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On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Yosem Companys <[email protected]>wrote: > Aspen Institute to Present Findings on Barriers to Connectivity and > the Freedom to Communicate in the Americas > Event to showcase new report, speakers Alec Ross, Ricardo B. Salinas > and Sergio Sarmiento > > What: On Monday, October 1, 2012, the Aspen Institute Communications > and Society Program will release a new report detailing eight major > barriers to connectivity and the freedom to communicate in the > Americas and five recommendations for overcoming these barriers.The > report, Freedom and Connectivity: Advancing the Freedom to Communicate > in the Americas, captures the insights and recommendations of a > distinguished group of business, government, journalism and academic > leaders and experts from the United States and Latin America who met > earlier this year in Mexico City for the inaugural Aspen Institute > Forum on the Freedom to Communicate. A light lunch will be served. > > Who: > > Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation, U.S. Department of State > Ricardo B. Salinas, Founder and Chairman, Grupo Salinas > Sergio Sarmiento, Distinguished Journalist, Syndicated Columnist, > Radio and TV Host, TV Azteca > Charlie Firestone, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Communications > & Society Program (moderator) > > The session will feature a presentation of the report and its > recommendations followed by comments from the featured speakers. The > report addresses issues of connectivity, telecommunications investment > and competition, innovation and censorship in Mexico and throughout > the Americas. Following the featured speakers' remarks, Charlie > Firestone will moderate a discussion among all invited guests that > explores the challenges to the freedom to communicate at this pivotal > time in the global development of both democracy and digital > technologies. > > When: Monday, October 1, 2012, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT > Where: The Aspen Institute, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700, Washington, > D.C. > > Follow on Web or Twitter: The event will be streamed live at > www.aspeninstitute.org/freedom2c. Join the discussion on Twitter at > hashtag #freedom2c or by following @aspencs. > > Media who are interested in attending should contact Kiahna Williams > at [email protected] or 202.736.5818 > > The Aspen Institute Forum on the Freedom to Communicate addresses > issues surrounding the freedoms of expression, association, and > connectivity and develops actionable recommendations that can enhance > these freedoms, particularly in the Western Hemisphere. > > The Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program serves as a > non-partisan venue for global leaders and experts to exchange insights > on the societal impact of advances in digital technology and network > communications. It also creates a multidisciplinary space in the > communications policy-making world where veteran and emerging > decision-makers can explore new concepts and develop new policy > networks. Visit us on the web at www.aspeninstitute.org/c&s and follow > on Twitter @aspencs > > Grupo Salinas is a group of dynamic, fast-growing and technologically > advanced companies, focused on creating shareholder value, and > improving society through excellence. By making technology available > to all levels of society, Grupo Salinas promotes the development of > the countries where it operates. Follow on Twitter @GrupoSalinas_GS > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- -- Lisa M. Brownlee, Esq. Mexico Skype: lisa.m.brownlee [email protected] [email protected] Author's website at West Thomson Reuters<http://west.thomson.com/store/authorbio2.aspx?r=4889&product_id=15033039&aurec=2000017572Auth> About my Law Journal Press treatise<http://www.lawcatalog.com/product_detail.cfm?productID=15196&setlist=0&return=search_results&CFID=20088542&CFTOKEN=b6ddabf982b888e4-2F42CE2A-B3D2-E07B-503BCB3A910E5EEC> Facebook: Lisa M Brownlee<http://www.facebook.com/#%21/profile.php?id=1691642784&sk=info> Author of: Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Corporate Transactions: Investment, Risk Assessment and Management (West Thomson Reuters) Assets & Finance: Audits and Valuation of Intellectual Property (West Thomson Reuters) Federal Acquisition Regulations: Intellectual Property and Related Rights (Law Journal Press)
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