Innovation in desalination was a feature at the Blue Tech Forum in San Francisco last week.

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At a recent Wharton San Francisco event with the Churchill Club, a Silicon Valley tech and business forum, whether technology will power the next job boom dominated conversation, particularly focusing on the growing gap between the number of college graduates and the number of jobs available.

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In a BYOD age, we are adept at solving our own tech issues using Google, user forum or pal.

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CES, CTIA and Mobile World Congress (Barcelona), plus noisy Games shows in Japan, continue as top global tech industry forums for candidates, where stealth recruiters listen intently to forum speakers, and pounce on them like lions seeking wildebeest prey on the way back to their corporate booths.

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It might take some work to change the way Russian industry is seen abroad, but the Russian corporate and government leaders behind the 15th annual St Petersburg International Economic Forum are hoping to participants leave the three day forum starting June 16 knowing that Russia is also pretty high tech.

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As the Apps4africa 2012 competition team travels to find the next tech CEO in Africa, all these questions were left unanswered at the African CEO Forum.

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