Alayna Hutchinson, MS, LDN, RDN’s Post

Last week, our VP of Engagement David O'Donohoe was a good sport, traveling all the way to Portland to attend the Sports Events & Tourism Association 2024 Symposium—and it was well worth it! This action-packed 4-day annual event provided plenty of fun, networking and education about the state of the sports event industry. Check out the conference recap here! ⬇ To learn more about GroupSync’s specialized sports  & team hotel booking capabilities, look for a link in the comments! #eventprofs #eventprofessionals #travel #hotelbooking #eventplanners #travelindustry #groupbooking #grouptravel #sportseventplanning

Who's going to Identiverse next week in Las Vegas? I'll be at booth 2325, come say hi! I'll be in Vegas all week, DM me if you're attending Identiverse or live in the area, and let's meet up! I started my cyber journey in identity and access management, focusing on centralizing and managing identities and access. Today, while IdPs have successfully centralized IAM infrastructure management, they've also created a centralized attack surface. With rising identity-based attacks, the focus has shifted to identity as infrastructure security in cloud and hybrid environments. Ensuring legitimate identities and normal activities requires stitching together your IdP with all your cloud environments. IdPs alone aren't enough—Okta's CEO admitted to breaches, stating, “We’re not perfect by any means.” I look forward to discussing this shift and Permiso's approach to addressing the challenges of detecting and responding to identity-based attacks at our booth or wherever you want to meet in Vegas!

I wish I had known about this micro-summit a bit earlier. IIoT - OT integration is one of the "frontier" areas of technology at the moment (and frontiers are often subject to land-grabs). Two separate sets of incumbent suppliers; the IT and Networking vendors on one side and the Industrial Automation vendors on the other. And sitting on the side-lines, licking their lips are the hackers, as they contemplate the ever-growing attack surface of industrial networks. Industrial companies know they have to connect and digitise their assets to compete. But how to do it securely and efficiently? Providing the roadmap through this unfamiliar territory at Informa Tech's huge #blackhat Black Hat event is Omdia (& Informa Tech's) Hollie Hennessy and a select group of others (not many people understand this environment!) I bet this will be a fantastic set of sessions.

If you are heading down to RFMA next week, stop by Booth #504 to see how we can help streamline your Facilities Management workflows. #facilitiesmanagement

Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)Spring Scientific was a great meeting. Here are some thoughts: 1- The next breakthroughs in IO will come from areas that have been under studied and had received not much commercial attention such as immunometabolism and microbiome. The science is maturing and these areas will have a broad impact on all things IO, cell therapy, cancer vaccines, bi-specifics, etc. 2- The possibility of re-programming terminally exhausted T-cell through metabolic interventions is quite intriguing. Remember these cells live and chang out in the tumor and they don't respond to checkpoint inhibitors. We just need to get them going and Greg Delgoffe is working on exciting interventions to get these cells going. 3- If you get dendritic cells in a tumor their right kind of food (glutamine) then they can jump start anti-tumor immunity. 3- Avoid artificial sweeteners. Bad for your T-cells. 4- Bacterial based therapies can turn cold tumors hot. 5- You can find oral bacterial genomic material in brain tumors and brain metastasis most likely got their by immune cells. 6- We need to understand tumor supporting and immune supporting diets. 7- We need more metabolism and microbiome intervention trials. You can learn more from treating one patient than many observational and mouse studies. Ultimately our goal is to treat humans not mice.

The 40th IMP Conference are now out, important dates: Submission of abstracts: 26 January 2024 Notification of acceptance: 16 February 2024 Full paper submission: 19 April 2024 Confirmation of acceptance: 31 May 2024 Registration: early bird closes 28 June 2024 Main conference: from 12pm on 28 August 2024 to 2pm on 30 August 2024 Special tracks: 1. Business Networks in Market Shaping 2. Resilience in Business Networks 3. Business networks and biodiversity preservation 4. Business Ecosystems in Industrial Contexts 5. Digital and technological innovations reshaping business relationships and networks 6. Human side of business relationships, business networks and their (un)sustainability 7. Place-based research on business networks and markets 8. Strategizing for Strong Sustainability in Business Networks

Who's attending the Veterinary Management Group (VMG) congress 2024? Are you looking to launch your veterinary business with more leads and global awareness than ever before? Look no further than Dean St John Louise Scott-Jones Stop by for a chat and gain valuable insights to take your business to the next level. The Webinar Vet #VeterinaryManagementGroup #VMGCongress2024 #BusinessGrowth

A useful intro to what PACO can do. My surgery is using PACO and are really excited by their roadmap

Ready for this interesting panel on The Role of Standardization in Biophotonics at Optica #biophotonics2024 with fellow scientists Sarah Bohndiek, Turgut Durduran , Michele Lacerenza , Timothy Quang, and Jennifer Lynch.

Join me next week for this webinar aimed at maximising learner engagement and involvement through facilitation as well as learning how to manage difficult situations with poise and calmness. #VET #PD