Dissidents seek transformational Middle East information technology leaders drawing region together

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The Mark Palmer Forum for Advancing Democracy – Information Technology, Economic Growth and Political Change in the Middle East

Is there a relationship between economic growth and political change? Does access to information inevitably drive societies to demand more economic and political freedom? In the Middle East, why has there been successful entrepreneurship in the technology sector despite repressive policies by governments? Will political liberalization follow?

Please join Freedom House for a conversation with Mark P. Lagon, president of Freedom House and Christopher M. Schroeder, US-based tech entrepreneur and venture investor and author of Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East. The book offers a surprising and timely look at the technological revolution and economic opportunity in the Middle East.