Conference News: Two new events; Cloud Conf CFP; Watch this, STAT!

Electrification for All: Greenbiz has created a new online event from the VERGE conference and expo series which focuses on “how markets, technology and policy must work together to electrify everything — including transportation, buildings and industry — and clean the electric grid.” VERGE Electrify will take place from 25 – 26 May and will bring together more than 5,000 industry and sustainability decision makers as well as policy makers. Topics will include: The Future of Commercial Buildings; How Distributed Energy Will Help the Grid; Moving Beyond Pilots: How to Scale EV Infrastructure; How Does Green Hydrogen Fit into Electrifying Everything?

CHIME+HLTH=ViVE: The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) + HLTH are coming together to create a new event called ViVE. The ViVE event will take place from 6-9 March 2022 in Miami Beach and will be designed for digital health leaders and executives innovating across the spectrum of health and care. According to the official press release: “CHIME brings expertise in high-quality, peer-driven education and a global community of senior and executive digital health leaders, while HLTH draws digital changemakers and innovators from across the health ecosystem. ViVE will build on these strengths to create a setting built on relationships and respect; that fosters rapid problem solving and business growth and engenders collaboration between leaders with many different perspectives.” More information will become available over the coming months.

Speaking Opportunity: Earlier this year, Cloud Foundry announced that they would be combining their annual European and North American summits in 2021 to be held as a global, virtual experience from 21 – 22 July. The organization stressed that the July summit highlights “the community’s mission to make cloud-native software development simpler, faster and more productive.” If you have a session idea that fits into one of the conference tracks, submit by the 21 May deadline. Tracks will include the: “How To” track, the developers guide for using Cloud Foundry; “In the Wild” track, featuring stories from out in the world users, customers and systems integrators; and “Behind the Curtain” Track, with updates from Cloud Foundry project teams, road map reviews, and more.

Lunchtime Learning: STAT News saw explosive growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. It efficiently brought its conferences online and developed a series of webinars covering topics within health, medicine and science. You can watch panels from previous conferences and several of these webinar conversations on its YouTube channel. Learn what gene-targeted therapies mean for patients with cancer. Hear four former FDA commissioners discuss the agency’s future. Understand how the experts worked to prevent a black market for Covid-19 vaccines. And more!

Coming Up Next Week: Spring TV Week – which runs virtually 26-30 April – will feature three summits for television industry professionals: Advanced Advertising Summit, Next TV Summit, and the brand-new FAST Summit, focused on free, ad-supported streaming TV. Digital Summit will host another At Home edition from 27-30 April, this one targeting marketers working in the association and non-profit space. IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) International Leadership Conference kicks off 27 April and offers attendees four days of programming and professional development designed for mid to senior-level women working in the tech industry and academia. “Growing the next generation” is the theme for this year’s VentureBeat GamesBeat (28-29 April), exploring major industry changes, virtual reality’s future, family play, and inclusion & mental health in gaming. Finally, when Interop runs a virtual program on 29 April, IT professionals will hear from experts like the Chief Trust Officer at SAP and other leaders on how automate their enterprise technologies and processes.