The Alliance's Global Conference will feature a keynote speech from author and academic Yochai Benkler ("The Wealth of Networks", "The Penguin and the Leviathan" www.benkler.org ), who will discuss the role of shared resources and human co-operation to achieve better market solutions.
Mr Benkler is Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Interest and Society at Harvard University.
His work has earned him a fair number of awards, including a lifetime achievement award from Oxford University and the Ford Foundation Visionaries Award.