The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) is an initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, launched in 2009 under the aegis of Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser.
Over and above the annual Summit, WISE is an international initiative and platform for a multitude of established and new educational actors to collaborate proactively all year round.
The WISE Digital Newsroom is a simple and useful resource for you to keep track of all the latest news stories. High resolution images and complete press releases are available to download from here, and you can connect with our various social media profiles easily. Suggestions for improvements are welcome.
Alex Myers & Camilla Brown
Manifest London
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November 10, 2009
The premiere edition of the World Innovation Summit for Education – WISE – initiated by Qatar Foundation and held in Doha, Qatar, from November 16th to18th, has attracted a remarkable line-up of high-profile international personalities, coming from the public, academic and private sectors.
The WISE multidisciplinary platform and cross-sectoral summit that will bring together an audience of 1,000 opinion leaders and stakeholders from 120 countries, including academics, political leaders, representatives of international organizations, NGO members and private sector executives.
Among the 90 world-class speakers, Gerhard Schröder, Former German Chancellor, will take the stage on November 16 and address sustainability issues, while Biz Stone, Co-founder and Creative Director of leading social network Twitter, will address the audience during the plenary session dedicated to Innovation, on November 18th.
Eminent voices are also expressing their support for the WISE initiative through written or video messages in which they also share their views about pressing educational issues. Some of these personalities include:
Statespersons such as current President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade, current UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown , former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Renowned education experts such as Nicholas Burnett , outgoing Assistant Director for Education, UNESCO and Zhou Qifeng, President of Beijing University, both members of the WISE Awards International jury.
Prominent business figures such as General Electric President and CEO Jeff Immelt and Chris Hughes, Co-Founder of Facebook and Founder of MyBarackobama.com.
Philanthropists such as Lord David Puttnam , Chairman of Futurelab as well as Yann Arthus Bertrand, CEO of Good Planet and Director of the acclaimed movie Home.
Photos and full biographies of WISE speakers are also available on the website: http://www.wise-qatar.org/en/speakers.
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September 21, 2010
The WISE Initiative: Building bridges with other education-related forums; The WISE Awards; A series of educational documentaries in partnership with Euronews; and the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar, 7-9 December 2010 Doha, Qatar, 21 September 2010: Since its inauguration in 2009, the World Innovation Summit for Education – WISE – has [...]
November 18, 2009
The closing plenary session of the first World Innovation Summit for Education – WISE has produced a number of ground-breaking outcomes that signal the beginning of a new era in global collaboration on education. WISE concluded with a declaration of 10 core education priorities, an announcement of two initiatives and a renewed commitment to the three main areas of focus for WISE in the future.
November 18, 2009
Addressing the Summit, Co-founder of Twitter, Biz Stone, spoke of how, as a very simple service of rudimentary communications, Twitter has become a real-time educational tool where users help and inform each other, citing earthquakes, fuel shortages and episodes of geo-political unrest as prime examples.
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