AMP Summit Series
People, empowered by technology, are changing everything — everywhere, all the time. The evolution of activism, media and policy never stops, and we must keep pace. The year-round AMP Summit Series will bring together leaders from around the world to address the most important topics of the day and continuing this important conversation.
AMP Summit Series: Egypt’s Social Media Revolution
The role of technology in geopolitical diplomacy and global media coverage and the ongoing unrest in Egypt will be the topic of our inaugural AMP Summit Series discussion on February 22 featuring the Huffington Post’s national editor, the U.S. State Department’s innovation expert and the father of online advocacy, Joe Trippi.
Click here to view the video from the past series.
Panelists:
National Editor, The Huffington Post
Nico Pitney is national editor at The Huffington Post. He previously was the deputy research director at the Center for American Progress and managing editor of ThinkProgress. He lives in Washington, D.C., and has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and NPR.
Policy Adviser For Innovation (U.S. State Department)
Ben Scott is the policy adviser for innovation at the U.S. State Department, where he works at the intersection of technology and foreign policy. His portfolio includes Internet freedom, technology and development, and new media strategies to promote 21st-century statecraft. Before joining the State Department, he led the Washington office for Free Press, the largest U.S. nonprofit that deals exclusively with media and communications policy, for six years.
Chairman, AMP Summit
One of the most widely recognized and influential strategists in American politics, Joe Trippi has been heralded on the cover of The New Republic as the man who “reinvented campaigning” and by The Atlantic as the “political innovator of the decade.” Known for his technology and media savvy, Trippi’s work in politics has spanned more than four decades, five presidential campaigns, and numerous successful state and national elections.
