The doctoral programme in Media Lab Helsinki will organize a symposium about openness in November 5–6, 2009, which is the second edition of the event.

OPEN 2009 – Media Lab Doctor of Arts Symposium is an event for all interested parties who want to understand the ongoing shift from an industrially organized era to an era of networks and social production. The role and meaning of information is changing from a fixed, well-guarded asset to a continuously changing openly shared process. Openness is affecting the relational dynamics between different actors. New ideals, organizational forms and practices emerge. They interfere with older traditions and create a space of conflict.

What does this mean for …
… organizations?
… consumers?
… citizens?
… research?
… business?
… design?
… culture?
… art?
… society?
… environment?
… you/me/us/everone else?

This symposium aims to explore acting in this space, keeping theoretical and practical knowledge together.

The Call for Papers is open during autumn 2009 and explores the theme through two distinct tracks:
1. Life in the Open – Experiences and Practices
2. Making Openness

Please refer to the call for more details.

Updates regarding the event will also be posted to Aalto Openness Interest Group on Facebook. We encourage all interested people and participants to join the group. The wiki-page about this event on Tutkimusparvi’s wiki is the constantly changing up to date master document about the event. To get in touch with the organizing team send email to opensymposium AT taik DOT fi.

The symposim is organised in collaboration with the Media Factory of Aalto University.