[AISWorld] 15th LSE Social Study of ICTs Workshop: Digital Innovation and Information Systems Research, Teaching and Practice 20 April 2015

[Whitley,EA]

Digital innovation has given rise to many different phenomena, from business models that decouple production of value from earning of income, to crowdsourcing and online networks or communities formed around specific interests. Of special importance has lately been the commercialization of social interaction achieved by social media platforms. Taken together these changes seem to signal a deep going change that has diverse and far reaching organizational, social and economic consequences. This year's SSIT workshop will focus discussion on the underpinning processes of digital innovation and the significance of emerging social and economic changes.  It will also discuss what changes of Information Systems teaching, research and practice may be adopted to respond to the advent of digital innovation.

Workshop Highlights:

Digital Innovation, Reversed Semiotics and Generative Economy
Youngjin Yoo, Temple University, USA

'Digital Innovation': Can it Provide an Enduring Conceptual Foundation for the IS Curriculum?
Rob Fichman, Boston College Carroll School of Management, USA

The Logic of Digital Innovation
Nick Berente, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, USA

Panel: Is 'digital innovation' the new name for IS research, practice and teaching?  
Panellists: Rob Fichman, Yougjin Yoo, Nick Berente, Ola Henfridsson (Warwick University)
Chair: Jannis Kallinikos (Department of Management, LSE)

For registration visit  http://www.lse.ac.uk/management/events/conferences/social-study-of-ict-workshop/150420-SSIT-15.aspx