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SUMMARY:The Rise of the Creative Class - Richard Florida
LOCATION:Stephens Auditorium\, Iowa State Center
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 Richard Florida\, Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Human Scienc
 es Fall Lecturer\, is one of the world's leading public inte
 llectuals on economic competitiveness\, demographic trends\,
  and cultural and technological innovation. He is  professor
  of business economics and the Academic Director of the newl
 y established Centre for Jurisdictional Advantage and Prospe
 rity at the Rotman School of Management\, University of Toro
 nto\, a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Instituti
 on\, and a Senior Scientist with the Gallup Organization. Fl
 orida is the author of the 2002 bestseller The Rise of the C
 reative Class and he more recent The Flight of the Creative 
 Class\, an examination of the global competition for creativ
 e talent. Florida's ideas on the \"creative class\,\" commer
 cial innovation\, and regional development have been feature
 d in major ad campaigns from BMW and Apple\, and are being u
 sed globally to change the way regions and nations do busine
 ss and transform their economies. The Helen LeBaron Hilton C
 hair in Human Sciences Fall Lecture and part of a community-
 wide celebration of Iowa State's sesquicentennial.\n--------
 ------------\nRichard Florida earned his bachelor's degree f
 rom Rutgers College and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. 
 Previously\, he was the Heinz Professor of Economic Developm
 ent at Carnegie Mellon University\, and he has been a visiti
 ng professor at MIT and Harvard University's Kennedy School 
 of Government. Florida is the founder of The Richard Florida
  Creativity Group (RFCG)\, a global think tank headquartered
  in Washington DC\, that develops pioneering strategies for 
 business\, government and community competitiveness. He was 
 the Hirst Professor in the School of Public Policy at George
  Mason University.\n\nFlorida's publications include The Bre
 akthrough Illusion and Beyond Mass Production\, both of whic
 h paved the way for his provocative looks at how creativity 
 is revolutionizing the global economy.  He has authored piec
 es for The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Wa
 shington Post\, The Boston Globe\, The Economist\, The Harva
 rd Business Review\, The Atlantic Monthly\, The Chronicle fo
 r Higher Education\, U.S. News and World Report\, and more. 
 He is also the author of \"The University and the Creative E
 conomy\,\" a report published in December 2006 funded by the
  Heinz Endowment. \n\nHis next book\, a look at the way that
  people choose the places they live and how that affects eve
 rything from their real estate to their families\, is due ou
 t in 2008.\n\nContact: lectures@iastate.edu\nPhone: 515-294-
 9934
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