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BRUSSELS, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Over the past decade, the EU-China Film Festival has grown into an important platform promoting cultural exchanges and international communication.

For Yuan Mengqian, secretary general of the EU-China Film Festival (EUCNFF), one of her most enduring memories of her career is the senior Europeans who told her the festival was the first time they watched a Chinese movie. “They said that even if the language is different, the emotions in the films are common and touching. The sincere feedback made me feel that what we are doing is meaningful and can bring different cultures closer,” Yuan told China Today.

Since its inception in 2015, the EUCNFF has been held six times at the EU headquarters in Brussels, with over 50 Chinese films screened. It now has become an important platform for cultural dialogue between China and Europe.

Yuan compared the film festival to an international electric plug adapter, meaning that in the context of different cultures and cognitive systems, the film festival allows everyone to plug in and make a connection. “We hope this platform can allow more audiences to truly see each other,” Yuan said.

Platform for Cultural Exchanges

Based on the Chinese film market and the European audiences preferences, the EUCNFF Committee annually selects the best films that have been shown on the Chinese mainland during the past two years, covering a variety of genres and themes. It allows European audiences to appreciate the diversified features and artistic charm of Chinese films, and also pursue a deeper understanding of the profound Chinese culture and the development of contemporary China.

Due to cultural differences between Eastern and Western countries, the committee has adhered to one film selection criteria: the inspiration of empathy. Beyond languages, the films must carry the commonalities of human emotions, such as family bonds, personal growth, and respect for nature. These shared emotions can transcend cultural differences to create resonance among the audience.

Yuan said that in previous screenings, European audiences were particularly interested in themes such as natural relationships, individual growth, and family affection. “For example, after watching the Snow Leopard, a story of how Xizang’s herdsmen live in harmony with nature, many European audiences said that a life of living with the wild world and animals reminded them of their childhood in the countryside. The film even introduced new thoughts on environmental protection and ecological issues. This is why we insist on choosing films that are full of emotion and have the common characteristics of all humankind. Despite cultural differences, we can always understand each other with shared emotions,” Yuan said.

In the feedback the committee receives each year, Yuan said they have seen the European audiences’ acceptance of and expectations for Chinese films increase with each passing year. They started out being curious and trying to understand, and now look forward to watching more Chinese films. Yuan said that after the screening of Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms, the first part of China’s first mythological epic trilogy, many audiences discussed the background music and costume designs in the film, showing their understanding for the Eastern aesthetics. They also appreciated the improvement in technology, and paid attention to the cultural connotations.

“The European audience generally hopes to see more diverse themes, not just commercial films, but also stories on real Chinese society and daily life. They are very interested in traditional culture, such as films related to the Spring Festival, tea culture, handicrafts, and rural life. Some audiences even made suggestions to screen more mythological movies. Their enthusiasm for Chinese culture really surprised us,” Yuan said.

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In order to further promote cultural and artistic exchanges between China and Europe, the EUCNFF Committee has organized many events about modern China. Last year, it held two special Meet China events in Brussels and Paris, screening various genres such as documentaries, animation, and short videos to present China in a more realistic way.

During the events, many co-produced films were screened, including China on Track, The Digital Adventure of China Travel, and Living in China. The stories of Chinese life and human-nature interaction from the perspective of foreigners received positive feedback from European audiences.

“Many viewers thought that this type of content was easier to approach, because it presented a tangible contemporary China without grand narratives. The stories such as a winter in a small town, a craftsman’s persistence, and a young group’s choices living in a city, showcase a multi-dimensional, warm, and lively China,” Yuan said.

In addition to diverse forms of communication, the EUCNFF has become a collaborative platform. Yuan said that some European production companies proposed cooperation with Chinese directors after watching their films. Some young Chinese directors connected with international distribution companies to help their works enter overseas markets. Some projects have also been launched to create joint productions and hold overseas exhibitions. The EUCNFF Committee also found some European universities to promote multilingual translation projects for young Chinese and European creators’ videos.

Another event for the youth organized by the committee, the EU-China Youth Film Festival, is also held annually. It invites youth and high school students in China, European countries, and around the world to submit original videos. Through selection, screening, and awards, it provides a stage for young creators to showcase their talent, encouraging them to record their life through video and pursue cross-border dialogue. Since its inception in 2014, it has been successfully held for 10 years, with over 6,000 short films submitted.

