Technology for Society

Some of the same technologies, such as cloud computing and semantic search, that make the most popular social networking applications possible are now being applied to development, education and healthcare delivery. How can these readily available technologies be best leveraged to address complex issues? The Panel at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters 2010, includes: Rainer Brüderle, Federal Minister of Economics and Technology of Germany; William D. Green, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture, USA; Michael W. Laphen, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation), USA; Didier Lombard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, France Telecom, France; Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer, Google, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010; Joel D. Selanikio, Director, DataDyne, USA. Session moderation by Adam Lashinsky, Editor-at-Large, Fortune Magazine, USA.