Hans Rosling is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet, and Co-Founder of Gapminder Foundation. As a young MD he worked in Mozambique (1979-1980) where he discovered a formerly unrecognised paralytic disease that his research team named Konzo. Hans co-founded Gapminder Foundation, an organisation that promotes a fact-based worldview by converting international statistics into moving, interactive and enjoyable graphics. His award-winning lectures on global trends have been labelled “humorous yet deadly serious.”

 

Videos

 

Opening Plenary 2012

Filing of the Opening Plenary at Skoll World Forum 2012.

Opening Plenary 2012 Skoll World Forum

 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Audio

Opening Plenary 2012

Stephan Chambers introduces (in order of appearance) Peter Tufano, Jeff Skoll, Hans Rosling, Judith Rodin, Patrick Meier, Roger Martin, Soraya Salti

Opening Plenary 2012 Skoll World Forum

 

 
 
 
 
 

Sessions

Wed, March 28, 17:00 - 18:30

Wed, March 28, 17:00 - 18:30

Opening Plenary 2012 Skoll World Forum

Speakers: Peter Tufano, Eva Ayllon, Soraya Salti, Roger Martin, Stephan Chambers