.::  ALPIS 2008
The fourth edition of the ALPine Information Systems
Carisolo - Trento - Italy , February 9th-12th, 2008

Themes:
 - interventions promoting organisational change in the Information Systems Design domain;
 - design oriented approaches to the introduction of innovative social practices, to 'make place' for IT.
This theme is object of recent work at Trento (SPD), presented at MCIS07, on which we intend to open a discussion in the community, and at ALPIS08 in particular.
Sessions:
 - extending participatory design (PD) to the IT implementation phase;
 - ethnography based concept development on problems and assets in appreciative inquiry;
 - Claudio Ciborra's phenomenology based concepts as guiding principles for action;
 - Carl Rogers' person centred approach and co-construction of visions with people concerned.