As of Wednesday, March 1, a Austin-Travis County EMS crew will be on site at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), as part of a pilot program.
New dates for Yarn Expo autumn shows
Yarn Expo caters to industry’s year-round demands with show dates for Shanghai Autumn Edition and Shenzhen fair revealed.
15th April 2021
Following the Spring Edition of Yarn Expo which was held from 10-12 March at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), the next editions’ dates have now been revealed. Yarn Expo Autumn will take place at the same venue from 25-27 August, and Yarn Expo Shenzhen will be held at the Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center from 3- 5 November.
Attracting leading fibre and yarn suppliers as well as quality buyers with the fairs’ wide range of products, the three editions of Yarn Expo will cater to the recovering industry by offering a year-round meeting place for the sector to come together to recharge their businesses.
Rory Kramer/Gage Skidmore/David Shankbone
Snoop Dogg and Linda Xie will also appear as judges for the first-of-its-kind competition, which was developed to support the most innovative ideas in NFTs.
As the NFT mania rages on, a new
Shark Tank-like competition is set to debut with a number of high-profile judges.
NFTs: The Pitch
is a go following a $1 million funding round by Sound Ventures, a major venture capital firm founded by Guy Oseary and famed actor and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher. Both execs will appear as judges on a panel that also includes billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, iconic hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg, and electronic music producer 3LAU, among others.
Refresh LA, founded in the “Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global Crises” course, helps restaurants sell their leftover food to customers at decreased prices. (Photo Courtesy of Refresh LA)
In the virtual classroom setting of “Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global Crises,” Mallika Jain, Elisa James, Elina Xie and Dea Kurti were challenged to develop an innovative product or service to help solve an issue that was caused or exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. It was in this class, taught by David Gerber, Brad Cracchiola and Daniel Druhora, that the four students began to design their startup company, Refresh LA