WG Meetings in Darmstadt – Plenary Programme

Programme of Plenary Sessions

Conference held at Darmstadt University of Technology, Residenzschloss, Marktplatz 15, 64287 Darmstadt,Building: S 3|13

March 8-9, 2013

Opening plenary Session:

Chair: Rudi Schmiede, Darmstadt University of Technology

Speaker: Ursula Huws, University of Hertfordshire and Chair of the Action

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Plenary round table discussion on gender and virtual work

Chair: Juliet Webster, Open University of Catalunya, Spain

Chair’s introduction: ‘Virtual workers have two sexes.Embedding a gender perspective into the analysis of virtual work’

Speakers:

Premilla d’Cruz, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India: ‘Doubly entwined: Gender dynamics in India’s offshoring-outsourcing sector’

Patricia Vendramin, Fondation Travail-Université, University of Namur, Belgium: ‘Integrating gender issues into the analysis of new skills and occupational identities in virtual work’

Cecilia Castaño, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain: ‘Creating new value and innovation The contribution of women and gender perspective’

‘Innovation and Value  Creation in Virtual Work: Integrating a Gender Perspective’

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Plenary session: Virtual work and policy issues

Chair: Pamela Meil, Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung (ISF Munich), Germany: ‘Opening presentation’

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Jorge Cabrita, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound): ‘The European Working Conditions Survey: Findings on “virtual work” and policy issues’

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Andrew McGettigan, Independent consultant, UK : ‘MOOC Boosterism: Mass online learning and the current higher education policy environment’

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Gary Herman, NUJ New Media Group, Keywords Associates, UK: ‘Mapping changes in employment in the journalism and media industry’

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James Stewart, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS): ‘EC policy priorities in employment creation, and the potential of new ‘crowd’ services to support employability and employment’

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Plenary session: Virtual work and globalisation

Chair: Jörg Flecker, University of Vienna, Austria: ‘Opening presentation’

Ned Rossiter, University of Western Sydney, Australia: ‘Transit Labour: Logistics, Software, Infrastructure’

Ernesto Noronha, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India: ‘offshore outsourcing of software development and BPO: the Indian perspective’

Toby Miller, City University, London, UK: ‘virtual work and globalisation’ (delivered by video)