Montréal – October 20, 2026 -- Aurora Towers has added Niko Veilleux, an Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP partner with more than 25 years of practice, to its Board of Directors.

Veilleux leads Osler's Montréal Corporate Group

Veilleux heads the firm's Corporate Group in Montréal and sits on its Partnership Board. He has advised public and private companies, private equity sponsors, pension funds, boards of directors and special committees on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, capital markets transactions and corporate governance.

Thousand Oaks -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) will hold an investor webcast on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. PT to discuss its oncology portfolio and selected data presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology Congress (ESMO) 2026.

Two senior executives lead Amgen's ESMO 2026 investor call

Murdo Gordon, executive vice president of Global Markets and Policy, and Jean-Charles Soria, senior vice president of oncology within Global Development, will lead the session. Other members of Amgen's management team will also take part.

Webcast is open to media, investors and the public

The event will be broadcast live over the internet and is open to members of the news media, investors and the general public. Presentation times, webcast availability and links are listed on Amgen's Investor Relations Events Calendar.

Amgen will archive the webcast and keep it available for replay for at least 30 days after the event.

Boston – October 20, 2026 -- Fulcra Dynamics released build-and-deploy-a-web-app, an agent skill that lets builders create and deploy shared web applications with authentication, hosting and data storage supplied by Fulcra, with no separate hosting account required.

Builders describe the application to their AI agent, which then builds and deploys it on Fulcra's user-owned context backend. A shared project can offer a website for people to use directly, while authorized agents read and contribute to its data through Fulcra.

Participants on different AI products can contribute to the same app

One participant might use the web interface, another might contribute through Claude, and a third through ChatGPT. Participants choose what context to share. They do not need to build an agent, use the builder's agent platform or understand the underlying infrastructure.

United States – October 20, 2026 -- The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) Board of Directors has opened its search for a permanent President & CEO, with Lana Nichols continuing as interim leader while the process runs.

Board seeks a mission-driven executive for a full-time remote role

The position is full-time and remote, reporting directly to the Board of Directors. The Board is looking for a "visionary, mission-driven executive" to lead WIT into its next phase of growth and influence.

Trucking experience is valued but not required

Experience in trucking, transportation, or logistics is preferred but not a prerequisite, so candidates from outside the freight sector can apply. The full position description is published on the association's website.

Costa Mesa – October 20, 2026 -- Tepia Co., Inc., a custom software developer with more than 13 years of engineering experience, has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network, giving the California firm a formal channel to deploy OpenAI models in client mobile, web, and backend systems.

OpenAI Partner Network targets enterprise adoption of frontier models

The OpenAI Partner Network is a global program for partners to build, sell, and deliver AI solutions with OpenAI. It combines partners' industry expertise, delivery capabilities, and customer relationships with resources, enablement, and support. The aim is to help enterprises adopt OpenAI frontier models and products and convert them into measurable impact.

Washington – October 20, 2026 -- The 2150 Center for Innovation, Commercialization & Growth has launched its Fall 2026 iLAB network, covering seven technology-focused research priorities and inviting corporate partners to supply business challenges, executive expertise and pilot opportunities.

Every iLAB applies artificial intelligence, data analytics and emerging technologies to industry and community problems. Active ecosystem partners include Alabama Power, Macquarie Group, Coca-Cola and Latimer.ai. 2150 also collaborates with the London School of Economics Generator and the Partnership for Innovation (PIN).

PHOENIX – October 20, 2026 -- EcoShield Pest Solutions held its first Customer Service Appreciation Week, a program shaped by a cross-functional committee and extended to in-office, remote and overseas agents.

Training manager Kristen Elmore recruits committee to design the week

Kristen Elmore, Training Manager of Customer Experience, started the planning and brought together a committee representing different areas of customer experience. Team members contributed ideas to shape the program. "It needs to have a voice from everyone," Elmore said.

Program spans music, quizzes and gifts across locations

The week included shared music, interactive chats, quizzes, themed activities, recognition messages and appreciation gifts. Activities were designed to include both in-office and remote agents, including overseas colleagues.

St. Louis – October 20, 2026 -- Ansira Partners, Inc. has appointed Oded Benyo, a 28-year technology and marketing veteran, as chief operating officer. He reports to CEO Paul Tibbitt.

Benyo takes charge of delivery operations and platform service teams

Benyo will oversee delivery operations and processes, as well as the service teams that support Ansira's proprietary technology platform. He joins the executive leadership team. Ansira describes itself as the platform of record for brand-to-local ecosystems.

Tibbitt said Benyo's experience connecting people, processes and technology through data-driven decision systems will strengthen the leadership team.

Charlotte – – October 20, 2026 -- Society Awards and The Explorers Club have launched the inaugural Fine Arts Field Grant, a program that pairs artists with recipients of the TEC Impact Grant for expedition collaborations.

Grant embeds artists with TEC Impact Grant recipients

The program places fine artists alongside researchers and explorers funded through the TEC Impact Grant. Society Awards says the grant targets artists whose work will emerge from access to places, people and discoveries that few will experience firsthand.

Partners tie the program to expedition art history

The partners argue that exploration and art traveled together for most of history. Before photography, artists accompanied expeditions to document discoveries for the public. The Explorers Club holds paintings and sculptures from historic expeditions.

Orlando – October 20, 2026 -- Industrial Defender has released a platform update that adds internal network security monitoring (INSM) and a remediation tool called Risk SignalTM, targeting utilities that must comply with the FERC-approved NERC CIP-015-1 standard.

The standard requires entities with high and medium impact BES Cyber Systems to monitor internal network traffic, detect and evaluate anomalies, and retain and protect the resulting data.

INSM learns device baselines and flags deviations

Built into the existing platform, the INSM solution learns each device's baseline communications. It flags new connections, unexpected protocols, anomalous traffic volume and unknown devices communicating.

Each anomaly is correlated with the asset data Industrial Defender maintains, including configuration changes, vulnerabilities and risk score. Operators can see immediately what a network change means to operations, the company said.