LSE Alumni are invited to the next talk in the LSE China Alumni Lecture Series, which will take place in Shanghai on 7 December 2011 from 7:30pm. (Note:- the same lecture will be delivered in Beijing in early January 2012, further details later)
Dr. Edgar Whitley will deliver the following lecture:-
Using Cloud Computing to Drive Innovation: Technological Opportunities and Management Challenges
Cloud computing is seen by many business and technology managers as enabling a delivery model for business services and IT that can drive innovation in organisations. In this talk Edgar Whitley will draw on recent research undertaken by the LSE Outsourcing Unit on cloud computing which highlights the technological opportunities the cloud presents, from cost reduction through data centre consolidation through to innovating business services. Moving to a "cloud corporation", however, is not without its own specific management challenges and Edgar will present the latest thinking about the skills needed to manage this new organisational form.
About the Speaker
Edgar Whitley is a Reader in Information Systems in the Information Systems and Innovation Group of the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Edgar is the co–editor for the journal Information Technology & People and his research interests include cloud computing, outsourcing and identity policy. Between 1997 and 2003 he was course tutor for MSc Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems (ADMIS) and currently teaches on its follow up degree MISI—Management, Information Systems and Innovation.
Venue and Registration
7:30pm, 7 December 2011 at the Renaissance Shanghai Yu Garden Hotel, Shanghai. Details on venue in English| and Chinese|. Refreshments will be provided at the Yu Bar (private room)
This event is for LSE alumni only. Registration is required in advance, please email erd.china@lse.ac.uk| or Ms. Yina Qiu qiu_yina@hotmail.com| with your name, degree and year at LSE and current employment.