I've been working with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to create a futures market for single-family homes, which is sort of my connection to the futures industry.
Another feature called "Expert On-Demand, " sorts through a company's database of experts to createa video connection between a user--say, a confused customer in a bank's branch office--and the person best suited to answer his or her questions on any given topic.
The Progressive Unionist leader Billy Hutchinson says the forum isn't his idea, but he hopes it might createaconnection between the politicians and the people on the streets.