The Future of Collaboration

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Adopting the next generation of technology, planning for future innovation, investing in R&D to stay ahead - these steps are all essential to the survival of any company, and, as this CNBC program demonstrates, they are all linked to collaboration. Viewers enter the digital world of Second Life, where people can meet, communicate, and even work together. Also discussed: vital lessons learned by Apple, a company that found new life after collaboration. Expert commentators include Jeff Howe, contributing editor at Wired magazine and author of the essay "The Rise of Crowdsourcing"; Richard Florida, author of the best-sellers Who's Your City? and The Rise of the Creative Class; Judy Estrin, author of Closing the Innovation Gap; Michael Boustridge, president of BT Americas; Tina Seelig, executive director of Stanford University's Technology Ventures Program; and David Neeleman, chairman of Azul Brazilian Airlines and former CEO of JetBlue.