Guangzhou – October 19, 2026 -- The 2026 Canton Fair Design Award (CF Award) selected 222 products from 174 companies out of 4,218 entries submitted by 2,112 companies, as the 140th Canton Fair opened. The winners are on display in Area D of the Canton Fair Complex.

A domestically developed high-performance sport motorcycle and an intelligent navigation capsule robot gastric endoscopy system received the Best of the Best Award, the competition's highest recognition.

Jupiter, Florida – October 19, 2026 -- Bloomberg Television will broadcast a Discoveries Today episode hosted by Daymond John on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. ET, covering four segments: disability support services, AI security governance, automotive retail marketing and behavioral healthcare.

Miami – October 19, 2026 -- The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) will hold its 20th-anniversary gathering November 10–13 at Angsana Laguna Phuket in Thailand, positioning a $6.8 trillion global wellness economy around the theme "The Science, Art and Soul of Wellness."

Bali – October 19, 2026 -- ICANN87, the first ICANN public meeting held in Indonesia, opened with more than 200 working sessions on DNS Abuse mitigation, Domain Name System security and the New gTLD Program.

The six-day meeting is co-hosted by the Indonesian Internet Domain Name Registry (PANDI). Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs and the Bali Provincial Government are supporting it. Attendees include government representatives, businesses, technical experts and civil society.

Hangzhou – October 18, 2026 -- The 4th Liangzhu Forum opened on October 18 in Yuhang, Hangzhou, with hundreds of Chinese and foreign guests, after the event was written into the outline of China's 15th Five-Year Plan this year.

Guangzhou – October 18, 2026 -- The 140th Canton Fair, which opened on October 15, is hosting more than 700 New Collection events, a 15% increase from the previous session. The fair runs in three phases.

Canton Fair opens first dedicated New Collection Gallery with three sections

The gallery debuts at the 140th edition and sits near the high-traffic platform connecting Area A and Area B. It is split into a product display area, a digital interactivity area and a business matching area.

National Harbor, Maryland – October 17, 2026 -- Five Guys will award $100,000 to the winner of its Five Guys Games final on May 13 at The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Maryland, closing a six-month internal contest open to the chain's 50,000 employees.

Three timed events decide the $100,000 grand prize

Finalists compete in a potato race, a cheese stack race and a QC wrapping race. The Five Guys Training Team judges the events, watching and timing each competitor for speed and accuracy.

Boston – October 17, 2026 -- AdvaMed will host The MedTech Conference October 18–21 in Boston, with programming across more than seven stages and over 20 focus areas and a keynote panel of three medtech chief executives.

Three medtech CEOs headline the featured keynote discussion

The featured session, "Pulse of Medtech: Where the Industry Is Going Next," brings together Mick Farrell of Resmed, Mike Mahoney of Boston Scientific and Ashley McEvoy of Insulet. John Babitt of EY will moderate.

Boston – October 17, 2026 -- The MedTech Conference, running October 18–21 in Boston, will include 65 early- and mid-stage companies from the 2026 MedTech Innovator cohort, chosen from more than 1,800 applicants, alongside a program that makes digital health a core thread of the event, according to AdvaMed Digital Health Tech's new executive director.

Boston – October 17, 2026 -- AdvaMed is steering its more than 400 small and emerging medtech members toward The MedTech Conference, October 18–21 in Boston, where it expects over 4,000 attendees and 1,800 companies.

JC Scott, who has returned to the trade association as Chief Strategy Officer, also leads AdvaMed Accel as Executive Director. Accel is the association's dedicated division for emerging members, offering advocacy, access and community.