On World Food Day, Education Cannot Wait calls for increased investment in school feeding programmes worldwide.

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Globally, 673 million people live in hunger today and, every year, 45 million girls and boys suffer from severe malnutrition. These are the tragic and real numbers behind food insecurity today.

In Haiti, ECW funding delivered by the World Food Programme buys food from local smallholder farmers, and community members cook and clean at school kitchens. Photo © WFP.

We must unite efforts to address hunger and the underlying causes of poverty, displacement, conflict and climate change. Education – and school feeding programmes in particular – offer a key entry point to address these interconnected challenges.

The world is making uneven progress, with girls and boys living in protracted crises most at risk. According to World Food Programme’s (WFP) latest State of School Feeding Worldwide report, 466 million children are receiving school meals, an increase of 80 million over the last four years. There is strong national investment in school meals, but countries faced with armed conflict, forced displacement and climate change impacts rarely have sufficient resources to provide healthy meals for every child. This is where multilateral funds like Education Cannot Wait (ECW) can make a difference.

From 2023 to 2024, ECW and its strategic partners provided school feeding programmes for approximately 385,000 children. Not only do these children receive healthy meals, but the community benefits as well.

In Cameroon and Haiti, for example, ECW funding of the World Food Programme buys food from local smallholder farmers, and community members cook and clean at school kitchens. Such programmes can strengthen local economies and make food systems more resilient. It’s a systems-wide approach to a global challenge, and girls and boys impacted by crises benefit most.

On World Food Day, ECW calls for increased investment in school feeding programmes for the 234 million girls and boys caught in crises. This is our investment in healthy minds and healthy bodies, our investment in an end to cycles of poverty and displacement, and our investment in climate resilience and sustainable economic development.

The event will empower B2B marketing leaders to master evolving buyer behaviors and embrace AI to drive business growth

Salesforce, Google Cloud, and UiPath to be honored as recipients of Forrester’s 2025 B2B Awards 

SINGAPORE, Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced the full conference agenda for its B2B Summit APAC 2025, taking place on November 6 in Singapore. The B2B buying landscape is evolving dramatically with buyers choosing to make self-guided purchases from trusted providers. As a result, marketing leaders must think beyond traditional marketing approaches to win, retain, and grow customers.

B2B Summit APAC will equip marketing leaders with actionable insights to address these evolving buyer demands, harness the potential of AI, and transform revenue processes. The event will highlight frameworks and tools that marketing leaders can use to drive customer-centric growth. Furthermore, the Forrester Decisions for Portfolio Marketing & Product service, focused on helping B2B leaders create customer-focused solutions and go-to-market strategies that drive profitable growth, is also now available to B2B marketing leaders in the region.  

Featuring top Forrester analysts and industry leaders, noteworthy sessions on the agenda include:  

• Introducing Buying Networks: Your Buyers’ New Reality. This keynote session will highlight how genAI and new information sources are reshaping the B2B buying process and enabling leaders to address and the buying complexity.
• Adapt For Shifting Search Behaviors. This keynote session will address how genAI is changing buyer search habits — and how to create content that builds trust and captures intent.
• Structuring Your GenAI Talent for B2B Marketing’s Future. In this keynote, leaders will learn how to build a strategic, future-ready AI talent model that drives transformation.
• The AI Advantage: Rethinking Event Strategy In A Changing World. This keynote session will explore how AI can improve event planning, personalize experiences, and boost ROI through smarter data and content strategies.

“Everything B2B organizations thought they knew about their buyers is being disrupted,” said Paul Ferron, VP and research director at Forrester. “The rise of generative AI, self-service purchasing, and changing buyer expectations is completely rewriting how companies approach B2B marketing. B2B Summit APAC has been designed to enable leaders to learn proven strategies to build trust with buyers, foster cross-functional alignment, and stay ahead of change.”

This year’s B2B Summit will also recognize Salesforce ANZ as the 2025 recipient of Forrester’s B2B Return On Integration Honors and Google Cloud and UiPath as its B2B Programs Of The Year Award winners.

