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E-Activity and Leading Technologies 2009: Keynote speaker
BROWN, Michael
Michael J. Brown is a leading authority in film design, an
architectural theorist and practitioner. He studied at the
University of California at Berkeley, graduating in 1999, before
joining Studio Daniel Libeskind. During his subsequent tenure at
Studio Daniel Libeskind, he directed the design and construction of
several award-winning cultural buildings and had a lead role in the
World Trade Center “Ground Zero” competition, later in charge of the
Masterplan Memorial/Cultural Team.
In 2001, Brown co-founded Studio Digital-Analog with Tino Schaedler at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. Together with Tino he worked on the immersive coccoon, a project which will revolutionize the gaming space and the way we work in the future. He recently co-founded NAU, a cross-disciplinary design collective positioned between architecture and film.
His academic studies are related to the integration of traditional methods of teaching and practice with emerging digital possibilities. He continues his theoretic research in parallel to his professional work, regularly contributing to journals and lecturing.
URWIN, Gerry
Gerry
has 28 years experience in information systems management,
consultancy, and project management. In the early 1980’s he worked
in London as an information systems manager in the Insurance
Industry, and then the Travel Industry. He joined
JBA International
in 1986, working as a Managing Consultant and Project Manager for
over 5 years.
Gerry completed his Doctor of Business Administration at Henley Business School (Henley Business School is the newly created entity formed in the merger between Henley Management College and Reading University in 2008), carrying out case study research in project management effectiveness, particularly in relation to the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. He is currently engaged in research and lecturing at Coventry Business School, where he is Director of the Applied Research Group in Business Process Innovation. Current research interests include business process management and innovation, knowledge transfer, IT contributions to management effectiveness, business strategy and organizational communication.
He has published research papers in Project Management, E-commerce and Teaching and Learning at international conferences and in academic journals. He also contributes to postgraduate teaching at Henley Business School and is Visiting Professor at Victoria University in Melbourne.