Day: June 14, 2022

SYDNEY, June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — It’s official. The most Instagrammed light artwork at Vivid Sydney 2022 is the Sydney Opera House Lighting of the Sails’ new digital artwork, Yarrkalpa — Hunting Ground 2021 by the Martu Artists and creative technologists Curiious.

Vivid Sydney, the annual festival of Light, Music and Ideas is one of the most Insta-worthy events in the world, transforming Sydney’s central business district (CBD) into a fusion of creativity, innovation and technology until Saturday 18 June. The 2022 festival features more than 50 light installations and projection artworks from 62 light collaborators and 114 artists from five countries, along the longest continuous Light Walk ever at 8km.

Other frontrunners for the most shared artwork on Instagram include Convergence — the largest laser installation ever seen at Vivid Sydney in the disused railway tunnel at the Goods Line; the first-ever floating Light Walk at Walsh Bay, Ephemeral Oceanic; the mesmerising giant globe Gravitational Grid in First Fleet Park, The Rocks; and Ken Done’s For Sydney With Love projection on the façade of Customs House.

Minister for Enterprise, Investment, Trade and Tourism Stuart Ayres said there was a 67 per cent increase overall in social shares using #vividsydney from 2019.

“It has already been a record-breaking year for Vivid Sydney, with the festival welcoming the largest-ever audiences over the opening weekend and bumper attendance over the Queen’s birthday long weekend,” Ayres said.

“Visitors are also sharing their experiences at Vivid Sydney more than ever across their social channels, with First Nations digital artwork, Yarrkalpa — Hunting Ground 2021, the most photographed and shared. I encourage everyone to keep posting and sharing their personal experiences right up until the lights are turned off on 18 June.”

Festival Director Gill Minervini said the variety of light artworks and projections on the Light Walk this year ensured there was a real cross section of artistic highlights from across the Light program.

“I really enjoy watching what captivates our audiences on the Light Walk and I’m thrilled to see so many different genres of Light art appealing to everyone who experiences the festival. It’s great to see some of my personal favourites including For Sydney With Love by Ken Done and Spinifex Group; the interactive projection Vivid Reflections on the Central Station clocktower by The Electric Canvas; and the glorious reflective artwork Temple by Leila Jeffreys receiving so much love on social media.”

In 2022, 11 Sydney CBD locations are ignited, two of which are new, with Circular Quay, Sydney CBD, The Rocks, Walsh Bay, Barangaroo, Darling Harbour, Darling Square, Darling Quarter, The Goods Line, Central Train Station, Luna Park and Taronga Zoo, all coming to life with a mesmerising kaleidoscope of light artworks to wow visitors and locals alike.

Staged over 23 nights, the festival will deliver mesmerising art displays, 3D light projections, uplifting live music performances and deep-dive discussions from the world’s brightest minds.

The full list of the 10 most Instagrammed light artworks at Vivid Sydney 2022 are:

1.  Yarrkalpa — Hunting Ground 2021, Sydney Opera House Lighting of the Sails
2.  Convergence
3.  Ephemeral Oceanic
4.  Gravitational Grid
5.  For Sydney With Love
6.  Sydney Infinity
7.  Macula
8.  Temple 
9.  Vivid Reflections
10.  Paramount+ Drone Show

*Source:  The most Instagrammed list was compiled by Destination NSW based on assets uploaded against #vividsydney on Instagram. 

For more information on Vivid Sydney including the full program and to purchase tickets, go to www.vividsydney.com. Get social using @vividsydney #vividsydney

Media Contact:
Wayne Mitcham
Destination NSW
wayne@amio.nz

Related Images

Image 1: Yarrkalpa – Hunting Ground 2021, Sydney Opera House

Photo credit: Destination NSW

Image 2: Convergence by artist Mandylights

Photo credit: Destination NSW

Image 3: Ephemeral Oceanic by artist Atelier Sisu

Photo credit: Destination NSW

Image 4: Gravitational Grid, artist Sreelize Studio

Photo credit: Destination NSW

Image 5: For Sydney with Love – artist, Ken Done

Photo credit: Destination NSW

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As the Global Leader in Workplace Experience, HqO Continues to Expand Critical Service Offerings to Help Improve and Enhance the Office with its Acquisition of Leesman Index

BOSTON, June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HqO, the industry-leading workplace experience platform, today announced the acquisition of Leesman, the world’s leader in measuring employee workplace experience. This is the second time in less than one year that HqO has expanded its global footprint and portfolio through acquisition. In November 2021, HqO acquired Office App, a leading European tenant and employee engagement platform, which expanded HqO’s services into the corporate workspace. This acquisition furthers HqO’s commitment to transforming the modern office and enabling people to connect with the places they work.