Salesforce in Australia and New Zealand, this year’s B2B Return On Integration Honors winner, aligned its marketing, sales, and product teams to launch Agentforce, a digital labor platform, built on Salesforce, that helps teams create autonomous AI agents for any application or workflow. In its keynote presentation, Salesforce will share how its marketing team led this cross-functional, tech-driven initiative as Agentforce’s Customer Zero, using AI agents.

“Agentforce, our digital labor platform for enterprises, AI agent solution has transformed how prospects navigate, engage, and convert on our site,” said Leandro Perez, SVP and CMO ANZ, Salesforce. “By combining AI-powered chat with marketer-approved content, it drives higher conversions and nurtures colder leads autonomously. This cross-functional model has redefined how our marketing, sales, and product teams collaborate to deliver integrated customer experiences and measurable ROI at scale.”

B2B Program Of The Year Award winners will also share their success stories:

• Google Cloud will showcase how it leveraged genAI to enable its partner ecosystem to transform customer engagement.
• UiPath will highlight how it developed a perpetual adaptive program framework using its proprietary agentic AI tool to accelerate go-to-market activation.

Additionally, B2B Summit APAC will offer hands-on learning and workshops through the Executive Leadership Exchange, an invitation-only program for B2B executives; the Forrester Women’s Leadership Program, focused on empowering women in leadership roles; facilitated discussions and exclusive one-on-one access to Forrester analysts.  

Resources: 

• Register to attend Forrester’s B2B Summit APAC. 
• View the full agenda and speakers for B2B Summit APAC. 
• Members of the press interested in attending, please contact press@forrester.com.

About Forrester
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SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — JMGO unveils its latest innovation, the O2S Ultra, an intelligent ultra-short throw projector that redefines the home cinema experience.

Capable of projecting a 100-inch image from just 16.8cm away from the wall, the O2S Ultra offers the shortest throw ratio on the market. It instantly transforms any living room into a true movie theater, combining exceptional image power, immersive Dynaudio sound, and refined design.

Engineered to adapt to any space, the O2S Ultra projects a 100-inch image from just 16.8cm away from the wall. Easy to install and discreet, it simply needs to be placed on an piece of furniture to deliver a cinematic experience without losing space or requiring complex setup.

Its MALC™ 3.0 Tri-Laser system delivers a brilliant 4K image covering 110% of the BT.2020 color gamut, with 3,600 ISO lumens of brightness and a 3,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. Every detail is sharp, every color accurate, ensuring total immersion, even in bright light.

The experience extends beyond visuals. Developed in collaboration with Dynaudio, the O2S Ultra’s sound system delivers powerful and balanced audio, certified Dolby Audio and DTS-HD, for a complete cinema experience.

With Google TV and Netflix built in, users have access to over 10,000 entertainment apps, making every viewing session seamless, connected, and intuitive.

Compact and elegant, the O2S Ultra combines design and technology. Its recycled-material casing, discreet lines, and perfect integration into the living room, combined with the optional 120″ motorized screen, create a stylish and immersive home cinema setup.

Available now at a recommended retail price of 2,999.99USD. A special launch offer is available until October 31, 2025, with a 200USD discount at JMGO official store and Best Buy.

With the launch of the O2S Ultra, JMGO reaffirms its commitment to pushing the boundaries of home entertainment. By combining cutting-edge technology, sustainable design, and intuitive user experience, the brand is paving the way for a new generation of intelligent projectors designed to transform every living room into a true cinema space.

At ASHG, an early access customer from the London Health Sciences Center Research Institute demonstrated the power of the 5-base genome for accelerating resolution of rare disease cases 

Proprietary 5-base chemistry and novel DRAGEN algorithms enable dual-omic inquiry, providing researchers with new tool for precision medicine breakthroughs 

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced the release of its novel 5-base solution, enabling researchers to pursue broader biological questions with accuracy and ease. The 5-base solution marks a major advancement in scalable multiomic analysis, enabling simultaneous detection of both genomic variants and DNA methylation from a single sample, in a streamlined, cost-effective workflow. Powered by Illumina’s proprietary 5-base chemistry and custom DRAGEN algorithms, the solution delivers high-resolution insights into both the methylome and genome while reducing complexity and cost. This powerful workflow can help researchers uncover disease mechanisms, detect and discover biomarkers for cancer and genetic disease, study disease progression, identify drug targets, and advance precision medicine.

