[AISWorld] Third Metaverse Seminar: Metaverse: On the human aspects, privacy and value destruction

[Yogesh K. Dwivedi]

Announcement: A Virtual Seminar Series on The Digital Future for Business &
Society: Emerging Perspectives on the Metaverse

This seminar series on “*The Digital Future for Business & Society:
Emerging Perspectives on the Metaverse*” will present various perspectives
from a number of leading expert speakers to highlight the opportunities and
challenges posed by the rapid emergence of the metaverse. The seminar
series will offer a timely and thought-provoking insight to the metaverse,
its impact on the future of business, management and societal factors
impacted by the growth, direction and widespread adoption of this new
immersive technology.

This series is hosted jointly by Digital Futures for Sustainable Business &
Society Research Group, School of Management, Swansea University, UK
and Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Pune, India (Constituent of
Symbiosis International (Deemed University), India). The series is
supported by: Digital Marketing and Analytics SIG – Academy of Marketing
(UK); Grenoble IAE-Graduate School of Management - a Grenoble INP school of
the University of Grenoble Alpes; The e-Business and e-Government SIG -
British Academy of Management (UK); and The UK Academy for Information
Systems (UKAIS). Further details about this seminar series can be found at:
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/som/research/researchcentres/metaverse-seminar-series/

The first seminar (on Surfing the Internet and Diving in the Metaverse: A
Status Quo Analysis) in this series was delivered by Professor Philipp
Rauschnabel, The Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany. For a limited
period only, this talk is available to access freely at
https://youtu.be/PNuasGZhzWU

The second seminar (on Engaging users in the Metaverse Applications in
different industries) in this series was delivered by Professor Carlos
Flavián, The University of Zaragoza, Spain. This talk is available to
access freely at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ4uaIAYohA&t=3s

The details of the next upcoming seminar are as follows:

*Zoom Registration Link:*
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdeyhrz8qHtE7eN-f0pcGEZRI-rG62pAY

*Date & Time:* 15th March 2023; 1 PM UK Time; 06:30 PM IST

*Seminar Title:* Metaverse: On the human aspects, privacy and value
destruction

*Speaker:* Mr Jared Offei Lartey & Professor Anders Gustafsson, BI
Norwegian Business School, Norway

*Seminar Overview:* Current technological advances for the metaverse
suggests limitless opportunities for experiencing social interactions and
economic exchanges. With the potential that almost anything that can be
done in real life is possible to do in one form or perhaps even better in
the metaverse (Dwivedi et al., 2022). While this has motivated a hype,
investments and an increasing extension of presence from businesses into
the metaverse, there is a need to fundamentally reflect on directing such a
platform to serve our human needs to make us better off in aspects such  as
social inclusion, sustainability, health, education, and minimizing the
effects of our hedonic consumption. Moreover, we also need to assess the
risks of privacy in the destruction of value created through the metaverse.
In the talk we will share our thoughts on these important aspects as well
as growing avenues for research to realize the full potential of the
metaverse.

*About Speakers  *

*Jared Offei Lartey* is a doctoral candidate in Marketing at BI Norwegian
Business School. His research interests focus on exploring technological
practices through the lens of consumer culture, as well as topics related
to privacy in smart services, consumer-object experiences, and wellbeing.

*Anders Gustafsson* is a professor of marketing at BI Norwegian Business
School.  Dr Gustafsson is also a Distinguished Professorial Fellow at the
University of Manchester’s Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS). Dr.
Gustafsson is conducting research on customer satisfaction and loyalty,
management of customer relationships, and consumer behavior. He has
published articles in journals such as Journal of Marketing, Journal of
Marketing Research, and Journal of Consumer Research. His research has
traditionally been carried out in close collaboration with companies (eg.
Ikea, ICA, Telia). He is the former editor in chief for Journal of Business
Research. He was the first international president for AMA’s (American
Marketing Association) academic council and he is also a recipient of the
Christopher Lovelock Career Contributions to the Services Discipline Award.
Recently, he has joined The Sheth Foundation and AMA as a member of the
board.

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Professor Yogesh K. Dwivedi, PhD
Professor of Digital Marketing and Innovation
School of Management, Room #323
Swansea University, Bay Campus
Fabian Bay, Swansea, SA1 8EN, Wales, UK.
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Email: y.k.dwivedi at swansea.ac.uk ; ykdwivedi at gmail.com
Home Page:http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/som/academic-staff/y.k.dwivedi/

Distinguished Research Professor, Symbiosis Institute of Business
Management, Pune & Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune,India

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Announcement: *A Virtual Seminar Series on The Digital Future for Business
& Society: Emerging Perspectives on the Metaverse: *
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/som/research/researchcentres/metaverse-seminar-series/