The conference explored the emerging and prominent role of data; in information-driven organisations, this is sometimes summarised in the statement that ‘data is the new oil’. Data availability has increased exponentially since the turn of the 21st century, paving the way for a new business environment. Big data has been described as a management revolution, and the next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity. It presents both a challenge and an opportunity: organisations now have access to a stream of real time, digitized data relating to how people, companies and other organizations interact; yet in order to turn these data into knowledge, the whole process of data analysis – also known as big data analytics or consumer analytics - needs to be carefully planned and organised. The conference comprised a series of papers, keynote speakers and plenary sessions to address these issues (for an overview, see for example: https://blogs.coventry.ac.uk/researchblog/tensions-in-the-data-environment/) and a special issue of the journal Technological Forecasting and Social Change on the same theme.
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Proceedings of the conference.
Date: Wednesday 21 November 2018 09:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Location: TechnoCentre, Coventry University Technology Park, Puma Way, Coventry University, CV1 2TT
21 November 2018, Coventry University Technology Park
Data availability has increased exponentially in the last decade, paving the way for a new business environment. As such growth accelerates, a better understanding is needed of the opportunities this new phenomenon provides and of the innovation, ethical, social, privacy and security challenges it poses. This one day conference aims to bring together academic, practitioner and public policy researchers to present and discuss current research relevant to these issues.
The conference itself will be based around three main themes:
| 08:30-09.30 | Coffee and registration |
| 09:30-09:50 | Welcome from the Conference Chairs and Coventry University Faculty of Business and Law |
| 09:50-11.00 | Keynote speakers: Patrick McBrearty - West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit The National Cyber Security Threat: A Law Enforcement Perspective Samuel Fosso Wamba - Toulouse Business School Big Data Analytics Capability Impacts on Firm Performance |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break and networking |
| 11:30-12.30 | Session 1: Round table discussion - parallel sessions |
| 12:30-13.45 | Lunch and networking |
| 13:45-14:30 | Keynote speakerBlaine Price, The Open UniversitySmart Homes for Older Adults: Supporting Grandad or spying on Granny? |
| 14:30-15:30 | Session 2: Round table discussion - parallel sessions |
| 15:30-15:45 | Tea break |
| 16:45-16:15 | Plenary Discussion with speakers |
| 16:15-16:30 | Special Issue - Technological Forecasting and Social Change (TFSC)Call for Papers |
| 16:30 | Close |