You may have already recognised a lot of what Shirky, a professor at NYU's interactive telecommunications program, says: that it's suddenly easier to organise both large and small groups of people.
Stern alumnus Mihir Dange (BS '01) and Michael Dory, Adam Simon and Scott Varland of Tisch's Interactive Telecommunications Program, are revolutionizing the gaming industry by tapping into existing information on social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace, to provide players with exciting entertainment and to give advertisers a unique opportunity to reach niche markets.
Created by developer Greg Beliczynski as a thesis project for NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, the iPLATEu hotline (888-iPLATEu) employs a hands-free, IVR menu system so that motorists can "plate" each other while driving safely with both hands on the wheel.
Moderated by Larry Cannell, IT Infrastructure Researcher, Ford Motor Company, the discussion panel will include Robert Kath, Director, Pfizer; Michael Sampson, Research Director & Principal Analyst, Shared Spaces; Clay Shirky, Professor, Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU; and Melanie Turek, Sr Vice President and Founder Partner, Nemertes Research.
Nisenholtz began his career in 1979 as an assistant professor and research scientist at New York University, where he participated on the founding faculty of the Interactive Telecommunications Program and worked on pioneering interactive media efforts in the areas of education, healthcare and public information.
Larry Cannell, Collaborative Applications Supervisor, Ford Motor Company --Andrew Davis, Senior Analyst and Managing Partner, Wainhouse Research --Tom Erickson, Interaction Designer and Researcher in the Social Computing Group, IBM Research --Robin Good, CEO, IKONOS New Media --Eugene Eric Kim, Principal and co-founder, Blue Oxen Associates --Fred Knight, VP and GM, Business Communications Review --Irwin Lazar, Senior Analyst, Burton Group --Mark Levitt, Research Vice President, Collaborative Computing, IDC --Neil Lieberman, Vice President of Global Marketing, Interwise --Clay Shirky, Consultant and Associate Teacher, NYU Graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) --Brian Curry, Senior Director of AIM Network Services, America Online, Inc.
