO, SynchronKristin Peck, CEO, ZoetisJavier Rodriguez, CEO, DaVitaNathan Rosenberg, Founding Partner, InsigniamAdam Silver, Commissioner, National Basketball AssociationJohn Stankey, CEO, AT&TCharles Van der Steene, President, North America, A.P. Moller MaerskChristian Sutherland-Wong, CEO, GlassdoorJoey Wat, CEO, Yum ChinaTimothy Wennes, CEO, Santander USSteven Williams, CEO, PepsiCo Foods North America

Additionally, Fortune will debut a new list at this year’s Fortune Global Forum: The Fortune 100 Most Powerful People in Business. At the Forum’s Gala Dinner on the evening of Nov. 11, Fortune will unveil the list early for attendees; the following morning, Nov. 12, the list will be published online and in Fortune newsletters. This new global ranking — the MPP 100 — builds on Fortune’s history of publishing iconic lists of companies and business leaders — including the Fortune 500, Fortune Global 500, and Most Powerful Women — by independently identifying those with far-reaching power and influence using Fortune’s proprietary and unique methodology.

Fortune will be updating the list of speakers, attendees, and sessions prior to the Forum. For more information and the full agenda, visit the event website here.

About the Fortune Global Forum: Since 1995, the Fortune Global Forum has been hosted by the editors of Fortune in great cities on the dynamic frontiers of global business. The Forum convenes leaders from companies that span industries across the globe — the chairmen, presidents, and CEOs of the world’s largest multinational companies. Participation in the Fortune Global Forum is by invitation only.

Fortune Global Forum 2024 is supported by Knowledge Partner McKinsey & Company; Premier Partner Wuliangye; and Partners AFEELA, DXC Technology, Hedera, Indeed, Insigniam, Novartis, and PayPal.

This is the first time the Fortune Global Forum has convened in New York City. Previous Fortune Global Forum host cities have included Singapore, Barcelona, Guangzhou, New Delhi, Chengdu, Rome, Hong Kong, Toronto, Paris, Abu Dhabi, Cape Town, and San Francisco.

About Fortune:
Fortune is a global multi-platform media company built on a legacy of trusted, award-winning reporting and information for those who want to make business better. Independently owned, Fortune tells the stories of the world’s biggest companies and their leaders as well as a new generation of innovators who are moving business forward. Digitally and in print, Fortune measures corporate performance through rigorous benchmarks, and holds companies accountable, in regions around the world. Its iconic rankings include Fortune 500, Fortune Global 500, Most Powerful Women, and World’s Most Admired Companies. Fortune builds world-class communities by convening industry thought leaders for exclusive summits and conferences, including the Fortune Global Forum, Brainstorm Tech, Fortune Most Powerful Women. For more information, visit fortune.com.

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BinBase Expands 2026 BIN Dataset with Instant Payout Intelligence for iGaming, Gambling, and Cross-Border Transfers

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BinBase updates its 2026 dataset with specialized Fast Funds, Visa Direct, and Mastercard MoneySend indicators to help iGaming operators and payout platforms execute seamless, instant card disbursements.

MIAMI, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — BinBase, a global provider of payment routing intelligence and card issuing data, has introduced specialized instant payout indicators as part of its upgraded 2026 BIN Database. Tailored for iGaming operators, online gambling platforms, crypto-to-fiat ramps, and payout aggregators, the updated dataset helps platform engineers streamline real-time card disbursements and Push-to-Card (P2C) transactions.

In high-velocity sectors such as online betting and gaming, instantaneous player payouts are a primary driver of customer retention. However, executing Push-to-Card transactions through protocols like Visa Direct and Mastercard MoneySend requires knowing whether the receiving card issuer supports Fast Funds for specific merchant category codes (MCCs). Attempting instant payouts on non-eligible cards leads to declined transactions, elevated processing fees, and poor user experiences.

The 2026 BinBase release solves this operational bottleneck by delivering dedicated attributes for real-time fund disbursements:

Fast Funds Eligibility: Granular indicators identifying domestic and cross-border Fast Funds support across global Visa and Mastercard ranges.Online Gambling Fast Funds (OG FF): Dedicated flags specifically identifying card ranges authorized to receive real-time gambling and betting payouts.Mastercard MoneySend & Visa Direct Indicators: Precise protocol compatibility markers (MS Ind & MT Ind) ensuring push transactions are routed only to eligible recipient cards.Direct Debit & Pull-Funds Support: Indicators for recurring collections and account-funding transactions.

“Player payouts in iGaming cannot wait for standard 2-to-3-day ACH settlements,” said a spokesperson for Damiko Inc. “By embedding our Fast Funds and Gambling FF flags into their payment engines, operators can instantly validate recipient cards before initiating a transfer, guaranteeing high success rates and instant liquidity for their users.”

Fintech engineers and payout architects can examine the full 29-field database schema and access a free 2026 sample dataset on GitHub.

To explore commercial licensing, bulk database downloads, or custom data feeds, visit BinBase at https://binbase.com.

About Damiko Inc

Damiko Inc is a US-based fintech data provider specializing in card issuer analytics, payment routing data, and global BIN database solutions. Operating through its flagship product, BinBase.com, the company supplies high-precision transaction intelligence to help merchants and payment facilitators worldwide optimize approval rates and mitigate processing fees.

