The research this year will explore how communication technologies are changing equality and diversity, and will feature tech clusters like ‘Tech City’ and their cases with multicultural entrepreneurship.
Topic focus
The conference will focus on the impacts of technology change and information gathering on community empowerment, freedoms, social and economic inclusion, redrawing the boundaries of business and paper submissions from academics, business directors, companies, professional associations, public bodies and NGOs are invited which address these questions:
Do ideas of race, gender and identity gain power through the use of the internet and other communication technologies? Do they reinforce and connect communities or diversify them?
Who uses these technologies to spread such ideas?
Are the internet and other communication technologies creating a more tolerant world community in which to do business? Or opening new kinds of discrimination, isolation and intimidation?
How are the internet and new technologies shaping marketing and the type of marketing in relationship to questions of diversity?
Do technologies and new information give communities and individuals business and purchasing opportunities not available to them before?
Do present regulatory structures and policies concerning information flows on broadband devices have any impact?
Can and should policies and regulations be reformed to control or monitor such ideas, particularly in regard to questions of discrimination?
These and other issues will be addressed at the conference.
The conference will
Examine and discuss the impact of new information and communications technologies
Present new research, insight and challenges about diversity and equality impacts through business actions
Examine international case studies
Be broadcast live and interactive to universities and on demand to audiences in businesses, research, higher education and around the world
Build a catalogue of video, best practice, training and research papers available through blended learning and online TV
Highlight personal, business, corporate, and community impacts on diversity and equality through the actions of business
More information at http://www.neilstewartassociates.com/bn154
Regards
Adam Eardley
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