Meeting with Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen, and Richard N. Haass on "The Digital Disruption"

Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Speakers
Eric Schmidt
Chairman and CEO, Google, Inc.
Jared Cohen
Adjunct Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Director, Google Ideas, Google, Inc.; Former Member, Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State
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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