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Next event

LIKE 36 Thursday 31 May

Information 2.0: new models of information production, distribution and consumption

with Dr Martin de Saulles

The LIKE mini-book festival continues in May when we'll hear from Dr Martin de Saulles, author of Information 2.0: new models of information production, distribution and consumption.

As ever more powerful digital devices become standard in the home and workplace and networks, fixed and mobile, connect us wherever we are, the world of information is changing in dramatic ways.

While information is more abundant and accessible than at any previous time, the challenges for those tasked with making sense of it have also increased. As information sources increase so too do the expectations of users, particularly those trying to make strategic decisions for their organisations. When information is available to all, it is the manipulation and interpretation of the data that matters most.

In this talk Martin will discuss some of the topics raised in his new book and will argue that we are going through a revolutionary rather than evolutionary stage in the world of information. Personal computing, the internet and mobile technologies have created a platform from which new ways of working, new organisational structures and new roles within the workplace will radically transform our economy and society.

About Martin

Dr Martin De Saulles is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Brighton. Before joining the university in 2003, Martin worked as an information manager at Mercer Management Consulting, a senior analyst at Analysys Telecoms Consulting and a media planner at J Walter Thompson advertising agency. He also set up, with venture capital funding, and ran Researcha Ltd, an online community for information professionals between 2000 and 2002. Researcha was sold to Freepint in 2002.

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Raffle!

All attendees will be entered into a raffle to win a copy of Martin's book, Information 2.0: new models of information production, distribution and consumption, kindly donated by Facet Publishing.