In line with existing World Education programs that promote workplace preparation and reduce youth vulnerability and exclusion, ConnectEd will weave the use of information and communications technology to transform the nature of learning.
The 2nd World Media Summit in London, which I had the pleasure of attending in 1998, underscored the vast power of communications technology to transform the world - a power that is only beginning to unfold, especially through television and the Internet.
By the second one, I realized this was going to transform communications — not just for the C.E.O., but it would change how we do business.
This is being driven by a number of factors such as competitive and budgetary pressures, advances in technology and communications and the need to transform the finance and accounting function (Krell, 2007).
DeWitt's characters are caught up in several translation projects, ranging from the standard linguistic variety to the more delicate deciphering of interpersonal communications to a quixotic attempt to transform a film into a guide to life.
It is also unlikely that a company like Google or Apple would toss its hat into the ring, say analysts, despite indications that both companies are looking to transform the communications business.
"The storm that's arriving," said Lou Gerstner, chief executive of IBM, a few weeks ago, "is when the thousands and thousands of institutions that exist today seize the power of this global computing and communications infrastructure and use it to transform themselves.
But the spread of modern communications and electrification programmes are starting to transform rural areas.
"Twitter's open approach might have the power to transform television the dominant communications receiver worldwide," Stone said of the news.
And C-suite executives like Stanley Young, former CEO of NYSE Technologies, have begun to transform internal corporate communications from multi-page email updates to more engaging "micro-videos" that can capture and share instantly from any device.
