4th Swiss Symposium in Point-of-Care Diagnostics held at the Davos Conference Center on 21 October, 2021

After last year's successful online symposium, the 4th edition of the Swiss Symposium in POC Diagnostics gathered more than 150 participants from medicine, industry and science as well as from different European countries to meet at the Davos Conference Center for an exciting program with 13 expert speakers, a poster session and a product & technology exhibition. The mandatory COVID-certificate to access the event has allowed people to meet (again at last!), network and share their views and success stories in the field of POC Diagnostics that continues to be propelled by digitalization, new technological possibilities, user needs and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sustainability assessment of building life cycle costing: A case study of Calabar International Conference Center

This work presents a study of sustainability assessment of building life cycle (LCC). The analysis was conducted, information model developed. The LCC analysis was forecast for 50 years with the following discount rates 4%, 5%, 6%, 8%, 10%, 12% and 13%. The result showed, the lower the discount rates the higher the cost value and via vasa. The product of net present value (NPV) is > 0, indicating a significant benefit at the end of the study period. The construction cost was 73% of the total forecast costs of the building while operation, maintenance/repair, replacement and decommissioning cost ranks 2%, 8%, 13% and 4% respectively of the building costs. The total forecast life cycle costs ranked 30.24% of the construction cost. The energy costs contributed 54.78% of the total forecast cost. The energy costs were the most cost incurring factor, the use of alternative sources of power supply such as solar will serve as the best and more cost friendly alternative source of energy. The decommissioning costs at the end of CICC building life cycle stand at ₦355,807,000. The study explains a practical analysis on how a life cycle costing of Calabar International Conference Center project was analysed and forecast for a period of 50 years using different discount rates.

biotechnet Switzerland

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised in 2020 an unprecedented need for diagnostic testing, especially rapid testing, for SARS-CoV-2 infections. POC diagnostic tools, however, have clearly also importance in other domains such as oncology and women's health, because of the efficiency and convenience factors playing an increasingly important role in a mobile (and sometimes confined) and digitally connected world. Out of necessity, the 3rd edition of the Swiss Symposium in POC Diagnostics, originally planned to take place at the La Poste Conference Center in Visp, was smoothly run online with 170 engaged participants from science, industry and laboratory medicine.

Analisis Strategi Komunikasi Public Relations Dalam Membangun Dan Mempertahankan Pola Hubungan Masyarakat

The purpose of this study was to analyze the public relations communication strategy of Aston Priority Simatupang Hotel & Conference Center in building and maintaining community relationship. This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive methods, non-participant observation, and triangulation of sources. The object of this study is the Aston Priority Simatupang Hotel & Conference Center. Secondary data were collected through documentation of public relations activities. The results of this study indicate that the Aston Priority Simatupang Hotel & Conference Center has implemented a public relations communication strategy using online and offline media in building relationships with the community.The results of the implementation of the public relations communication strategy show that the Aston Priority Simatupang Hotel & Conference Center has increased engagement and occupancy by 60% due to information provided through the media and the public's enthusiasm for the activities created by public relations has increased.

The Challenges for an American Greek Orthodoxy

This chapter draws attention to Ligonier, a small town in western Pennsylvania with a population of about fifteen hundred that served as an unlikely site for where the future of Greek Orthodoxy in America would be decided. It describes Ligonier as a home to the Antiochian Village and Conference Center, which is administered by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of America. The chapter discusses the Antiochian Church, which had begun its existence in America under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Church and had suffered internal divisions similar to those that Greek Orthodoxy faced in the 1920s. It investigates how the Antiochian Church was unified under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch based in Damascus, Syria. It also highlights the Arab Orthodox immigrants that were members of the Antiochian Church and explains how they admitted a number of converts from evangelical Protestantism in the 1980s.

Perspektif Konsumen terhadap Pemasaran Paket MICE pada Departemen Pemasaran Hotel Aston Madiun

This study discusses the consumer perspective about the marketing activities of MICE packages organised by the Sales and Marketing Department at Aston Madiun Hotel and Conference Center. The component of organising marketing activities to be evaluated refers to the Marketing Mix model developed by Kotler (2014) knows as 4Ps (product, price, promotion, and place). In this study, researchers used quantitative and qualitative data. Data collection is done by distributing questionnaires to 112 respondents determined through purposive sampling, namely visitors who have purchased MICE packages at Aston Madiun Hotel and Conference Center. Data collection was also obtained from interviews with guests and the Sales and Marketing Department as organisers of hotel marketing activities, observation and literature. In order to formulate the overall evaluation steps, an analysis of the four sectors of hotel marketing activities was carried out in the form of analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation whose results will be described descriptively. The results showed that the overall marketing mix component received a positive response from guests who had purchased the MICE package at the Aston Madiun Hotel. Two questionnaire items obtain quite low scores, namely hotel items routinely offer and update the details of MICE packages directly to companies and hotels utilising all print media for marketing MICE package activities. The data obtained from the study will be used as study material to evaluate the marketing activities of the Marketing Department in marketing an Aston Madiun Hotel service product, in the form of accuracy of analysis, product development that is in line with the main potential of the hotel, implementation of targeted market segmentation and always evaluating every marketing process that has been passed.