HqO is used by 57% of the Fortune 100 to enhance workplace experience, improve employee satisfaction and drive operational excellence. Active in more than 250 million square feet in 25 countries, HqO currently serves customers including J.P. Morgan, Dell, JLL, Jamestown, Grosvenor, and Gecina. Customers will benefit from robust insights to enhance HqO’s best-in-class technology and services, enabling data-driven decisions that can be directly measured to continually improve services and experiences.

The HqO Workplace Experience Platform helps companies and commercial property teams support meaningful workplaces by providing world-class experience services to help employees thrive and produce the best results. Leesman has enabled 6,410 organizations in more than 100 countries to capture employee sentiment on work environments and benchmark performance against the world’s largest workplace dataset.

“The Leesman Index has been transforming how organizations benchmark their workplace experience for more than a decade, helping some of the biggest brands in the world improve their employee experience through their rich dataset and proprietary methodologies,” said HqO CEO Chase Garbarino. “We’re thrilled to bring this excellence to our customers and look forward to offering them even more tools and services, along with the world’s biggest dataset for better, data-driven decision making in improving their workplace experience.”

“This is a huge step for Leesman,” says Tim Oldman, Founder & CEO of Leesman. “Becoming part of the HqO family will dramatically accelerate our ability to support the world’s best organizations on their data-driven workplace experience strategies. Together we can offer an unparalleled depth of insight into exactly how place impacts the people who work there, be that the home, the office, or the myriad of places in between.”

Leesman’s extensive workplace experience data, which includes nearly 1 million office respondents and nearly 300,000 home-based respondents, will augment HqO’s existing, industry-leading workplace experience offerings, providing customers access to both the world’s largest workplace experience dataset and The HqO Workplace Experience Platform, the standout leader utilized by some of the top workplaces in the world. Customers will have access to survey data – offering deep insights and specificity into what employees like, dislike, or want to see more of – which HqO’s technology and services will help implement in a truly complementary partnership. Leesman will continue to operate as an independent entity, offering customers objective surveys and benchmarking services.

About Leesman
Leesman is the world leader in measuring and analyzing the experiences of employees in their places of work. Through a series of assessment tools, Leesman captures employee sentiments on how effectively the work environments they use support them. By rating organizations’ ability to support employees in the home and in the office, performance can then be benchmarked against the world’s largest database of its kind. Their data and insight equips executives at all levels to make informed, forward-thinking decisions that allow them to mitigate risk, plan for the future, and benefit from great employee workplace experience. For more information, visit https://www.leesmanindex.com/

About HqO
HqO is transforming how people connect with each other and the places they work. The HqO Workplace Experience Platform makes it easy for companies and commercial property teams to create modern workplaces through world-class amenities and services that allow people to thrive and produce the best results. Active in over 250 million square feet in 25 countries, 57% of the Fortune 100 rely on HqO to enhance their workplace experiences, improve employee satisfaction, and drive operational excellence. For more information, visit https://www.hqo.com/.

Primary Contact: Kristin Concannon
Phone: 833-225-5476
Email: kristin.concannon@hqo.co

TEMECULA, Calif., June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (“Group”), a part of the Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan) group of companies, is pleased to announce that Ankur Arora has been named Product & Business Development Manager for Nikkiso Cryogenic Services serving Southeast Asia, New Zealand and Africa.

Ankur has broad global experience in over 30 countries and worked for nearly 20 years with Atlas Copco. His responsibilities included Business Development Manager and Global Sales & Marketing reporting to Germany, based in Auckland, New Zealand, Regional BDM & Application/Product Managers based in Shanghai. He has also served as Project Manager. A mechanical engineer, he also earned an MBA and is currently working on a DBA.

