In this Presentation Senake Atureliya will lead us in a discussion to find out how we can regain control of our civic lives and recreate a cohesive society, put a cap on spiraling prices, tackle dwindling pay and pensions, save the 'lost generation', improve the outlook for our children and give them back their childhoods. An ambitious aim but Senake argues that through “Food, warmth, shelter...collectively, as consumers, we are empowered. Senake’s book COMPOPOLY describes a "consumer owned and empowered democratic ecosystem" that could work for all of us - every day - rather than just serving the 1% on polling day. Senake Atureliya is a forward thinking innovator, engineer and startup entrepreneur. He set up Joint Venture Hubs (www.jointventurehubs.com), an innovative crowd ReSourcing solution that enables collaborative innovation, enterprise and job creation. His new book, Compopoly takes this quest further by suggesting well aligned reforms to tackle the root causes - not just the symptomatic problems manifested in our society today.