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ICAC Commissioner in Vienna to meet new UNODC Chief to foster anti-corruption strategic collaboration and unveil ICAC’s AI enforcement system “Tianma” at UNODC’s anti-graft conference

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VIENNA, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ICAC Commissioner Mr Woo Ying-ming concluded a five-day visit to Vienna, Austria. During the fruitful visit, Mr Woo and Ms Monica Juma, the newly appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), held their first bilateral meeting. Mr Woo noted that the ICAC and the UNODC were close partners who have jointly delivered more than 20 initiatives over the past three years, including co-organising training programmes in Hong Kong and capacity-building programmes for jurisdictions worldwide, co-producing anti-corruption guidebooks, and sharing experiences at UNODC meetings. These efforts have earned strong recognition from the international community and benefited law enforcement agencies across dozens of jurisdictions.

The two parties also explored launching a high-level anti-corruption cooperation initiative in Hong Kong next year. Mr Woo anticipated that under the leadership of Ms Juma, the UNODC and the ICAC would continue to deepen collaboration to advance global anti-corruption cause.

A further highlight of the visit was the anti-corruption workshop under UNODC’s Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network), where Mr Woo and ICAC directorates introduced ICAC’s newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) enforcement system “Tianma” and a relevant development blueprint to over 130 experts from about 70 anti-corruption, law enforcement and regulatory agencies. “Fighting tech with better tech is not a slogan for the ICAC but our strategic priority with GlobE Network. While technology keeps evolving, law enforcers must keep pace. We hope this system, which is developed from real experience, will inspire our counterparts to turn technology into their sharpest enforcement weapon,” Mr Woo noted.

Experience sharing by ICAC officers on the development of “Tianma” to enhance corruption investigation in recent years drew overwhelming responses. Experts attending the workshop actively exchanged with ICAC representatives and highly appraised the system, affirming that artificial intelligence represented the future and vision of anti-corruption agencies, which would bring transformation to investigation while enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. Mr Woo stressed that the Commission was always ready to share its experience to guide global graft fighters through the technology arena.

Developed by the ICAC since last year, “Tianma” enhanced corruption investigations by consolidating and analysing information with artificial intelligence, as well as enhancing the effectiveness of computer forensics and forensic accounting. The ICAC would continue to refine the system by incorporating the latest technologies to further enhance investigation quality and efficiency.

During the visit to Vienna, the delegation also met with Mr Yin Haigang, Charge d’affaires of the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Vienna, to share ICAC’s anti-corruption work.

Accompanying Mr Woo on the duty visit were Director of Investigation (Government Sector) of the Operations Department Mr Choi Shu-keung, Assistant Director Mr Paul Lau Chi-ho, Principal Investigator Mr Eric Yong Chi-hung, Chief International Cooperation Officer Ms Crystal Lee Ngan-yan and Chief Academy Officer Mr Karson Li Tsz-hin.

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Sensi.AI Hosts “An Evening of Learnings with Sensi & Teepa Snow” for Senior Care Leaders

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Complimentary Dine & Learn for Strategic Care Operators Not Yet Using Sensi

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — 

WHAT:
The senior care industry is at an inflection point. Families are demanding more transparency. Staffing shortages are accelerating. And a growing aging population is moving across settings, from home to assisted living to hospice, with care that too often resets at every transition.

That’s why Sensi.AI and dementia care pioneer Teepa Snow are coming together for a complimentary Dine & Learn at The Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, NC. With more than 8,000 in-person trainings across 30+ countries, Teepa is one of the most influential voices in senior care today.

Through intimate dinner conversation and expert-led sessions, attendees will leave with a practical care and AI playbook and a clearer picture of how human-centered expertise and care intelligence can work together across the full care continuum to address staffing challenges, elevate standard of care, and preserve compassion at scale.

WHEN:
November 10, 2026 | 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM

WHERE:
The Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, NC.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Home care agency owners serving 20+ clients and senior living community owners with 50+ residents are invited to apply to attend here.

Upon applying, qualified companies will receive an official invitation.

 ABOUT SENSI.AI

Sensi.AI is THE agentic operating system for care providers, built for the care teams who are burning out, the coordinators running blind, and the seniors who deserve better than a system held together by exhausted people doing their best.

When the care layer knows a senior’s patterns, the ops layer makes smarter staffing decisions. When the ops layer runs smoothly, the growth layer enables providers to serve more seniors who deserve care. That is the power of Sensi’s care intelligence, trained with years of real care data.

The results speak for themselves: Armed with 100+ care-related insights, agencies using Sensi reduce hospitalizations by an average of 22% and double the length of service. Sensi is HIPAA compliant and supports more than 80 percent of the largest home care networks in North America. For more information, visit sensi.ai.

ABOUT TEEPA SNOW, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA

Teepa Snow is an Occupational Therapist with over forty years of rich and varied clinical and academic experience. Her philosophy is reflective of her education, work experience, medical research, and first-hand caregiving experiences. Her advocacy efforts led her to the development of the GEMS® State Model for understanding the progression of dementia and changes in abilities. She also created the Positive Approach to Care® training strategies, which are effective techniques for anyone seeking to optimize care and support for those living with brain change. As the Education Director of Eastern North Carolina’s Alzheimer’s Association, she also helped to create the nation’s award-winning DVD entitled Accepting the Challenge: Providing the Best Care for People with Dementia. Her user-friendly approaches provide guidance and leadership to national efforts to promote best practices in care.

