AMCIS 2007@KEYSTONE -- CONFERENCE TRACK(MINI TRACK)

Disruptive Technologies and

Innovations

Design Science

Chair(s): Drs. C.A.P. Smith and Stephen C. Hayne (email)
University Affiliation: Colorado State University
Phone: 970.491.2983

Description:

The term disruptive technology was coined by Clayton M. Christensen and described in his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma. A disruptive technology is a new technological innovation, product, or service that eventually overturns the existing dominant technology or product in the market. By contrast, "sustaining technology or innovation" refers to the successive incremental improvements to performance that market incumbents incorporate into their existing products or services.

This notion of disruptive technologies is now in widespread usage. However, the concept remains somewhat controversial. For example, John Dvorak goes so far as to claim that there are no disruptive technologies. Christensen has updated his original concepts in a sequel, The Innovator's Solution. Christensen now uses the term, disruptive innovation, reflecting an emerging view that it is strategy that creates the disruptive impact.

This mini-track is concerned with the design, development, operation, and evaluation of disruptive technologies and/or innovations. Papers that discuss methods of detecting or predicting the emergence of disruptive technologies are welcomed. Papers that focus on multi-disciplinary approaches to innovation and technology are also welcomed.

The mini-track will focus on:

Direct computer-to-brain interfaces, or computer-mediated brain-to-brain interfaces
Support for interpreting facial expressions
Systems that deduce context from data communications
Methods that revolutionize the speed of learning