Digital Mindfulness: Exploring the Impact of Practical Wisdom & Digital Technology 2015

Digital Mindfulness: Exploring the Impact of Practical Wisdom & Digital Technology 2015 is a conference dedicated to critical understandings of the interactions between technology and practical wisdom.

Key Topics

• ·Can technologies enable deeper dialogues between and among individuals and groups?
• How can technologies be designed, built, implemented and used for discovery, creativity, sharing, and encouragement of wisdom in individuals, organisations, and societies?
• ·How do Western and Eastern wisdom traditions, theologies, and spiritual approaches impact our relationship with and use of digital technologies?
• ·What are the practical implications of wisdom theories and perspectives in a technological context?
• ·Can we critically understand technology-induced stresses, work-life balance and technology addiction?
• ·Can mindful living connected by digital technologies be employed for personal, professional, and societal well-being?
• ·How can technology facilitate more responsive and effective leadership?
• ·Do technologies have a role to play in mediating practical wisdom, reducing technology-induced stresses, and improving mindfulness?
• ·How can we critically understand new phenomena emerging in a technology-driven world such as; Internet addiction, technological biases, FOMO, self-esteem and social media, crowd sourcing, excessive gaming, mobile phone obsession, cyber-crimes, cyber-cultures

Who should Attend

Attendees involved or interested in:

• User experience
• Psychology
• Wisdom
• Spirituality
• Digital technology
• Information technology
• Big data
• Social media
• Addiction
• Mental health