ALP IS

the Alpine Information Systems seminar
promoting the Social Study of Information Systems

in the Mediterranean region

and the emergence of a European/Mediterranean identity

for the scientific community on Information Systems

:

Carisolo, province of Trento, Italy

February 10-15, 2006

Goal:

To encourage young researchers in the field having accomplished something outstanding to present and discuss their work at ease with their peers, in an environment enriched by contributions of established senior researchers, thus promoting the emergence of a European – Mediterranean? - style in the social study of IS, possibly characterised by the prominence of pathos (see attached quote from Claudio Ciborra (CC’s Invitation to ‘Labyrinths of Information’.doc)).

Objective:

Promoting awareness and identity of a European approach to IS, particularly of a Southern European approach, confronted to the historic Nordic/Scandinavian Participatory Design/Socio-Technical approach, contrasted with the traditionally dominating Nord-American one, in accord with the aims of MCIS - the Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems. Developing a European School in Information Systems.

Program committee

· Prodomos Tsiavos , London School of Economics, UK

· Despina Afxendiadis, London School of Economics, UK

· Andrea Resca , IULM – Milano, Italy

· Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou , Brunel University, UK

· Paolo Canonico , Universita catholica de Milano, Italy

· Gianni Jiacucci, University of Trento, Italy

· Angeliki Poulymenakou, Athens University of Economics and Business; Greece

· Emmanuel Monod , Paris Dauphine University France, and Georgia State University, USA

· Ellen Christiaanse, ESADE Barcelona, Spain

· Catherine Letondal, Institut Pasteur, France

· Antonio Cordella, London School of Economics, UK

· Hilda Tellioglu , Technical University of Wien, Austria

· Ina Wagner , Technical University of Wien, Austria

· Daria loi, MIT, Australia

· Anxo Cereijo Roibás; Brighton University, UK

· Giulio Jacucci , Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland

· Giorgio De Michelis , Milano Bicocca University, Italy

Discussants are from the Scientific Committee of ALPIS

Additional discussants:

- Theodore Barth

- Silvia Gherardi

Place:

Carisolo is in Val Rendena, in the province of Trento.

It is in the ski area of Pinzolo and Madonna di Campiglio.

Time:

In the week of February 2005, starting from Saturday 19 and ending with Saturday 26.

The seminar activities go on for four working days:

start Saturday at 15:00 sharp, continue through Sunday, Monday, and end Tuesday at 19:30.

Who wants can stay on and ski till Saturday 26.

Format:

- four working days, sixteen invited contributions, about half junior half senior

- four presentations in the afternoon, ski in the morning, lots of time for discussion

- four presentations from 15:00 to 19:30 each day

- four one hour sessions: forty minutes presentation, twenty minutes discussion

- thirty minutes break in the middle

- papers distributed one month ahead of time

- partly structured discussion prepared by animators/discussants

Programme:

See attached a schema of the preliminary programme (programme of ALPIS (V1))

Scientific Committee:

Austria: Ina Wagner

France: Emmanuel Monod

Greece: Chrisanthi Avgerou and Angelili Poulimnakou

Italy: Claudio Ciborra, Giorgio De Michelis, Gianni Jacucci

Spain: Rafael Andreu and Ellen Christiaanse

Scientific Coordination:

Gianni Jacucci and Claudio Ciborra

Local Organisers:

Giovanna Dorigati, Gianni Jacucci, and Cristiano Storni

Sponsors:

Sponsored by regional chapters of the international Association for Information Systems, leading ItAIS – the Italian chapter of AIS, and by the Department of Sociology and Social research of the University of Trento (see the attached comment by Richard Watson, the president of AIS (RW on ALPIS and MCIS.doc)).

Logitics for accomodation:

- casa rustica in a nice location

- località Antica Vetreria on the river Sarca, at the start of Val Genova

- Parco Adamello Brenta at Carisolo (Pinzolo)

- by the little old church of Santo Stefano, famous for Baschenis frescos

- on the cross country ski track (circa 4 km, with lighting)

- km 2,5 from Funivie di Pinzolo (Doss del Sabion), skibus service

- a dozen km from Madonna di Campiglio (bus every half hour circa, stop in Carisolo paese, at km 1,5)

Characteristic features of the rustic house:

- self managed

- two store, 46 bed in superposed pairs,

- multiple bed rooms(2 rooms x 4 bed) (2 x 6 bed) (2 x 8 bed) (1 x 10 bed)

- 4 bathrooms with 9 showers, no washing machine

- furnished kitchen with dishwasher

- dining/living room for 60 people

- small living room for 30 people and TV

- yard and park

- in a remodelled historic complex of buildings (a glass factory till 1850)

Alternative lodging:

A small number of single rooms or other kind of special accommodation available on demand for participants, in local hotels or pensione

The participation fee to be collected is price of stay:

- esteemed between 120 and 160 Euro a bed for four days (to be finalised)

- no profit, money goes to pay for services

- sheets and towels included, as consumption of electricity and water

- no extra cost for keeping the bed till end of week

Meals:

-        a small trattoria nearby offers good meals at low cost for those interested

-        self managed group preparation of food is also possible, if well organised (procured, prepared, cleaned, and dealt with in a civil manner)

Travel details:

Closest airport is Verona, but Venice, Bologna, Brescia, will also do (better than Milan).

Next, train to Trento.

Detailed info on how to get to Carisolo will be provided in due course.

Contact : gianni.jacucci@gmail.com