To inspire more creative projects, the committee has held dialogues between filmmakers and universities in recent years, inviting directors, producers, scholars, and students to discuss topics such as cross-cultural narratives and images in cities. “These events make the film festival not only a platform for watching movies, but also an incubator for cross-cultural cooperation,” Yuan said.

Turning her eyes toward the future development of the EUCNFF, Yuan said she hopes to bring more Chinese films to more European cities, in order to attract larger numbers of Europeans who are interested in Chinese culture to participate in watching and communicating. The committee can learn how they see China and what types of films they want to watch. At the same time, Yuan plans to bring more European films to China, so that more Chinese can understand the expression and artistic exploration of European films. Through such mutual interactions, the China-EU cultural exchanges can continue to develop.

“I am looking forward to more films telling stories about Chinese mythology and traditional culture in the future. They are not only treasures of China, but also cultural wealth shared by all humankind. The film festival will become an important platform for carrying these stories to the world. It is not a short-term project, but a long-standing cultural bond that connects people, fosters understanding, and looks to the future,” Yuan said.

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Vettisure Launches to Redefine Healthcare Compliance Intelligence with Cleaner Data, Flexible Access Models, and a Patient-First Mission

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SPANISH FORK, Utah, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Vettisure today announced its official launch, introducing a modern approach to healthcare compliance intelligence built to meet the evolving needs of healthcare organizations, credentialing entities, consumer reporting agencies (CRAs), and healthcare technology platforms.

Founded by industry veterans with decades of experience in healthcare credentialing and compliance, Vettisure was created to address growing frustration with legacy providers that often deliver noisy data, inflexible pricing, and outdated technology.

“Throughout my career, one thought kept resurfacing: there’s got to be another way,” said Questin Francis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vettisure. “Healthcare organizations need more than access to data. They need intelligence they can trust. They need cleaner results, greater transparency, and partners who understand the importance of protecting patients and maintaining compliance. That’s why we built Vettisure.”

Vettisure provides comprehensive healthcare compliance intelligence designed to support safer staffing decisions and stronger compliance programs. The company’s solutions include federal and state exclusion screening, board actions and sanctions, abuse registries, and other critical datasets healthcare organizations rely upon to mitigate risk and maintain regulatory compliance.

Unlike traditional providers that simply aggregate and distribute data, Vettisure focuses on transforming primary-source information into actionable intelligence. The company leverages advanced technologies and expert validation processes to reduce false positives, improve usability, and provide clients with the context needed to make informed decisions.

Key capabilities include:

Comprehensive federal and state exclusion screeningExtensive board action and disciplinary data coverageAccess to underlying board documentation and source records, where availableAI-generated summaries and contextual insights that simplify complex findingsFlexible API, batch, and data lease delivery modelsData-only and fully verified service optionsOne-time searches and continuous monitoring capabilitiesEnterprise-grade security controls designed to meet SOC 2 Type II requirements

Vettisure’s flexible commercial approach also differentiates the company from traditional providers. In addition to transaction-based services, Vettisure offers subscription and data lease models that provide organizations with predictable costs and the ability to integrate compliance intelligence more deeply into their operational workflows.

“We believe better data leads to better decisions—and better decisions protect patients,” Francis added. “Every credentialing decision represents a moment of trust. By delivering clean, auditable, and actionable intelligence, we’re helping organizations strengthen compliance programs, reduce administrative burden, and focus on what matters most: delivering safe, high-quality care.”

Healthcare organizations face increasing pressure from regulators, accreditation bodies, and patients to demonstrate robust compliance practices and maintain effective oversight of their workforces. Vettisure was built to help organizations meet those expectations through modern technology, responsive partnership, and a relentless focus on data quality.

To learn more about Vettisure, request a sample report, or schedule a conversation, visit Vettisure.com.

About Vettisure

Vettisure is a healthcare compliance intelligence company providing primary-sourced, auditable, and actionable data to healthcare organizations, credentialing entities, consumer reporting agencies, and healthcare technology platforms. Through comprehensive exclusion screening, board action intelligence, continuous monitoring, and flexible delivery models, Vettisure empowers organizations to make confident decisions, reduce risk, maintain compliance, and protect patients.

