[AISWorld] 15th Dec eSafety and online risk lecture

Tue Dec 7 05:13:44 EST 2010

 British Computer Society

Sociotechnical Specialist Group 

December 15th  2010

Room: HRM215

London Venue: 

Marylebone Road. (Opp. Baker Street Station, and Mme Tussauds)

Time: 6.15pm - 8.00pm including questions. Cost: Free.  Coffe and biscuits provided. All welcome! Especially PG students.

Directions from Security

To ensure a place, register as soon as possible with: coakese at westminster.ac.uk

Past lectures on www.bcs.org/sociotechnical <http://www.bcs.org/sociotechnical>  and updates on the group's activities

Dr Shirley Atkinson

University of Plymouth

e-Safety and online risk

E-safety is a field in which rapid advances technology, and repeated media attention, may lead to considerable concern.  Media coverage may suggest there are significant online dangers which are  increasing daily, but others say there are big advantages to the use of internet technology and the risks are over-emphasised. 

Objective assessment of the risks posed by internet technologies requires an understanding not only of our own background and knowledge, but also of the nature of online threats, how likely they are to occur, and effective methods of mitigating them.  Current research in e-safety involves careful consideration of ethical concerns as well as an attempt to uncover the truth behind media hyperbole.

This workshop will explore participant's own perceptions of online risk, will provide examples of current  thinking about e-safety, and willencourage discussion about how the internet can be used safely.

Dr Atkinson is a Lecturer in Information Systems at the University of Plymouth <http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/> , based in the Centre for Security and Network Research group <http://www.cscan.org.uk/> 

Her research activity follows on from her PhD <http://www.shirleyatkinson.com/research.aspx>  by looking at the mechanisms behind how young people keep themselves safe online. She is currently involved in collaborative research with Kingston University exploring how trainee teachers can build their e-safety knowledge in addition to working closely with South West Grid for Learning in exploring various issues of e-safety education, including understanding of passwords at primary school age.  She recently completed a one year, Becta supported research programme, where peer education approaches are combined with e-safety education in the creation of the role of e-safety ambassadors (ESAs) for year 10's. You can read more here at the offical ESA site <http://www.cisnr.org/satkinson/esasite/> 

Her research interests cover privacy within all forms of internet mediated communications. She has a special interest in the impact of technology on Domestic Abuse Survivors and Teenagers, and is also interested in how we can learn to protect individuals online by observing and learning about their motivations when interacting with the technology.

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Jan 5th  2011

>From CSC to ORS: Recent Business Ideas on Social Marketing

*	Presenter: Thomas Power, CEO of Ecademy <http://www.ecademy.com/>  
*	Date: Wednesday 5th January 2011 
*	Time: 18:30 
*	Venue: BCS <http://www.bcs.org/>  Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA <http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.5843>  
*	Complimentary sandwiches and refreshments are served from 6pm 

This is a meeting organised jointly with the BCS Software Practice Advancement SG. <http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.1245>  and BCS North London branch <http://www.nlondon.bcs.org/ne.htm> . 

Synopsis 

Thomas Power believes that in the 21st Century, our approach to business relationships has to change and is changing. In the past, shareholders and regulatory authorities demanded that board members of corporations took a closed, selective and controlling (CSC) approach to their business contacts and communications - leading to what he calls institutional thinking. By contrast, network thinking is open, random and supportive (ORS). Thomas says that it took him around ten years to make this transition and that those starting out now will probably take the same amount of time. 

Is this view reflective of the real world? 

Is that really the direction in which large business needs to move? 

Can social networking sites such as LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/> , Xing <http://www.xing.com/> , Ushi <http://www.ushi.cn/> , Plaxo Pulse <http://www.plaxo.com/> , Ecademy <http://www.ecademy.com/>  and even Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/>  and Twitter <http://twitter.com/>  help to shorten the process? 

Is the inclusion of Facebook and Twitter in the above list symptomatic of a blurring of the boundaries between business and private life? 

Put your questions to Thomas Power at what should prove to be a stimulating and thought-provoking evening. 

For more background, watch Thomas on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4IpLo0rKkE> . 

Speaker Biography 

According to his Ecademy profile <http://www.ecademy.com/account.php?id=8> , Thomas Power is an Open Random Supportive Networker. Ecademy is his home online. 

He loves hunting, scouting, meeting new people, asking questions, connecting people, making random connections, thinking, analyzing, pondering, reading, researching, contemplating, debating, teaching, travelling, walking, watching movies (iPod) and then changing peoples lives. "Study, study, study, test, test, test, check, check, check" is his motto. 

Pre-registrations 

Please sign up using the BCS event booking system <http://www.bcs.org/events/registration> . If you are not a BCS member and have not registered on the BCS web site before, you will be taken first to a registration page. Please let Mandy Bauer at BCS HQ (and me) know if you encounter any difficulties. 

Booking limit: Safety regulations at the BCS London offices mean that a maximum of 120 people are able to take part in this event. 

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March 9th 2011

Room: HRM215

London Venue: 

Marylebone Road. (Opp. Baker Street Station, and Mme Tussauds)

Time: 6.15pm - 8.00pm including questions. Cost: Free.  Coffe and biscuits provided. All welcome! Especially PG students.

Directions from Security

To ensure a place, register as soon as possible with: coakese at westminster.ac.uk

Past lectures on www.bcs.org/sociotechnical <http://www.bcs.org/sociotechnical>  and updates on the group's activities

Andrew Woolfson

The business application of social media and knowledge management with scope for both the technical and people aspects.

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 'look for the cybercrime event in May - details to come'

Panel to include:

Frank Land and Andy Phippen

Map for Jan event

Elayne Coakes (Dr)
Senior Lecturer in BIMO,WBS
CG70 x3338

Editor-in-Chief: the International Journal for Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development: 
www.igi-global.com/IJSKD 
Book Series Editor: Advances in Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development, 
Editor: Knowledge Development and Social Change through Technology: Emerging Studies (due Jan 2011) IGI Global Publications: Hershey
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