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Heidi Kuhn founded Roots of Peace in 1997 to help remove landmines in war-torn nations. Her organization has taken out 100,000 landmines from countries, such as Palestine, Israel, Afghanistan, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovena, Angola, and Cambodia. They have also transformed the lives of landmine victims by giving them a decent source of living. In Afghanistan, Roots of Peace has helped 10,000 farmers who are now happily growing fruits on the once dreaded landmine zone.

Heidi Neltner shared her session on teaching and learning practices using iPads. Heidi shares a Padlet brainstorm activity along with an interactive infographic using Thinglink.

BP has opened its first-ever UK centre dedicated to training and development via life-size simulators, augmented reality and 3D visualization capability. Offshore-Technology's Heidi Vella was invited to the centre to experience the centre first-hand. In July, BP opened the doors to its shiny-new Upstream Learning Centre built on spare land at its International Centre for Business and Technology (ICBT) in Sunbury-on-Thames.

Russia has pledged to plough money into developing Cuba's offshore oil, despite many companies having tried and failed before. Considering this, and the many political and logistical hurdles involved, can Russia realistically succeed in its mission? Heidi Vella investigates.