GKP Event on the Future

GKP Event on the Future, Third Global Knowledge Conference, GK3, is a platform created by and for stakeholders from every sector - private companies, governments, international institutions and civil society groups.  Gathering over 1,700 global visionaries, innovators, practitioners and policy makers over 3 days to debate on the development and human dimension of ICT, GK3 successfully engaged participants in intensive discussions on how the threads of emerging people, markets and technologies will intertwine to deliver the future. Watch the BBC World Debate recorded live at GK3 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 12 December 2007. This programme was broadcasted to 76 million viewers over 200 countries worldwide in January 2008. GK3 Emerging People Session "The Future of Learning: Appropriate Technology" WATCH WMV - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 FLV - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3   Opening Ceremony Welcome Address: Rinalia Abdul Rahim, GKP Executive Director & Chair, GK3 Working Committee says, "GKP Event on the Future, GK3 is GKP's most  innovative platform for knowledge sharing and partnership building to date."  [ Read | Watch (approximately 42mb) | Download ] Opening address:  Walter Fust, Chair of the GKP Executive Committee & Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation says, "We are witnessing the emergence of people, markets and technologies that transcend geographies, converge and intertwine and, most importantly, will alter and shape the future. GK3 will take a close look at these three forces of change and discuss solutions for the many challenges we need to tackle." [ Read | Watch (approximately 52mb) | Download ] Opening keynote address: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia says, "By promoting effective ICT-based solutions to (development) challenges, (GKP is) helping to ensure that those who today are excluded from progress are connected to the future", as delivered by Najib Tun Razak, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia [ Read | Watch (approximately 55mb) | Download ] Special Keynote Addresses Hanif Hassan Ali, Minister of Education, UAE, says, "Higher university enrolment for women than men in United Arab Emirates today is the result of decades of efforts in providing educational opportunities for women." [ Read | Watch (approximately 27mb) | Download ]   Lim Keng Yaik, Minister for Energy, Water and Communications, Malaysia, says, "I believe events like GK3 are excellent facilitators of the transformation process (of society into Knowledge Society) ... GK3 is also an excellent platform to forge networks for cooperation and collaboration. We have representatives from various nations and entities, where each has their own unique capacities. Let us through GK3 explore opportunities and collaboration ... to build on each other's strengths and benefit mutually", at the GK3 Gala Dinner. [ Read | Watch (approximately 37mb) | Download ] GK3 Presentations Emerging People Sessions Emerging Markets Sessions Emerging Technologies Sessions Cross-cutting Sessions Emerging Solutions Workshops Parallel Events Third World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF3) [ Press release ] GK3 IdeaFactory Young Social Entrepreneurs' Forum Be part of the solution - http://www.pledge-E.org Forum declaration - www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuvatYiicuw Exhibition Hub Activities Market of Opportunities & Wall of Opportunities Devices@The.Edge Partnership Launches Telecentre Village Corporate Exhibition GKP Collaborative Awards 2007 African Information Society Initiative - GKP Awards 2007 Stockholm Challenge - GKP Awards 2007 Evening Activities 'GKP is 10' Celebration [ Watch | Pictures ] Gala Dinner [ Pictures ] Hakuna Matata: A Social Entrepreneurs Night [ Pictures ] GK3 Reports  GKP Summary of Key Findings and Outcomes on GK3 [ Read | Download ] GK3 Rapporteurs' Reports Day 1 (version 3) (704Kb ) Day 2 (version 5) (1.8Mb ) Day 3 (version 4) (1.1Mb ) GK3 IdeaFactory Outcome Summary, out early Feb 2008 GK3 Closing Plenary Closing remarks by Walter Fust, Chair of the GKP Executive Committee & Director-General for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation [ Watch (approximately 53mb) ] Closing remarks by Rinalia Abdul Rahim, GKP Executive Director & Chair, GK3 Working Committee [ Watch (approximately 4mb) ] About Global Knowledge Partnership, The Organisers Global Knowledge Partnership is the world's first multi-stakeholder network in the area of ICT for development. Established in 1997 with a mission to share knowledge and build partnerships, GKP connects organisations across sectors and regions to promote knowledge and innovation in the use of ICT for development. GKP is governed by its members and supported by a global Secretariat based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Global Knowledge Conference is a flagship initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership. More @ www.globalknowledge.org/about.   Get an overview of what took place at GK3 through our Conference Navigator, or view the full programme with video, podcast and presentation links, or click on any of the following icons.