DETAILED PROGRAM
(as of November 2016; all academic titles have been omitted)
10:00 A.M. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP FOR TRAVEL-GRANTEES
12:30 P.M. REGISTRATION AND QUICK LUNCH
1:30 P.M. WORDS OF WELCOME
Wilhelm Krull, Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation, Hanover (Germany)
Florian Süssenguth, acatech, Munich (Germany)
1:45 P.M. SOCIETY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE DIGITAL
CHAIR: Florian Süssenguth, acatech, Munich (Germany)
KEYNOTE
Armin Nassehi, Institute of Sociology, LMU Munich (Germany)
STATEMENT
Wilhelm Krull, Volkswagen Foundation, Hanover (Germany)
3:30 P.M. COFFEE BREAK
4:00 P.M. PANEL DISCUSSION – FROM OBSERVATION TO THEORY
Saskia Sassen, Department of Sociology, Columbia University (USA)
Shunya Yoshimi, Interfaculty Initiative on Information Studies, University of Tokyo (Japan)
Armin Nassehi, Institute of Sociology, LMU Munich (Germany)
5:15 P.M. LIGHTNING TALKS (YOUNG RESEARCHERS)
CHAIR: Cornelius Puschmann, Hans-Bredow-Institute, Hamburg (Germany)
5:45 P.M. COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER SESSION
6:15 P.M. RADICAL DEMOCRACY OR THE LIQUEFACTION OF ALL COLLECTIVITIES? THE POLITICAL TELEOLOGIES OF DIGITAL MEDIA
CHAIR: Armin Nassehi, Institute of Sociology, LMU Munich (Germany)
LECTURES
Saskia Sassen, Department of Sociology, Columbia University (USA)
David Lyon, Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen’s University Kingston (Canada) (tbc)
COMMENT
N.N.
8:00 P.M. DINNER
Thursday, June 1st, 2017
9:00 A.M. UPDATING SOCIAL CRITICISM: DIGITAL CAPITALISM AND DIGITAL LABOUR
CHAIR: Leonhard Dobusch, Innsbruck University (Austria)
LECTURES
Christian Fuchs, Centre for Social Media Research, University of Westminster (UK)
Laura Mann, Department of International Development, London School of Economics (UK)
Mary L. Gray, Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University Bloomington (USA)
COMMENT
Michael Vassiliadis, IG BCE, Hanover (Germany)
11:00 A.M. COFFEE BREAK
11:30 A.M. SOCIETY THROUGH THE EYES OF ROBOTS, ALGORITHMS AND AI
CHAIR: Sophie Mützel, University of Lucerne (Switzerland)
LECTURES
Dirk Baecker, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, University Witten/Herdecke (Germany)
Shunya Yoshimi, Interfaculty Initiative on Information Studies, University of Tokyo (Japan)
COMMENT
Michael Bültmann, HERE Deutschland GmbH (Germany)
1:00 P.M. LUNCH WITH DEMONSTRATIONS (YOUNG SCIENTISTS, STARTUPS, COMPANIES)
2:30 P.M. SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNCERTAINTY: COPING WITH DIGITAL
INFORMATION OVERLOAD IN SCIENCE AND BUSINESS
CHAIR: Ralph Schroeder, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University (UK)
LECTURES
Elena Esposito, Department of Communications and Economy, University of Modena (Italy)
Andreas Diekmann, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
COMMENT
Bernhard Kaufmann, Munich RE (Germany)
4:15 P.M. LIGHTNING TALKS II (YOUNG RESEARCHERS)
CHAIR: Cornelius Puschmann, Hans-Bredow-Institute, Hamburg (Germany)
4:45 P.M. COFFEE BREAK
5:15 P.M. IDENTITY IN TIMES OF ALGORITHM – QUANTIFIED SELF & GAMIFICATION
CHAIR: Nikolaus Röttger, wired (Germany) (tbc)
LECTURES
Deborah Lupton, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra (Australia)
Jos de Mul, Institute for Philosophy of Information and Communication Technology,
Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
7:00 P.M. DINNER
THEMED TABLES: OBSERVING THE DIGITAL WORLD SOCIETY WITHIN LOCAL CONTEXTS
Friday, June 2nd, 2017
9:00 A.M. OBSERVING THE WORLD THROUGH HERMENEUTICS OR THROUGH ALGORITHMS?
DATA JOURNALISM & DATA VISUALIZATION
CHAIR: Cornelius Puschmann, Hans-Bredow-Institute, Hamburg (Germany)
LECTURES
Tom Holert, Academy of the Arts of the World, Cologne (Germany)
Christoph Neuberger, Department of Communication, LMU Munich (Germany)
COMMENT
Dirk von Gehlen, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich (Germany) (tbc)
10:45 A.M. COFFEE BREAK
11:15 A.M. PANEL DISCUSSION
IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGING MODES OF COMMUNICATION AND PARTICIPATION FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCH POLICY
CHAIR: Wilhelm Krull, Volkswagen Foundation, Hanover (Germany)
12:45 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS
1:00 P.M. CONCLUDING LUNCH AND END OF CONFERENCE