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Newspaper print editions likely to cease by 2014 Proliferation of the Internet would enable remote education, check urbanisation, notes a WEF discussion Thursday, January 24, 2008 DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: Participants discussed potential future scenarios between 2008 and 2020 at an exclusive CEO panel discussion conducted by Infosys Technologies at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008, here on Thursday. Renowned futurists Paul Saffo and Peter Schwartz expressed their views on the scenarios impacting global corporations at the panel discussion titled Welcome to Twenty20: Creating a Future by Design. Participants also included CEOs from companies across the globe. Infosy CEO and managing director, Kris Gopalakrishnanand along with Maria Bartiromo, CNBC anchor, led the panel discussion. "In today's interconnected world we have to look at solving today's and tomorrow's problems through increased collaboration and innovation," said Gopalakrishnan. The discussion focused on managing uncertainty in a rapidly changing world and addressed five global themes predicted by Infosys to shape the future: Environment and Energy, Healthcare, Education, Economic Inclusiveness and Ethical Governance. The discussion noted that by 2018 the proliferation of the Internet would enable remote education, apart from electronic delivery of medical services. The Internet, it also noted, would enable workers to complete tasks from anywhere in the world, declining urbanization. There was also a suggestion that print editions of daily newspapers would cease to exist by 2014. Gopalakrishnan will speak at the Forum on Friday about how corporations can tap local innovation for global impact and how economies can use information communication technology for competitive advantage. Infosys will also hold sessions - Leveraging Technology for Development, Local Innovation for Global Impact, Using Technology to Create Competitive Advantage on January 25.