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Rapta Establishes Florida Regional Headquarters in Orlando to Support Mission-Critical Manufacturing

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New Orlando location strengthens Rapta’s ability to serve aerospace, defense, space, and advanced manufacturing customers across a critical U.S. innovation corridor.

ORLANDO, Fla., June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rapta®, a point-of-build Manufacturing Intelligence company that transforms expert-dependent manual work into repeatable, measurable, source-of-build evidence and governed outcomes at scale, today announced the establishment of its Florida Regional Headquarters in Orlando. The new location expands Rapta’s ability to support aerospace, defense, space, and advanced manufacturing customers across Florida and the broader Eastern United States as manufacturers work to accelerate production ramp-rates, expand capacity, and strengthen workforce performance.

Rapta closes the execution gap between engineering intent and manufacturing outcomes by digitizing and standardizing the human decisions that determine quality, readiness, compliance, and production performance. The platform continuously guides workers through assembly and inspection processes; verifies configuration, sequence, torque, and quality requirements; detects defects at the source of build; captures trusted evidence for qualification and audit requirements; and standardizes expert workforce performance through real-time operational guidance.

“Manufacturers today face increasing pressure to expand capacity, accelerate ramp-rates, onboard new workers faster, and maintain quality as products become more complex,” said Aaron Brown, CEO of Rapta. “The organizations that succeed generate no defects, pass no defects and standardize expert performance, preserve critical operational knowledge, and scale readiness without sacrificing quality or operational control.”

By instrumenting execution directly at the point of work, Rapta helps manufacturers connect engineering intent to qualified production while generating trusted evidence for quality, certification, audit, and operational readiness. Manufacturers gain real-time visibility, reduced variability, stronger traceability, and faster operational decision-making. The platform can be deployed in days—not months—within existing production environments, enabling customers to improve execution without disrupting existing factory systems and workflows.

Orlando provides direct access to Florida’s aerospace, defense, space, and advanced manufacturing ecosystem, including major defense contractors, engineering talent, universities, and government partners.

From its Orlando headquarters, Rapta will continue supporting customers across aerospace, defense, space, and electronics manufacturing sectors while deepening collaboration with industry, government, university, and workforce development partners throughout Florida.

“Our mission is to reduce the barriers to trusted, scalable manufacturing,” Brown added. “The Orlando expansion strengthens our ability to help customers build workforce capability, improve production readiness, and scale manufacturing operations with confidence.”

About Rapta

Rapta helps aerospace, defense, space, electronics, advanced manufacturing, and sustainment organizations improve production readiness, quality, traceability, and workforce performance. Its Manufacturing Intelligence Platform delivers real-time guidance, verification, and operational decision support where work happens, helping manufacturers accelerate ramp-rates, expand capacity, standardize expert workforce performance, and generate trusted evidence for qualification, certification, and audit requirements. Rapta deploys on-premises within the customer’s existing network, keeping production data on the customer’s infrastructure.

Mission: Systematically reduce the barriers to trusted, scalable manufacturing.

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Info-Tech LIVE 2026 Draws Thousands of CIOs to Las Vegas to Tackle AI Execution and Enterprise Value

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Info-Tech LIVE 2026 brought together thousands of CIOs and senior IT leaders at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino from June 9 to 11 to explore how agentic AI is reshaping enterprise technology, cybersecurity, data, operating models, and IT leadership. Across keynotes and analyst-led sessions, the event reinforced a central message for technology executives navigating the current landscape: AI value within organizations depends on disciplined execution, strong governance, reliable data foundations, and the ability to scale the right work.

LAS VEGAS, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ – Info-Tech Research Group has wrapped Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Las Vegas, where thousands of CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and senior IT leaders gathered at the Bellagio from June 9 to 11 to explore how organizations can move from AI ambition to measurable enterprise value. Centered on the theme Agentic IT: From Hype to Value, the three-day conference featured industry keynotes, hands-on workshops for IT leaders, a record number of software exhibitors, exclusive roundtables, breakouts, lightning rounds, and peer-led sessions focused on the leadership, governance, security, and operational disciplines required to scale agentic AI responsibly.

