MEETING WITH ANDREW KEEN: THE IMPACT OF WEB 2.0 ON POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND CULTURE EIF Breakfast Debate2 December 2009 8.00-9.30
Private Salon, Members' Restaurant, European Parliament in Brussels What changes is the so-called Web 2.0 bringing into politics as well as into our economic life and culture? A breakfast debate was hosted by EIF Governor and MEP Bill Newton Dunn to give participants an extraordinary occasion to exchange their views with Andrew Keen, one of the world's most influential thinkers about 21st century business, technology and media. He is the author of the 2007 international hit "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture" and is currently writing a book entitled "Digital Vertigo: Anxiety, Loneliness and Inequality in the Social Media Age". His background is one of a digital media entrepreneur and Silicon Valley insider. ProgrammeWelcome and introduction by Bill Newton Dunn, MEP and EIF Governor
The Impact of Web 2.0 on Politics, Economics and Culture by Andrew Keen
Exchange of views with guests Listen to the podcast of Andrew Keen's speech |
