ERASMUS INTER-UNIVERSITY NETWORK


IN HUMAN CENTRED SYSTEMS

(ICP-95-UK-1231/11)


4TH EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL


IN HUMAN CENTRED SYSTEMS

UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON,

UNITED KINGDOM

13-18 September 1997

Introduction

HCS places human needs, interests and purposes at the centre of shaping technology, systems and social worlds. This tradition emphasises multidisciplinary approaches for the design and use of information, communication or media systems. The purpose of the summer school is to study current issues of social innovation and community networking, human computer relations and multimedia and communication. The summer school will consist of two day conference on Cultural Renaissance and Cities of Innovation, followed by a three day Intensive Summer School Programme in Human centred Systems.

Two Day Conference (13-14 September 1997)
Cultural Renaissance and Cities of Innovation At the dawn of the new Millenium, we are witnessing an unprecedented convergence of technological inovations, institutional forms, economic and social organisations. The presence of information and communications media have become so substantial in the new information society, that it is beginnig to underpin all human activities and human relations. Social and economic forms of working and living including social concepts of service, identity, and society are being redefined and represented in the image of the global paradigm. The conference will discuss these conflicts and dilemmas, and how we may shape technologies and systems which respond to cultural needs, aspirations and interests of people and societies.

Conference Topics


Intensive Summer School Programme (15-18 September 1997)
The summer school will consist of lectures and workshops. Formal lectures will take place during the mornings and workshops will take place during the afternoons. Evening sessions will include a programme of social events, and collaborative reflections.

Workshops
The workshops will provide opportunities for students to present their own work and discuss it within the framework of workshop topics.

1. Social Innovation and Community Networking
The workshop will discuss the potentials and limitations of information, communication and media technologies within broader socio-economic innovation processes. The topics will include frameworks, models and methods of social innovation, community networking and socio-economic development. Peter van den Besselaar, Peter Day, Tania Funston, Ilona Kovacs, Lauge Rasmussen

2. Human-computer relations
The workshop will study human cooperation and interaction in the workplace in the information society. this workshop will investigate and discuss the changing conditions that have been created by the use of new technologies, including new multimedia tools for cooperative work. The discussion topics include:
* Tools and techniques for Computer Supported Cooperative Work(CSCW),and their practice
* Future use of the tools and techniques for CSCW
* The effect of these tools and techniques on the quality of work (processes and product)
* Future workshops and a "scenario writing studio".
Keld Bødker, Juergen Friedrich, Pertti Jarvinen, Micke Svedemar

3. Multimedia and Communication
The aim of the workshop is to study dynamic multimedia systems from a semiotic point of view and to study design processes from initial ideas to systems in use. The topics will include presentation and representation, aesthetics, interaction between humans,user models and artificial realities. The workshop will give priority to both experimental and theoretical approaches and to intercultural dimensions.
Inger Lytje, Randi Markussen, Massimo Negrotti, Lars Qvortrup
Summer School Participants
Postgraduate and doctoral students from the ERASMUS network in Human Centred Systems. The summer school will also be open to a limited number of students from outside the network.


Requirements
All participants are required to submit a one page abstract of their project or research by email. The abstract should include title, name, full address and telephone/fax/e-mail address. The abstract should be clearly formatted. Submission of abstracts: 1 September 1997 to:


Prof. K S Gill, Programme Chair HCS 97,
School of Information Management,
University of Brighton, Brighton , UK, BN2 4GJ.
tel: +44 1273 643510 fax: +44 1273 642504 email:

K.S.Gill

Participation and Costs

Participants are expected to pay for their own travel, accommodation and meals. At the time of going to press, the total cost of accommodation and breakfast for ERASMUS participants in the University Halls of Residences is approximately 20.00 pounds (UK Sterling) per person per day. Accommodation, breakfast and dinner are approximately 30.00 pounds (UK Sterling). All other participants outside the ERASMUS Network should book their accommodation directly with the University Conference Office (see details below under Accommodation)

Summer School for non-ERASMUS participation
There will be a nominal fee of 30.00 pounds(UK Sterling), for participants outside the ERASMUS Network.