He will be responsible for the launch, sales and solutions related to Waste Heat Recovery and Organic Rankine Cycle Power Generation, Pressure Letdown Power Recovery and more. He will report to Emile Bado, Executive VP, Marketing, and Dr. Reza Agahi, Vice President of Turbo.

“Ankur’s industry and global market experience will be of great benefit to the Group, as we work to develop the opportunities in these regions,” according to Emile Bado, Executive Vice President, Marketing.

With this addition, Nikkiso continues their commitment to be both a global and local presence for their customers.

ABOUT CRYOGENIC INDUSTRIES
Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (now a member of Nikkiso Co., Ltd.) member companies manufacture and service engineered cryogenic gas processing equipment (pumps, turboexpanders, heat exchangers, etc.), and process plants for Industrial Gases, Natural gas Liquefaction (LNG), Hydrogen Liquefaction (LH2) and Organic Rankine Cycle for Waste Heat Recovery. Founded over 50 years ago, Cryogenic Industries is the parent company of ACD, Nikkiso Cryo, Nikkiso Integrated Cryogenic Solutions, Cosmodyne and Cryoquip and a commonly controlled group of approximately 20 operating entities.

For more information, please visit www.nikkisoCEIG.com and www.nikkiso.com.

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Anna Quigley
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aquigley@cryoind.com

• Acquisition creates a global leader in out-of-hospital software solutions
• Accelerates ResMed’s SaaS strategy by extending ResMed’s position as a leading U.S. provider of SaaS solutions in out-of-hospital care settings into Germany
• MEDIFOX DAN will integrate into ResMed’s out-of-hospital SaaS business segment, expanding its solutions portfolio into new healthcare sectors including outpatient therapy
• Purchase price of approximately US$1 billion
• Upon closing, acquisition expected to be accretive to ResMed’s non-GAAP diluted earnings per share

SAN DIEGO and HILDESHEIM, Germany, June 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held MEDIFOX DAN, a German leader in out-of-hospital software solutions for providers in major settings across the care continuum, from Hg, a leading software and services investor.

MEDIFOX DAN’s clinical, financial, and operational solutions are mission-critical for those out-of-hospital care providers, including care documentation, personnel planning, administration, billing, and more – similar to the solutions of ResMed’s leading U.S. SaaS brands, MatrixCare and Brightree.

MEDIFOX DAN’s German customer base is complementary to the customers of ResMed’s U.S.-based SaaS business. In addition, the acquisition of MEDIFOX DAN builds on ResMed’s existing business in Germany as a leading provider of innovative cloud-connected medical devices that transform care for patients with sleep apnea and other respiratory conditions.

Under the leadership of Co-Managing Directors Dr. Thorsten Schliebe and Christian Städtler, the MEDIFOX DAN Group has continuously expanded its innovative product and service portfolio, advanced into new market segments, invested in a state-of-the-art system landscape and digital sales capacities, and made strategic acquisitions. With the market launch of the new software generations MD Outpatient and MD Inpatient, MEDIFOX DAN is setting new standards for the future of care and poised to accelerate the digitization of healthcare as part of the ResMed global team. It is now important to bundle strengths and use synergies to revolutionize the digitization of healthcare with combined forces.

“With the acquisition of MEDIFOX DAN, a fast-growing and innovative German healthcare software leader, we will expand ResMed’s SaaS business portfolio outside our current base in the U.S. market and strengthen our position as the global leader in healthcare software solutions for lower-cost and lower-acuity care,” said Mick Farrell, ResMed CEO. “We are excited to welcome the MEDIFOX DAN team to our global ResMed family: Our management cultures are highly aligned with a laser-focus on lowering costs, improving outcomes, and changing the course of chronic disease management. MEDIFOX DAN has a strong track record of innovation, fully aligned with our teams at Brightree, MatrixCare, and beyond. MEDIFOX DAN’s customer centricity has built strong and ongoing, growing demand for its software solutions across Germany, and we expect that momentum to continue and strengthen as we become one global team. Our MEDIFOX DAN and ResMed teams are united with the same global mission: to help many hundreds of millions of people live healthier lives outside the hospital, and preferably in their own home.”

