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Role of the fear of missing out (FOMO) & loneliness
Date: Wednesday, November 27th 2024
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30pm GMT
This session explores the concepts of FOMO - The Fear of Missing Out - and the role of digital technology in experiences of loneliness. Focusing on the pressures of FOMO, and benefits of disconnecting from digital devices and embracing offline moments.
Wendy Robinson; Director of Services for suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably
Wendy Robinson is the Director of Services for suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably, where she is responsible for service development and the delivery of CALM’S lifesaving helpline services.
A qualified therapist with a Masters in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and qualifications in play therapy and systemic practice, Wendy has worked in frontline, strategic and leadership roles for a range of charities including the NSPCC, and Childline, where she led a 24/7 helpline operation with a 12-site national workforce of over 400 professional staff & 2000 volunteers.
Wendy has 25 years experience in the field of support services across family support, child protection & safeguarding, mental health and wellbeing, resilience, substance misuse, DVA, suicide intervention and therapeutic practice.
Michael Barrett, Vice Dean and Professor of Information Systems & Innovation Studies at Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS)
Michael Barrett is Vice Dean and Professor of Information Systems & Innovation Studies at Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS). He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor of Innovation at the House of Innovation, Stockholm School of Economics. Michael is Academic Director of Cambridge Digital Innovation and conducts research focus on digital innovation and transformation. Key projects include: trajectories of emerging digital technologies, digital health and new models of healthcare, and how digital innovation is enabling financial and social inclusion in developing countries. Professor Barrett is Editor-in-Chief of Information and Organization and has served as Senior Editor of MIS Quarterly. Michael has served as Vice Dean of Research, Vice Dean of Programmes, and was the founding Head of the Organization Theory and Information Systems group at CJBS.
Karl Prince - Director of Knowledge Innovation at Cambridge Digital Innovation, Hughes Hall and Cambridge Judge Business School
Karl is the Director of Knowledge Innovation at Cambridge Digital Innovation, Hughes Hall and Cambridge Judge Business School. At CDI he aims to advance research on digital innovation as well as promote the translational impact of such research. His research interests include digital innovation particularly in regard to health care and fintech contexts, broader themes of innovation such as ecosystem development and leadership, and information systems. Karl has previous experience in industry and academic contexts, holding consulting and management positions in the Cambridge cluster and research positions at the University of Cambridge, Warwick Business School and Leeds Business School. Karl is a By-Fellow at Hughes Hall and a Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Future events
Role of the fear of missing out (FOMO) & loneliness
Date: Wednesday, November 27th 2024
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30pm GMT
This session explores the concepts of FOMO - The Fear of Missing Out - and the role of digital technology in experiences of loneliness. Focusing on the pressures of FOMO, and benefits of disconnecting from digital devices and embracing offline moments.
Designing the Better Phone: concept & feedback
Date: Wednesday, December 11th 2024
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30pm GMT
This collaborative session draws together all of the inputs from the previous sessions and HMD will present a first look at what possible solutions could look like.
*Final date and time is still to be confirmed and may be subject to change. Please check back closer to the event dates.
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