“It’s a great pleasure to be speaking alongside some of the great thought leaders for the universities of the future, from Singapore, from Carnegie Mellon in the States, from India…”
—Gordon Brown, prime minister of the United Kingdom (2007-2010) and U.N. special envoy for global education, United Kingdom

Brown’s remarks came at a recent World Economic Forum panel discussion that took place in Tianjin, China, on the “Future of Education.” In addition to Brown, on the panel of “great thought leaders” were:

  • Mark Kamlet, provost of Carnegie Mellon University
  • Shantanu Prakash, chair and managing director, Educomp Solutions, India
  • Tan Chorh-Chuan, president, National University of Singapore
  • Tang Qian, assistant director-general, education, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris

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