Dialogue On Sharing Economy At Florida State University Set For Feb. 28

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Driven by the disruptive success and subsequent regulatory challenges of companies such as Airbnb and Uber, the non-profit organizations GenFKD, Generation: Financial Knowledge Development, and FEE, the Foundation for Economic Education, will co-host a daylong conference exploring the economic impact of the new peer-to-peer economy.

"How the Sharing Economy is Changing the World" will be held on Saturday, Feb. 28 from 12:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. in the HCB 101 Lecture Hall at Florida State University's Tallahassee campus. The conference will feature such distinguished speakers as Lawrence Reed, the President of FEE, and Jeffrey Tucker, the Founder of www.Liberty.me.

"It's difficult to get students to understand that economic issues and policies impact them every day and will continue to affect them for their entire lives," said Jesse Jacobs, executive director of GenFKD. "The sharing economy is a topic that students find immediately accessible, while also clearly illustrating greater macroeconomic and free market trends."

The agenda includes: opportunities in emerging markets, the psychological impact of the sharing economy and a breakdown of the role of the entrepreneur. GenFKD also will host a panel of Florida-based entrepreneurs, including Danny Nardo, co-founder of Nardo's Naturals, a 2013 "Shark Tank" winner, and Omar Soliman, co-founder and CEO of College Hunks Hauling Junk, who will evaluate FSU student-conceived businesses during an interactive pitch competition in the middle of the afternoon.

The tentative agenda:

12:00 – 12:30 p.m.: Registration
12:30 – 1:10 p.m.: The Rise of the Sharing Economy, Jeffrey Tucker
1:20 – 2:00 p.m.: Economics & Neuroscience, Nikki Sullivan
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.: Moe's Southwest Grill Taxo Bar?
3:00 – 3:40 p.m.: Free Trade vs. Protectionism, Lawrence W. Reed
3:50  – 4:40 p.m.: GenFKD's Dolphin Tank
4:50 – 5:30 p.m.: Entrepreneurship: Creating Value in a World of Uncertainty, Max Borders
5:30 – 5:45 p.m.: Closing Remarks
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.: Social

The conference is open to all students, faculty, staff and community members free of charge. For more information or to register for the event, please visit www.FEE.org/FSU.

About GenFKD
GenFKD, the inaugural project of the nonpartisan nonprofit organization Young America, is an educational initiative dedicated to providing 18-24 year old "Millennials" – a group facing record unemployment, massive student debt and a growing experience gap – with the tools and resources they require to help them succeed.  

Founded in August 2013, GenFKD has student representatives on 25 campuses across the nation. For more information, visit www.GenFKD.com or connect with GenFKD on Facebook and Twitter.

About FEE
The Foundation for Economic Education, or FEE, is a non-political, non-profit educational foundation whose mission is to inspire, educate and connect future leaders with the economic, ethical and legal principles of a free society.

FEE was founded in 1946 by Leonard Read to study and advance the freedom philosophy. Through the organization's website, its magazine The Freeman, frequent summer seminars and a constant stream of online resources and activities, FEE is constantly focused on providing high school and college students with the inspiration, education and networking they need to become effective advocates for liberty and the free-market system. For more information, visit www.FEE.org.

SOURCE GenFKD

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