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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Marylebone Road. (Opp. Baker Street Station, and Mme Tussauds)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Time: 6.15pm - 8.00pm including questions. Cost: Free.<span>
</span>Coffee and biscuits provided. All welcome! Especially PG students.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Directions from Security<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">To ensure a place, register as soon as possible with:
</span></b><a href="mailto:coakese@westminster.ac.uk"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">coakese@westminster.ac.uk</span></i></a><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> or
</span></i><a href="mailto:craig.shepherd@nottingham.ac.uk"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">craig.shepherd@nottingham.ac.uk</span></i></a><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Past lectures on
</span><a href="http://www.bcs.org/sociotechnical"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">www.bcs.org/sociotechnical</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> and updates on the group’s
activities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Look for further details nearer the time on
</span><a href="http://www.bcs.org/sociotechnical"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">www.bcs.org/sociotechnical</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">13<sup>th</sup> and Final Year!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Oct 12<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Room
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">M324</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">“Questioning Technology: A panel led discussion”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Panel topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">1. What is Technology?
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">This presentation explores whether technology is embedded in devices
or whether there are alternative perspectives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Dr Roy Woodhead, Transformation & Integrated Services, HP<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">2. What is our relationship with Technology?
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">These presentations build on the previous ones and explores the relationship
between people and technology and questions some of the assumptions many people hold<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Dr Kamaran Fathulla, International Academy, University of Essex<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Dr Per-Arne Persson,
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Swedish National Defence College</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">3. Open discussion</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <b> Which comes first, Science or Technology?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">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
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Each presenter will take around 10 minutes to put forward views that
will stimulate a rich discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The LinkedIn and Facebook pages for IJSKD [see below] have already
begun this stimulating discussion….<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Dr Roy Woodhead, HP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">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.<span>
</span>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Dr Kamaran Fathulla, University of Essex<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">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.<span>
</span>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,
</span><a href="http://chimera69.essex.ac.uk/IJMAP"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">http://chimera69.essex.ac.uk/IJMAP</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Dr Per-Arne Persson</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">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".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> 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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">====================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">look at our Facebook page:</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Journal-of-Sociotechnology-and-Knowledge-Development/161640167232626"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Journal-of-Sociotechnology-and-Knowledge-Development/161640167232626</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">and join the LinkedIn group:
</span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/IJSKD-International-Journal-Sociotechnology-Knowledge-3925554?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">http://www.linkedin.com/groups/IJSKD-International-Journal-Sociotechnology-Knowledge-3925554?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p>Elayne Coakes (Dr)</p>
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<p>Editor-in-Chief IJSKD </p>
<p><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/IJSKD-International-Journal-Sociotechnology-Knowledge-3925554">http://www.linkedin.com/groups/IJSKD-International-Journal-Sociotechnology-Knowledge-3925554</a></p>
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