“I’m excited about this landmark union between ResMed and MEDIFOX DAN, and the tremendous opportunities it unlocks for thousands of providers and millions of patients,” said ResMed SaaS President Bobby Ghoshal. “We’re seeing greater adoption of digital solutions across Germany as its population continues to age and severe staffing shortages continue to challenge German care providers. MEDIFOX DAN – and ResMed – are well positioned to help providers across major out-of-hospital care settings meet rising demands and ultimately help improve patient outcomes.”

“MEDIFOX DAN helps people to help people. We believe that the partnership with ResMed is a unique opportunity to fulfill this promise through the strategic perspectives of an international player on an even larger scale in the future. From now on we are part of a global company that specializes in the digitization of the healthcare system. A major benefit of this deal is the wide range of possibilities for an incredibly agile combination of a wide variety of services, from which our customers will particularly benefit in their everyday care work. We look forward to taking this next development step together and continue to support our customers in their daily work with innovative software solutions and services in the best possible way,” said MEDIFOX DAN Co-Managing Directors Dr. Thorsten Schliebe and Christian Städtler.

Stefan Margolis and Benedikt Joeris, both Partners at Hg, said: “It has been a great journey and partnership with Thorsten, Christian, and the whole MEDIFOX DAN team. We have long-recognised MEDIFOX DAN as a high-quality software business, providing crucial services to integrated care. Together we have significantly expanded MEDIFOX DAN’s offering through continued product investment and acquisitions. ResMed, whom we’ve known for many years, will be a great strategic owner to continue that innovation journey, enabling care givers to focus on people and patients.”

MEDIFOX DAN is headquartered in Hildesheim, Germany, and employs over 600 people. ResMed plans for MEDIFOX DAN to operate under its current brand within the ResMed SaaS business – as Brightree and MatrixCare do today.

Transaction Highlights
Under the agreement terms, ResMed will acquire MEDIFOX DAN for approximately US$1.0 billion (€950 million), which ResMed expects to fund with its existing credit facilities. In calendar year 2021, MEDIFOX DAN’s pro forma net revenue was approximately $83 million, with a pro forma adjusted EBITDA of approximately $35 million.

The transaction is expected to be accretive to ResMed’s non-GAAP diluted earnings per share after close.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of the second quarter of ResMed’s fiscal year 2023 (December 31, 2022), subject to regulatory clearances.

ResMed intends to retain MEDIFOX DAN’s employees, management structure, locations, and business processes. MEDIFOX DAN co-Managing Directors Dr. Thorsten Schliebe and Christian Städtler will continue in their current roles, reporting to ResMed SaaS President Bobby Ghoshal.

Evercore is serving as ResMed’s financial advisor and DLA Piper is serving as ResMed’s legal advisor.

Investor webcast
ResMed will discuss the transaction on a live webcast at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on June 14, 2022. The live webcast can be accessed on ResMed’s Investor Relations website at investors.resmed.com. The online archive of the broadcast will be available on ResMed’s website approximately two hours after the webcast. In addition, a telephone replay of the webcast will be available approximately two hours after the call by dialing +1 877.660.6853 (U.S.) and +1 201.612.7415 (international) and entering an event confirmation number of 13730641. The telephone replay will be available until June 28, 2022.

About ResMed
At ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD) we pioneer innovative solutions that treat and keep people out of the hospital, empowering them to live healthier, higher-quality lives. Our digital health technologies and cloud-connected medical devices transform care for people with sleep apnea, COPD, and other chronic diseases. Our comprehensive out-of-hospital software platforms support the professionals and caregivers who help people stay healthy in the home or care setting of their choice. By enabling better care, we improve quality of life, reduce the impact of chronic disease, and lower costs for consumers and healthcare systems in more than 140 countries. To learn more, visit ResMed.com and follow @ResMed.

About MEDIFOX DAN
The MEDIFOX DAN Group, headquartered in Hildesheim, Germany, currently employs over 600 people at nine locations nationwide and specializes in the development of innovative software solutions and services for professional and non-professional care, therapeutic practices and child, family, and youth welfare facilities. In addition, digital solutions for modern training and education management – both for professional care and family caregivers – expand the group’s comprehensive product portfolio. What started as a small start-up developed into a firmly established software company. Besides holistic product solutions, MEDIFOX DAN has always been characterized by strong partnerships and innovative services. Behind MEDIFOX DAN stands a team of innovative minds, over 55 years of industry experience and cumulative expertise, that works every day to set trendsetting standards for digitization in the health and social care sector and to drive innovation forward. In short: We are more than just software.

