Forum 2019.9.9 Youngjin YOO
Innovation Forum 2019.9.9 Youngjin YOO Topic: “Digital First: The Ontological Reversal and New Challenges for IS Research” Speaker: Youngjin YOO (Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University) Date: September 9th (Monday) 2019 from 16:00 to 17:30 Place: IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer: Yaichi Aoshima Abstract: The classical view of an information system is that it represents and reflects physical reality. We suggest this classical view is increasingly obsolete: digital technologies are now creating and shaping physical reality. We call this phenomenon the ontological reversal. The ontological reversal is where the digital version is created first, and the physical version second (if needed). This ontological reversal challenges…