Wealth Reimagined: Rethinking Capitalism for an Interconnected World

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As part of the University of Denver’s strategic partnership with the University of Glasgow, Entrepreneurship Week Presents “Wealth Reimagined: Rethinking Capitalism for an Interconnected World.” This panel will feature Graeme Roy, Deputy Head of College of Social Sciences, alongside University of Denver Deans Naomi Boyd (Daniels College of Business), Fritz Mayer (Korbel School), and Bruce Smith (Sturm College of Law). In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, the first panel will explore how global leadership, institutions, and geopolitics continue to shape markets, opportunity, and society. Building on that, the second panel will focus on how local ecosystems respond to global systems that shape access to capital, value, and risk. 


Panel 1: Global Leadership, Markets, and the Public Good
Moderator: Melissa Akaka
Speakers: Naomi Boyd, Graeme Roy, Fritz Mayer, Bruce Smith

As part of the University of Denver’s strategic partnership with the University of Glasgow, this panel will feature Graeme Roy alongside three University of Denver deans. In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, panelists will explore how global leadership, institutions, and geopolitics continue to shape markets, opportunity, and society.

Panel 2: Local Economies, Innovation, and New Models of Funding
Moderator: John Sebesta
Panel 2: Kyle Ewing, Andrew Luter, Liz Myslik, Nathaan Demers

Building directly on Panel 1, this discussion shifts to how local ecosystems respond to global complexity. Global systems determine who has access to capital, how value is defined, and how risk is distributed—creating both constraints and opportunities that cascade down to local economies.

Panelists will explore how innovative funding mechanisms, cross-sector partnerships, and entrepreneurial support systems can expand access to capital and foster more inclusive, sustainable economic growth. Local ecosystems are adaptive engines of innovation, capable of redesigning how capital flows and how value is created within the constraints set by global systems.

An invite-only reception will follow the final panel.

Open to all DU students, faculty, staff, and community members.

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