ERASMUS Bursaries
A limited number of bursaries covering the costs of accommodation and meals are available for students of the ERASMUS Network. Applications for these bursaries should be made to local ERASMUS coordinators by 1 September 1997. Students are encouraged to apply to their own universities for funding. Please ask your ERASMUS coordinator to approve your bursary application and include it with your registration form.


Accommodation
12-13 September: Falmer Campus, University of Brighton
14-18 September: Moulsecoomb Campus, University of Brighton
Contact: The Conference Office,
University of Brighton,
Moulsecoomb Place, Lewes Road,
Brighton, BN2 4GA, UK
Tel: +44 1273 643167 Fax +44 1273 642610

Summer School Venue
13-14 September: Asa Briggs Hall, Falmer Campus, University of Brighton
15-18 September: Watts Building, Moulsecoomb Campus, University of Brighton

Travel Information
The nearest airports are Gatwick and Heathrow. From Gatwick, you can travel to Brighton by train. From Heathrow, you can travel by train (via underground to Victoria railway station and then from Victoria station to Brighton) or by coach direct from Heathrow to Brighton coach station. From Brighton railway station, Falmer Campus is the third stop on the Brighton to Lewes/Eastbourne line, and Moulsecoomb Campus is the second stop on the line. Alternatively, both Falmer Campus and Moulsecoomb Campus can be reached either by bus or by taxi from Brighton

ERASMUS Network Local Coordinators Peter Van den Besselaar, Amsterdam University, Netherlands (peter@swi.psy.uva.nl)
Susanne Bødker, Aarhus University, Denmark (bodker@daimi.aau.dk)
Keld Bødker, University of Roskilde, Denmark (keldb@dat.ruc)
Martin Corbett, University of Warwick, UK ( irobmc@razor.wbs.warwick.ac.uk)
Sergio Congiu, University of Padova, Italy ( sergio@paola.dei.unipd.it)
Juergen Friedrich, University of Bremen, Germany (jf@informatik.uni-bremen.de)
Siv Friis, Lund University, Sweden (siv.friis@ics.lu.se)
Dipak Khakhar, Lund University, Sweden (Dipak.Khakhar@ics.lu.se)
Karamjit S Gill, University of Brighton, UK (k.s.Gill@bton.ac.uk)
Inger Lytje, Aalborg University, Denmark ( inger@hum.auc.dk)
Eunice McCarthy, University College Dublin, Ireland (emccarthy@irlearn.ucd.ie)
Randi Markussen, Aarhus University, Denmark ( rmark@imv.aau.dk)
Massimo Negrotti, Urbino University, Italy (imes@fis.uniurb.it)
Lars Qvortrup, Odense University, Denmark (larsq@litcul.ou.dk)
Lauge Rasmussen, Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark (itslbr@inet.uni-c.dk)
Pertti Jarvinen, University of Tampere, Finland ( pj@ohdake.uta.fi)
Ilona Kovacs, The Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Maria Petanesidou, University of Crete, Greece
Antonio Brandao Moniz, New University of Lisbon, Portugal (abm@mail.fct.unl.pt)


4th European Summer School in Human Centred Systems



Registration Form




Programme Committee

K.S. Gill (University of Brighton, UK) Juergen Friedrich (University of Bremen, Germany)
Inger Lytje (Aalborg University, Denmark) Randi Markussen(Aarhus University, Denmark)
Lauge Rasmussen (Technical University, Denmark) Micke Svedemar

Abstract (1 page) included


Arrival date ____________ Departure date ____________


Accommodation requirement 12 13 14 15 16 17 September 1997

Meals/Dinner requirements 12 13 14 15 16 17 September 1997

Any special requirements (please state briefly)

_______________________________________________________________________


Workshop interest (please tick)

Workshop 1 () Workshop 2 () Workshop 3 ()


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I confirm that I will attend the European summer School at the University of Brighton, UK
13-18 September 1997 and

[] include a cheque for

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[] include a letter from the local ERASMUS coordinator confirming that I have been granted an ERASMUS bursary, covering accommodation and meals