Teepa founded the Positive Approach to Care® organization in 2007, and it is now collaborating to improve dementia care in more than thirty countries worldwide. Positive Approach to Care provides online and in-person services, training, and products to professionals, family members, the lay public, and individuals living with brain change. In 2022, Teepa founded Snow Approach Foundation, a nonprofit organization based near her home in Hillsborough, North Carolina, with the mission of fostering the development of a neurodiverse, inclusive community. For more information, please visit teepasnow.com or snowapproach.org.

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Scrum Alliance and IIBA Partner to Connect Agile Delivery and Business Analysis

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New partnership launches with reciprocal member benefits.

DENVER, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Scrum Alliance®, the global leader in agile and scrum training, and the International Institute of Business Analysis™ (IIBA®), the world’s leading association for business analysis, today announced a strategic partnership designed to bridge agile delivery and business analysis.

Scrum Alliance members receive 15% off eligible IIBA memberships, certifications, learning bundles, and renewals. IIBA publications and certification application fees are not eligible for the discount. Likewise, IIBA members receive 15% off eligible Scrum Alliance on-demand microcredential courses. Each course includes a two-year Scrum Alliance membership.

As organizations integrate AI and rethink how work gets done, the ability to identify the right problems, make sound decisions, and rapidly realize value from those decisions is becoming increasingly important. Business analysis and agile delivery bring complementary capabilities to that challenge.

“Agile delivery and business analysis have always worked side by side,” said Tristan Boutros, CEO of Scrum Alliance. “As AI changes how organizations make decisions and create value, the ability to connect insight with execution becomes even more important. By bringing the Scrum Alliance and IIBA communities together, we can help professionals build the broader capabilities they need to lead and deliver in this new environment.”

“For organizations investing in AI, the hard part is deciding what will provide business value and getting teams aligned to act on it,” said Delvin Fletcher, President and CEO of IIBA. “Business analysis and agile delivery both help solve for that. We’re thrilled to team up with Scrum Alliance to give our global communities a better way to expand their capabilities and lead through change.”

Ready to take advantage of these partner benefits?

For Scrum Alliance members: Access your IIBA discount and learn more at www.scrumalliance.org/iiba/iiba-for-scrum-alliance-members.For IIBA members: Explore Scrum Alliance microcredential courses and claim your offer at www.scrumalliance.org/iiba.

About Scrum Alliance

A nonprofit focused on agile education and professional credentialing, Scrum Alliance continues to advance its vision of Agile for Anyone™ by equipping professionals and their organizations with the education, skills, and community needed to succeed in today’s ever-evolving workplaces.

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About IIBA

For over 20 years, the International Institute of Business Analysis™ (IIBA®) has helped shape the practice of business analysis to achieve better enterprise outcomes. A professional association with 30,000 members, 120 chapters, 1,500 volunteers, and 500 partners worldwide, IIBA supports the recognition of business analysis within organizations. It enables networking and community engagement, provides foundational standards and resources, and offers internationally recognized certification programs for career advancement. For more information, visit iiba.org.

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MailXstream Launches Zapier Integration to Automate Print-to-Mail Order Submission

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New connection links MailXstream to more than 7,000 apps, letting businesses trigger printed and mailed documents automatically from the tools they already use

WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MailXstream, a cloud-based print-to-mail platform operated by eVanguard Solutions, Inc., today announced the release of its official Zapier integration, giving businesses a no-code way to connect MailXstream’s print-and-mail service to thousands of other applications.

The integration allows a document created or updated in an app such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or an accounting or CRM system to automatically flow into MailXstream for printing and mailing, without staff manually uploading files or re-entering recipient information. Recipient addresses and mailing lists can be pulled in the same way, sourced from a spreadsheet, database, or CRM record at the moment an order is created.

The integration also reports back: businesses can route Slack notifications, update records, or trigger follow-up emails automatically when an order completes, encounters an error, or requires approval, and can look up an order’s status from within any automated workflow.

“Manual mailing steps are one of the last bottlenecks in an otherwise automated back office,” said Jay Rohr, President of eVanguard Solutions, Inc. “This integration lets a business’s existing systems talk directly to MailXstream, so a document that used to require someone to open MailXstream and submit it by hand now goes out the same way it always would have — just without anyone touching it.”

The integration includes a Send Document action for submitting orders, along with triggers for Order Completed, Order Errored, and Order Action Required, plus a Find Order search for checking an order’s status mid-workflow. It supports MailXstream’s separate Production and Test environments, so businesses can build and prove out a workflow safely before connecting it to live mail.

Setup requires a MailXstream account with order-creation permissions, a Zapier account, and an access token generated from the MailXstream profile page. Once connected, users choose a MailXstream template, map the document and recipient data from their trigger app, and the Zap is ready to run.

The MailXstream Zapier integration is available now to all MailXstream customers. For setup instructions and detailed workflow examples, visit mailxstream.com or contact MailXstream support.

Contact:
support@mailxstream.com
1-877-365-MAIL (6245)

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About MailXstream
MailXstream is a service of eVanguard Solutions, Inc. First launched in 2005, MailXstream is an on-demand print-to-mail platform that lets businesses in healthcare, finance, legal, insurance, and property management send invoices, statements, notices, and marketing mail directly from their desktop, with next-business-day entry into the USPS mail stream.

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