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Walnut Coding’s Young Coders Serve as ‘Instructors’ at Huawei Cloud Developer Training Camp

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Ages 8 and 15, students showcase AI-era project-building skills from concept to working application

BEIJING, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Walnut Coding (the “Company”), a leading online platform for youth coding education, said two of its students – ages 8 and 15 – have joined the “instructor” lineup at Huawei Cloud Developer Training Camp, making them among the youngest “instructors” in the program’s history. The Company cites the pair as a prime example of how young learners can combine coding fundamentals with AI tools to turn ideas into working applications.

The two students, Bolin Du, 8, and Peiqi Gao, 15, built working applications using Huawei Cloud CodeArts, an AI coding assistant, then presented the projects to the training camp themselves – walking the audience through their design choices, technical builds, and debugging process.

The move lands at a moment when AI coding tools are forcing a rethink across the education sector. Tools that can generate functioning code from a plain-language prompt have undercut the traditional argument for teaching children to program – that they need the skill to build things themselves. Walnut Coding’s answer is that the more valuable skill now is judgment – knowing what problem to solve, breaking it into parts, and determining whether an AI’s output actually works.

Gao built a travel-planning application that generates routes, itineraries, and recommendations based on user input, handling the project end to end, from requirements and design through coding and debugging. Du, the younger of the two, built an interactive calendar application, using HTML for page structure, CSS for visual design, and JavaScript for interactive features. Both students then took on an instructor’s role at the camp, presenting their project goals and technical implementation to the audience – a step Walnut Coding says separated the work from a typical classroom assignment.

These were not classroom exercises but working projects, built and presented inside a professional developer-training environment. The experience demanded more from both students than simply producing something functional – they needed to articulate their reasoning, defend technical choices, and refine the final result under scrutiny. Their participation signals a broader shift underway in what youth coding education can deliver.

AI is making code generation easier, but it is also redrawing which skills actually matter. A student who relies only on one-click generation may get a rough prototype quickly, but still struggle to spot logical flaws, judge whether the output is reliable, or turn an abstract idea into a product that actually works. Students with programming foundations, by contrast, are better positioned to define requirements, evaluate what the AI produces, correct its errors, and treat the technology as a tool rather than a shortcut to lean on.

“AI can help children generate code faster, but it cannot decide for them what problem they should solve, nor can it make the final judgment about whether the result is truly effective,” said Pengxuan Zeng, founder and CEO of Walnut Coding. “What these two students demonstrated is not just coding technique, but the ability to define needs, break down tasks, verify outcomes, and turn an idea into a working product. That is why we believe young people still need to learn programming in the AI era.”

Walnut Coding structures its courses around that thesis, pairing student-led project work with teaching-assistant guidance and AI-assisted support. According to the Company, this data is continuously fed back into its systems to refine the personalization of AI-assisted feedback — a closed-loop process linking teaching, practice, feedback, and curriculum development.

The Company frames the payoffs less around producing professional software engineers than around a broader form of literacy. As AI continues to reshape how tasks get done, the ability to understand the technology, structure problems clearly and collaborate effectively with intelligent tools may prove one of the most durable skills a young learner can develop.

Walnut Coding says it plans to keep expanding opportunities for students to build practical projects, partner with industry technology platforms such as Huawei Cloud, and develop the core capabilities needed to build with technology in the AI era.

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MOREH Showcases High-Performance LLM Inference on AMD GPUs at AMD Advancing AI 2026

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Moreh, an AI infrastructure software company, led by CEO Gangwon Jo, participated in AMD Advancing AI 2026, AMD’s flagship annual AI event held in San Francisco on July 22–23 (local time), where it demonstrated its distributed inference solution, the MoAI Inference Framework, running on AMD GPUs.

At the event, Moreh presented a live demonstration of the GLM-5.1 large language model (LLM) powered by the MoAI Inference Framework on a system equipped with 32 AMD Instinct™ MI300X GPUs across four nodes. Visitors experienced the chatbot firsthand, evaluating its response speed and service quality while observing performance across a range of real-world use cases.

Unlike conventional demonstrations that simply run an AI model, Moreh’s showcase displayed key inference service metrics in real time, including GPU utilization, Tokens Per Second (TPS), Time To First Token (TTFT), and Time Per Output Token (TPOT). This enabled attendees to directly verify both inference performance and GPU resource efficiency in a production-like service environment.

Global AI industry leaders and enterprise customers attending the event expressed strong interest in the system’s fast response times and stable performance. In particular, the live deployment of the computationally demanding GLM-5.1 model on AMD GPUs at production-grade service levels received positive feedback from visitors.

Moreh’s MoAI Inference Framework is widely recognized as the world’s first commercially deployed distributed inference solution built for the AMD ecosystem. Its distributed inference and heterogeneous computing technologies are designed to dramatically reduce AI service costs, enabling broader adoption of AI worldwide. The technology addresses one of the industry’s biggest challenges-the rapidly rising infrastructure and service costs caused by increasingly larger AI models-by delivering a more efficient inference infrastructure.

Moreh CEO Gangwon Jo stated, “This event provided an opportunity for global customers to verify firsthand that top-tier inference performance can be achieved on AMD GPU environments,” and added “We will continue advancing our AI infrastructure software so enterprises can operate AI services as efficiently as possible, regardless of the underlying GPU platform.”

Moreh develops its own AI infrastructure engine and has expanded its end-to-end AI capabilities through its foundation LLM subsidiary, Motif Technologies, covering both AI infrastructure and foundation models. The company is also strengthening its presence in the global AI market through strategic partnerships with leading technology companies, including AMD and Tenstorrent.

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