Name_________________________________________________________________


Address______________________________________________________________


_____________________________________________________________________


Tel__________________________________ Telefax____________________


email__________________________________


Signed ________________________________________________________________


Please send this form by fax or mail, by 1st September 1997, to
Administration Officer,
School of Information Management,
University of Brighton
Brighton, UK, BN2 4GJ

fax +44 1273 642504







Cultural Renaissance and Cities of Innovation



Two Day Conference


University of Brighton
13-14 September 1997


Venue: Asa Briggs Hall, Falmer Campus, University of Brighton


Introduction

At the dawn of the millemium, we are witnessing an unprecedented convergence of technological innovations, institutional forms, economic and social organisations. The presence of information and media technologies has become so substantial in the new information society, that it is beginning to underpin all human activities and human relations.Social and economic forms of working and living including social concepts of service, identity, and society are being redefined and represented in the image of the global paradigm.


Technological innovations offer a greater potential for a new cultural and economic renaissance, but also possess the risk of exclusion of people and their aspirations from shaping the information society. New technologies provide opportunities for the creation of new forms of work, human learning and living conditions, but at the same time there are dangers of decontextualising identity and thought, and of closing down human capacities for social innovation and sustainability. Information and media technologies are being employed to transfer and control the flow of information, knowledge, money, goods and services across national boundaries. A great gap is already emerging between the global imahe of information society and the humanistic vision of developing socially useful technologies which deal with wider societal issues of employment, welfare, education, health, education, literacy, hunger and poverty.


The conference will discuss these conflicts and dilemmas, and how we may shape technologies and systems which respond to cultural needs, aspirations and interests of people and societies.

Conference topics
Social visions of the millenium - information, media technologies and citizenship
Community networks and social innovation
New ways of working, living and learning
Future society - global or local landscapes: dilemmas and solutions

Conference Programme
13 September 1997
09.00 - 10.00: Registration
10.00 - 13.00: Invited speakers
13.00 - 14.30: Lunch
14.30 - 17.00: Workshop discussions
18.00 - 19.00: Plenary session


14 September 1997
10.00 - 13.00: Group discussions: Future Directions. Project proposals for EU collaboration and Actions
13.00 - 14.00: Lunch and farewell

Conference Proceedings
The plan is to publish papers presented at the conference in the form of a conference book. selected papers will be published in the AI and Society journal. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 September 1997.

Participation
The conference will be of special interest to researchers and practitioners who are concerned with broader social, economic and cultural issues of the information society. The conference is open to the Public. There is no conference fee but participants will be asked to contribute 10.00 pounds towards the cost of the conference (unwaged fee). Delegates pay for their own travel, accommodation and meals.

Accommodation
Contact: The Conference Office, University of Brighton, Moulsecoomb Place, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GA, UK
Tel: +44 1273 643167 Fax: +44 1273 642610

Conference Venue
Asa Briggs Hall, Falmer Campus, University of Brighton

Travel Information
The nearest airports are Gatwick and Heathrow. From Gatwick, you can travel to Brighton by train. From Heathrow, you can travel by train (via underground to Victoria railway station, and then from Victoria to Brighton), or by coach direct from Heathrow to Brighton coach station. From Brighton railway station, Falmer Campus is the third stop on the Brighton to Lewes/Eastbourne line. Moulsecoomb Campus is the second stop on this line. Alternatively, both Falmer Campus and Moulsecoomb Campus can be reached either by bus or by taxi from Brighton.

Further Information
Karamjit S Gill
School of Information Management
University of Brighton
Watts Building, Moulsecoomb
Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GJ
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 643510

REGISTRATION FORM

Abstract: 1 page included (please send by the 1 September 1997)

Arrival date________________ Departure date________________


Accommodation requirement 12 13 september 1997

Meals/lunches requirements 12 13 September 1997


Any special requirements (please state briefly)

___________________________________________________________



I confirm that I will attend the European Summer School: Two day conference
at the University of Brighton, 13-14 September, 1997
and I agree to pay 10.00 (UK Sterling)
[] on registration [] by enclosed cheque

Name_______________________________________________________



Address____________________________________________________



___________________________________________________________



Tel____________ Telefax____________ email_________________

Signed_____________________________________________________


Please send this form by fax or letter, by 1 September, 1997 to
Administration Officer
ERASMUS Summer School
School of Information Management
University of Brighton
Brighton, UK, BN2 4GJ
fax +44 1273 642504



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