Kim Jiha is a South Korean poet and playwright whose early poetry theme was in political resistance. After having written poems including Five Thieves criticizing President Park Chung-Hee's dictatorship he was sentenced to death in 1974 for orchestrating an anti-government movement, and then to life imprisonment. His sentence was suspended following Park's assassination. On January 4, 2013, 39 years after the death sentence, Kim was cleared of sedition charges by a Seoul court.

Since 1980s Kim's view of human condition has evolved to incorporate Korean traditional Dong-hak and other eastern and western philosophies into a theory of life, seeking balance and harmony in the nation and ultimately in the world. 

Kim metaphorically refers to mountains and waters to indicate the relations between Korea and the United States.

Kim was born in Mokpo, South Cholla Province, in 1941 and received a BA in Aesthetics from Seoul National University in 1966.

SPEAKER
Enrico Moretti - Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley

ABOUT THE SEMINAR

"The New Geography of Jobs"
Enrico Moretti, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley

Wednesday, April 17, 12:00-1:15 pm. 
Venue: McClelland Building, Room M109 - Stanford Graduate School of Business.

As part of a seminar series hosted by SPRIE's Silicon Valley Project, Enrico Moretti, UC Berkeley Professor of Economics, will share findings from his recent work, The New Geography of Jobs, described by Forbes as "easily the most important read of 2012." He will discuss the tectonic shifts that are reshaping America’s labor market—from globalization and income inequality to immigration and technological progress, including their implications for Silicon Valley.

More specifically, he will discuss his hypothesis that America’s new economic map shows growing differences between communities in the US dominated by manufacturing and innovation, which have been growing apart at an accelerating rate. This divergence is one the most important recent developments in the United States and is causing growing geographic disparities in other aspects of our lives, from health and longevity to family stability and political engagement. Professor Moretti will also discuss the ramifications of this findings on jobs, such as a multiplier effect by which each new job created in one sector results in the creation of new jobs in other sectors. He found that "the innovation sector has the largest multiplier of all: about three times larger than that of manufacturing."

This talk is part of a seminar series hosted by the Silicon Valley Project at Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Professor Enrico Moretti

Enrico Moretti is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley where he holds the Michael Peevey and Donald Vial Career Development Chair in Labor Economics. He is the Director of the Infrastructure and Urbanization Program at the International Growth Centre (London School of Economics and Oxford University). He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge), and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London) and at the Institute for the Study of Labor (Bonn).  His research interests include Labor Economics, Urban Economics and Applied Econometrics. 

His new book, THE NEW GEOGRAPHY OF JOBS, is now available in bookstores.

The Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) 
with the Center for Social Innovation
invite you to a Stanford salon on Monday, March 11th on

Conscious Capitalism & Social Innovation

with John Montgomery, Jeff Klein & you!

John Montgomery, Silicon Valley Corporate attorney and author of Great from the Start, and Jeff Klein, a director of Conscious Capitalism and producer of Conscious Capitalism 2013, will share their insights and facilitate inquiry and conversation with salon participants.

This salon is designed to provide a taste of the Conscious Capitalism 2013 experience, and to engage participants in a conversation about the emerging Conscious Capitalism movement and Social Innovation.

For more details and to register, please visit the event page on Eventbrite:

http://ccstanford.eventbrite.com/

This event is for Stanford students, alumni, faculty, and staff only.

About the speakers:

John Montgomery

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John Montgomery is a corporate attorney, entrepreneur, executive coach and writer. He is the founder of Montgomery & Hansen, LLP, a Silicon Valley based corporate law firm. He is also the founder of Startworks, a technology incubator. He works primarily with high-potential entrepreneurial teams to help them translate their visions into successful companies.

John recently received a California Lawyer of the Year award from California Lawyer magazine for his work as a co-chair of the legal working group behind California’s new benefit corporation law. A frequent speaker on venture capital, he has produced professional education programs for the State Bar on benefit corporations and for SmartPros/Cognistar: Understanding the Venture Capital Term Sheet Process and Introduction to Venture Capital Financing Agreements. Prior to founding Montgomery & Hansen in 2003, John was co-chairman of the venture capital practice at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP. John is a student of non-dual philosophical systems, neuroscience, developmental theory and organizational development. In 2010, he co-founded Chrysallis, a human development company that aims to change the human development paradigm and support healthy, full, productive lives for billions of people.  His book, Great from the Start: How Conscious Corporations Attract Success, was published in May 2012. Montgomery has a BA (Studio Art) from Stanford University and a JD from Northwestern College of Law.

Jeff Klein

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