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Creating a New Ecosystem

Educators, governments and the ICT industry. For too long, these sectors have been divided by the hierarchical models of past centuries. New collaborations are needed.

It’s a given fact that improvements in education benefit everyone. The big challenge is to bring together stakeholders from all sectors to fulfill this common necessity. But which role should the ICT sector take?

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Articles

Reaching a Consensus

As the day's round tables progressed through intense exchanges with industry colleagues and...

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Assessing Educational Models

How do you assess the results of education? Achieving a proof of concept was cited by...

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Developing Collaborative Frameworks

There is a common need for a discussion platform – a framework where policy makers, companies,...

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Discussion Leaders

Harry Kroto
Professor Harry Kroto, Nobel Prize Laureate and Professor of Chemistry, shared his thoughts on how ICT can provide students everywhere with access to the world's most brilliant teachers.
Sugata Mitra
Professor Mitra's groundbreaking research on new technology-enabled learning methods has earned him a reputation as a leading scholar in the field of Minimally Invasive Education - a theme he explored at NEST 2011.
Ken Banks
Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net, devotes himself to the application of mobile technology for positive social and environmental change in the developing world, and has spent the last 15 years working on projects in Africa.
President Bill Clinton
During the inaugural NEST Forum, President Bill Clinton shared his views on the power of creative networks of innovation to empower learning and education in the 21st Century.
David Miliband
Under the discussion theme, Redefining Education, British MP David Miliband shared his thoughts on the evolution - and revolutions - within the field of education.
Christine Loh
Christine Loh, CEO of Civic Exchange, brings valuable insights into how businesses and governments can collaborate to accelerate the development of learning technologies.

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