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Join Don Tapscott, Richard Florida and Roger Martin on May 21 at the Prosperity Experts @ Rotman Discussion Series

Join Don Tapscott, Richard Florida and Roger Martin on May 21 from 5:45pm to 7pm at the Prosperity Experts @ Rotman Discussion Series on the Future of Capitalism.

The discussion will begin with Richard, Roger and Don presenting their views on “The Future of Capitalism? Or Not.” Then for the first time ever Richard, Roger and Don will all be on stage together. Heather Reisman, Founder and CEO, Indigo Books and Music, will lead the onstage conversation by asking Richard, Roger and Don to talk about the potential tweaks that could be made to democratic capitalism to enable it to fulfill its lofty promise to a greater extent in the next generation than it has in the last. If time permits, an audience Q&A will follow.

A live webcast will be available on Rotman’s site.

Pre-registration is required to attend: please sign up online by noon on May 21. Dress code is business casual.

RICHARD FLORIDA, Director – Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman and author;

ROGER MARTIN, Dean, Premier’s Research Chair in Productivity and Competitiveness, and Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman and author; and

DON TAPSCOTT, Adjunct Professor of Strategic Management and Fellow – Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman and author.

HEATHER REISMAN, Founder and CEO, Indigo Books and Music, will lead the onstage conversation.

Tuesday May 21, 2013 – 5:45 sharp to 7:00pm

Event Hall (2nd floor, South Building) | map

Rotman School of Management, U of Toronto,

105 St George Street

Toronto, ON M5S 3E6

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Review: The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business

After much ballyhoo, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen have published The New Digital Age. The authors are as smart and plugged-in as it gets. And they have the resources and connections necessary to break new ground.

The New Digital Age: Review by Don Tapscott

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Book Review: Present Shock

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RSA Keynote: Solving the World’s Problems Differently

Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce keynote on how new global non-state networks are offering powerful new solutions for cooperation, problem solving and governance.

Telefonica Guest Post: New Global Networks Offer Great Promise

From our inability to come to agreements on everything from climate change, fighting poverty, Palestinian statehood or how to govern the global financial system, many people are questioning why existing approaches have proven so inadequate to fixing a broken world. Are the problems simply too hard to solve?

Forbes: 9 Approaches to Addressing the World’s Problems

Forbes' Rawn Shaw interviews Don Tapscott at his SXSW 2013 session: How to Solve the World's Problems.

Don Tapscott Appointed Chancellor of Trent University