Conferences

• The European Central Bank (ECB) is hosting and partnering on several high-level academic conferences and seminars focused on economic policy and financial stability. • Key events include a joint conference with the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking celebrating its 50th anniversary, and a workshop with the Centre for Economic Policy Research on household heterogeneity. • Another significant collaboration involves the National Bank of Belgium, Toulouse School of Economics, and Solvay Brussels School to discuss the current state of managing financial crises.

• India is hosting a series of top AI conferences designed for software developers, MLOps engineers, and enterprise IT decision-makers. • The events feature multi-track technical workshops, expert keynotes, and masterclasses focused on cutting-edge AI toolchains. • Key discussion themes include Agentic AI, Generative AI, LLMs, and Open Source AI Infrastructure to keep engineering teams competitive.

• WEPSEA 2026 will be held in Shanghai to showcase innovations in the packaging value chain, including digital printing, corrugated packaging, and food packaging technologies. • The event will feature over 20 conferences, workshops, and networking activities designed to provide technical insights and market intelligence for industry professionals. • The exhibition addresses the rapid transformation of Southeast Asia's manufacturing and consumer markets, focusing on digitalization, sustainability, and supply chain diversification.

• One Nation has announced eight candidates for the upcoming Victorian state election in November, including a former Liberal member and a film animator. • Party leader Pauline Hanson has banned the ABC and The Guardian from attending the party's press conferences. • The move follows new legislation introduced by Premier Ben Carroll to scrap group voting tickets, making the top-spot candidates the most likely to win upper house seats.

• SCBX has enhanced its frontier research capabilities after having its AI research papers accepted at four prestigious global conferences, including ICLR, ACL, and EACL. • The research focuses on deepening foundational capabilities in reasoning for large language models (LLMs), which are the core technologies behind systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. • This achievement signals SCBX's growing influence in the fields of Natural Language Processing (NLP), machine learning, and deep learning.