UNDP WATCH: Dervis and Talbott bring together the world' left in Aspen to discuss "Innovation and Technology for Development" (UNDP' Helen Clark will attend)

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Dervis and Talbott bring together the world' left in Aspen to discuss "Innovation and Technology for Development" (UNDP' Helen Clark will attend)

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BROOKINGS BLUM ROUNDTABLE

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

August 1 – 3, 2012

Co-Chair:

Richard C. Blum
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Blum Capital Partners, LP

Kemal Derviş
Vice President and Director
Global Economy and Development The Brookings Institution

Strobe Talbott
President
The Brookings Institution

Innovation and Technology for Development
Aspen, Colorado
August 1-3, 2012

The Brookings Blum Roundtable is an off-the-record annual forum for global leaders, entrepreneurs and practioners to discuss innovative ideas and advance groundbreaking initiatives to alleviate global poverty. Roundtable participants have convened each August since 2004 to explore timely subjects ranging from the emergent new players in the international donor community to the poverty-insecurity nexus. This year’s theme is “Innovation and Technology for Development.”

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