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1. Luís Valença Pinto – TEDxEdges - October 1st, 2011 - Lisbon, Portugal Champalimaud Foundation Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

2. What strategic resources shall we secure and develop?

3. How is our world?

4. The World Is becoming a single entity Calls for global perspectives and global options Offers unprecedented opportunities

5. The centrality of the human person

6. Change – the most permanent factor of our time!

7. The current crisis brought New players New People New Ideas New Interests New opportunities

8. How does Portugal fit in the new scenario?

9. As every other nation!

10. The new economy will relate to more regions of the globe

11. The new economy The strategic resources will mostly reffer to Energy Environment Information Technologies Health Leisure

12. Every crisis creates new opportunities

13. The educated human person is the key resource

14. The edge is fair ambition willingness, knowledge and effort

15. Open competition and free market require confidence and cooperation

16. Ideas are the most valuable commodity of the 21 st century

17. Success is on the hearts minds and hands of the new generation

18. Luís Valença Pinto – TEDxEdges - October 1st, 2011 - Lisbon, Portugal Champalimaud Foundation Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown