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Going Global In Davos

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 29, 2010

 

David Din, a Luxembourg-based technology entrepreneur, took his company global over breakfast at the World Economic Forum  January 28.

Din, one of 26 companies named by the Forum as 2010 Technology Pioneers, is behind Epuramat, a company that promises to revolutionize waste water treatment, helping the United Nations meet its goal to give 2 billion people access to clean water and sanitary facilities in the coming years.Read more

Message To Tech Leaders In Davos: There Are Big Profits In Helping The World Go Green

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 28, 2010

 

During a crowded late night party at the World Economic Forum hosted by German media company Burda, Internet stars such as Twitter's Evan Williams and Google's Marissa Mayer, grabbed the limelight. But in the cold light of dawn January 27, as heavy snow fell on Davos , the spotlight was on something potentially more lucrative and transformative than the Web.Read more

2010 World Economic Forum Tech Pioneers Use Information Technology To Write The Future Of Other Industries

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on December 3, 2009

 The Geneva-based World Economic Forum released its list of 2010 Tech Pioneers Dec. 3. Every year since 2000, the WEF-with the help of a jury of experts, including this author-has chosen for the same honor anywhere from 25 to 50 companies that it judges to have big potential impact on the world. This year's class looks set to make headlines of its own by using information technology to rewrite the future of other industries.Read more

World Economic Forum Releases Beta Version of WELCOM, an exclusive "Facebook for CEOs"

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on February 5, 2009

 Participants at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009 will continue their discussions about the key issues on the global agenda in a new virtual network. WELCOM, the World Economic Leaders Community, is a social network exclusively reserved for the partners and members of the World Economic Forum.Read more

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