This document discusses the World Tech Jam, which engaged over 11,000 people in 84 countries to generate ideas around creating a global digital society. Participants discussed innovations in healthcare, education, transportation, public policy, and other areas. The event tapped into the ideas of young innovators and brought diverse networks together. An action plan was unveiled in Montreal that highlighted leading ideas, industry commitments to action, and policy recommendations in areas like digital skills, smart cities, and public health. The goal is to harness human knowledge and ingenuity to accelerate progress towards a more networked and intelligent world.

1. Co-Creating a Global
Digital Society Action Plan
Anthony D. Williams
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2. WCIT 2012: Not Just a Traditional Conference
Juliana Rotich, Ushahidi WimElfrink, Cisco Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Clay Shirky, NYU
Larry King Robin Chase, ZipCar John Stackhouse, G&M New Solutions for a Connected Planet
danahboyd, Microsoft Kim Stevenson, Intel

3. 1. A Global Platform for Computation and Collaboration
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4. 2. ANew Fabric of Social Connectivity
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5. 3. An Urgent Need for Institutional Redesign
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6. The World Tech Jam: A Global Online Conversation
World Tech Jam
Communities Action Plan
Healthcare Innovations
& Medical Environment & Unveiled in Montreal
Research Sustainability Experiences October 24, 2012
Case
Ideas studies • Leading ideas &
innovations across
Transportation
& Smart cities
Digital sectors
Brainstorming • Industry commitments
Digital Skills to action
Public Questions
& Education Public policy • Public policy
Service
suggestions recommendations
Innovation Technologies
Media, • Case studies
Comments
Arts&
Culture
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7. Engaging 11,000 People in 84 Countries
Top 15 locations by
visits
1. Canada
2. United States
3. India
4. China
5. Japan
6. United Kingdom
7. Nigeria
8. Australia
9. Taiwan
10. Germany
11. Brazil
12. France
13. Malaysia
14. Poland
15. Egypt Over 57,000 page views from 10,872 total logins with participants joining from
84 countries/territories.
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8. Tapping the Ingenuity of Young Innovators
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9. The CareerMash Youth Tech Jam
• 10,000 students
• 1,000 in person
• 6 Cities
• Over 200 ideas
• Sparked interest it ICT
careers
• Got young people
engaged in innovation
• Crossed all sectors of
society
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10. Bringing Diverse Networks Together
Anthony Williams
Sharon Nunes
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11. Creating a Broad Spectrum of Ideas
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12. Rethinking Healthcare and Medical Research
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13. The Engaged Patient: Building Patient Communities
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14. The Electronic Patient Record Meets Facebook
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15. Accelerating Medicine: Collaborative Drug Discovery
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16. Digital Skills and the Future of Education
Green technologies Health and medical services
Biotech & food production Digital utilities and cloud computing
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17. Closing the Skills Gaps & Modernizing Education
• 32 million books
• 750 million articles and essays
• 25 million songs
• 500 million images
• 500,000 movies
• 3 million videos, TV shows, and short films
• 500 billion public Web pages
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18. Accelerating the New Energy Economy
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19. Using Ubiquitous Intelligence to Reshape Our Cities
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20. Optimizing Our Transportation Infrastructure
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21. Emerging Public Health Applications
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22. Emerging Public Health Applications
Street sweepers fitted with devices drive
around collecting air quality data all day long
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23. Emerging Public Health Applications
City-wide data is aggregated on maps and
citizens receive personal updates on-the-go
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24. An Age of NetworkedIntelligence
Agrarian Age Industrial Age Age of Networked
Intelligence
Printing Press Internet
Printing Press Internet
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25. Unleash the Power of Human Capital
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26. Harness the Knowledge &Ingenuity of the World
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27. Co-Creating a Global
Digital Society Action Plan
Anthony D. Williams
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