Microsoft Student Day Joe Wilson

The power of students World University Students

Notes• There are 1.3 billion students in the world• Majority of 10% of University students are located in

Australia, North America, China and India. Where most of the student’s parent come from are not as nice.

• An Australian team SOAK won the ImagineCup

• All the big IT companies started by people under the age of 25.

• Majority of new ideas and new creation are from students, in dorm rooms

• and not the ones in the boardroom.• The power of students

Notes• There are two key message I want to pass on to

you.• You are the key people to growth and

development and creation• You are the key drivers of future technology

developers• And the other message is to help and solve the

worlds problem. Money is not the end all be all.

• Youth and Civic Engagement• http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/584/

Notes• http://on10.net/blogs/joewil/• http://blogs.msdn.com/msozacademic/• http://channel8.msdn.com/• http://imaginecup.com/• http://www.microsoft.com/studentstobusiness/• http://www.microsoft.com/education/

FacultyConnection/• http://student-partners.com/

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