====================================================================== Social-IoT 2008 Call for Papers and Participation International Workshop on Designing the Internet of Things for Workplace Realities: Social and Cultural Aspects in Design and Organisation, 26 March 2008, Zurich, Switzerland In Conjunction with the Internet of Things Conference 2008 - International Conference for Industry and Academia Submission Deadline: 12 January 2008 http://ubicomp.lancs.ac.uk/workshops/social-iot2008 PDF of this call: http://ubicomp.lancs.ac.uk/workshops/social-iot2008/assets/cfp.pdf Conference Website: http://www.internet-of-things-2008.org/ ====================================================================== The rise of the Internet of Things has important socio-technical implications for organisations. While ubiquitous and wireless technologies are developed to enable new ways of working, to increase safety and to facilitate coordination, they may interfere with established work practices, undermine productivity and individuals’ satisfaction, and have an unforeseen impact on relations of power and control. These issues, however, are rarely addressed in development and research projects for the Internet of Things and in the public discourses surrounding it. We are interested in research, that addresses a wide range of social and organisational issues, such as organisational flexibility, organisational alignment, working roles, practices and strategies, and power and control. The workshop has the goal to increase awareness of organisational issues of the Internet of Things and to provide a forum for discussion of design approaches to manage critical organisational issues. Furthermore we would like to build a bridge between the various research communities exploring organisational, social and cultural aspects of the Internet of Things and ubiquitous computing. A multitude of methods and guidelines (e.g. participatory design, work place studies, ethnomethodology, resilience engineering, socio- technical system approach, scenario-based design, ANT) have been developed to address organisational, human and social issues in technology design, deployment and use. However, those methods have often not yet been adopted and tested for the Internet of Things or ubiquitous computing. We encourage submissions presenting a particular design method to address social, cultural and organisational perspectives or relating experiences from modeling these processes within research and development projects. The Internet of Things is emerging as a powerful force for reshaping organisational and social realities, potentially affecting the (work)lives of millions of people. Current political agendas, a rising awareness of health and safety issues, security, and new legal requirements due to the European legislation often first cause the need for a new (ubiquitous) technological system and also have an impact on the role ubiquitous computing plays. We welcome especially attempts to gauge the wider implications of these developments on society and culture that then in turn have an impact on organisations and workplaces. We not only want to consider the impact of the Internet of Things but rather understand those technologies and the surrounding cultural and social logics in a co-constitutive process. Scope of the Workshop ====================================================================== We welcome contributions that investigate the Internet of Things and ubiquitous computing from a technical, organisational, cultural and social perspective from areas such as organisational studies, science and technology studies, anthropology and human computer interaction. We are especially interested in papers by practitioners, technologists, designers and social scientists and contributions that are interdisciplinary. Position papers on the following topics are welcome: • Organisational drivers and issues of the Internet of Things • Adoption and use of Internet of Things technologies in organisations • Real world case studies of Internet of Things applications in organisations • The Internet of Things as a socio-technical system • The alignment of the Internet of Things to workplace realities • Design methods and processes that address organisational, cultural and social issues • Methods that address how to manage opportunities and risks associated with the Internet of Things • Public perception of and discourse about the Internet of Things (and the impact on technology development and adoption) • High level and general drivers of the internet of things such as risk and information society • Conceptual frameworks for the Internet of Things Format ====================================================================== The workshop will be highly interactive to maximize information exchange and foster collaborations. Three or four issues will be set as the agenda of the workshop. The activities will be based on the position papers and on the participants’ background. Major workshop activities will take place in discussion groups following presentations of workshop participants and invited keynote speakers. The selection of workshop participants is based on submitted position papers describing ongoing research and experiences. Submission Guidelines ====================================================================== We solicit papers describing original research. Contributions should cover current, ongoing or recently concluded work and cannot in this version have been published elsewhere. The position paper should address at least one relevant organisational or social issue of the Internet of Things and will be peer reviewed by an international program committee. All accepted workshop papers will be published in a single workshop proceedings volume. Submissions should be single-column and not exceed 6 pages in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format. LaTeX-users should use the Springer LaTeX2e template. While we strongly recommend LaTeX for the preparation of your document, you can also use a Word template if needed. You can download the templates from: http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-72376-0 Please forward the workshop paper to social-iot@comp.lancs.ac.uk in PDF format. Important Dates ====================================================================== January 12, 2008: Submission Deadline February 9, 2008: Notification of acceptance February 18, 2008: Early registration deadline March 1, 2008: Submission deadline for camera-ready papers March 26, 2008: Workshop Date and Place ====================================================================== This workshop will be held on March 26, 2007 in Zurich at the Conference Hotel of Internet of Things 2008 the International Conference for Industry and Academia. Organisers ====================================================================== Daniel Boos, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Katharina Kinder, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Gerd Kortuem, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Program Committee ====================================================================== Abraham Bernstein, University of Zurich, Switzerland Paul Devadoss, Lancaster University, UK Gudela Grote, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Stephan Haller, SAP Research Lorenz Hilty, EMPA, Switzerland Erik Hollnagel, Ecoles des Mines de Paris, France Kalle Lyytinnen, Case Western Reserve University, USA Martina Merz, University Lucerne, Switzerland George Roussos, University of London, UK Saadi Lahlou, R&D, Laboratory of Design for Cognition, France Craig Shepherd, University of Leeds, UK Nils Zurawski, University of Hamburg, Germany Additional PC members will be added on the website. For further information please contact the workshop organisers at social-iot@comp.lancs.ac.uk . Daniel Boos, lic. phil. ETH Zürich Forschungsgruppe Organisation - Arbeit - Technologie Kreuzplatz 5 CH 8032 Zürich Tel: +41- 44 -632-8921 Mob: +41-78-767-2238 e-mail: dboos@ethz.ch www.oat.ethz.ch