New Media and the US Election 2008 September 30, 2008

Celebrating the accreditation of the MBA Program in New Media Technology & Management (http://www.modul.ac.at/nmt/mba), the Embassy of the United States of America and MODUL University Vienna cordially invite you to a presentation by Steven Clemons, Senior Fellow and Director, American Strategy Program, Publisher of "The Washington Note" (http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/)

Electing the American President:
Do New Media, Blogs and the Net Make a Difference?
http://www.modul.ac.at/nmt/0809-presentation-steven-clemons

Date: Tuesday, September 30th, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Location: MODUL University Vienna
Am Kahlenberg 1, 1190 Vienna, Auditorium Maximum
http://www.modul.ac.at/map

Steven Clemons directs the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, which aims to promote a new American internationalism that combines a tough-minded realism about America's interests in the world with a pragmatic idealism about the kind of world order best suited to America's democratic way of life. He is also a Senior Fellow at New America, and previously served as Executive Vice President. Publisher of the popular political blog The Washington Note, Mr. Clemons is a long-term policy practitioner and entrepreneur in Washington, D.C. He has served as Executive Vice President of the Economic Strategy Institute, Senior Policy Advisor on Economic and International Affairs to Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and was the first Executive Director of the Nixon Center.

Prior to moving to Washington, Mr. Clemons served for seven years as Executive Director of the Japan America Society of Southern California, and co-founded the Japan Policy Research Institute, of which he is still Director. He is a Member of the Board of the Clarke Center at Dickinson College, a liberal arts college in Carlisle, PA, as well as an Advisory Board Member of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. He is also a Board Member of the Global Policy Innovations Program at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs and a member of the board of the Citizens for Global Solutions Education Fund.

Mr. Clemons writes frequently on matters of foreign policy, defense, and economic policy. His work has appeared in many of the major leading op-ed pages, journal, and magazines around the world.

RSVP by phone 01-3203555-302 or email:
events@modul.ac.at (Ms. Arinya Eller);
programs@usembassy.at

We look forward to welcoming you!

Official Website: http://www.modul.ac.at/nmt/0809-presentation-steven-clemons