Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 8:00am – 12:00pm

Information, Technology, and Governance: A Grand Challenges Research Agenda is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation to craft a multi-year research program to address the grand challenges of government and governance in an environment of rapidly evolving social and technical change.

The key event in the project is a workshop that will bring together leaders from social and information science research and government to explore these grand challenge questions and develop a next generation research agenda.

The main goal of the workshop is to lay out a research agenda that focuses on the interplay of complexity, value, and risk inherent in the emergence of new information technologies and their adoption by individuals, organizations, governments, and the civil and private sectors. The workshop discussions will emphasize:

• Understanding the multiple contexts in which government and governance operate and how those contexts matter in technology adoption, use, and impact.
• Assessing lessons learned from previous research that provide insight into the technology-related behaviors of various actors and their consequences for government and governance.
• Leveraging the knowledge and expertise of the workshop participants about how value, risks, and complexity are understood and addressed by government decision-makers and managers.

Using an interactive and interdisciplinary approach, we will explore these topics in order to recommend research themes, designs, and funding criteria for future work that will have both scholarly and practical value.

Event Logistics

The workshop will be held at the National Science Foundation, Stafford 2 Building, Room 555, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

8 am - 5 pm - Workshop

6:30 pm - Coordinated Dinner (non-sponsored)

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Workshop: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Collaboration Tool: Groupsite

The project will make use of Groupsite, an online collaboration tool, to post documents and foster communication among workshop participants prior to and after the workshop. Information about accessing the project’s Groupsite.com account will be sent to all registered participants at the beginning of February. For general information about Groupsite, please visit http://www.groupsite.com/.

Contact Information:

Anna Raup-Kounovsky

arkounovsky@ctg.albany.edu

518-442-3937

Project Information:

http://www.ctg.albany.edu/projects/grandchallenges