At the London Summit, the trend for "controversial" keynote speakers continues. Tara Brabazon is an Australian-born academic and researcher who has written 10 books, including "The University of Google." Her ideas are intriguing and timely. She writes and speaks thoughtfully about the challenges of "education in the (post) information age." She does not discourage her students from using online sources, far from it, but she does insist that they understand the provenance of sources, how to think critically about them, how to actually use search engines besides Google to get better quality results and yes, remind them that a trip to the library is not going to kill them. She makes a case for both "the wisdom of crowds" and for peer-reviewed and refereed sources, when appropriate. Her points apply equally well to a business audience.

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