IM Alumni Day 2023 – The Art of Change
- Date: 14 November 2023, 18:15–19:30
- Location: Ekonomikum, Lecture hall 2, Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 and Zoom https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/63994365420
- Type: Lecture
- Lecturer: Gunnar Södersten, Business Manager, Sogeti, Uppsala; Ylva Ekström and Therese Monstad, Senior Lecturers at the Department of Informatics and Media at Uppsala University
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- Organiser: The Alumni Society at the Department of Informatics and Media together with the student organisations at the department
- Contact person: Göran Svensson
- Phone: 018-471 1514
The Alumni Society at the Department of Informatics and Media together with the student organisations at the department organise the yearly Alumni Day where you will meet former students and active researchers/teachers at the Department to learn from their experiences from education, jobs and research. We have two talks and three invited speakers.
The Art of IT for Change - Lessons learned from helping organizations to improve
Gunnar Södersten, Business Manager, Sogeti, Uppsala and Information Systems alumnus. One of the main lessons learned from helping organisations to improve their business through IT is that improvement means change and change is a difficult task for most organizations. Information technology may be a good way to impose change. Or if done wrong, IT can hinder change and cement bad habits
The Art of Communication for Change - Lessons learned from pandemic communication in practice
Therese Monstad and Ylva Ekström, Senior Lecturers at the Department of Informatics and Media at Uppsala University and Media and Media and Communications Studies alumni. During the COVID-19 pandemic they were involved in the interdisciplinary research project CRUSH Covid. In this presentation they will shed light on the role of media and communication research for communication for change through concrete examples from their research about the pandemic communication of Region Uppsala.
You are most welcome to join!
IM Alumn is open to all students, present and earlier, and those who are working or has worked at the Department.