¡Acontecimiento global del conocimiento en Kuala Lumpur un éxito GRANDE!!

Kuala Lumpur, 14 de diciembre de 2007: Pozo acabamos de envolver para arriba 5 días de actividades directas a la una de las conferencias más grandes del desarrollo de ICT 4 del mundo aquí del kilolitro, Malasia. Ha sido un torbellino de una semana.

Ésta era la 3ro conferencia global del conocimiento que he estado durante a los 5 años pasados y probablemente al mejor en términos de resultados como levantamos USD$400,000 excesivo para nuestra iniciativa del espíritu emprendedor de la juventud www.YSEI.org

El acontecimiento de la sociedad global del conocimiento en el futuro, la tercera conferencia global del conocimiento (GK3), fue abierto el 11 de diciembre en Kuala Lumpur por cuba Abdul Razak de Sri Mohd Najib del Dato de diputado primer ministro', y trató los desafíos del desarrollo sostenible y equitativo con la tecnología del conocimiento y de información y de comunicaciones (ICT).

Organizado por sociedad global del conocimiento, GKP, la conferencia apuntó conectar conocimiento de los pueblos con el de instituciones importantes, de corporaciones, y de organizaciones multinacionales por las sociedades constructivas que enjaezan la energía del conocimiento y de ICT de suprimir pobreza y de mejorar vidas.

En dar la bienvenida a delegados de la conferencia y las huéspedes a GK3, el director de la sociedad global del conocimiento y la silla ejecutivos del comité de trabajo Rinalia Abdul Rahim de la conferencia, el `dicho este acontecimiento de GKP sobre el futuro es un jalón significativo para nosotros. No sólo marca una década de la excelencia de GKP en compartir conocimiento y la construcción de sociedades, pero también porque está ocurriendo en un momento crucial crucial para el humankind.

Éste es un momento a tiempo donde realmente necesitamos centrarnos en las soluciones para el cambio, que debe ocurrir a todos los niveles, por un futuro sostenible. Nuestra manera de la vida tiene que cambiar, nuestra manera de hacer negocio debe cambiar. Necesitamos más que siempre trabajar más difícilmente para cerrar el boquete entre los que tengan el acceso al conocimiento y a la información y ésos privados de tal acceso, para incluir cada uno en el esfuerzo universal de tratar desafíos globales y de asegurar nuestro futuro colectivo.'

Durante los 5 días pasados sobre 250 campeones internacionales de conocimiento y de ICT para el desarrollo (me incluyendo y mis socios en OrphanIT.com, junto con cerca de 2000 participantes deliberados en el futuro de la perspectiva de la innovación contra la interacción entre las tecnologías, la gente y los mercados. Las innovaciones y las tecnologías son las herramientas de gran alcance que serán requeridas urgente para contribuir en la dirección de existir, así como nuevos, globales desafíos del desarrollo.

Compañeros y equipo de YSEI

Global Knowledge Partnership’s Executive Committee Chair Walter Fust said, ‘GKP has always believed that development is not a one-way North to South process. Development takes place simultaneously at many levels and across many dimensions. We believe that sustainable and equitable development can only be achieved through the sharing of knowledge and the building of partnerships across sectors.’

He went on to explain: ‘The experience of developing countries in using ICT for development can actually benefit developed countries, particularly in addressing the challenge of social-economic inclusion.

Social-economic inclusion is a problem that is shared across nations today, regardless of economic status. We are pleased that so many countries, including Malaysia, are giving their full support to achieving our vision: of “A world of equal opportunities for all people to have access to and use knowledge and information to improve their lives”.

Broken into four key Plenary sessions, including a cross cutting plenary, with over 60 expert panels and workshops, GK3 will initiate interactive debates about the latest trends, innovations and future perspectives for global development.

GK3 Highlights

Emerging People Plenary on “New Jobs and Employment Opportunities” which features key representatives from government, private and public sectors and international organisations, will explore ways in which new ICT industries, skills and competencies generate entrepreneurial capacities, and employment opportunities for the future.

Emerging Markets Plenary on “Is There a Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid?” features corporate personalities from Microsoft, Intel, Alcatel, iMallsGlobal and BSL Holdings in an open dialogue on how private sector venturing into emerging markets is facilitating the inclusion of women and young people and others at the ‘bottom of the pyramid’ in the digital economy.

Emerging Technologies Plenary on ‘The Future of the Internet: Opportunities and Risks’ will gather ICT experts to discuss how the Internet will change in the future, how it will impact the way we live; what may be the nature of those changes; and whether a second Internet will emerge? Will future Internet developments become a source of new divisions or a bridge between existing ones?

The crosscutting Plenary on ‘Visions of the Future’, will reveal key trends in the interplay of people, markets and technologies, as guided by a panel of futurists, including an examination of how Web 2.0, networked innovation, social networking as well as new ways of learning and creativity will shape globalisation in the next decade.

Innovations at GK3

The IdeaFactory:’A world of entrepreneurs - 20 ideas to make it happen by 2020′ is an innovative process employed at GK3 to gather ideas from participants for sharing at an ‘Idea Exhibition - Creative City’, subsequent distillation and finally, voting by participants to produce 20 most viable entrepreneurial to further development.

The Young Social Entrepreneurs’ Forum gathers 100 young social entrepreneurs from all corners of the globe to share innovative business ideas which employ ICT and return a tangible benefit to the society. The young entrepreneurs will receive mentorship, networking opportunity, the opportunity to pitch for starting or scaling-up funding; and key advice from invited high profiled funders and social venture capitalists.

The ‘Devices@TheEdge’ demonstration of with low cost devices aimed at facilitating access to Knowledge and ICT for the poor, such as the controversial One Laptop Per Child (XO) Laptop, and FreePlay Lifeline Radio, the Inveneo Solar Power Computing Station, Alcatel-Lucent’s e-Tuktuk Mobile Broadband solution, and the Open Moko open source mobile computing platform.

Market of Opportunities, (MoO) exhibition, which will act as a marketplace to facilitate the exchange of expertise, experiences, project support, project ideas and solutions amongst the ICT4D community.

GKP is a multi-sector, multi-stakeholder partnership that acts as an effective agent for change as the organisation works collaboratively with members and partners. All members share the GKP vision, and belief, that development across all spheres (social, political, economic) is dependent on knowledge and that knowledge sharing is an effective and empowering means of enabling growth and development.

Ursula from Lima - One of our YSEF scholarship winners

Photos on this page supplied by Bruno Bernardes. Bruno is a Brazilian/Italian born in Feb 1979 ex Biologist, MsC in Sustainable Development and currently living in Bangkok, Thailand. Working as assistant to the Youth Social Enterprise Programme

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