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Impact X returns as marquee event of Climate Action Week Sydney

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SYDNEY, March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Australia’s largest climate and nature summit Impact X returns for its fourth year as a marquee event of Climate Action Week Sydney, with 500+ attendees and 50+ speakers from across the globe converging on Sydney’s Town Hall today.

This year’s theme of “Towards a Climate Positive Future: Delivering Net Zero and Beyond” comes as record-breaking heatwaves and extreme weather events increase worldwide in a world warming beyond 1.5°C, including Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Critically, this year’s will also strongly focus on the integration of indigenous and Pacific knowledge systems.

This includes kicking off with a panel featuring Dr Anne Poelina (Nyikina Warrwa Woman), Tui Shortland (Director, Te Kopu Pacific Indigenous & Local Knowledge Centre), and other First Nations leaders.

It will also be co-MCed by Susan Moylan-Coombs, Founding Director of the Gaimaragal Group, alongside Jeremy Liddle, Managing Director of Third Hemisphere.

Susan Moylan-Coombs will outline how indigenous knowledge systems represent untapped resources, given approaches such as the circular economy are actually age-old indigenous practices that could have been implemented hundreds of years ago.

Notable other speakers include keynotes from Clover Moore (Lord Mayor of Sydney), Matt Kean (Chair, Climate Change Authority), Johan Rockstrom (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Dermot O’Gorman (CEO, WWF Australia), and Katie Kiss (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner).

Speakers focussed on the business community in particular include Kate Dundas, Executive Director at the UN Global Compact, Martijn Wilder AM, Chair of the National Reconstruction Fund, and Michael Battaglia, Mission Lead Towards Net Zero at CSIRO.

There will also be a special session featuring Keith Tuffley and Kat Bruce on their Ocean Science Expedition where they undertook a single-season crossing of the arctic Northwest Passage to raise awareness of  the six planetary tipping points in the arctic.

Event co-founder and director, Tony Gourlay, believes these conversations couldn’t be more urgent, as record-breaking heatwaves and extreme weather events worldwide provide a sobering preview of challenges in a world warming beyond 1.5°C.

Tony Gourlay, Co-founder and Director of Impact X said: “People from across all areas of society – whether in business, government, investment, or otherwise – are encouraged to attend this landmark event that promises to deliver debate, discussion, and lots of big ideas to accelerate investment and collaboration across sectors, borders, and all levels of society.”

Tim Ferraro, Director APAC at Land Life, said:: “Regardless of what is happening with the US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, it’s all systems go in Australia from the perspective of nature restoration. If the US is scaling down, we’ve got other countries scaling up. It’s providing an opportunity to drive more international capital to restoration work closer to home. Global firms are still getting on with the job – we see large companies putting out very large tenders for nature-based restoration carbon offsets, with a big demand for high integrity projects.”

Michael Battaglia, Mission Lead Towards Net Zero at CSIRO, said: “Impact X will be again an important coming together.  We are now well into the net zero transition and some things are going well and some bits are proving hard.  But it is when things are hard and complex that we need to come together and learn from each other, and look at new ways to solve the hard problems.”

The Impact X Summit will be held at Sydney Town Hall on March 11, 2025, with tickets available here.

Impact X is Australia’s global climate conference organiser, bringing together industry, government, investors, and other stakeholders to catalyse solutions to climate change, restore the natural environment, and create the sustainable systems of the future. With its Impact X Summits, the company supports the growth and scaling of climate investment, technologies, and net zero innovation.

Third Hemisphere is a leading APAC-based PR and investment agency specialising in technology, finance, sustainability and climate, for innovators, leaders and investors who are breaking new ground and changing the world. Our mission is to help clients lead the conversation to create impact and become category leaders, through strategic and integrated communications across tier-1 news media, social, and digital channels. This drives commercial outcomes with their investors, customers, partners, talent, and governments. We also create and implement investment strategies and investor comms that drive the success of fast-growth technology ventures. Third Hemisphere was awarded 2024 Mumbrella PR Agency of the year, the 2023 Mumbrella Boutique Agency of the Year and 2023 SABRE Best Financial Services Campaign. Founder and Managing Director, Hannah Moreno, has also been awarded Mumbrella’s 2023 PR Professional of the Year, shortlisted for Mumbrella’s 2024 PR Leader of the Year, and was also finalist for 2023 PR Agency Head of the Year at the PR Asia Awards and the 2021 Women in Finance Awards.

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Melody Party Offers Over 20,000 Songs and Adds More Than a Thousand New Tracks Monthly, Enhancing Its Online Karaoke Experience

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SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Melody Party is a music social app featuring a variety of activities, including Mic Grab, Artist Mafia, and Singing Battle. Through its online karaoke feature, SING A SONG, the app brings the traditional karaoke experience online, removing time and location constraints and offering a music experience that combines real-time singing with social interaction.

