Benjamin Franklin Project Archive

IIT’s Daniel Bliss and Jim Maciukenas Present on Innovation and the Problem of Collective Action As Part of Benjamin Franklin Project Conference

April 7, 2014
Daniel Bliss, Assistant Professor of Political Science, and Jim Maciukenas, Senior Web Development and Graphic Design Coordinator in the College of Science, will deliver papers on a panel entitled “Innovation and the Problem of Collective Action” at 3 pm on Friday, April 11, 2014 in the Crown Room in Hermann Hall.
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Ullica Segerstrale, Professor of Sociology and Director of the IIT Camras Scholar Program, Will Participate In Panel Discussion at Benjamin Franklin Project Conference

April 7, 2014
Ullica Segerstrale, Professor of Sociology and Director of the IIT Camras Scholar Program, will deliver a paper entitled “Creativity and Its Challenges: The Case of the ‘20th-Century Darwin'" at 10:45 am on Friday, April 11, 2014 in the Armour Conference Room in Hermann Hall.
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Genevieve Bell, Director, Interaction and Experience Research, Intel Labs to Speak at IIT Innovation Conference

April 7, 2014
Genevieve Bell is an anthropologist and researcher with 15 years of experience driving innovation in the high tech industry. Dr. Bell will speak on the topic of “Culture, Technology and Innovation around the World” on Friday, April 11, 2014, at 7 pm in the Hermann Union Building.
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IIT’s Laura Hosman and the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design’s Simona Maschi to present at IIT’s Conference on Innovation

April 1, 2014
Laura Hosman, of IIT’s Department of Social Science, and Simona Maschi from the Copenhagen Institute of Design, will present at a panel titled “Education for Innovation,” in the Hermann Hall Ballroom on IIT's Main Campus at 4:45 pm on April 11, along with John Zumbrunnen of the University of Wisconsin and Jennifer Philips of Google.
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Russell Betts, Dean of the College of Science, to Speak at IIT’s Conference on Innovation

March 27, 2014
R. Russell Betts, Dean of the College of Science at IIT, will speak on “Science as the Fuel of Innovation,” at 9:15 am, Friday, April 11, 2014, in the Hermann Hall Ballroom.
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Matthew Shapiro, Professor of Political Science, to Speak at IIT’s Conference on Innovation

March 26, 2014
Matthew Shapiro, of IIT’s Department of Social Sciences, will deliver a paper titled “International Collaboration and Green Technology Generation: Assessing the East Asian Environmental Regime,” at IIT’s conference on innovation at 10:45 am on Friday, April 11, 2014, in the Crown Room, Hermann Hall.
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The Benjamin Franklin Project to Host Conference On The “Infrastructures of Creativity”

March 24, 2014
The Benjamin Franklin Project at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, will host an interdisciplinary conference on innovation on April 10 – 11, 2014, in Hermann Hall on IIT’s Main Campus in Chicago.
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Lori Andrews, IIT Chicago-Kent Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology to Speak at IIT Innovation Conference

March 14, 2014
Lori Andrews, a distinguished professor of law at IIT Chicago-Kent and director of IIT's Institute for Science, Law and Technology, will speak on the topic of “The Effects of Patent Law on the Past, Present, and Future of Innovation” on Friday, April 11, 2014 at 1 pm in the Hermann Union Building.
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Paul Starr to Speak On The History of Innovation at IIT Conference

February 28, 2014
Paul Starr, the Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs at Princeton University, will headline the upcoming Infrastructures of Creativity Conference at IIT in April with a keynote address titled "Innovation and Democracy in Post-Industrial America," on April 10, 10:30 am, in the Hermann Hall Ballroom.
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Fred Block, Research Professor of Sociology at The University of California, Davis, to Speak at IIT Innovation Conference

January 27, 2014
Fred Block will speak on the topic of “Post-WWII U.S. Government Investments in Science and Technology” on Friday, April 11, 2014 at 10 am in the Hermann Union Building.
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Benjamin Franklin Project Archive

IIT’s Daniel Bliss and Jim Maciukenas Present on Innovation and the Problem of Collective Action As Part of Benjamin Franklin Project Conference

Ullica Segerstrale, Professor of Sociology and Director of the IIT Camras Scholar Program, Will Participate In Panel Discussion at Benjamin Franklin Project Conference

Genevieve Bell, Director, Interaction and Experience Research, Intel Labs to Speak at IIT Innovation Conference

Russell Betts, Dean of the College of Science, to Speak at IIT’s Conference on Innovation

Matthew Shapiro, Professor of Political Science, to Speak at IIT’s Conference on Innovation

The Benjamin Franklin Project to Host Conference On The “Infrastructures of Creativity”

Lori Andrews, IIT Chicago-Kent Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology to Speak at IIT Innovation Conference

Paul Starr to Speak On The History of Innovation at IIT Conference

Fred Block, Research Professor of Sociology at The University of California, Davis, to Speak at IIT Innovation Conference

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