On October 20th, Peter Cowhey unveiled the "Implementation Plan for a Common Digital Market of Goods, Services and Ideas," the proposed plan of the IDEA Project Staff, during a webinar with stakeholders. Watch the webinar below. The Implementation Plan proposes a method for Internet governance that has two basic design tenets:
The Lebanese tourism industry may have been hit by the recent economic downturn, but not its wine industry. A wine-tasting festival in the heart of Beirut's downtown area last week brought together hundreds of fans eager to try Lebanese wine samplings, which have grown to include various brands and types.
The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program will host a breakfast book talk featuring Roger Martin, award winning author and Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, with Andrew Ross Sorkin, chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for the New York Times. The two will discuss Roger's newest book, Fixing the Game: Bubbles Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL.
The PNB-NAPEO advisory board serves as the leadership for PNB-NAPEO. This influential group comprised of U.S. and Maghreb business and civil society leaders will set PNB-NAPEO priorities and policies, generate broad support and communicate with local boards in each of the five countries of the Maghreb.