As organizations move beyond AI experimentation and begin embedding agentic capabilities into workflows, the global research and advisory firm set an agenda that prepared IT leaders to practically navigate new expectations about value realization, accountability, and execution. Throughout Info-Tech LIVE 2026, data-backed insights from analysts, speakers, and industry experts emphasized that the next phase of enterprise AI will not be defined by adoption alone, but by how effectively CIOs redesign operating models, strengthen data and security foundations, and decide which AI initiatives deserve investment.

Research from Info-Tech shared during the opening keynote reinforced the urgency of moving from AI enthusiasm to disciplined execution. Findings presented from the firm’s AI Adoption in the Enterprise Survey revealed that 91% of IT executives are bullish on AI and 96% expect AI budgets to increase over the next 12 months. However, only 42% of organizations report cross-departmental AI adoption with measurable impact, and only 50% have a board-approved dedicated AI strategy. The findings underscore a central theme from LIVE 2026: AI value depends on clear ownership, deliberate investment choices, governance, data readiness, and measurable execution.

“Our 2026 edition of Info-Tech LIVE in Las Vegas made clear that CIOs are no longer trying to prove whether AI matters; they’re now being asked to prove where it creates measurable value,” says Chief Research Officer at Info-Tech Research Group, Gord Harrison. “Agentic IT requires a different operating discipline that connects value creation and control through stronger strategy, governance, data readiness, security, and measurement. As shared across keynotes, panels, analyst one-on-ones, and privately amongst peers at various networking events throughout the week, the leaders who succeed will be the ones who know which AI bets to make, which to stop, and how to scale the work that delivers real outcomes.”

Key Sessions from Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Las Vegas

Across the event, Info-Tech analysts and featured speakers outlined how technology leaders can prepare their organizations for more autonomous systems while maintaining control, resilience, and business alignment.

The 200+ sessions reflected the broader message carried through Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Las Vegas: organizations are entering an era in which AI buy-in is no longer the central challenge, with execution becoming the differentiator. From agentic enterprise design and cybersecurity engineering to data-driven decision-making and CIO leadership, Info-Tech’s largest event to date highlighted the need for IT leaders to select the right workflows, strengthen governance, define ownership, and scale AI only where it can create measurable value.

The following is a summary of several of the major themes explored at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Las Vegas:

