Seminar and workshop at Aalborg University on Friday October 6th, 2006
Social software and Web 2.0 are concepts (or buzzwords) that have been used in order to capture recent developments on the Internet. Websites such as Flickr, Wikipedia, del.icio.us, Skype, eBay, Google Maps and craigslist are all part of this second-generation phenomenon, which has spurred a number of new services and communities. The concepts have been eagerly adopted within seemingly contradictory areas: on the one hand, Web 2.0 and social software have been associated with re-democratisation, empowerment and open content. On the other hand, they are seen as a huge possibility for profit and market control from a corporate perspective. In this seminar we offer critical perspectives on social software and Web 2.0, and we attempt to map the future challenges for research and business.
The seminar is sponsored by and organised by The Doctoral School of Human Centered Informatics: http://www.hci.hum.aau.dk/
Program
Open session, Auditorium 1.104, Kroghstræde 3, 09.00-12.30
09.00–09.15 | Welcome and introduction |
| Anders Albrechtslund & Thomas Ryberg (Aalborg University) |
09.15–10.00 | |
| Søren Mørk Petersen (IT University of Copenhagen) |
10.00–10.45 | |
| Michael Zimmer (New York University) |
10.45–11.00 | Short Break |
11.00–11.45 | Corporate social management with social software: Meet CSR 2.0 |
| Mikkel Holm Sørensen (Actics Limited) |
11.55–12.30 | Panel discussion |
Closed session (registration needed)
12.30–13.30 | Lunch (only for registered participants) |
13.30-16.00 | Workshop and discussion (room to be announced) |
Practical information
The open session of the seminar will take place at Kroghstræde 3 in Auditorium 1.104. This session from 09.00 - 12.30 will be open to all students, staff, researchers and the general public. The subsequent workshop and discussion session will be limited to 10 participants (apart from the presenters and organisers). Attending the closed session is free but requires registration; for the registered participants lunch will be included.
To register send an email to Hanne Porsborg Clausen (hannepc@hum.aau.dk) no later than September 22nd. In the registration mail briefly state your background (PhD student, senior researcher, master student, business) and affiliation. You will then receive a confirmation of your registration soon after. PhD students will receive 1 ECTS point for participation in the full-day program.
During the presentations it will be possible to pose questions and comments in an online environment. We aim to use the Social Learning Landscape called Elgg and we invite participants and presenters to create a profile on our local Elgg installation, which can be found at: http://elgg.ell.aau.dk
At the Elgg installation a community called Social Software and Web 2.0 has been established. The community blog and its RSS-feed will function as a news and update-service. You can subscribe to this news feed below:
You can download the program as a PDF file here»
If you have any further questions please contact the organizers:
Anders Albrechtslund:
Thomas Ryberg:
Travel information and maps
The latter guide is more detailed. It points you to the centre for discourse studies (CDS), which is also situated at Kroghstræde 3 where the seminar will be held. Thanks to Paul McIlvenny for putting together this guide!
Other interesting news
Social Software and Web 2.0 seems to be of a general interest. Therefore in the spirit of sharing and giving access to information we would like also to point out that there will be a seminar in Århus on the 31st of October. This seminar is especially focused on social software within education - but you can download the program here»
