Registration | Haskayne Hour - Are platforms dominating society - do we all use Amazon? | April 28, 2022

With major platforms like Amazon or Alibaba – is it possible to challenge their dominance? Do we want to?

We invite you to join us as we bring together a Haskayne researcher, Dr. Barrie Nault, PhD along with Maureen Higgins ISACA, ICD.D, IT Advisory Leader in the Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP . Together, they will explore the way platforms have changed the way we work and shop - for better or for worse. They will discuss the benefits of centralized control and facilitation of work – and the impacts on trust and privacy. They will use insights from research and experience as they debate if our experiences in remote work have boosted the impact of platforms permanently. Whether you are in IT or managing the transitions in the workplace, this hour promises to get you thinking.

Haskayne Hour brings together researchers and executives to explore ideas in one hour. After 60 minutes you will leave with new knowledge to build better business practice and insights. Haven't been to a Haskayne Hour? Check out our archives.

Thursday, April 28, 2022
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MDT (1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT)
Webinar – A link will be sent to your email prior to the event.

About the speakers:

Maureen Higgins, ISACA, ICD.D is the IT Advisory Leader in the Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP. With over 34 years translating conceptual ideas and models into growth and operational strategies, she has helped several industry leaders realize significant savings and cost avoidance. She has worked in a variety of industries including oil and gas, utilities, telecommunications and financial services. She is a certified information security manager and holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute for Corporate Directors.

Dr. Barrie Nault, PhD is a Distinguished Research Professor in Business Technology Management and is the director of the Informatics Research Centre (iRC) at the Haskayne School of Business. His current research includes exploring how information technology (IT) affects productivity directly and indirectly through outsourcing, through complementarity with other capital and labor, through transaction costs and through relationships along the supply chain. He also studies the impact of ownership, incentives, membership, and investment in new organizational forms such as alliances, networks, virtual organizations and supply chains.

Moderator will be Catherine Heggerud, Instructor, Director – Strategic Initiatives, Haskayne Teaching Fellow.

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