Agentic IT: From Hype to Value
Opening the conference, Info-Tech Research Group CEO Tom Zehren challenged CIOs and senior IT leaders to move beyond AI hype and focus on the operating discipline required to convert AI demand into measurable enterprise value. The keynote introduced Info-Tech’s Agentic IT Framework, built around four priorities: owning the AI mandate, picking the right AI bets, enforcing AI discipline, and proving and scaling AI value. Zehren’s session also highlighted new Info-Tech survey findings showing that while IT executives are broadly bullish on AI, organizations still need stronger strategy, governance, data readiness, and execution models to realize impact.Reinventing Cybersecurity in the AI Era
Technical Counselor Erik Avakian explored how AI is forcing cybersecurity leaders to rethink a discipline that was built for human-scale operations. His session framed threat detection and response, vulnerability management, and compliance management as engineering challenges rather than just security problems, as AI increases both the speed of attacks and the complexity of defenses. Avakian highlighted the need for security leaders to audit data and workflows, define guardrails before deploying agents, and prepare teams for new roles such as CyberAI agent supervisors and agent engineers.Designed for Autonomy: Inside the Agentic Enterprise
On the mainstage, Carlene McCubbin, AVP of Agentic AI Implementation, explored what it takes to build an organization that runs on AI, not just one that uses it. The session articulated the shift from AI adoption to transformation, moving from assisted and augmented work to agentic workflows, orchestrated systems, and enterprise-wide compounding value. To achieve this shift, McCubbin explained that leaders must start with the right workflows, architect agents for governed execution, and ensure production-ready systems have clear ownership, bounded permissions, defined incident paths, and observable trace logs before scaling.Agents 2.0: Architect for Autonomy
Martin Bufi, Principal Research Director, shared with attendees implementation evidence from a year of agentic AI development, including 13 prototypes, 63 agents built, and 123 tools created across 13 workflows and five domains. His keynote emphasized that autonomy without architecture creates risk, and that successful agentic systems must be mapped, engineered, and governed before they can scale. Bufi walked through practical lessons from the work, including the need to standardize workflows before automation, design agents around specific jobs rather than broad generalist tasks, build tool integrations deliberately, and ensure every agent can be measured, stopped, and improved.Become an Exponential CIO
The keynote from Geoff Nielson, SVP of Brand, Reach & Influence, examined how the CIO mandate is evolving as technology becomes more central to enterprise performance. Nielson highlighted for the nearly 4,000 IT leaders in attendance the gap between where C-suite leaders expect CIOs to operate and where many IT departments are today, with many still constrained by firefighting, immature processes, resource scarcity, stakeholder pressure, and under-leveraged data. The eight drivers of IT success were also shared, including stakeholder satisfaction, strong core IT processes, leadership development, mission-critical project delivery, right-sized risk, vendor effectiveness, evidence-based decisions, and business transformation.Tech Trends 2027
Executive Counselor Rob Meikle previewed the technology forces expected to shape IT decision-making in 2027 and beyond. The early look at the tech trends the firm is currently tracking urged leaders to move beyond instinct, hype, and headlines when placing technology bets, especially as agentic AI reshapes the technology stack, talent models, vendor markets, enterprise operations, and infrastructure decisions. For the Las Vegas gathering, Meikle outlined four major trend themes, including the shift in the IT stack to support agentic AI, the redrawing of talent and vendor strategies, the convergence of physical and digital operations, and the growing influence of geopolitical pressures on technology investment.Securing Agentic AI and the New Security Reality
The presentation from Research Director Pearl Almeida focused on the controls organizations must prioritize before scaling agentic AI. During Almeida’s talk, she emphasized that traditional security controls were built for predictable systems, while agentic AI introduces dynamic reasoning, shifting permissions, nondeterministic decisions, and autonomous loops. Almeida presented a layered approach to securing agents, including API security, MCP gateway enforcement, identity governance, logging, baselining, and monitoring, while framing autonomy boundaries as the new security perimeter for AI-enabled systems.

Through its research-driven agenda, Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Las Vegas provided CIOs and senior IT leaders with practical insights into how agentic AI can be governed, secured, and scaled to deliver measurable business outcomes. The conference underscored that the path from hype to value requires more than technology adoption, including operating discipline, enterprise design, workforce readiness, and leadership capable of translating AI potential into organizational results.

Photos, press releases, and related assets are available on the LIVE Media Kit page. Keynote presentations from the event are also accessible through the Info-Tech LIVE Hub, offering additional access to the research, frameworks, and insights shared during the conference.

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Media Passes for Upcoming Events: Applications Open for Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona and Toronto 

Media professionals, including journalists, bloggers, podcasters, and influencers, are invited to attend Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Barcelona, September 22-23, 2026, or Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Toronto, November 10-12, 2026, to gain exclusive access to research, content, and interviews with industry leaders for their audiences.

Media professionals looking to apply for media passes can contact pr@infotech.com to secure their spot for a front-row seat to exclusive insights and launches that only happen at Info-Tech LIVE events. 

Exhibitor Opportunities  

Exhibitors are also invited to be part of Info-Tech LIVE and showcase their products and services to a highly engaged audience of IT decision-makers. For more information about becoming an Info-Tech LIVE exhibitor, please contact events@infotech.com.  

About Info-Tech Research Group 

Info-Tech Research Group is the “get things done” partner for over 30,000 IT, HR, and marketing leaders worldwide. The fastest growing research and advisory firm, Info-Tech enables leaders to make well-informed decisions and transform their organizations through AI, strategic foresight, step-by-step methodologies, practical tools, industry-leading advisory, and training programs. For nearly 30 years, tens of thousands of private and public organizations have trusted Info-Tech to lead their most important initiatives through periods of change and deliver outcomes that truly matter. 

To learn more about Info-Tech’s HR research and advisory services, visit McLean & Company, and for data-driven software buying insights and vendor evaluations, visit the firm’s SoftwareReviews platform. 

Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software and hundreds of industry analysts through the firm’s Media Insiders program. To gain access, contact pr@infotech.com

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