Chief Rabbi Sacks:“European Jewry is being attacked internally by the governments, on college campuses and in the media – Europe cannot let European Jewry die – this is the great moral challenge for Europe in the 21st century,
Date: if they lose their Jews they will lose their soul.”
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Dan Arieli"Forty six percent of what kills people today is caused by bad decision making. The way to combat apathy for important global issues is to be proactive and frame these issues in ways that will make people care."
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Larry Summers: "No country in the world has better prospects and a more globally important role than the U.S.
Date: It is tempting to write off the U.S. and say that the 21st century will belong to someone else, but the US remains in a global role of strength and importance for the 21st century."
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James Wolfensohn: "The power will shift to China and India by 2050 – at that time they will own 50% of global GDP,” adding that this swing to Asia is “turning the world on its head.”
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President Alejandro Toledo, participating in the Israeli Presidential Conference for the first time, paid tribute to both President Shimon Peres and to the Israeli economy. “With a steadily growing economy, you are the clearly the chosen people:
Date: G-d was very generous with you and gave you no resources and surrounded you with neighbors with many natural resources.”
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David Fischer:The world is currently experiencing a great shift from the “information web to the social web. Facebook is part of that evolution - rebuilding the web around people and changing the focus of ‘what’ to ‘who’-
Date: making the entire experience more personal”
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William E. McCracken: Social media, availability of 4G networks, powerful and inexpensive devices, location (gps) availability, and the proliferation of mobile apps, have come together to create a perfect storm. It changes the way businesses think,”
Date: “Business models are being changed because of this technology and we must ensure that innocent intent doesn't become “mal-intent” due to lack of security. There is a disturbing lack of concern for those whose info is not secure.”
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Wales: "Now is an exciting time (for the information world), as the next billion people will be coming online from previously ‘unconnected’
Date: places and we are therefore still only at the beginning of a consumer generated media revolution.”
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