The UNCONFERENCE June 7, 2024 (Friday Afternoon) and June 8, 2024 (Saturday
Technology, Race, and the Responsible Enterprise - Broadly Defined
About Unconference 2024
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Our Mission
Technology is being developed at a rapid pace, and is already changing the way people interact within a variety of industries, including marketing, management, healthcare and education. Responsible enterprises are beginning to consider how they can be better stewards of the products, systems and services that are becoming more ubiquitous and more embedded in the very fabric of our lives. Attendees of the UNCONFERENCE will share their messiest and toughest projects and research that consider the intersection of technology, race, prejudice and the responsible enterprise - broadly defined.
Unconference Design
The UNCONFERENCE is run on workshops. This means that when a researcher chooses to present, they bring the projects that are the messiest and the toughest. At the Unconference we aim to see the half-baked ideas, the stalled projects, that project that keeps getting rejected, the weird thing that doesn’t seem to fit in any journal, the thing that might a need a new co-author, a different dataset or a change of method, and the projects that keep researchers up at night.
In the unconference, we do not want researchers to bring the perfectly polished project that is right around the corner from being published.
As with last year’s unconference we aim for a simple vibe – everybody is smart, everybody is helpful and everybody really loves this work and wants to see it flourish.
We are here to help. Love is a verb, and we’re here to love your work like it’s our own baby (even if it’s colicky and toothless).
Schedule
Friday
Afternoon (2pm-5pm): Turning Mentors into Sponsors
We are adding some new programming to the UNCONFERENCE this year. We will pair 20 junior scholars (doctoral students and untenured faculty) with senior researchers in a series of three, hour-long round-tables. The goal is to go past the mentoring relationship and move towards a sponsor relationship with attendees. What is the difference? We will ask the mentors and mentees to find ACTIVE ways to help each other. For example, if a junior scholar has never done a review for a journal a mentor might suggest that they do a review, a sponsor brings them on as a trainee reviewer.
Evening (6pm-until): Dinner
At the mentoring we will form small groups of 5-7 people, and go eat and talk. Dinner is self-funded.
Saturday
Early Morning (8am-9am): Continental Breakfast
Morning (9am-12pm): Workshop Presentations
Early Afternoon (12pm-1pm): Lunch provided
Early Afternoon (1pm-5pm): Workshop Presentations
Evening (5pm-6pm): Conference Close and Gift Exchange
The UNCONFERENCE fees
Let's talk money
The UNCONFERENCE cost $50 + less than $25.
The $50:
This nominal payment is a binding commitment that you are going to brave the Acela, or even the highway, and make your way to Virginia Tech’s Northern Virginia campus (e.g., the one in DC) for learning and fellowshipping.
The less than $25:
There is no official conference swag (although we may again make some stickers). But everybody is leaving the conference with something…that you brought…that cost $25 or less. This could be ANYTHING that will fit in someone’s carry-on suitcase. The more creative the better. Bring joy, and when in doubt, give.
But wait, there's more!
Under-Resourced Scholars
If the reason you can't come is because of money, it's not. The UNCONFERENCE will use funds to sponsor up to 20 under-resourced scholars with a scholarship that 1) waives the $50 registration fee and 2) provides up to $500 for accommodations.
Accommodations
THE WESTIN ARLINGTON
801 North Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22203
westin.com/arlingtonva
UNCONFERENCE rate: $159 per night USE CODE: UNC
https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/wasag-the-westin-arlington/overview/
If you have problems email: Concierge@westin-arlington.com
Sponsors
This year's Unconference is sponsored by Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech , The PhD Project, the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) at HBS, and the Technology, Race, and Prejudice Lab.
Hosts
The UNCONFERENCE is hosted by Drs. Broderick Turner and Shane Wang.
REGISTER!
June 7-8, 2024, Arlington, VA
DEADLINE: MAY 13, 2024
