A conference for social scientists
Irish Film Centre, Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Thurs. 24 & Fri. 25 April, 1997
THURSDAY 24TH
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12.30--2.00: Registration
2.00--3.45 PLENARY 1 : NATIONAL STRATEGIES IN EUROPEAN & GLOBAL CONTEXTS
Prof. William H Melody: "Identifying Priorities for Building Distinct Information Societies"
Paschal Preston: "Beyond the Superhighways and Hypeways: Aspects of Ireland's Information Strategy"
Chair: James Wickham
3.45--4.00: Tea break
4.00--5.45: PLENARY 2: EQUALITY, EXCLUSION & PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPACE IN THE 'INFO SOCIETY':
Mr. Pat Rabbitte, Minister for Commerce, Science and Technology: “Introductory Comments”
Juliet Webster: "Building the Information Society Within the European Commission ?"
Rohan Samarajiva: "Living in the Information Society: The Public Network as a Public Space"
Chair: Ellen Hazelkorn
6.00--7.30: Wine Reception
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FRIDAY 25TH
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9.00--10.45 PLENARY 3: IDEOLOGY & MEDIA INDUSTRIES IN THE INFO SOCIETY
Prof. Nicholas Garnham: "The Information Society as Ideology "
Ellen Hazelkorn: "New Media Technologies and Changing Work Practices in the Media Industry: the Case of Ireland"
Chair: Brian Trench
10.45--11.00 Coffee
11.00--12.45 PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSIONS, NO. 1: *
SESSION 4.a) EMPLOYMENT, INDUSTRY AND WORK ORGANISATION STREAM:
David Jacobson and David O'Sullivan: "The Irish Software Manual Industry: Globalisation through Local Supply?"
Marian Brattman: "Students, Careers and Computers".
Sean O’ Riain: "Dilemmas of the Irish Software Industry"
Chair: David Jacobson
SESSION 4.b) PUBLIC SERVICE & CITIZENSHIP:
Liam Bannon: "Once More -- The Information Society ?"
Brian Trench & Susan O'Donnell: "The Internet & the Expansion of Democratic Practices in Ireland"
Roderick Flynn: "The Development of Universal Telephone Service in Ireland"
Chair: Lee Komito
SESSION 4.c) THE MEDIA/CULTURAL SPHERES:
Aphra Kerr: "Multimedia as Content: Networks & the Shaping of MM Development in Ireland"
Wolfgang Truetzschler: "The Internet: Issues for Policy in Ireland and the EU"
Chair: Ellen Hazelkorn
12.45--2.00 Lunch
2.00--3.45 PARALLEL SESSIONS, NO. 2: *
SESSION 5.a) EMPLOYMENT, INDUSTRY AND WORK ORGANISATION STREAM
Owen Gorman: "Networks and Innovation: Software Production and National Systems of Innovation"
Barbara Dooley: "Telework: Some Organisation Issues and Concerns"
Chair: David Jacobson.
SESSION 5.b) PUBLIC SERVICE & CITIZENSHIP:
Sean O’Siochru: "The Information Society Ireland Report and Exclusion Issues"
David Vernon: "Dilemmas of Emancipation in the Information Age"
Paul Stokes: "Education and Training Issues & Ireland's Info Strategy"
Chair: Lee Komito
SESSION 5.c) THE MEDIA/CULTURAL SPHERE:
Imelda Connolly: "A Theoretical Framework for Gender Differentiation in New Technology & the Internet"
Maria Lohan: " Men, Masculinity and the Domestic Telephone: A Theoretical Framework for Gender and Technology"
Carol McKeogh: "The Adolescent Audience and Television Technology"
Chair: Ellen Hazelkorn
3.45--4.00: Tea
4.00--5.30: FINAL PLENARY : THE SPACE FOR POLITICS
Reports back from parallel sessions Christian Friis : "The Danish IT Initiative: A Critical Evaluation"
James Wickham:"Virtually Anglo-American Ireland: Information 'marketplace' or 'society'?"
Chair: Paschal Preston
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* NB: In order to maximise time for exchanges in these parallel [workshop] sessions, each paper presenter will speak for 10-12 minutes, leaving 18-20 minutes for discussion of each presentation]