<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b><br></b></font><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-weight: normal; "><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: black; ">8<sup>th</sup> Social Study of ICT Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: black; ">Information Systems and Innovation Group,</span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: black; ">Department of Management,</span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: black; ">London School of Economics and Political Science<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: black; ">The Habitat of Information: Social and Organizational Consequences of Information Growth</span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Friday 25<sup>th</sup> of April, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">The workshop will take place in the Hong Kong Theatre, Ground Floor, Clement House, LSE</div></font></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/informationSystems/newsAndEvents/2008events/SSIT8programme.htm">http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/informationSystems/newsAndEvents/2008events/SSIT8programme.htm</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p align="" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Information growth is a distinctive phenomenon of the late 20th and early 21st century. Large v<span>arieties of information are currently produced and circulated, in a rapidly increasing scale, across the various institutional domains of contemporary societies. Technical and administrative innovations have been expanding the interoperable platforms that make possible the development and diffusion of information within and across systems and organizations. At the same time, a range of devices from desktop computing to cell phones and digital cameras have been spreading across the population, making individuals and social groups important producers and consumers of information. A pivotal development has been the emergence, expansion and deepening involvement of the internet in social and economic life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Taken together, these developments establish a new socio-economic environment in which information-based operations, and information goods and services acquire crucial importance. This is clearly shown in the rapid ascent to economic dominance of internet-based companies that demonstrate superior data editing and information management strategies. New commercial possibilities steadily develop around the production, ordering and distribution of information, as data become interoperable across sources and older forms of information (e.g. image, text and sound) are brought to bear upon one another. But information growth has wider social implications as well. The involvement of information in every walk of life redefines the relationship between information and reality, and reshapes the social practices through which information is stored, retrieved, understood, disseminated and remembered. Increasingly, information mediates between humans and reality. In this context, the activities of ordering, making sense, evaluating, navigating <span> </span>and acting upon information step onto the centre-stage of contemporary life, impinging upon skill profiles and personal choices. They often do so under conditions in which the established boundaries between individuals and institutions are rendered shifting and negotiable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">There is a growing awareness of the current information growth dynamics and the emerging information habitat. However, the recent character of the phenomenon makes the social and economic implications of these dynamics not well understood. The <b>8<sup>th</sup> Social Study of ICT workshop</b> brings together a number of prominent scholars and practitioners whose work and experience help illuminate the relevant developments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">8.30-9.15<span> </span>Registration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">9.15<span> </span><span> </span>Welcome<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Morning Session<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">9.45 10.45<span> </span><b>Keynote: Information Growth and the Texture of Reality<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Albert Borgmann, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Montana.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">10.45 11.00<span> </span>Coffee Break<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">11.00 12.00<span> </span><b>The Expanding Information Universe<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">John Gantz , <span style="color: black; ">Chief Research Officer and Senior Vice President of IDC International Data C</span>orporation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">12.00 13.00<span> </span><b>Panel on the Organizational Consequences of Information Growth</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 14.2pt; margin-left: 14.2pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">This panel will address how companies and organizations are managing their information resources. Which strategies do they develop to cope with information growth and the increasing involvement of information in organizational operations? Which new practices, skills and roles emerge in today's information-intensive organizations and industries?<o:p></o:p></span></div><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Chair</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">: Dr. Carsten Sorensen, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Panel Participants:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">- Azeem Azhar, Head of Innovation, Reuters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">- James Backhouse, Reader, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">- Richard Boulderstone, Director of eStrategy, The British Library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">- Ole Hanseth, Professor, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">13.00 14.30<span> </span><span> </span>Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Afternoon Session<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">14.30 15.30<b><span> </span>Living in Ephemeria: On the Short-lived and Disposable Character of Information<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Jannis Kallinikos, Professor, Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">15.30 16.30 <span> </span><span> </span><b>The Fog of Data: Memory, the Past and Computers</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Geoffrey Bowker, Professor and Director of the Center for Science, Technology and Society, University of California, Santa Clara.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">16.30 17.00<span> </span>Coffee Break<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">17.00 18.00<span> </span><b>Panel on Information, Memory, and Culture</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 14.2pt; margin-left: 14.2pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Chair</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">: Giovan Francesco Lanzara, Professor, Department of Organization and Political Systems, University of Bologna, Italy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">Panel Participants</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">- Elena Espσsito, Associate Professor, Faculty of Communication Science, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">- Mireille Hildebrandt, Associate Professor, <span style="color: black; ">Law Faculty, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Free University Brussels.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">- Lev Manovich, Associate Professor, Visual Arts Department, University of California, San Diego, California.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">- Felix Stadler, Senior Lecturer, Media Arts Program, Zurich University of the Arts.</span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; ">18.00-18.15 <b>Final Remarks</b><span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align="" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">If you are interested in coming please send an email to Frances White to reserve a place (<a href="mailto:F.White@lse.ac.uk">F.White@lse.ac.uk</a> ). </span></o:p></span></p></span></b></font></div>
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