IFIP 8.2, July 29-31 2007. Working Conference on Virtuality and Virtualization

IFIP 8.2 2007 Working Conference on Virtuality and Virtualization, 29-31 July 2007, Portland OR, USA. The focus of the conference is on virtual work and virtualization (in their varieties of meanings) and their impact on work practices, organizations and society. Possible topics include: * defining virtuality * personal experiences of virtual work * theories to explain effects of virtuality * teamwork in distributed teams * the nature of distributed work practices * virtuality and communication, coordination and collaboration processes * technologies contributing to virtualization * mediation and disintermediation of work practices and organizations * virtuality and team/organizational learning * virtuality and changing organizational form and function * impacts of virtuality on supply chains * drivers, opportunities, and challenges of distributed production * labour pools in countries contributing to distributed teams * reinvention of place and time associated with virtualization