Poster NTA3 | TA08

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1. Slide 1: Innovation through Cooperation Information and Communication Technology Assessment and Design for Open Innovation 1 Introduction 4 Theoretical Contribution Many efforts are undertaken to foster [global] coope- Adapting Information and Communication ration, but competition is predominant Technology Assessment [ICTA] and Design Current technological infrastructure both enables Defining and understanding ICTs as dynamic and constrains cooperation techno-social systems [Self-Organisation] It deserves a change in the real-world society to make Harmonising systemic and evolutionary approaches best use of cooperative tools [Evolutionary Systems Theory] Together with technological infrastructure and Avoiding techno-deterministic shortcomings increasing computer literacy, openness and transpa- rency are the key factors for the free access to infor- mation and resources for everyone 2 Aims Increase [online] cooperation, interaction and participation Decrease social exclusion Foster peer-production and user driven innovation Assess current trends for designing inclusive ICTs Shape future technologies Transfer values and methods from the Open Source Community to other areas 3 Motivation Unpredictable social dynamics of technological innovation and invention Declining risks of technologies „There is no guarantee that networked information Unintended consequences of emerging ICTs technology will lead to the improvements in Social exclusion caused by technologies innovation, freedom, and justice that […] are possible. Increasing pressure to develop innovative products That is a choice we face as a society.“ Unintended short- and longterm effects [Yochai Benkler 2006, The Wealth of Networks, p. 18] Reducing time spans between idea and product Celina Raffl: Celina.Raffl@sbg.ac.at Center for Advanced Studies and Research in Information and Communication Technologies & Society www.icts.uni-salzburg.at Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 18, 5020 Salzburg, Austria