"He has a major challenge," said Allison Hooper, head of a dairy collaborative called the Vermont Butter and Cheese Co. "Many people are going to say, 'Why should I pay top dollar for his mozzarella when I can get the real thing from Sicily?' " Muller hopes to have Woodstock Water Buffalo mozzarella in restaurants and markets sometime this fall.
And in the spirit of this year's theme - The Power of Collaborative Innovation - heads of state, business leaders, scholars, young activists and noted philanthropists alike discussed the major economic, political, societal and technological forces currently at work, and they are exploring the ways in which these forces will impact the future.
Half the catalog consists of the label head's collaborative efforts, allowing listeners to easily follow his unique study of club music in its various forms.
As David Whitlinger (head of the New York eHealth Collaborative) highlighted in the video above, new platforms and APIs are emerging that allow that can accelerate a new venture's ability to bring a solution to market.
Proponents, including the head of the city's Downtown Collaborative, said that after three decades of the vacant building's deterioration, any redevelopment proposal should be seriously considered, regardless of its impact on the building's historic character.
"In the business world, we may be competitors, but when we're working in our local communities, we are very collaborative," said Joan McCarthy, head of Disney's L.A. community relations department.
Andrew Middleton, head of academic practice and learning innovation at Sheffield Hallam University, has drawn attention to the rise of collaborative working in Google Drive.
"This is a genuinely collaborative effort," said Paul Handley, head of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) for Ethiopia.
Professor Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor and head of the Director of the Science Impact Collaborative, has explored the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution for more than 40 years.
Lawrence SusskindProfessor Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor and head of the Director of the Science Impact Collaborative, has explored the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution for more than 40 years.
