Economic forum where so many smart people are gathered we are having conversations about things that are not necessarily being discussed so broadly everywhere else. The issue here is the threat that progress poses to employment, to work, and to labor, and how we should think about those things. Weve got divide a panel with us quite a panel with us today. On your right is andrew mcafee, he is a Principal Research scientist at mit and he studies how Digital Technologies are changing business, the economy and society. He is the cofounder on the Digital Economy at mit and coauthor of a great book, the second machine age work progress and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies. Arty sorenson is the president and chief executive officer of h marriott international. Lauren is a professor and director at the university of business. She is on the Global Agenda Council on gender parity. Another is the chief executive officer and managing director and a director general of the Internation
Contenders, i dont know. [laughter] the communicators announcer live coverage of the white house Correspondents Dinner today on cspan. Announcer cspan, brought to you by americas Cable Companies 32 years ago. And now on your screen, the Convention Hall to the International Tradeshow and the communicators is on location. This week, we will look at some of the technology that is coming out, and look at some of the people who are bringing that technology. This is the communicators. Now i want to introduce you to dr. Michael blum at the university of california, san francisco. Dr. Blum i am the director of the university of california san franciscos center for Digital Health innovation, and we look at patient portals and things like that, but we are also working at a very transformative time and we look at traditional patient care moving into new technology that will have dramatic impact and have a transition out of this time where we have patience who patients who are managed and we are l
Affecting global business. The new 777x dreamliner will be built somewhere. Thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in Economic Activity hinging on a single union vote. Black out. Millions might not be able to watch home teams compete. We will find out why selling home tickets is more important in the nfl than televising the games. Perkoe to Market Makers. Great to be here in the snowstorm, or as you would say, another day in winter. You would say that. She said it for me, i dont have to say it. I am Erik Schatzker, second day of the working new year. Welcome back. Thank you. It is the biggest winter storm of the year. Of course, day two. Part of the u. S. Are forecast to be left with 1. 5 feet of snow when it is all said and done. For more that has for more on the storm that has blanketed the northeast, we go to bonnie schneider. We are starting to dig out of the snow, but it is freezing out their bank. Give us an update. Chills are below zero. But tomorrow they will die down, but i
This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show, so tell me whats on your mind by tweeting m me at ai velshi. Optimism grows in may to its highest level in almost seven years, and meaning that Small Businesses are finally starting to recover. Levels of confidence last seen before the recession, and even though Small Business owners are more positive about Business Prospects overall, theyre still cautious about their spinning plans and creating more business. So says the International Pro business, it gages sentiment among Small Business owners every month. This is all important because americas Small Businesses, independent firms with fewer than 500 employees on the payrolls, now account for 60 of new jobs created in the economy every month. Last month, america crossed an important job threshold when it final recovered the 8. 8 million jobs before the recession. But we need to play catch up. The 8. 8 million are what were lost. But lots of people came in, immigrants
This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show, so tell me whats on your mind by tweeting m me at ai velshi. Optimism grows in may to its highest level in almost seven years, and meaning that Small Businesses are finally starting to recover. Levels of confidence last seen before the recession, and even though Small Business owners are more positive about Business Prospects overall, theyre still cautious about their spinning plans and creating more business. So says the International Pro business, it gages sentiment among Small Business owners every month. This is all important because americas Small Businesses, independent firms with fewer than 500 employees on the payrolls, now account for 60 of new jobs created in the economy every month. Last month, america crossed an important job threshold when it final recovered the 8. 8 million jobs before the recession. But we need to play catch up. The 8. 8 million are what were lost. But lots of people came in, immigrants