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Keynote
Presentations:
e-Society: The Reality of the Virtual
by Professor
Simon Rogerson, Director, Centre for Computing & Social Responsibility,
Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering, De Montfort University,
United Kingdom
Abstract
The
e-Society continues to expand particularly in the
developing world. Each day new technological advances
enable more of our lives to be wired. Social norms are
under scrutiny as we discover new ways of socialising,
working and learning. Once discrete regional cultures now
spread across the global electronic map creating a new
dynamism. What is the reality of this virtual world? What
are the major challenges that need to be addressed? This
keynote will review the state of the e-Society and
identify major areas that are worthy of further
investigation.
Short
Biography
Professor Simon Rogerson is Director of the Centre for
Computing and Social Responsibility and Europe’s first
Professor in Computer Ethics. Following a successful
industrial career where he held managerial posts in the
computer field, he now combines research, lecturing and
consultancy in the management, organisational and ethical
aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT).
Simon has published widely and presented papers, many by
invitation, throughout the world. His research focuses on
technological assessment and qualitative stakeholder
analysis.
Simon
has advised the European Commission on matters of ICT
social policy and the Russian Government on the
implications of the information society. He was a leading
member on the Measures of Success project for the e-Envoy
and the Implementation of Electronic Voting project. He is
advising the government on the use of ICT to address
social inclusion.
Simon was the winner of the 1999 IFIP Namur Award for
outstanding contribution to the creation of awareness of
the social implications of information technology. In 2003
he was a finalist for the World Technology Award in
ethics. He is a member of the Parliamentary IT Committee
and Vice President of the Institute for the Management of
Information Systems.
HUMANS ON THE NET – ICT
for Deepening Human and Societal Qualities
by Professor Gunilla Bradley,
Professor Informatics, Department of Microelectronics &
Information Technology IT University, Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH), Sweden
Abstract
My
presentation is mainly based on the book “Humans on the
Net” subtitled “ICT, Work Organisation and Human Beings”
(Bradley Ed. 2001). The book was presented at the first EU
conference “Work Life 2000” during the half year when
Sweden chaired EU. The book could serve as a basis to
understand and hopefully for everyone to think of and
contribute with answers to the broader question: How will
we live, learn and work in the future.
Some
issues that I will address:
Quality
of Life - how to achieve? How to balance various roles in
our lives? New ways of influencing our own life conditions
and the society? How could a theory help us to understand
our lives in the ICT society? The Convergence Model – From
Societal factors to the Individual and her/his roles . How
does change and power work? What impact on human
behaviour and life styles do the networks have? What is
internet stress? The home as a communication sphere in the
network era - new opportunities and risks.
How are
human beings involved in the labour market? How does the
workforce in the flexible company function? The digital
divide, the new global phenomena, will it disappear, and
if so, what is required?
Some
main hypotheses on psychosocial communication and ICT,
confirmed or not confirmed.
References
Bradley, G. (1989). Computers and the
Psychosocial Work Environment. London/New
York/Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-85066-455-1.
Bradley, G. (Ed.) (2001), Humans on the
Net - Information and Communication Technology (ICT),
Work Organisation and Human Beings. Stockholm:
Prevent. ISBN 91-7522-701-0.
Short
Biography
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Gunilla Bradley (GB) is since 2002 Professor in
Informatics at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) – IT
university and Dept of Microelectronics and Information
Technology (IMIT). 1997 she was appointed Professor
of Informatics at Umeå University and worked for
Umeå university and Mid Sweden University during four
years. She has a background as a psychologist and in the
behavioural sciences. Her research concerns the interplay
between Information and Communication Technology (ICT),
Human Beings, and Society – Social Informatics. Beginning
in 1973, she initiated and led cross-disciplinary research
programs on computerisation and working life at Stockholm
University for twenty |
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years. She has been a visiting scholar at Stanford
University and Professor of Technology and Social
Change at the Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm. |
GB has
written ten books (mainly in Swedish) and numerous
articles in international scientific journals, also
contributed extensively to the popular science press. In
1992–94 she served as General Chair of ODAM IV (The
Fourth International Conference on Human Factors in
Organisational Design and Management). In 1997 GB received
the Namur Award from the International Federation for
Information Processing (IFIP) for her pioneering research
to increase the social awareness of the impact of ICT. She
is currently supporting the IT university in Stockholm, a
joint venture between the Royal Institute of Technology
and Stockholm university. She contributes in various
research programs where the IT disciplines collaborate
closer with the behavioral sciences, as well as keeping
advisory tasks. Last year she served as an advisor to the
Swedish Government in a special committee on Electronic
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