BURLINGTON, Mass .– (COMMERCIAL THREAD) –Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management (CEM) and national public warning solutions, today announced that the company will showcase innovation in resilience and present multiple sessions at the renowned AfricaTech Festival 2021, designed to inform and connect business leaders, technology experts, policymakers and investors at the forefront of Africa’s digital transformation. From November 8 to 12, Everbridge will serve as Gold Sponsor the first event to unite technology and talent for socio-economic impact.
With inclusiveness and sustainability high on the agenda, AfricaTech attracts over 12,000 tech experts and business leaders from over 120 countries to explore Africa-focused connectivity and technology trends. business.
“We are honored to support such an incredible showcase of many of the brightest change makers in technology, media and telecommunications,” said Vernon Irvin, Director of Revenue at Everbridge. “Promoting innovation, debate and discussion remains at the heart of what we do every day at Everbridge, and we are proud to be a part of this important conversation to learn and build a more inclusive digital and physical world and resilient. ”
Everbridge’s presentations at AfricaTech 2021 include:
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Protect Africa’s Critical Infrastructure
Tuesday, November 9e, 11:05 am – 11:25 am GMT
Presenters: Munya Kanaventi, Vice President, Security Engineering
Riz Karim, Senior Vice President, Global Professional Services and SupportThe presentation will explore how technology is helping to keep critical energy supplies, transportation, infrastructure, public health care, and critical digital services secure during major emergencies and critical disruptive events.
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Lives, livelihoods and animal husbandry: Protect the public during natural and man-made disasters
wednesday 10 novembere, 1:20 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. GMT
Presenters: Vernon Irvin, Director of Recipes
Valerie Risk, Vice-President, Public WarningSession to include the importance of population alert technology to help save lives, livelihoods, infrastructure and livestock
Everbridge will also participate in the “Leadership in Africa” round tables:
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Monday, November 8e 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. GMT
“Technology in motion: keeps you connected anytime, anywhere ”
Panelist: Vernon Irvin, Director of Recipes
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Monday, November 8e 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. GMT
“Cyber defense for the cloud”
Panelist: Prashant Darisi, Vice President, Global Solutions
The Everbridge Management of critical events The platform protects more than two billion global citizens in 200 countries and improves the resilience of major global businesses, many of them in Africa. Each year, more than 1.4 billion people across Africa and $ 50 billion in annual global development assistance remain at risk from floods, droughts, forest fires, earthquakes, severe storms, epidemics, civil unrest, crop failures, cyber attacks, and industrial or chemical accidents. Everbridge helps government and business organizations assess the likely impact of digital and physical risk events and accelerate their operational response to ensure the safety of people, protect critical infrastructure and maintain business operations.
Everbridge continues to expand its position as a global leader in population-wide public warning solutions used by more than 1,500 municipalities, counties, cities, states and countries in all major regions of the world, including Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. Everbridge activates the public warning system for most of the most technically advanced countries, including Estonia, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Greece, the Netherlands, The United Kingdom, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Peru, and several countries in the Middle East and Africa; entire states, including California, new York, Oregon, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Florida, Odisha, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Washington DC and the US Virgin Islands; counties in 49 of the 50 U.S. states and in all provinces of Canada, many of the world’s largest cities, and supporting the most populous American by birth and First Nations tribes and indigenous people around the world. Everbridge is also feeding the population by alerting the front-end of the Integrated Public Warning and Warning System (IPAWS) gateway for the US federal government to supplement its own communications channels to issue emergency and presidential alerts live across the United States.
During the AfricaTech Festival 2021, Everbridge invites attendees to meet to discuss how organizations can prepare for and mitigate the impact of a threat, and build a more resilient Africa for countries, businesses and the citizens.
About Everbridge
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG) is a global software company that provides enterprise software applications that automate and accelerate organizations’ operational response to critical events to keep people safe and organizations run smoothly. During public safety threats such as active shooter situations, terrorist attacks or extreme weather conditions, as well as critical business events including computer failures, cyber attacks or other incidents such as product recalls or supply chain disruptions, more than 5,800 customers worldwide rely on the business critical event management platform to quickly and reliably aggregate and assess threat data, locate threats at-risk individuals and responders able to help, automate the execution of pre-defined communication processes through secure delivery to over 100 different communication modalities and track progress of execution of response plans. Everbridge serves 8 of the 10 largest US cities, 9 of the 10 largest US-based investment banks, 47 of the 50 busiest North American airports, 9 of the 10 largest global consulting firms, 8 of the 10 most major global automakers, 9 of the top 10 US-based healthcare providers, and 7 of the top 10 tech companies in the world. Everbridge is based in Boston with additional offices in 25 cities around the world. For more information visit https://www.everbridge.com/.
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