OUR EVENTS

The Center for Technology and Social Behavior hosts a monthly speaker series that brings internationally renowned speakers to Northwestern University to meet with our researchers and present on a topic relevant to technology and social behavior. This year's lineup includes a brilliant collection of guests from around the world. You can also visit our CTSB Speaker Series Google Calendar for a complete listing of times and locations.

CTSB Lecture Series

Sep 25, 2008, 4pm
Jonathan Grudin, Microsoft
Enterprise Uses of Emerging Technologies
Frances Searle 1-421

Oct 23, 2008, 4pm
Gloria Mark, University of California, Irvine
Multi-tasking in the workplace: Tasks, Information, and Interaction Contexts
Frances Searle 1-421

Nov 13, 2008, 4pm
Michael Tanenhaus, University of Rochester
TBA
Frances Searle 1-421

Dec 11, 2008, tbc
Brian Scassellati, Yale University
TBA
TBD

Jan 15, 2009, 4pm
Michael Schober, The New School
TBA
TBD

Feb 26, 2009, 4pm
Pierre Dillenbourg, EPFL
TBA
TBD

Mar 26, 2009, tbc
Judy Olson, University of California, Irvine
Distance Collaboration: What makes it successful?
TBD

Apr 24, 2009, 12pm
Emanuel Schegloff, University of California, Los Angeles
TBA
TBD

Jonathan Grudin
Microsoft

Enterprise Uses of Emerging Technologies

Abstract:
Uses of novel digital technologies often start with students and are eventually adopted, initially reluctantly, by enterprises. For the past six years much of my research has focused on early enterprise adoption of communication technologies including instant messaging, weblogs, wikis, and social networking software such as Facebook and LinkedIn. The first half of this presentation will outline a handful of patterns that emerged in 20 years of studying technology adoption that I wish I had recognized much earlier and which remain useful. Then I'll give an overview of enterprise uses of emerging technologies, with some speculation as to where we may be heading.