The Digital Disruption

Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Panelists
Eric Schmidt
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Google, Inc.; Co-author, "The Digital Disruption", (Foreign Affairs, November/December 2010)
Jared Cohen
Adjunct Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Director, Google Ideas, Google, Inc.; Former Member, Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State; Co-author, "The Digital Disruption", (Foreign Affairs, November/December 2010
Presider
Richard Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations

Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen debate the global reach of technology and the implications on countries such as China and Iran.

This session was part of the Corporate Program's CEO Speaker series.

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