SGS session participants took this unique opportunity, to present ideas for improving health and healthcare in selected regions, and Dr. Kim provided valuable insights regarding how to move forward with their initiatives.

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Essential in the process, she says, is that there is a common vision that the revolution can strive for. Defining that common vision, will be challenging for the Arab Spring nations. She stresses that the role of dialogue, cannot be underestimated, and that organizations like the Salzburg Global Seminar are critical in providing the environment for transformative exchanges to be made in.

Here he discusses the possibility of the revolution being "highjacked", the erroneous view that Islam and democracy cannot coexist, the problem of the police being so hated and targeted, and the role of social media in the Arab Spring uprisings.

Here he discusses how the posession of valuable natural resources, like oil, can be a curse, for countries in terms of development, democracy and freedom.

Here she expresses her concern that the Islamists may be playing too large a role in the rebuilding of Egypt, and her hope that Egypt will eventually have a secular government, where women finally achieve equality.

Here he touches on the role of religion in the aftermath of the revolutions, as well as lessons that can be learned from Iraq, and the power of the social media.

Here he touches briefly on a biology curriculum, which he has created, that also explicitly includes reading, writing, and arithmetic, for young students. He also discusses the various gaps which exist as barriers for education, and the value of exchanging ideas in a global forum, such as the Salzburg Global Seminar.

Here he sheds light on the problems which Roma children are facing in Europe and throughout the world, regarding equal access and quality of education.

Here he discusses how each inovation in technology has resulted in the ever increasing democratization of education.

Veronica Boix Mansilla is a senior research associate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she also chairs the Future of Learning Institute. Her research examines the conditions that enable experts and young learners to produce quality interdisciplinary work addressing problems of contemporary global significance.