Presentations

Paul Dourish gave the closing keynote talk titled “Engaging Design, Enraging Design” at the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference EPIC 2006 (Hillsboro, OR), September 2006.

Mary Gilly and Mary Wolfinbarger presented their paper "Independence and Connectedness: Designing Internet Access to Meet the Needs of Seniors," at the Aging by Design II Conference at Bentley College in October. This paper was co-authored with Hope Schau.

Ken Kraemer participated in the NSF Human-Centered Computing (HCC) Workshop (September 2006).

Ken Kraemer presented a research poster at the NSF Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) workshop (September 2006).

Ken Kraemer gave a talk on CRITO and the CRITO Consortium at the Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS) Fall Sponsor Meeting, Healdsburg, CA (September 2006).

Ken Kraemer participated in the Second Annual Conference on the Globalization of Services, hosted by the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University (December 2006).

Vijay Gurbaxani was interviewed by Jessica C. Lee of WallSt.net for her multi-part online series Eye on Asia. Professor Gurbaxani and Ms. Lee discussed Outsourcing and how it is catapulting India’s competitive advantage in the global business sector.

Vijay Gurbaxani gave a presentation for the Center for Innovation Management Studies and Innovation (CIMS) in Healdsburg, CA on Technology, Partnership and Value Creation (September 2006).

Vijay Gurbaxani was a panelist at the International Conference on Information Systems: “Does IT Matter in Core MBA Education?” Milwaukee, Wisconsin (December 10 – 13, 2006).

Vijay Gurbaxani spoke on a panel organized by the Harvard Business School Association of Orange County on "Global Outsourcing: Your Biggest Challenge or Your Next Opportunity."

Bonnie Nardi gave the opening keynote talk, “Collaborative Play in World of Warcraft,” in Puebla, Mexico at the LA-Web Conference (Latin American Web).

Bonnie Nardi gave an opening keynote: “Liminoid Play in World of Warcraft,” in Natal Brazil, November 20, 2006 - www.dimap.ufrn.br/iws2006/palestras.php

Alladi Venkatesh was a panelist at the Design for Prosperity Conference held in Boras, Sweden, November 5-7, 2006. The two day conference was organized by the Design Institute of Sweden and was attended by industry and academic participants from Europe, the US and Asia. Venkatesh spoke on Design and Market Transformation.

Alladi Venkatesh was a speaker at the Digital Home Workshop held at the University of Southern California on December 6, 2006. The day long workshop was organized by CTM (Center for Technology Management) at the Marshall School of Business as part of their workshop series. Venkatesh spoke on “Digital Home Technologies – The Coevolution of Technology and the User.”