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    This week, BusinessWeek published my story on the new strategy of the U.S. State Department to elevate technology to a top priority and use it as a diplomatic tool to help build civill society and spur free markets. The most visible part of that strategy, until the Iranian presidential elections, was the tech delegation that the government set up in Iraq this past April. Similar delegations are planned for Afghanistan and other places. I interviewed several of the tech execs who were invited on this trip, including Google’s Hunter Walk, AT&T’s Richard Robbins, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, Howcast’s Jason Liebman, and tech savvy State Dept. official Jared Cohen. Execs from BLueStateDigital, Auttomatic, Meetup and Google also went on the trip. Click here to read more stories on my blog Creative Capital. http://creativecapital.wordpress.com

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    This week, BusinessWeek published my story on the new strategy of the U.S. State Department to elevate technology to a top priority and use it as a diplomatic tool to help build civill society and spur free markets. The most visible part of that strategy, until the Iranian presidential elections, was the tech delegation that the government set up in Iraq this past April. Similar delegations are planned for Afghanistan and other places. I interviewed several of the tech execs who were invited on this trip, including Google’s Hunter Walk, AT&T’s Richard Robbins, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, Howcast’s Jason Liebman, and tech savvy State Dept. official Jared Cohen. Execs from BLueStateDigital, Auttomatic, Meetup and Google also went on the trip. Click here to read more stories on my blog Creative Capital. http://creativecapital.wordpress.com

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    Itinerary of U.S. Tech Delegation To Iraq

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    Visit of the Technology/New Media Delegation

    April 19-23, 2009

    Sunday, April 19

    16:00 Arrival from Amman to BIAP (Baghdad International Airport) via milair

    17:00 Helo from BIAP to LZ (Landing Zone) Washington

    17:30 Check into Embassy housing

    18:15 Welcome and program overview with Helen LaFave, Cultural Attaché, Jinnie
    Lee, Deputy Cultural Affairs Officer and Veronika Arky, Cultural Affairs
    Assistant

    18:30 Briefing / Courtesy call with Susan Ziadeh, Embassy Spokesperson and Acting
    Counselor for Public Affairs

    19:00 Security Briefing by RSO (Regional Security Office) – Protective Operations,


    Ken Davis and Tony Groh

    20:00 Dinner at the residence of General Nasier Abadi, Vice Chief of Staff, Iraqi Armed
    Forces– briefing on security situation in Iraq

    Monday, April 20

    0745 Breakfast at the DFAC (Dining Facility)

    0845 Briefing with MG (Major-General) David Perkins, Director for Strategic Effects,
    CJ9, Multi-National Force Iraq (MNF-I), on military strategic communications

    0915 Briefing by MAJ Ralph Steen, MNF-I CJ6, Officer-in-Charge of the national fiber
    network installation project and LCDR Blake Eikenberry, MNF-I, IZFN Project
    Manager

    0945 Briefing with Embassy senior staff (Ambassador Robert Ford, Counselor for
    Political Affairs; Michael Dodman, Counselor for Economic Affairs; Susan
    Ziadeh, Embassy Spokesperson and Acting Counselor for Public Affairs)

    1115 Briefing with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih via teleconference

    1215 Lunch with Foreign Service Officers serving in Embassy Baghdad

    1330 Visit Crossed Swords and Monument to the Unknown Soldier


    1430 Briefing with the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on education led by Dr.
    Saad Ibrahim, Education Advisor to PM Maliki

    1630 Briefing led by Ambassador Marc Wall, Coordinator for Economic Transition in
    Iraq (CETI), with ECON (Economics Section), FCS (Foreign Commercial
    Service), ACCO (Anti-Corruption Coordinator’s Office), ITAO (Iraq Transition
    Assistance Office)

    1745 Briefing by the Office of Hostage Affairs, Peter Ford

    1800 Meeting with the National Investment Commission - Dr. Sami Al-Aaraji,
    Investment Commissioner and Salah Mohamed Ameen, Deputy Investment
    Commissioner

    1930 Dinner meeting with Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Raad Fahmi and
    Dr. Samir Salem Attar, Senior Deputy Minister

    Tuesday, April 21

    0730 Breakfast at the DFAC

    0900 Tour of Iraq National Museum and meeting with the Faeza Al Ubadi, Chief
    Engineer

    1100 Symposium with private sector and government telecom and technology
    representatives hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

    1330 Lunch briefing and tour of Zain

    1645 Roundtable discussion with Iraqi youth at Al Rasheed Hotel

    1830 Reception at DCR hosted by Chargé d’Affaires, Ambassador Patricia Butenis

    Wednesday, April 22

    0730 Breakfast at the DFAC

    0900 Visit to University of Baghdad - meeting led by Dr. Mousa Al Mosawa, President,
    University of Baghdad and moderated by Dr. Suha M. Hadi, Professor, Al
    Khawarizmi Engineering College, University of Baghdad

    1100 Meeting with President Talabani at Dar-as-Salam Palace


    1215 Visit to University of Technology, meeting led by Dr. Qahtan Khalaf Al-
    Khazrajy, President and session with students

    1445 Arab Media Roundtable with print and online journalists for executives from
    Meetup, Blue State Digital, YouTube and AT&T

    1545 CNN Interview with CEO of Twitter

    1600 TV Interview with Arab media executive from Howcast

    1630 Roundtable with Western press – all members of delegation

    1900 Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Barham Salih

    2215 DVC with State Department Press in Washington, D.C.

    Thursday, April 23

    0500 PSD (Protective Security Detail) to BIAP

    0900 MilAir from BIAP to Amman

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