News for the Hospitality Executive |
AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA (March 14, 2012) – Jared
Cohen will
demonstrate how technology is a part of every challenge in the world
and should
be a part of every solution during his Closing Keynote session at the
2012 Hospitality Industry Technology
Exposition and
Conference (HITEC®). Cohen is director of Google Ideas,
a“think/do” tank at
Google that combines a new generation of thinkers with technology to
tackle
some of the world’s most intractable problems. He will speak to HITEC
2012
attendees on Thursday, June 28 at the Baltimore Convention Center in
Baltimore,
Md. Cohen — an expert on international security, global political
dynamics and
the impact of technology — will discuss how we must think about
technology's
longer term impact. He believes technology touches every challenge and
that the
solution for societies is to find ways to cut across different sectors
and seek
innovative ways to maximize the positive impact that these tools can
have on
the future of the world. “The hospitality industry’s international reach makes it
important for all
of us to understand the regional conditions across the globe,” said
HITEC Chair
Allison Morris, CHTP, senior IT manager for Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
"Jared Cohen’s unique mix of foreign policy experience and technology
insight will help attendees tie together their professional field –
technology
– and how it fits within our global society." Cohen is politically transcendent and has served as a close
adviser to both
Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. At the
Department of
State, he helped architect the vision of "21st century statecraft"
and key foreign policy initiatives and strategies related to
counter-terrorism,
the Middle East and how to address a growing youth bulge around the
world. In
addition to being the youngest member of the Secretary of State's
Policy
Planning Staff ever appointed, Cohen is also a two-time recipient of
the
Secretary of State's Meritorious Honor Award. He earned this
distinguished
honor in both the Bush and Obama administrations. He was selected by the Huffington Post as one of its "Top 100
Game
Changers," and by social enterprise Devex as one of its "40 Under
40." Recently, he was named by Vanity Fair as part of their 2011 The
Next
Establishment, which recognizes rising talent in technology, media,
policy and
business. HITEC 2012, a service of Hospitality Financial and Technology
Professionals
(HFTP®), is the world's largest hospitality technology exposition
and
conference. The conference is June 25–28. HITEC offers attendees
essential education,
access to experts and hospitality technology vendors, the opportunity
to
network with top leaders in the industry and the resources to find
cost-effective ways to improve company bottom lines. HFTP, Austin, Texas,
USA and Maastricht, The Netherlands, founded in 1952, is the global
professional association for financial and technology personnel working
in
hotels, clubs and other hospitality-related businesses. HFTP provides
first
class educational opportunities, research, and publications to more
than 4,800
members globally including, the premiere hospitality technology
conference
HITEC--founded in 1972. HFTP also awards the only hospitality specific
certifications for accounting and technology ---the Certified
Hospitality
Accountant Executive (CHAE) and the Certified Hospitality Technology
Professional (CHTP) designations. HFTP was founded in the USA as the
National
Association of Hotel Accountants. For more information, visit www.hftp.org.
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