“Our new 5-base solution reflects the many ways we are redefining what’s possible through the power of multiomics,” said Steve Barnard, chief technology officer of Illumina. “It’s already driving insights in areas ranging from oncology to rare disease and elucidating the role of epigenetic regulation in human health—all in a cost-effective, scalable workflow.”

Key features of the 5-base solution

Unlike conventional methylation conversion technologies, Illumina’s proprietary conversion chemistry selectively converts methylated cytosine to thymine. This selective conversion of methylated cytosines preserves genomic complexity and variant information in the sequencing library, generating maximum biological insights in each run.

Customers can choose from two kits, Illumina 5-Base DNA Prep and Illumina 5-Base DNA Prep with Enrichment, both commercially available following a successful early-access program. Illumina 5-Base DNA Prep offers whole-genome coverage and Illumina 5-Base DNA Prep with Enrichment allows the user to focus on select genomic regions of interest through targeted enrichment. Both kits can detect DNA methylation at a single-base resolution.

The library preparation and sequencing of these kits are compatible with Illumina NovaSeq Systems and the NextSeq 2000 System. Novel DRAGEN algorithms allow for simultaneous methylation profiling and high-accuracy genomic variant calling. Illumina Connected Multiomics combines multiomic data with powerful statistical visualization and interpretation, making deep biological insights possible. This end-to-end Illumina pipeline unlocks the future of discovery and drug development.

Unlocking streamlined discovery in rare disease

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute’s research chair in Clinical Genomics and Epigenomics, Bekim Sadikovic, is one of over 50 early testers applying the 5-base solution to their multiomic research questions.

“Illumina’s comprehensive 5-base technique—with the ability to use the combined genome sequencing and epigenetic data simultaneously—has the potential to change the way we look at functional genomics,” said Sadikovic. “This is going to allow us to add layers of insight that go beyond genetics alone, toward a more complete view of rare diseases.”

Sadikovic presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting in Boston, where he illustrated the Illumina 5-base solution’s ability to detect variants and methylation signatures across rare disease samples. His talk “Validation of integrated platform for simultaneous detection of genetic variants and DNA methylation episignatures in rare diseases” was held in Room 153ABC on October 15 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM ET.

In addition to its new 5-base solution, Illumina is showcasing the new Illumina Protein Prep product along with its full range of multiomics technology this week at ASHG. Those interested in the ASHG talks but unable to attend the presentation can preregister for the on-demand webinar here. You can see all of Illumina’s multiomics solutions in development and commercially available here.

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SHANGHAI, Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A report from Ringiertrade.

MedTec China 2025, which took place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center (SWEECC) from September 24-26, served as the ideal platform to promote the latest innovations in the production of medical devices. At this exhibition, ROSTI Integrated Manufacturing Solutions (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (ROSTI) provided visitors with interesting glimpse of its medical device design, assembly and production solutions aimed at the highly dynamic Asian markets. 

ROSTI, a pioneer injection molding and assembly for the medical device industry, highlighted its technical expertise in the field of medical devices – from conceptualization and design to production and final output. In China, ROSTI offers optical injection molding and assembly services. Aside from its high-quality injection molding and assembly services, it also manages subsequent packaging, sterilization, overseas market documentation preparation, as well as regulatory consulting. Pat Williams, Senior Vice President of ROSTI Asia, together with Yifei Dai, Managing Director of Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC), discussed how their partnership led to the innovative designs of the medical devices that were presented at the ROSTI booth.

Combined expertise in the medical devices field 

At MedTech China 2025, ROSTI put into centerstage several new products that reflect its strong capabilities in the field of medical devices. One of these products is an innovative dermatology device designed for a US customer. “This product was the first project that we had with a design partner and was launched into production. It exemplifies the importance of a strong partnership between ROSTI and a design company that has enabled the development of a good design where we achieved precision and efficient manufacturing by working together with a design partner. The result is an excellent product that was launched and delivered to the customer, and will be commercially available,” according to Pat Williams. 

ROSTI, in partnership with IDC, also showed off a skincare device that was launched in early last year. Another product is a smart device that connects to IOT on the mobile phone, which, according to Williams, “is a differentiated change from the first smart device that we’ve launched in the market as a result of our cooperation with our design partner.” ROSTI has also recently gone into surgical stapler with very high precision – which was produced first in the US and later in Suzhou. A number of products that were previously produced in the Europea facility of ROSTI have now gone into production at the ROSTI facility in China.  

