Video: Social Media and Information Technology in Cuba

July 20, 2010


In collaboration with the Cuba Study Group & The Latin America Initiative at the Brookings Institution, AS/COA hosted a panel discussion exploring ways that social media companies can increase access and usability from within Cuba and steps that can be taken by both the private and public sectors to help Cuba close its technology gap in the future. The program also marked the New York launch of the white paper Empowering the Cuban People through Technology.

Welcoming Remarks:

• Christopher Sabatini, Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Presenters:

• Carlos Saladrigas, Co-Chairman of the Board, Cuba Study Group
  
• Theodore Piccone, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Foreign Policy, the Brookings Institution
• Christopher Sabatini, Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Discussant:

• Brett Solomon, Executive Director, AccessNow

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