A delegation of leaders from high-profile American technology and social media companies including eBay, Twitter, Cisco Systems, Howcast, EDventure, the Social Gaming Network and Mozilla visited Russia between February 17th and 23rd.
The delegation traveled to Moscow and Novosibirsk, where they met with senior government officials, leading technology, software development and telecommunications companies, entrepreneurs, cultural and educational leaders, students and NGO representatives. They discussed how social media and other innovative technologies can be used to strengthen and broaden ties between the United States and Russia, and how these technologies can be used to develop knowledge-based societies and economies in both countries.
“Russia is a country with a vibrant technology industry in and of itself. The Russians have a huge startup capability, a huge technology industry and huge innovative capacity,” said Jared Cohen of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s policy-planning staff, describing his impressions of the visit. This trip formed part of the broad dialogue launched by the Bilateral Presidential Commission created by Presidents Obama and Medvedev in July 2009.
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