Rotman Management — Spring 2017

Upcoming Events

Complete details are available at rotman.utoronto.ca/events

May 1, 5:00-6:00pm
Speaker:Brad Stone, Senior Executive Editor – Global Technology,
Bloomberg News and Author
Topic: The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies
of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World (Little, Brown, 2017)

May 3, 5:00-6:00pm
Speaker:Aaron Dhir, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School,
York University and Author
Topic: Challenging Boardroom Homogeneity: Corporate Law, Governance,
and Diversity (Cambridge University Press, 2015)

May 4, 5:00-6:00pm
Speaker:Nick Bilton, Special Correspondent, Vanity Fair and Author
Topic: American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind
Behind the Silk Road (Portfolio, May 2, 2017)

May 8, 5:00-6:15pm
Speaker:Richard Florida, University Professor and Cities Director,
Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman and Author
Topic: The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality,
Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class-and What We Can
Do About It (Basic Books, Apr. 11, 2017)

May 9, 5:30-7:00pm
Speaker:Catrin Einhorn, Senior Staff Editor, The New York Times
Jodi Kantor, Correspondent, The New York Times and Author
Topic: “Canadians Welcoming Syrian Refugees: Lessons for
the World”

May 10, 12:00-1:00pm
Speaker:Lorna Borenstein, Founder and CEO, Grokker
Topic: “From Your Big Break to a Big Mistake: How to Have Resilience
and Remain Authentic”

May 11, 5:00-6:00pm
Speaker:Angela Duckworth, Distinguished Professor of Psychology,
University of Pennsylvania; Founder and Scientific Director, The
Character Lab; 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow and Author
Topic: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (Collins, 2016)

May 26, 8:30am-5:00pm

Event: 19 th Annual Rotman Lifelong Learning Conference

for Managers

Theme: “Nudging Creativity in Your Organization”

Speakers:

Tim Brown, CEO, IDEO and Author

Roger Martin, Premier’s Chair in Productivity and Competitiveness,

Rotman and Author

Caroline Webb, CEO, Sevenshift and Author

Phyllis Korkki, Business Writer and Editor, The New York Times

and Author

Laura Doering, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management,

Rotman

Steven Johnson, Author

Ron Tite, President, Tite Group; Host, The Art Of Conferences

and Author

Henry Kim, Director and CEO, Aga Khan Museum

Scott Grimmett, President and CEO, Golub Corporation

Vince Guzzi, Managing Director, Watt International

Dilip Soman, Corus Chair in Communications and Co-Director –

Behavioural Economics in Action Research Centre (BEAR),

Rotman and Author

June 1, 5:00-6:00pm

Speaker:Adam Lashinsky, Executive Editor, For tu ne and Author

Topic: Wild Ride: Inside Uber’s Quest for World Domination (Portfolio,

May 23, 2017)

June 5, 12:00-1:00pm

Speaker:Jenny Blake, Career and Business Strategist and Author

Topic: PIVOT: The Only Move that Matters is Your Next One (Portfolio,

2016)