Savo Miljenović – participant of Telenor Youth Forum in Norway

 

These four are amongst the 25 delegates who will join this year’s Telenor Youth Forum in Oslo (#TYF15). The annual event, which coincides with the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony week, will this year centre on the theme of #KnowledgeForAll.

 

“Our delegates bring unique ideas and thoughts based on multiple perspectives and that are rooted in a range of societal challenges. Most importantly, they see opportunities where others see barriers to making an impact. We want to engage with them to discuss and explore how Telenor and mobile technology can be part of driving inclusive change and improving access to knowledge,” says Sigve Brekke, President & CEO of Telenor Group.

 

The chosen delegates, 14 women and 11 men aged 18-28, are born into a digital age that encourages and enables untraditional and innovative solutions to societal challenges.

 

Savo Miljenović (21) already has great experience in various projects and voluntary actions, writes poetry and play basketball and rugby. This versatile boy is especially proud on his perseverance i effort that is part of everything he does, and combined with creativity makes every goal possible.

 

Read more about the 25 delegates here.

 

An international selection panel consisting of representatives from civil society, academia and Telenor top management selected the final delegates from close to 2,000 applicants in 13 countries.

 

 

Telenor has invited a range of high-level and inspiring speakers for the Forum programme, who all share a passion for knowledge and increasing access to learning. A keynote address will be given by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopaedia.  “I'm excited to be participating in this year’s Telenor Youth Forum.  The youth are the future, mobile is the future. The dream of universal access to education is in our grasp," says Wales.

 

Other speakers include:

·         Justin Ferrell, award-winning journalist & design-thinker, Stanford University’s d.school 

·         Torbjørn Røe-Isaksen, Norwegian Minister for Education and Research

·         Santeri Koivisto from edugaming innovation MinecraftEdu

·         Laila Bokhari, Norwegian State Secretary & owner of an all-girls’ school in Sultanabad, Pakistan

·         Tim Aye-Hardy, founder of Myanmar mobile education project, myME

·         Zihad Zaman, Jaago Foundation, which runs online schools with Grameenphone, Telenor Group’s company in Bangladesh

·         Kelly Steen from Canadian storytelling start-up Wattpad

·         Julia Firestone, Global Business Coalition for Education’s Global Education Platform

 

Telenor Youth Forum is a global platform where young opinion leaders from Asia and Europe meet to build bridges across borders through innovative ideas, solidarity and exchange of knowledge and thoughts.

 

"It’s a goal of ours to encourage young people to raise their voice for issues that matter, such as access to education and knowledge for all. The Nobel Peace Center is happy to once again partner with the Telenor Youth Forum because it gives a global stage to some of the most creative, passionate and optimistic of these voices. They have the chance to be a global fraternity of gifted young people with ideas and a drive to keep us all moving forward – towards peace and knowledge for all," says Executive Director Bente Erichsen of the Nobel Peace Center.

 

Nataša Đurđić, Corporate Communications and CR specialist

 069/010429, natasa.djurdjic@telenor.me

 

Telenor Group is one of the world’s major mobile operators with close to 200 million subscribers. Our #MoreThan 33 000 employees across 13 countries in Europe and Asia work each day to provide connectivity and to make a real difference for people, business and society.

Telenor Youth Forum offers young innovators a global stage, opportunities to meet and discuss with leaders and luminaries within their fields – and a social and professional experience of a lifetime. The event takes place 8-12th December in Oslo, Norway.