Socrates Program Dinner

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Date

Sun Jun 26, 2011
5:30pm – 9:00pm

Location

Aspen, CO, United States

Hosts

Featuring Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times foreign affairs columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author, moderating a conversation with by Sonal Shah, Director, White House Office of Innovation, and Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, on the topic “Digital Disconnect: Innovations in Technology and the Impact on International Relations.”

We are very grateful to Socrates founders, Laura and Gary Lauder, who will serve as dinner co-chairs. Additionally, Society of Fellows members and Socrates Program alumni, Samia and Huda Farouki will be honored.

Dinner to benefit Socrates Program Forum for Young Leaders.

 

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Special thanks to Montesquieu Winery for contributing the wine for this event.

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