Odisha’s Apurv Mishra has got the rare invitation to join as a panelist at the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos (Switzerland).He would share his views on ‘Future with wearable technology’.
Mishra, who hails from Bhubaneswar, is now based in San Francisco of USA. He has an MPhil degree in Technology Policy from University of Cambridge and is an inventor and Youngest TED Fellow.
He is among the 30 participants from round the globe, who has been selected under-30 age group. Fifty heads of States and CEOs of 500 top companies are scheduled to attend the summit in Davos, sources revealed.
This year’s four-day event started on Wednesday under the theme, ‘The reshaping of the world: consequences for society, politics and business’. The heads of State or Government, including British Prime Minister David Cameron, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, Rwandan president Paul Kagame, Italian Prime Minister Enrico letta and Park Geun-hye, president of South Korea are scheduled to attend the meet.