SING A SONG features an extensive library of more than 20,000 songs, with over a thousand new songs added every month. Its diverse selection includes popular K-pop tracks, classic Korean songs, and karaoke favorites. The feature offers a free-use model, allowing users to start singing their chosen songs without paying a separate fee. This helps reduce the time and cost associated with visiting traditional coin-operated karaoke venues, making it easier to enjoy singing as part of everyday life.

In terms of functionality, SING A SONG supports pitch adjustment and independent volume controls for vocals and accompaniment, allowing users to customize their singing experience according to their preferences. Users can also create online karaoke rooms, invite friends to sing together in real time, and enjoy voice chat and social interaction.

By continuously expanding its song library and offering diverse music-based interactive experiences, Melody Party continues to strengthen its music ecosystem. Through SING A SONG, the platform aims to create an accessible, highly interactive online music social space.

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Drawing new strength from 20-year legacy, IAACA calls on global counterparts to join annual conference to fortify integrity

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MARRAKECH, Morocco, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), an independent and non-political anti-corruption organisation with over 190 member anti-corruption authorities (ACAs) worldwide, will co-host IAACA Annual Conference 2026 in Marrakech, Morocco next month together with the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong, China (ICAC) and the National Authority for Probity, Prevention and Fight Against Corruption of Morocco (INPPLC) to chart a path for the global graft fight and explore cutting-edge approaches to tackle emerging corruption challenges.

Themed “Building on 20 Years of Legacy: Drawing Strength from the Past, Guarding Global Integrity for the Future”, the international event will not only mark the 20th anniversary of the IAACA, but also provide a dynamic forum for IAACA members to exchange insights and enhance co-operation.

Calling on international counterparts to participate in the conference scheduled for November 25, IAACA President Mr Woo Ying-ming, who also serves as ICAC Commissioner, said that “As the IAACA marks its 20th anniversary, the conference will bring together global anti-corruption community at a pivotal moment for collective action. I anticipate that the valuable insights and new approaches generated through the international synergy will chart a resilient strategic path for us to navigate integrity risks and draw strength from our shared legacy to guard global integrity for generations to come.”

During the conference, renowned international experts from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Basel Institute on Governance, the International Anti-Corruption Academy, and global anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies and institutions will shed light on harnessing artificial intelligence in the fight against corruption, safeguarding integrity within global climate and biodiversity frameworks and analysing global corruption measurement and systemic effectiveness.

Following the conference, the ICAC, the INPPLC, the IAACA and the UNODC will co-organise a training seminar on leveraging AI in combating corruption.

While the ICAC and INPPLC will share how AI and new technology can reshape the future of anti-graft enforcement and corruption prevention, the UNODC will provide a global perspective on using AI models in financial crime investigations and addressing the operational relevance, legal robustness and adaptability across jurisdictions.

For details of the conference and training, please visit:
https://www.icac.org.hk/icac/iaaca-morocco-2026/index.html

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Viettel moves 100 million subscribers to home-grown cloud-native charging in three months – with zero downtime

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HANOI, Vietnam, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Viettel High Technology Industries Corporation (Viettel High Tech), part of Viettel Group, has migrated more than 100 million subscribers and some 5,000 tariff plans at Viettel, Vietnam’s largest mobile operator, to vOCS 4.0, its in-house cloud-native charging system. The three-month cutover ran on a live national network with no service disruption.

Replacing a charging system is one of the riskiest projects an operator can undertake, which is why many stick with legacy platforms. Viettel High Tech reduced the risk through real-time data synchronization, parallel running and a phased cutover, with instant rollback at every stage.

The project won the Telecom Review Excellence Awards 2026 prize for Best Technology Deployment in Asia, a first for a Vietnamese company.

What it means for operators:

Scale: more than 300,000 transactions per second at latency below 5 milliseconds, across 2G–5G and fixed services on one platformLower cost: up to 50% less hardware investment than the previous generation, by sharing infrastructure with the networkAgility: new tariff plans in hours instead of days, new features three times faster and deployments about 30% fasterResilience: two active data centers about 2,000 km apart and automatic recovery in under two minutes

Viettel High Tech developed every core layer in-house, from a telecom-grade cloud-native platform and NFV-MANO orchestration to real-time charging, subscriber and balance management.

“Passing rigorous tests of real-time self-diagnosis and self-recovery is what allows an operator to keep its promise of 24/7 service to customers,” said Luu Manh Ha, CEO of Viettel Networks, which operates the system on Viettel’s network in Vietnam. “Above all, owning the charging system means an operator is not dependent on foreign vendors – it safeguards digital sovereignty and preserves business flexibility.”

“The charging system is where an operator’s business strategy turns into revenue in real time,” said Nguyen Minh Quang, CEO of Viettel High Tech. “We believe vOCS 4.0 is ready to help operators worldwide capture the value of 5G and digital services.”

In 2017, vOCS 4.0’s predecessor, vOCS 3.0, replaced a foreign vendor’s platform for 90 million Viettel subscribers. Across both generations, vOCS serves more than 220 million subscribers in 11 countries. Viettel High Tech now offers vOCS 4.0 to operators worldwide.

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