All:
First, please allow me to introduce myself .. my name is Sudhir Raghupathy, and
I am a recent MBA graduate from Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio. I
was intrigued by your conversation as it comes at an opportune time to share my
view - I agree wholeheartedly with Tom and John : that the future of
conferencing lies in Virtual Conferencing. While I concede there is value in
face-to-face connection, this could be catered to regional audiences, thus
minimizing travel expense, time lost, and environmental impact (fuel
expenditure, emissions).
Perhaps this is a good segway to provide an exemplar of such a virtual
conference : it is the Second Annual Conference for Business as an Agent for
World Benefit. If the goal and misison of this mailgroup is to collaborate to
help close the Digital Divide - conferences like this one need to be
accompanied with efforts to provide maximal access to the internet for all the
world's citizens. This conference, which I have helped to promote and support,
represents one of the most noble goals I have ever known.
Here are the details for the conference -
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL ON-LINE CONFERENCE
Shaping Tomorrows Business Leaders Today:
Changing Society by Changing Management Education
February 24-25, 2005
The event is free, but registration is required.
Please click here or call (216) 368-3809 to register
If link above doesn't work:
http://www.weatherhead.case.edu/bawb/forms/conferenceFeb05.cfm
The 2005 Online Conference: You are invited to participate in the 2nd
International On-line Conference for Business as Agent of World Benefit. This
event will be held entirely on-line through collaboration with our technology
partner iCohere, Inc. The unique on-line environment offers an exciting new
forum for conferencing - with participants attending from their home or office
around the world as their schedules permit. Using this exciting new approach
for online collaboration, the conference will focus on exploring ways that
management teachers and scholars can shape tomorrow's business leaders by
integrating business and society into the classroom.
Keynotes Include:
· Judith Samuelson - Founder and Executive Director of the Business
and Society Program at The Aspen Institute
· Ellen Kallinowsky Head of United Nations Global Compact Learning
Forum
· David Cooperrider - Professor and Chairman of the World inquiry for
Business As An Agent of World Benefit, at the Weatherhead School of
Management, Case Western Reserve University
Call for Submissions: We invite you to submit case studies, curriculum examples
(including readings, syllabi, example assignments, etc.), dialogue starters,
and workshop proposals that relate to the conference theme. Details about the
various kinds of submissions and how to submit materials can be found on our
website.
Any questions, contact: Lindsey Godwin, Research Associate for the B.A.W.B.
World Inquiry, at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We welcome your partipation in this important educational opportunity! I
welcome the opportunity to get to know change leaders like yourselves better -
feel free to contact me!
Kindest and Best Regards,
Sudhir Raghupathy
Founder, Cleveland Net Impact
www.net-impact.org
Tom Abeles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John has hit the nail on the head. First, for a global flow conference
its decidedly being seen through US eyes. Secondly, the home base for
the conference organizers is the Yale Law School which further narrows
the scope of the conference and finally, as John has so perceptively
picked up on, its a conference where most of the materials could just as
easily be put up as a web cast or even as web pages with comment
software to allow exchanges between all. And, in that respect it is
anachronistic. Additionally, in most of these cases, panelist have
expenses covered making the movement of bodies to the conference a
decidedly costly event when most could be conferenced.
This conference provides a brilliant opportunity to better understand
where the golobal flow of information is, today.
thoughts?
tom abeles
John Hibbs wrote:
With all due respect, Eddan, why do I have to travel to Yale to
participate in the conference? Arguably, Web based conferences are
better than physical ones. And a whole lot cheaper.
Nope, we can't duplicate the warm and fuzzy the comes from shoulder to
shoulder linkages at physical conferences. But everything else can be
done exceptionally well, especially for attendees of a kind that are
likely to attend the Global Flow of Information Conference.
NOTE: Several times we have tried to hold combination conferences -
where there are virtual and physical attendees. I am not sure these
work well enough to justify the work and handicaps. However, I deeply
believe in the idea that one-to-many lectures and power point
presentations (in all
