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Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 22:11:04 -0500 (EST) From: CLYDEFLOWERS@delphi.com
California State University, Los Angeles The School of Business and Economics and The Impact of Technology on Society Project
PRESENT
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY, EMPLOYMENT & COMMUNITY
November 21, 22, 23, 1996 University Student Union California State University, Los Angeles (Tentative schedule, as of 11/3/96)
THURSDAY Nov. 21 Opening Program 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Glendale Room and Reception
Nov. 22 Morning Plenary Session I 9:00 am to 10:30 pm Los Angeles Room
The Promise: Great things made possible by the information revolution.
Speakers: Carlos (MARE 139) Rodriguez, (Graffiti artist, Electronic Media developer) Art on the Web and Community Access Jim Davis, (Author, Editor, computer programmer) Brief history of the computer Dr. Jonathan King, (Biochemist, MIT) Recent developments in biotechnology Jean Gipe, (Apparel Technology & Research Center California State Polytechnic University,) How Technology is Changing the Apparel Industry. Merrell Frankel, (Social Studies Teacher, LAUSD) Computers in Secondary Education Breakout Workshops 10:45 am to 12:15 noon various venues- Social Impact of Biotechnology
California is a major center both for the development and applications of the new technology with implications in agriculture, medicine and social policy. Though developed in the public center through public investment, the technology has been rapidly privatized. A critical examination of agricultural, environmental and health impacts of the technology in its privatized form, as well as the possibilities for more democratic development. Doreen Stabinsky (chair), Cal State Univ., Sacramento; Michael Watts, UC, Berkeley; Les Rothenberg, UCLA; Jonathan King, MIT.- Los Angeles, the new global metropolis--Who's Here? Why are they here? What happens after they get here?
Hilbourne Watson, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania researcher, on technology, globalization and labor; Ali Moddares, Cal State LA demographer, on Southern California immigration trends at all economic levels and the globalization of the intellectual labor force via the internet.- Measuring the Effects: Statistics, Unemployment and the Search for Truth.
What is the real toll of downsizing and corporate layoffs? How are effects of technology on employment measured? Where are all the new jobs Clinton/Reich claim to have produced. Panelists Clyde Flowers, laid-off shipbuilder; Jerry Harris, ex-steel worker, labor historian; Peter Force, labor statistics specialist.- Privacy and the Information Revolution:
Phil Agre of UC San Diego Department of Communication will chair and be a panelist. Phil organized a very successful conference on technology in San Diego in 1994. Other panelists will be: Keith Rohman, a private investigator who will speak on public records and privacy; Michael Curry, UCLA Department of Geography, who works on Geographic Information Systems; and Gary Richwald, LA County Dept. of Public Health Sexually Transmitted Diseases Office, who will talk about privacy and public health information.
Afternoon Plenary Session II 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Los Angeles Room
The Problems: Headaches, Nightmares, and Contradictions of Cyber-tech
Speakers: David Arian, (Past International President, ILWU) Automation, Unemployment and the Longshore union. Ali M. Hangan (Student, Youth Organizer) Impact of Technological Revolution on Urban Youth Fabian Nu¤ez, (AFL-CIO organizer and anti-187 march organizer) Title to be Announced Gary Phillips, (Community Organizer, Author) Title to be Announced
Breakout Workshops 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm various venues- Education and Technology in a Pluralistic Society; Inadequate access for "have-nots":
Presenters, Gary Chapman (Los Angeles Times columnist), Merrell Frankel (Social Studies Teacher, LAUSD), Kate Williams (University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio), Anthony Bernier (Librarian, Echo Park with inner-city youth)- Labor Organizing in the Information Age
Labor unionists talk about the struggle to organize in a downsizing economy. Participants include Steve Nutter, Union of Needle, Industrial & Textile Employees (U.N.I.T.E.); Guido De Rienzo, American Federation of County, State & Municipal Employees (AFSCME); Katherine Swink, Screen Actors Guild (SAG); Luiza Gratz, Local 26, International Longshore & Warehousemen's Association (ILWU).- Health Care and the Information Revolution
Marshall Blesofky, physician assistant, is organizing this. Don Demoro (Labor Party National Platform Committee member and Director of Institute of Health and Social Economic Policy) will discuss the use of computer tech to diagnose/plan patient treatment and the contradictions in getting needed care under insurance company guidelines.- Impact of the Technological Revolution on the Mexican Economy (Spanish language) Dr. Arturo Santamaria will lead a group of three or four economists and scholars from Mexico in this panel.- Technology and Pop Culture: 'Zines, Graffiti, Hip-Hop and the Web
Carlos (MARE 139) Rodriguez, of Voice of the Ghetto (New York City and Los Angeles), "Where the Ghetto meets Technology" will coordinate this one. Workshop presentations by local graffiti artists, website organizers and 'zine publishers.
