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I was invited to speak at the World Economic Forum in Panama earlier this month. It was a great opportunity to get to know the country, to give a workshop for NGOs about online mapping and, especially, have the chance to talk at the Forum about a topic so close to my heart: Science, Technology and the future of Education. The session was translated into several languages and broadcasted live on Internet. Here’s the link to the video: ...

- During my recent trip to Myanmar (or Burma, or Birmania) we had the chance to visit a rural village. This was part of the World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders meeting. This is a little report about the experience.- Kungyangon Township is roughly 3 hours southwest of Yangon. I write “roughly” because the drivers of our 4 SUV parade, with police, lost their way. Not much to blame since some of the roads, bridges or even the village itself are not on the map. Oddly enough I could still spot the missed turn with my GPS and the data I had downloaded on the hotel Wifi. We also had, as I was told by our local translator, a group of 30 police that the government sent to “protect us”. Problem is they sent it to another village with a similar name, so we never saw them. ...

Today the World Economic Forum (WEF) announces this year’s awards of “Young Global Leaders” (YGL). I am one of them. According to the website: “Young Global Leaders represent the future of leadership, coming from all regions of the world and representing business, government, civil society, arts & culture, academia and media, as well as social entrepreneurs. Nominated under 40, these young leaders are proposed through a qualified nomination process and assessed according to rigorous selection criteria accepting only the very best leaders who have already demonstrated their commitment to serving society at large.” ...