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Davos roundtable to discuss philanthropy in online education

Live stream of debate will be available via YouTube on Thursday 24th.

 The discussion will focus on how philanthropic resources and technology are being integrated to foster the growing revolution in online education.

The Philanthropic Roundtable, a feature of the annual meeting in Davos of the World Economic Forum, will take place on Thursday, 24 January, 2013. The Victor Pinchuk Foundation is sponsoring ‘RevolutiOnline.edu – Online Education Changing the World’, bringing to together a diverse panel, including: Thomas Friedman, foreign affairs columnist, The New York Times (moderator); Bill Gates, co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Rafael Reif, president, MIT; Larry Summers, president emeritus, Harvard University; Daphne Koller, co-founder and co-CEO, Coursera; Sebastian Thrun, founder, Udacity; Peter Thiel, partner, Founders Fund; Salman Khan, founder, Khan Academy (by TV link); and Jimmy Wales, founder, Wikipedia.

The discussion will focus on how philanthropic resources and technology are being integrated to foster the growing revolution in online education. A live stream of the roundtable will begin at 12:30 (GMT+1) on Thursday at:  youtube.com/pinchukfoundation.

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