Another strong point for ROSTI is how its customers benefit from the company’s materials that are contained in the FDA-backed masterfile. This allows customers to use ROSTI’s 3D printing technology to make the initial device using FDA-backed materials, obtain FDA approval and conduct clinical test before going into mass production. “We provide that bridge from prototype to a functional prototype stage to help our customers lower their costs and save time through this process,” according to Williams. Materials that conform to stringent medical standards and have been approved for use in different sterilization methods are required for reusable medical device, as well as for single use medical device. With ROSTI’s expertise, their customers are able to easily comply to the standards required for various types of medical devices. 

As ROSTI’s partner in the designing the innovative products that it’s able to offer its customers, IDC has been engaged in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering starting from the initial conceptualization, design and manufacture. At the exhibition booth, IDC presented some of its designs, among them, a continuous positive airway pressure device that is intended for people who suffer from a condition known as sleep apnea. The device was also found useful during the Covid pandemic where it was able to save lives.  According to Yifei Dai, Managing Director of IDC, “Our customers approach us with design challenges as well as reliability and usability issues, which we help resolve. Then we focus on the key innovations that can be introduced on the product.” IDC performs usability studies, work with the medical professionals and conduct user trials. As Yifei Dai put it: “IDC has invented a new way of operating the medical devices we design to make them more comfortable and enable ease of use that also support the medical practitioners.”  IDC has also designed medical devices that enable the user to feel proud and excited about wearing the device because of several factors such as the device being more lightweight and usable. This has been made possible through sophisticated manufacturing process that has been part of the design stage. 

The main difference between IDC with other design companies is that IDC is a full service design agency that can basically start from product design research all the way through to production support. As Yifei Dai explains, “IDC works with the customer in making sure that the product can be launched to the market properly, so this involves conducting clinical research and industrial ID design, mechanical software design and design to support manufacturing transfers – an entirely complete package. IDC brings value to the Chinese medical device company through product innovation where we create a product to solve the clinical problems.” IDC helps solve the problems through innovations that will enable the creation of new patent opportunities for its customer so they can register new patent. 

ROSTI and IDC working together have achieved the target results, with ROSTI serving as advisor to IDC during the design process – a very important aspect in getting the manufacturing work team working together to understand the feasibility of every design project. 

Advancing in China and the rest of the world  – future plans and strategies

ROSTI is celebrating its 25^th anniversary in China. Over the years, ROSTI has been moving forward in the China market with its innovations leaning toward providing high quality products and services that respond to the everchanging demands of customers  in China and the rest of the Asian region. “Being in such a huge market as China requires us to keep on adding value to what we offer. We have to keep reinventing and now, ROSTI is providing  end-to-end solutions to our customers, working with our manufacturing partners, and our design partners. We have gone forward in the medical sector by being a contract development manufacturing organization where we can offer what our customers need, and that’s what we’ve developed in the last 25 years,” according to Williams. To support the upsurge in its medical business, ROSTI has sought the approval of a plan for an expanded 500-square-meter 100,000-level cleanroom which aims to meet the demands of both new and existing customers, and also highlights ROSTI’s decision to further strengthen its hold in the medical field. The expansion project is scheduled for completion in February 2026.  The company has also been certified under ISO 13485 medical standards.

ROSTI currently has two hubs for its medical business – one in China and another in Poland. These hubs are being expanded. In Asia, the facilities in Malaysia and Singapore are supporting the medical device business with the expansion of the cleanroom in Malaysia also being planned. With the actual drive toward regulatory compliance getting more stringent in China and in some cases being higher than other markets, ROSTI and IDC working together offer customers value added services through improved product design and efficient manufacturing process that meet global standards.

About ROSTI Group

Founded in 1944 with headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, ROSTI Group is a global technology-led plastic injection molding company and contract manufacturer to some of the world’s leading manufacturers in the packaging, consumer appliances, business machines and medical sectors.The Group has 3,200 existing employees across 8 production facilities in Europe and Asia. For more information, visit: www.rosti.com