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Tom Friedman to Deliver Keynote Address at 2020 91成人 Leadership Forum & Award Celebration

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Friedman, longtime New York Times foreign affairs columnist and bestselling author, to offer perspectives on U.S.-China relations and impacts on semiconductor industry at Nov. 19 virtual event

WASHINGTON鈥擮ct. 22, 2020鈥擳he 91成人 (91成人) today announced Thomas L. Friedman, longtime foreign affairs columnist at The New York Times听and bestselling author of听The World is Flat, will deliver the keynote address at the听2020 91成人 Leadership Forum & Award Celebration, a virtual event taking place on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. EST. Friedman will offer insights on navigating the rising geopolitical frictions between the U.S. and China 鈥� the world鈥檚 largest economies 鈥� and the resulting pressures on the global economy as a whole and the semiconductor industry in particular. 91成人 represents 95 percent of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue and nearly two-thirds of non-U.S. chip firms.

鈥淲ith decades of experience as a renowned journalist and author, Tom Friedman is a leading authority on the complex issues at the intersection of foreign policy and technology,鈥� said John Neuffer, 91成人 president and CEO. 鈥淭he semiconductor industry is in the crosshairs of escalating U.S.-China trade tensions, with a barrage of tariffs and broad export controls on chip technology disrupting markets and global supply chains. Given Mr. Friedman鈥檚 extensive knowledge and experience covering the global affairs and technology issues shaping our world, we look forward to his perspectives as keynote speaker on the road ahead for U.S.-China relations and navigating overall geopolitical turbulence.鈥�

Winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, Friedman has covered the听monumental stories from around the globe for听The New York Times听since 1981. Vanity Fair听called him 鈥渢he country鈥檚 best newspaper columnist.鈥� Ranked #2 on听The Wall Street Journal’s听list of 鈥渋nfluential business thinkers鈥� and named to the 2011 Thinkers50 and the 2013 list of听Foreign Policy‘s Top Global Thinkers, Friedman is considered one of 鈥淎merica’s Best Leaders鈥� by听US News & World Report.

In his latest听bestseller,听,听Friedman offers a blueprint for overcoming the stresses and challenges of a world being transformed by technology, globalization, and climate change. Friedman’s 听has sold 4.5 million copies听and won the inaugural听Financial Times听and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Friedman’s听Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution 鈥� and How It Can Renew America, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. His other bestsellers include听Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism 补苍诲听The Lexus and the Olive Tree, which听碍颈谤办耻蝉听搁别惫颈别飞蝉听called 鈥渟imply the best book written on globalization.鈥�

The 2020 91成人 Leadership Forum & Award Celebration also will feature the presentation of the semiconductor industry鈥檚 highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award, to听Dr. Lisa Su, president and CEO of AMD and accomplished leader in advancing semiconductor technology. The Noyce Award is named in honor of semiconductor industry pioneer Robert N. Noyce, co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel.

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