DIGITIZATION 20

How will digitization change business, education, and society in the next 20 years?

November 7, 2019
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

How will digitization change business, education, and society in the next 20 years? In the last 20 years we have seen massive transformation including new ways to engage, provide services, transact, manufacture, educate, acquire, and distribute. They have also brought new risks. What will the next 20 years look like? Learn about how society, industries, markets, and technologies will change. 

The interactive, one-day conference will celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the founding of Temple’s Management Information Systems Department by featuring provocative thought leadership from industry and academia.

KEYNOTE

Niraj Patel, Managing Director – AI, DMI

FORMAT

The conference has a unique format featuring 7-9 minute position statements about what the digital future will look like in 20 years. The sessions will interleave academics with practitioners so that each group can immediately comment or apply the other’s viewpoint. Selected speakers include:

Sunil Misra, President, Emtec, Inc.
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Christopher Kearns, Senior Vice President, NBCUniversal Media, LLC
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Karah Salaets, Lead Design Researcher, Research and Strategy Studio, Capgemini Invent
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Andy Johnson, Vice President, AmerisourceBergen
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John Shain, President, Automated Financial Systems, Inc.
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Sukumar Narayanan, President, DecisivEdge
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Jim Mangione, Director, Pfizer
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Matti Rossi, Professor, Aalto University
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Jason Thatcher, Professor & Endowed Faculty Fellow, University of Alabama
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Monica Tremblay, Associate Professor, William and Mary
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Alan Dennis, Professor & Chambers Chair, Indiana University
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Ozgur Turetken, Professor & Associate Dean, Ryerson University
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Richard Watson, Professor & Fuqua Distinguished Chair, University of Georgia
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John D’Arcy, Professor and Deutsch Faculty Fellow, University of Delaware
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Jane Fedorowicz, Chester B. Slade Professor, Bentley University
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Ramesh Sharda, Watson Chair, Vice Dean, Oklahoma State University
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Detmar Straub, Professor & IBIT Research Fellow, Temple University

REGISTRATION

Attendance is by invitation only and seats are limited. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to misdept@temple.edu with your name, title, organization and personal website or LinkedIn page.

ABOUT

The conference was conceived and organized by co-chairs David Schuff, Laurel Miller, and Munir Mandviwalla.