Globalization Goes Digital: Why It Matters for Countries, Companies, and Citizens

Globalization Goes Digital: Why It Matters for Countries, Companies, and Citizens The global economic system depends on increasingly complex and expanding flows-of goods, services, finance, and talent. Data itself is one of the most critically important and fastest-growing components, a direct result of cross-border Internet traffic which has risen 18-fold since 2005. Powered by the spread of Internet and digital technologies and growing prosperity in emerging economies, the explosion of cross-border flows has increased the opportunity for innovation but also poses more challenges. The growth of countries and companies is now dependent on their participation in global flows; to be disconnected is to fall behind. How can policy makers, companies, and people adapt their thinking and practices to effectively adjust and benefit fully from this transformation? How can they minimize the risks and ensure that the benefits of globalization are captured and shared fairly across society? Join New America for a conversation about globalization, trade and connectivity in a digitized economy and learn more about the findings and implications from the recently released McKinsey Global Institute report, "Global Flows in a Digital Age: How trade, Finance, People, and Data Connect the World Economy." If you are unable to join us in person, please tune in to our live webcast of the event here. No sign up is required to view streaming video. Join the conversation online by using #GlobalFlows and by following @NewAmerica. Agenda McKinsey Global Institute Report Overview Dr. James Manyika Director, McKinsey Global Institute Director (Senior Partner), McKinsey & Company @McKinsey_MGI Dr. Susan Lund Partner, McKinsey Global Institute @SusanLund_DC Fred Hochberg Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of the U.S. @EximBankUS The Impact of Global Flows on the Private Sector Eric Schmidt Chairman, Google @ericschmidt Mohamed El-Erian Chief Economic Advisor, Allianz Chair of President Obama's Global Development Council Former CEO, PIMCO @elerianm Eric Spiegel President and CEO, Siemens USA @ericspiegel Moderator: Peter Coy Economics Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek @petercoy The Impact of Global Flows on Policy Matthew Slaughter Associate Dean for Faculty, Signal Companies' Professor of Management Founding Faculty Director of the Center for Global Business and Government at the Tuck School at Dartmouth @ussignalcom Donna Harris Co-Founder, 1776 Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Georgetown University Board of Directors, Global Entrepreneurship Week @dharrisindc Karen Kornbluh Executive Vice President for External Affairs at Nielsen Former Ambassador, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) @karenkornbluh J. Bradford Jensen Professor of International Business and Economics, McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research Moderator: Michael Mandel Chief Economic Strategist, Progressive Policy Institute Former Chief Economist, Bloomberg Businessweek @MichaelMandel http://www.newamerica.net/events/2014/globalization_goes_digital