The Aspen Institute Roundtable Series

The Expanding Global Marketplace and The Innovation Economy
On Monday, December 5, the second forum of the 2011 Aspen Institute Roundtable Series was held at The Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. Focusing on the topic, "The Expanding Global Marketplace and The Innovation Economy," participants and featured guest Michael Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs, discussed how both the global and American innovation economies will be impacted as markets and the global middle class expand.

The discussion was moderated by Hari Sreenivasan, Correspondent and Director of Digital Partnerships with PBS NewsHour.

Participants included:

• Michael Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs
• John Engler, President, Business Roundtable
• Alec Ross, Senior Adviser for Innovation, Office of the Secretary of State
• Peter Cleveland, Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs and Director, Global Public Policy, Intel Corporation

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