Nov. 23 Morning Plenary Session III 9:00 am to 10:30 am Los Angeles Room
The Possibilities Strategies to Deliver the Promise
Speakers: John Hwang (General Manager, Information Technology Agency, City of Los Angeles) Gary Chapman, (Los Angeles Times Columnist and Author) Mike Davis, (Author, City of Quartz) Don Demoro, (National Program Committee, The Labor Party) Dr. Bruce Parry, (Economist and Author) Breakout Workshops 10:45 am to 12:15 pm various venues- Science Education for the 21st Century
Proposals to upgrade and expand science education to the entire school age population, not just a select few. "...in the increasingly complex world we inhabit, every citizen must be capable of understanding complex phenomena encountered through the worlds of science and technology, from the role of mutations in the human breast cancer gene, to chemical pollution and global warming, to the use of the Internet." Jonathan King, Dept. of Biology, MIT; Fred Eiserling, Dean of Life Sciences, UCLA; Carlos Gutierrez, Dept. of Chemistry, Cal State L.A.; a speaker from CEA; and a local high school science teacher.- Youth, Students and the Impact of Technology
A group of youth from East L.A., West L.A. and the Inland Empire, college campuses and housing projects in conjunction with individuals (youth) in radio, magazine and video. Group plans to generate a conference workshop, a video, and public events leading up to the conference, discussing the impact technology has on today's youth.- Coping with Daily Life in an Era of Unrelenting Technical Change; Effect of the Information Revolution on Family/Free time/Quality of Life:
Trevor Campbell, sociologist and Tom Walker of Know Ware Communications in Canada. Discussion will outline the changing nature of work and the workplaces and the implications for the household/family, educational institutions and community life.- Survival in an era of downsizing and marginalization:
Homelessness and welfare among the growing impoverished in Southern California, native-born and immigrant alike. Homeless and welfare mothers from San Pedro, Long Beach and East L.A. will speak and lead a discussion.- The Information Revolution and the police state threat:
Rashima Saif'ullah of Islands (a support group for families of prisoners) is organizing this workshop. She will deal with issues of human rights and technology within the prison system (isolation units, prison labor) and the criminal justice system (electronic monitoring and surveillance); also with global terrorism and the new anti-terrorist bill. Possibly Jim Davis (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility) will speak on finger printing of welfare recipients. Other speakers to be arranged.- Mexican Immigration and downsizing of industrial labor:
How technological change has impacted Mexican immigration trends and long- established Mexican immigrant communities in Southern California. George Cole, ex-mayor of Bell and steelworkers union officer; Fabian Nu¤ez, AFL-CIO free-lance organizer and anti-187 march organizer; Rafael Murillo, Cal State L.A. Mecha student researcher; Raul Hinojosa, North American integration (NAFTA, key industries, Mexico, USA and Canada).
Afternoon Plenary Session IV 12:20 pm to 1:00 pm Los Angeles room
Overview, Outcomes and Alliances Conference sum-up Closing by Dr. Abdul Alkalimat
Afternoon Hands-On Computer Lab 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm King Hall
Dr. Frederick Hernandez - Professor Latino Computer Academy Dr. Elizabeth Viau Charter School of Education, CSLA
Empowering the Community on the World Wide Web Introduction to the World Wide Web (limited to 50 participants - 25 Windows, 25 Macintosh - pre-registration recommended) ```
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