"Everywhere I go, education is the subject people most want to talk about. In the flat world, anything is possible. And the society that finds a way to maximize its talent will be successful."
Thomas Friedman, Asia Pacific Forum participant, New York Times Columnist and author of The World is Flat.

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Asia Pacific Forum on Education
Beijing, November 14-17, 2006
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The Asia-Pacific Forum on Education, to be held at the Grand Hotel Beijing, in November 14-17, 2006, will bring together a multi-sector group of policy leaders and education innovators from Asia and the United States to discuss how to prepare students for a global age.  Participants, including Ministry officials, business and technology leaders, education innovators, and scholars will engage in focused discussions on today’s shared challenges and innovations in education worldwide. Read more.

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Background Materials

• World Bank Selected Development Indicators 2006
  
  
• “Education and the Knowledge Economy in Europe and Asia”, Andreas Schleicher and Karine Tremblay, Challenge Europe, European Policy Centre, September 2006
  
  
• Measuring Up Internationally, Alan Wagner, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, September 2006
  
  
• “The Next Economy”, Joseph E. McCann, BizEd, March/April 2006
  
  
• Math and Science Education in a Global Age, Asia Society, May 2006

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