Studying Social Networks :

Markets, Communities and Organizations


A conference followed by a workshop hosting:
Prof. Ronald Rice and Prof. Noshir Contractor


June 17-18, 2007

Location and Schedule Page

Registration

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Date :

June 17-18, 2007

Location :

June 17, 2007 : Education and Sciences Building, Room 570
June 18, 2007 : Education and Sciences Building, Room 570


Click here for a map of the campus, How to get here


Registration :

Registration for the workshop is required for everyone at the registration page by June 17, 2007.


Cost for one day : 150NIS
Cost for both days : 200NIS


Payment will be by cash or cheque payable to the University of Haifa.
Collected only on the morning of each day of the conference.


 

 

Full Schedule :


DAY 1
June 17
Lectures
9:00 - 10:00 Registration, Gathering, and Coffee
10:00 - 10:30 Contractor:
Networks and Flows in 21st century Organizational Forms
10:30 – 11:00 Rice:
Social Networks and Computer-Mediated Communication
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:45 Contractor:
Leveraging Social Networks with Web 2.0 and Cyberinfrastructure
12:00 – 12:30 Rice:
Using network concepts to clarify sources and mechanisms of social influence.
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Contractor:
From Disasters to WoW: Using Multi-theoretical, Multilevel Models to Understand and Enable Communities
14:30-14:45 Coffee Break
14:45-16:00 Rice:
Configurations of Relationships in Different Media
 
DAY 2
June 18
Workshop
9:00 - 9:30 Gathering and coffee
9:30 - 11:30 Contractor:
Networks concepts, measures and visual-analytical methods
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:30 Rice:
Drug use by Adolescents and their Friends: Models for Marijuana and Alcohol
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Contractor:
Modeling the structure and dynamics of networks using Exponential Random Graph Models (p*)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00 Rice and Contractor:
The future of Network Research in communication and organization
 

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