[AISWorld] final notification: lecture Oct 12th Questioning Technology

[Elayne Coakes]

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London Venue:
Marylebone Road. (Opp. Baker Street Station, and Mme Tussauds)
Time: 6.15pm - 8.00pm including questions. Cost: Free.  Coffee 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<mailto:coakese at westminster.ac.uk> or craig.shepherd at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:craig.shepherd at nottingham.ac.uk>

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

Look for further details nearer the time on www.bcs.org/sociotechnical<http://www.bcs.org/sociotechnical>

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13th and Final Year!

Oct 12th
Room M324

“Questioning Technology: A panel led discussion”

Panel topics:
1.       What is Technology?
This presentation explores whether technology is embedded in devices or whether there are alternative perspectives
Dr Roy Woodhead, Transformation & Integrated Services, HP
2.       What is our relationship with Technology?
These presentations build on the previous ones and explores the relationship between people and technology and questions some of the assumptions many people hold
Dr Kamaran Fathulla, International Academy, University of Essex
Dr Per-Arne Persson, Swedish National Defence College
3.       Open discussion
        Which comes first, Science or Technology?
Let us question the assumption that scientific knowledge has primacy over technological knowledge and ask whether a different view could offer new approaches to the development of new capabilities

Each presenter will take around 10 minutes to put forward views that will stimulate a rich discussion.

The LinkedIn and Facebook pages for IJSKD [see below] have already begun this stimulating discussion….

Dr Roy Woodhead, HP
Roy currently works for HP Transformation & Integration Services (TIS) and has a diverse background spanning construction, consulting on some of the world’s largest oil and gas investments, working with IT scientist in HP’s R&D labs and socio-technical approaches to process improvement. He was a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University for over ten years and engaged with Action Research methods to achieve large scale innovation.  Roy holds a PhD in complex group decision making related to major Capital Investment projects from the University of Leeds, and a First Class BSc (Hons) degree from Sheffield City Polytechnic. He is currently managing a large scale transformation within the Service Transition lifecycle stage on the largest IT infrastructure project in Europe.
Dr Kamaran Fathulla, University of Essex
Kamaran Fathulla is a computing/electronic lecturer at the International Academy, The University of Essex. Kamaran obtained his Master’s degree in User Interface Design from Liverpool John Moore University and his PhD from the University of Salford.  Kamaran’s research work underpinned in the Multi Aspectual philosophical work of the Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd. Kamaran’s main research work is in diagrams and their uses in everyday life. He also explores ways in which Multi Aspectual thinking can be applied to other domains of interest. Kamaran is also the Editor of a newly established electronic journal called IJMAP, International Journal of Multi Aspectual Practice, http://chimera69.essex.ac.uk/IJMAP
Dr Per-Arne Persson
My professional background is an army officer. I have a PhD in Informatics from Linköping University, 2000, based on ethnographic fieldwork and about information systems design in, and for, military HQs. The title is "Bringing Power and Knowledge together, Information Systems Design for Autonomy and Control in Command Work".
 I have recently retired from a research position at the Swedish National Defence College where I have pursued research as practical enquiry/action research in the defence community with organizational development and ICT use in focus, including information systems theory and design (focussing on intelligence).
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look at our Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Journal-of-Sociotechnology-and-Knowledge-Development/161640167232626
and join the LinkedIn group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/IJSKD-International-Journal-Sociotechnology-Knowledge-3925554?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr




Elayne Coakes (Dr)

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Room M112

Editor-in-Chief IJSKD

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/IJSKD-International-Journal-Sociotechnology-Knowledge-3925554

http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Journal-of-Sociotechnology-and-Knowledge-Development/161640167232626


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