Talks and Poster Presentations (without Proceedings-Entry):
W. Hofkirchner:
"Information for a Global Sustainable Information Society";
Keynote Lecture: IS4IS Summit Vienna 2015: The Information Society at the Crossroads - Response and Responsibility of the Sciences of Information,
Wien (invited);
2015-06-03
- 2015-06-07.
English abstract:
The talk will show how insights from a view of information based upon systems thinking (Unified Theory of Information) can be applied to analyse the crises we have been witnessing in our times of global challenges. Under the premise that sciences of information are instrumental to the survival and thriving of humanity, normative propositions are deduced. The vision of a Global Sustainable Information Society is presented and a design of information processes is discussed that allows for coping with the global challenges.
German abstract:
The talk will show how insights from a view of information based upon systems thinking (Unified Theory of Information) can be applied to analyse the crises we have been witnessing in our times of global challenges. Under the premise that sciences of information are instrumental to the survival and thriving of humanity, normative propositions are deduced. The vision of a Global Sustainable Information Society is presented and a design of information processes is discussed that allows for coping with the global challenges.
Keywords:
Unified Theory of Information, global challenges
Electronic version of the publication:
http://summit.is4is.org/media/videos-and-audios; http://summit.is4is.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hofitext.pdf
Created from the Publication Database of the Vienna University of Technology.