Don Tapscott is an internationally renowned authority on the strategic value and impact of information technology. He consistently identifies and explains the next business imperatives and defines the business models and strategies that the new imperatives require.

He has authored or coauthored eleven widely read books on technology and business. His most recent book - Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything - is an international bestseller, has appeared on the New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller lists, and has been translated into 19 languages.

Don is Chief Executive of New Paradigm and an Adjunct Professor of Management at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. An enthralling, brilliant and inspiring orator, Don is often described by customers as the most effective speaker they have ever had.

Don Tapscott’s Wikinomics is the first book to truly come to grips with the most profound change in corporate architecture, strategy and management in a century – the reinvention of the Web to provide the first global platform for collaboration in history. In this presentation based on the book, Don offers audiences the tools and insights required to succeed in this emerging Age of Collaboration. The knowledge, resources, and computing power of billions of people are self-organizing into a massive collective force, interconnected and orchestrated through blogs, Wikis, chat rooms, peer-to-peer networks, and personal broadcasting. This mass collaboration is changing everything. The pace of innovation and change is accelerating, and end users – whether consumers, employees, suppliers, business partners, or competitors – now harness technology to innovate, collaborate and challenge incumbents like never before.

In the world of Wikinomics, the choices for collaboration are endless. You can build your own business on Amazon; produce a television news clip for Current TV; create a community around your photo collection on Flickr; or edit the astronomy entry on Wikipedia. You can plug into InnoCentive and join Procter and Gamble’s virtual R&D department; remix the Nine Inch Nails rock album; or co-design the interactive features for your next BMW.

This new participation – "peer production" – is changing how goods and services are invented, produced, marketed, and distributed on a global basis. It also presents far-reaching opportunities for every company willing to understand and master its dynamics.

With vivid and engaging examples, Tapscott shows how value creation increasingly depends on these dense networks of public and private participants and large pools of intellectual property that routinely combine to create end products.

Unlike Web 1.0, this new Web 2.0 links over a billion people directly, and now reaches out to the physical world, connecting trillions of objects from hotel doors to cars. It is beginning to deliver dynamic new services, from free long distance video-telephony to remote brain surgery. In this environment, internal capabilities and a handful of tightly coupled partnerships will no longer ensure success. Instead, firms must engage a dynamic, self-organizing ecosystem of partners to co-create and peer-produce value for customers.

This presentation is based on one of the largest investigations of strategy and management to date. The project, entitled Information Technology and Competitive Advantage, was funded by 22 large corporations who invested $4.2 million to understand the changing nature of the corporation and how firms compete. The lessons Don shares from the study include rich case studies, valuable data, some "big ideas", and new practices that will significantly contribute to your business growth.

A powerful storyteller with a powerful story to tell, Dr. Steve L. Robbins has an unmatched ability to inspire people even in the midst of disrupting the way they think about the world. Born in Vietnam, Dr. Robbins immigrated to the United States when he was five years old. He and his mother faced many challenges as Vietnamese immigrants in a new land, during a time when there was much anti-war and anti-Vietnamese sentiment. Working through and rising out of the challenges of poverty, discrimination and the tough streets of Los Angeles, Dr. Robbins now brings insightful perspectives on issues of diversity, inclusion, and the power of caring. Drawing upon a compelling life journey, his talks and workshops are filled with intriguing stories, laugh-out-loud humor and a keen understanding of the human condition. See why organizations like Toyota, NASA, the NSA, PepsiCo, Microsoft, Herman Miller, Chevron, Inova Health System and numerous others call on Dr. Robbins to inspire, educate and prepare their people for a 21st century world.

A published author and highly requested keynote speaker, Dr. Robbins received his undergraduate degree in communication from Calvin College, and obtained his master's and Ph.D. in communication from Michigan State University. He presents at numerous conferences and workshops across the nation inspiring people with moving stories, humorousanecdotes and a powerful insight into human behavior. He also writes and edits the premier weekly Enewsletter on diversity and inclusion, Inclusion Insights! and is currently authoring a book, Teachable Moments: Short Stories to Spark Diversity Dialogue.

His unique approach to creating diversity and inclusion challenges and inspires audiences to rethink their own realities and the realities of others. Often praised for his resonating, humorous style, his messages and stories bring a fresh and insightful perspective to the sometimes-dreaded subject of diversity. Dr. Robbins' life experiences have equipped him with an array of useful knowledge that he competently transfers to his audiences. Invariably, those who have heard him walk away motivated not only to think differently, but to behave differently.

Dr. Steve L. Robbins, coined the term "unintentional intolerance" several years ago, and has since developed engaging presentations and workshops that take a fresh, inviting approach to an often difficult topic. Research and experience tell us that we all have biases that we are often unaware of, or think little about. Yet, these biases guide our decision-making, behaviors and attributions on a daily basis. Could nice, well-meaning people be making "bad" decisions and engaging in exclusive behavior without knowing? The answer is, "Yes." Dr. Robbins explores the "how's" and "why's" surrounding unintentional intolerance in this interactive, humorous and eye-opening presentation… and shows us the antidote for unintentional intolerance. This is a "must go to" presentation for NICE people seeking to be good leaders and good citizens in an increasingly diverse 21st century.

Dave Ulrich is a Partner and co-founder of The RBL Group and a professor of business at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. Professionally, he studies how organizations build capabilities of speed, learning, collaboration, accountability, talent, and leadership through leveraging human capital. He has helped generate multiple award winning databases that assess alignment between strategies, human resource practices and HR competencies

Dave has consulted and done research with over half of the Fortune 200. Dave was the editor of the Human Resource Management Journal 1990 to 1999, has served on the editorial board of 4 other journals, is on the Board of Directors for Herman Miller, is a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources; and is co-founder of the Michigan Human Resource Partnership.

This session will help participants think about whats next in the HR profession. Changing business conditions have made HR a central part of most business agendas. It now becomes important for HR professionals to learn how to deliver value. We will examine some of the paradoxes that HR Professionals need to manage to contribute value. We will look at managing HR for those inside and outside the company. We will look at HR as done by HR and owned by line managers. We will examine how HR practices should be both aligned with strategy and integrated with each other. We will talk about how HR helps organizations change while remaining stable. Each of these paradoxes can be resolved as HR professionals learn and master new competencies. Our research has identified six competency domains central to HR success. Whew, sounds academic? It will not be. A participant will leave this session able to:

• Articulate to a management team WHY HR matters more than ever
• Define the outcomes of successful HR
• Recognize how to use HR practices to build value for employees, customers, and investors
• Learn how to build an HR department that delivers value through both strategy and structure
• Identify and master the competencies for successful HR professionals

The session will be interactive, fast paced, and pragmatic.