Forward-looking statements
Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are “forward-looking” statements as contemplated by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements – including statements regarding ResMed’s projections of future revenue or earnings, expenses, new product development, new product launches and new markets for its products and the integration of acquisitions – are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to materially differ from those projected or implied in the forward-looking statements. Additional risks and uncertainties are discussed in ResMed’s periodic reports on file with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. ResMed does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.

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Virtually Human Studio (VHS), the creators of the digital race horsing game ZED RUN launch Human Park – Season Zero – a metaverse experience with a focus on unique digital identity

SYDNEY, Australia, June 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today Virtually Human Studio (VHS Labs), creator of the incredibly popular digital horse-racing game ZED RUN, announced its pioneering blockchain-native multiplayer experience Human Park. Spectre Studio, a development house creating visually engaging 3D worlds, leads the development of Human Park on Unreal Engine, the acclaimed CG developer at the forefront of gaming.

More than just a gaming experience

While many gaming companies have struggled to break into Web3 and blockchain-based gaming, VHS Labs has combined its deep knowledge of Web3 with a commitment to gaming principles cherished by the global gaming community; with Human Park they are signaling what’s next. Human Park is a decentralized gaming platform built for the interoperable future. Customizable user avatars can be enhanced with fully interoperable NFT wearables and season-specific icons, centering game-play around the unique goals and identities of the player. Human Park synthesizes Web3 values – such as the importance of identity ownership – with traditional gaming by blending vivid in-world details with engaging community play. The game will be free to access, with optional enhanced gameplay modes accessible through user-owned NFT avatars and wearables.

“We’ve built Human Park to become more than just a gaming experience but a platform for digital ownership to flourish. This goes beyond one single game or one single purpose, this is the beginning of blended experiences and unforgettable stories told by our community. In the near future you’ll be able to take your Nood – your central avatar in the platform – and experience all kinds of worlds, games, and entertainment experiences. We are here to disrupt the space and bring something new to our community,” said Chris Laurent, CEO of Human Park.

The Mood for Noods

The launch of Human Park today is accompanied by the drop of the first themed release, Season Zero, a retro-cyberpunk world drawing inspiration from the often ambiguous relationship between good and evil. In the age of over-priced allow lists that lack any utility, Human Park has already set itself apart by airdropping NFTs of individually designed Noods to the first cohort of users. OG Noods landed in owners’ wallets on April 20, at zero cost to recipients. The secondary market value of the Noods collection has already eclipsed $1 million, per OpenSea valuations. During a time when NFT sales have slumped globally. Original Nood holders will also see the reveal of their Obelisks, a sort of ‘loot crate’, featuring claimable NFTs with unique values and in-game applications. While holding an NFT unlocks a number of exclusive opportunities and experiences, many of which are yet to be announced, it is not a prerequisite to playing the game. Human Park is free and available for anyone to explore and play.

“The Noods in Human Park are the next evolutionary step of NFT PFP projects. We’ve decided to use human-like avatars that are extremely customizable to give our community control over how they express themselves in the growing expanse of the Metaverse. We are storytellers at heart so we’re here to empower players to tell their own stories, in this way we believe we will be transforming the way people engage with and express themselves in this new internet we are all building,” said Rick Pearce, Creative Director of Spectre Studios.

For more information about how to begin playing in Human Park, please visit our Discord and follow us on Twitter. During NFT.NYC on June 22nd, Human Park will be hosting a special launch party for Season Zero.

About Human Park
Human Park is a decentralized, next-generation Web3 experience that empowers users and gamers to interpret the Metaverse, a computer-generated interactive virtual-reality space, in their own way. This platform will provide blended experiences, elevating the concept of entertainment to the next level. Human Park is the second gaming product to come out of VHS Labs and developed by Spectre Studios, and was built on Unreal Engine.

For Media Inquiry, please contact: press@humanpark.org

Media Kit: https://wiki.humanpark.io/hp-media-kit