[Nettime-bold] MobileUK - Wednesday PM - Central London

["Crabtree, James" <JCrabtree@indsoc.co.uk>]

All,

Richard Barbrook from Westminster suggested some of you might be interested
in this event we are running on Wednesday. Anyone who is most welcome to
come along and take part - drop me a line to secure a seat. (see attached
file or text below) <<mobileuk.pdf>> 

With very best wishes,

James

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iSociety
The Industrial Society
t - 020 7479 2114
m - 07932 690746
e - jcrabtree@indsoc.co.uk
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MobileUK
Perspectives on the Social Impact of Mobile Technology


Wednesday 23rd January 2002
Diskus
Transport House, 128 Theobalds Road, London WC1
1.30 - 5.30 (followed by drinks)


Mobile phones are the most successful computer-based consumer product of the
age, and yet very little is known about how mobile technology is changing
the way people interact and cooperate with each other, and how this change
can be analysed.
 - Wireless World, Digital World Research Centre

MobileUK, a half-day seminar hosted jointly by The Industrial Society's
iSociety research project and the Digital World Research Centre examine the
existing social impact of second generation mobile phones, and the potential
social uses and effects of future mobile technology. 

Panel 1
Did The Future Just Happen? 
The Social Effects of Pervasive Mobile Telephony 

Professor Jim Norton 		Deutsche Telekom
Max Nathan				Industrial Society
Richard Harper			Director, Digital World Research Centre
Simon Roberts
Sadie Plant (tbc) 		Author
Richard Reeves			Chair

Panel 2
Whatever Next: 
The Potential Social Impacts of 3G and other future technologies

Mike Short				Director of Industry, mm02
Andrew Grantham and George Tsekouras
					mobicom, CENTRIM, University of
Brighton
Phil Stenton			HP Labs
Tom Standage (Chair)		Technology Correspondent, The Economist 

To attend, or to find out more information, e-mail
jcrabtree@indsoc.co.uk

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