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World Economic Forum on Latin America
Cartagena, Colombia 6- 8 April 2010 |
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Education and Knowledge: The New Commodities
Quality Education
"...Increasing knowledge-based innovation hubs is one of the major challenges Latin American countries will face in the next decade to reduce inequality and keep pace with emerging superpowers.
How can a technological and educational revolution respond to the expectations of young generations and leapfrog the region into a decade of sustained growth?..."
Within the discussions on Education participated world-class personalities among others Mauricio Miceli Alcantara de Oliveira (General Director, School of Tomorrow Paraguay - Paraguay), Rodrigo Baggio (Executive Director, Center for Digital Inclusion - Brazil), Nancy Knowlton ( CEO, Smart Technologies - Canada), Patricio Lopez (president, Virtual University, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey - Mexico), Alejandro Ramirez (CEO, Cinepolis - Mexico), Juan Francisco Miranda (director of Colciencias - Colombia) and Vicky Colbert de Arboleda ( executive director of the Escuela Nueva Foundation - Volvamos a la Gente- Colombia) ... Read more! |