Athgo’s Global Innovation Forum in Los Angeles
Around 100 young people from around the globe gathered in UCLA’s 
Tom Bradley International Hall on Wednesday, March 4th with a single universal goal: learn, create, and innovate. The day marked the start of Athgo International’s 6th annual Global Clean Technology Forum in Los Angeles, California. Young people, ages 18-32, spent the next four days listening to a series of keynote addresses and panels, each focusing on a different aspect of environmental sustainability. At the end of each presentation, participants had the opportunity to ask questions concerning the specific topic and interact with the speakers on a personal level. With a distinguished speaker line up including the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, H.E Cheick Sidi Diarra, diplomats, CEOs, and representatives from the financial sector, participants did little to conceal their excitement.
Their enthusiasm carried over to the social venture development portion of the forum as well. Throughout the forum, participants broke into groups to devise and draft commercially viable social ventures that addressed the UN Millennium Development Goal 7, reaching global Environmental Sustainability. In result, participants developed and presented innovative social ventures designs, including a company that will provide households with affordable water reuse technology to ease diminishing water supply, sustain a nice landscape and reduce monthly water bills. All of the social venture designs will be reviewed at our Innovation and Capacity Building Centers for consideration, further incubation and possible implementation.
Please read Paige Donner’s coverage of the forum at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paige-donner/greening-hollywood-green_b_173686.html
Congratulations UCLA 2009 Global Forum Scholarship Winners! |
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Working so hard and not telling the world about your project is like winking in the dark.
The GAID Committee of eLeaders for Youth & ICT, in partnership with TakingITGlobal, presents an opportunity for young people to showcase their work in using ICTs for development. We believe that there are many young people doing amazing things in various corners of the world and we wish to bring them to light through a publication of best practice efforts. Sharing the stories of the work you do will also help others know that the power of one is bigger than we often assume, and we hope that your stories will inspire many people who will have access to the publication at this year's UN General Assembly in New York – and those who will read the stories online. What's next? Visit TakingITGlobal |
Dates: June 10-12, 2009
Athgo’s partner, the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UNDESA-GAID) will hold its annual Global Forum on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Innovation for Education in Monterrey, Mexico this June 10-12, 2009. Athgo will hold a parallel session on Youth Social Entrepreneurship on June 11 and co-host a “Solution Salon” on Climate Change on June 12. The Annual Global Forum is the flagship event of the Global Alliance to engage multi-stakeholder dialogue and to build partnerships based on shared knowledge and experience. The 3-day event brings together roughly 600 participants, including policymakers, leaders from the private sector, civil society, academia, and other stakeholders committed to the use of ICT and innovative practices for education development. The Annual Meetings will be jointly organized by GAID, the Monterrey Institute of Technology, the Government of Mexico, Indigo Brainmedia and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
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