8th Annual Netcentricity Conference - Oraganizational Transformation Through Disruptive Technologies - Friday, May 9, 2008

Agenda

8 - 8:45 a.m. Registration and Continental breakfast
8:45 - 9 a.m. Welcome, Dr. Howard Frank, Dean

Hank Lucas, Department Chair and Professor of Decisions, Operations and IT
Susan Taylor, Dean’s Professor of Human Resources, Director, Center for Human Capital, Innovation and Technology
P. K. Kannan, Harvey Sanders Associate Professor; Director, Center for Excellence in Service
9 - 10 a.m. First Keynote Address:
Transforming the Music Industry
Fred Ehrlich,
former CEO, Sony Digital
The Impact of IT Past, Present and Future
Eric Eggleton, Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer,
Maryland Public Television
10 - 10:15 a.m. Coffee
10:15 - 11:30 a.m. Tales from Two Industries:
Foundation Coal Goes Hi-Tech
Mark Warren, Business Process Manager, Foundation Coal
Xerox: Revolutionizing the Printing Industry
Sudhendu Rai
, Principal Scientist, Xerox Research Center
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Second Keynote: Organization Structures for Change
Ann Majchrzak, Professor of Information Systems, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Featuring excerpts from the documentary The Transformation Age: Surviving a Technological Revolution with Robert X. Cringely, co-produced by the Robert H. Smith School of Business and Maryland Public Television.
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: Integrating Transformation into the Curriculum
Varun Grover, Professor of Information Systems, Clemson University
Maggie Hatfield, Partner, Big Lift Marketing
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Coffee
2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: The Future Manager and Organization
Debra Shapiro, Clarice Smith Professor of Management & Organization,
Robert H. Smith School of Business
David Waguespack, Assistant Professor of Management & Organization,
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Xiaoqing Wang, Assistant Professor of Information Systems,
Robert H. Smith School of Business
3:45 - 4 p.m. Conclusions and Predictions