The Habitat of Information: Social and Organizational Consequences of Information Growth
The 8th Social Study of ICT workshop (SSIT8) at LSE
25 April 2008
The workshop will take place in the Hong Kong Theatre, Ground Floor, Clement House, LSE
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08.15 - 09.00 |
Registration
Tea and coffee
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09.15 |
Welcome address from Mike Power: Professor of Accounting and Research Theme Director of the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation.
Introduction to the LSE Information Systems and Innovation Group
Leslie Willocks, Head of Group |
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09.45 |
Keynote: Information Growth and the Texture of Reality
Albert Borgmann, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Montana
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10.45 |
coffee
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11.00 |
The Expanding Information Universe
John Gantz Chief Research Officer and Senior Vice President of IDC – International Data Corporation
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12.00 |
Panel on the Organizational Consequences of Information Growth
This panel will address how companies and organizations are managing their information resources. Which strategies do they develop to cope with informa-tion growth and the increasing involvement of information in organizational operations? Which new practices, skills and roles emerge in today's informa-tion-intensive organizations and industries?
Chair: Carsten Sorensen, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics.
Azeem Azhar, Head of Innovation, Reuters
James Backhouse, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics Richard Boulderstone, Director of eStrategy, The British Library Ole Hanseth, Professor, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo
John Kay, Management Group, PA Consulting. |
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13.00 |
Lunch |
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14.30 |
Living in Ephemeria: On the Short-lived and Disposable Character of Information
Jannis Kallinikos, Professor, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics
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15.30 |
How to Track Global Digital Culture
Lev Manovich, Professor, Visual Arts Department, University of California, San Diego, California.
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16.30 |
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17.00 |
Panel on Information, Memory and Culture
The panel will address the contrast between, on the one hand, the durability of technological information (e.g. databases) and, on the other hand, the short lifespan of information and its rapidly evaporating value (e.g. global stock markets). Information growth is intimately tied to the management of time and the proliferation of events in contemporary life. In this respect, it is as much an instrumental as a cultural phenomenon.
Chair: Giovan-Francesco Lanzara Professor, Department of Organization and Political System, University of Bologna, Italy
Elena Espósito Associate Professor, Faculty of Communication Science , University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Mireille Hildebrandt Associate Professor, Law Faculty, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Free University Brussels Felix Stadler, Lecturer, New Media Department, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Zurich |
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18.00 |
Final remarks
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18.15 |
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Please note times and speakers are subject to change
There is no charge for attending the workshop and refreshments will be provided. If you have any questions or comments, please email Frances White, Research Coordinator
page last updated 08 May, 2008 |
