7:15a.m. SUNRISE BREAKFASTS · NEW PROFESSIONALS CP Ballroom A · Follett Software CP Niagara (by invitation) Speaker: Paula de Ronde · GENERALBREAKFAST CP Ballroom B 9:00 a.m. MTCC 105 AlOOth ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SESSION THOMAS HOMER-DIXON National bestselling author, The Ingenuity Gap: How Can We Solve the ProblellJs o' the Future? Is our world becoming too complex and too fast-paced to manage? The challenges facing human societies - from international financial crises and global climate change to pandemics of tuberculosis and AIDS - converge, intertwine and often remain largely beyond our understanding. Through gripping narrative stories and incidents that exemplify his arguments, Homer-Dixon suggests in compelling terms how we might close the gap between our complex problems and our actual supply of ideas. There will be coffee and autographing in the Bassett Theatre lobby following the session. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PLENARY SPONSOR: ep1xtech 67 ~