Want to start your 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival experience on the right note? Then be sure to attend "Rethinking Civilization for the Social Age" on Friday, March 9 from 2:00-3:00 pm in Exhibit Hall 5 at the Austin Convention Center. A solo presentation from acclaimed Macrowikinomics author Don Tapscott, this session will cover how the revolution of social media necessitates rebuilding many (if not all) of the institutions that have served our civilization for many centuries.

Tapscott was recently selected as one of the top 10 business thinkers in the world by the Thinkers50 organization in partnership with Harvard Business Review. Be there at 2:00 pm on Friday, March 9 to catch one of the most accomplished speakers at the 2012 event.

Contributed by Hugh Forrest, images courtesy Don Tapscott