For as long as humans have traded, we have traded data about the world we encounter. Today, the role data plays in our lives has evolved substantially. Individuals, businesses and governments use data to create new sectors and services delivered via the internet that we interact with daily, such as the cloud and artificial intelligence. In this talk, Senior Fellow Susan Ariel Aaronson will explore how these new sectors will change the Canadian, US and global economies, and how we should think about governing this new economy.

A decade after the global financial crisis, CIGI's International Law Research Program is pleased to host a public panel that will examine and critique the ensuing efforts to address systemic risk. The event is a collaboration with Duke University, Radboud University, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Edinburgh, and will feature some of the world’s leading regulatory experts on financial stability and systemic risk. It will take place in downtown Toronto.

The face of business is changing, shifting focus from profits to progress. People are seeking meaningful work where they can contribute to a better world. This shift is happening particularly with millennials, who want to create genuine impact with their work and in their communities. Watch as millennials and first-time filmmakers Meaghan and Marie Wright, along with social activist Joseph Huyer, document this transition as they drive across a nation, floating on a geographic canvas of greed and inequity, kindness and generosity and, most of all, calls for change. Discover the stories of people who are adding a different type of value to the world.

International trade in legal services has grown considerably worldwide, whether in the form of the establishment of foreign firms domestically or through the demand for and provision of cross-border legal services. Join us for a lunch-hour presentation by David Collins, professor of international economic law at City, University of London.