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Overwhelmed, underwhelmed at the Web Summit, Lisbon

Paul Hobcraft

The Web Summit, originally Dublin Web Summit, is a technology conference held annually since 2009. I wanted to learn a little more from some of the bigger sponsors on where the future was heading (AI, Big Data etc). The company was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey.

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How China Creates the Strongest Innovation System

The BMI Lab Blog

The growing percentage of funds allocated to technology innovation clearly shows China's ambition on innovation leadership (source: Prof. The majority of venture capital investment is in digital technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and financial technology companies. Maritime engineering.

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