[AISWorld] AOM 2024 PDW "Innovating in Data-Based Reality" on August 10 (Sat), 12:30-2:30pm

[Aleksi Aaltonen]

We (Aleksi Aaltonen and Marta Stelmaszak) are excited to announce the
Innovating in Data-Based Reality: New Perspectives on Data as a Research
Object Professional Development Workshop that will be held at the Academy
of Management 2024 Annual Meeting in Chicago.

TIME: Saturday, August 10, 2024 12:30 - 2:30 pm
ROOM: Sheraton Grand Chicago in Michigan A

NO SEPARATE REGISTRATION IS NEEDED!

If you are interested in the study of data, you don’t want to miss the
opportunity to engage with our excellent lineup of expert speakers: Sirkka
Jarvenpaa (UT Austin), Jannis Kallinikos (LUISS University), Dorothy
Leidner (University of Virginia), Natalia Levina (NYU), and Jan Recker
(University of Hamburg)!

Overview

Data are key cognitive resources and unique semiotic artifacts that
permeate organizational settings and the socioeconomic life today. Recent
literature debunks the idea that data are simply ‘raw facts’ that fuel
analytics and algorithmic systems—but what’s next? In this professional
development workshop, we put forward the idea that data themselves should
be an object of research and innovation, rather than just an accessory to
digital innovation. We aim to push the boundaries of research on digital
data and their role in contemporary innovation and organizing from
different, complementary and sometimes competing, perspectives. Five expert
speakers will introduce their own, diverse approaches to data as a research
object and a key ingredient of innovation. The experts will variously
acknowledge or theorize, for instance, the characteristics of data
artifacts, data-related practices, issues with data quality and governance,
or the broader organizational configurations that emerge around them. After
the experts’ introductory remarks, participants will break into smaller
groups with each expert to discuss in-depth the perspectives, methods, and
directions for the growing research interest in data.

Expert Speakers

- Sirkka Jarvenpaa, University of Texas Austin
- Jannis Kallinikos, LUISS University
- Dorothy Leidner, University of Virginia
- Natalia Levina, New York University
- Jan Recker, University of Hamburg

Format

The workshop engages participants in interactive discussions to share their
points of view and experience, learn from other participants and expert
speakers. We will start with a short introduction by the two co-organizers
(10 minutes). Then, five experts will briefly outline their thoughts on the
following questions (5 minutes each):

- How to study data in a thoroughly datafied environment?
- How can innovation by and through data be theorized?
- What are the methods and kinds of evidence one should look for?
- What kind of knowledge can be useful for managers and policy makers to
explore and exploit opportunities to innovate and organize with data in
their industry?

This will serve as an introduction to the breakout groups so that
participants can choose which group to join, each lead by one of the
experts. The groups will include experts and participants discussing the
above questions from the perspective introduced by the expert leading the
group (30 minutes). The goal is for the participants to garner insights
into the study of data most relevant to their research. The group will need
to choose a rapporteur among the participants who gets to act as a panelist
in the final session. Finally, the rapporteur for each group will report
key discussion points back to the plenary (20 minutes). To draw
conclusions, each expert will be asked to deliver a final statement
commenting on discussions in breakout groups (20 minutes).

JOIN us in Chicago on Saturday, 10 August 2024, 12:30 - 2:30 pm!

Aleksi Aaltonen and  Marta Stelmaszak