Communication, Digital Technology, and Organization CTO

Greetings! I'm looking forward to seeing CTO Division members at AOM in Philadelphia soon. We have an excellent program this year and as you plan your trip, I want to share some top highlights from the hundreds of items in our division program.

Division Plenary, Celebration, and Social Event

Following long-standing tradition, the CTO division will gather together for three back-to-back events on Monday evening.

• MON 6:00 PM: The CTO Plenary Session features the CTO Division Distinguished Scholar Keynote Speaker, Dr. Manju Ahuja, the Scientia Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management, School of Business, University of New South Wales, Sydney. (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 5: Salon F)
• MON 7:00 PM: The CTO Division Celebration is an open meeting for all CTO Division members and those interested in joining the division. It includes a celebration of CTO Division Award winners as well as updates from the CTO Executive Committee on division accomplishments in the previous year and plans for the upcoming year. (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 5: Salon F)
• MON 8:00-11:00 PM: The CTO Social Event is the place to be to meet and greet your fellow CTO members. The social will include light snacks and drinks. (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 5: Salon H)

New members, first-time attendees, students, and anyone interested in the CTO division is invited to attend.

CTO Welcoming Poster Reception

• SAT 6:00-8:00 PM: The CTO Welcoming Poster Reception is a welcoming reception for CTO Division members and those interested in joining the division. Highlighting scholarly posters from PhD Students who participate in this year's CTO Doctoral Consortium, we highly encourage all student members to attend. The reception will include light snacks and drinks. (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 5: Salon B)

Highlight Professional Development Workshops 

• FRI 3:15 PM: Governance of and Through Artificial Intelligence: Organizational Perspective (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: Franklin 8)
• SAT 10:15 AM: From Coordination to Collaboration: Rethinking Human-AI Teamwork Across Levels of Organizing (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: Franklin 4)
• SAT NOON: AI in the Wild (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 5: Salon H)
• SUN 10:30 AM: Present and Future of Generative AI Policies in the Academic Publishing Industry (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 5: Salon A)
• SUN NOON: Global Perspectives in Virtual Work Research (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 5: Salon I)

Showcase Symposium

• MON 9:45 AM: From Data to AI and Back Again: Unpacking the Relationship Between Data and AI (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: Franklin 8)
• MON 11:30 AM: Evolutions in Virtual Work: Emerging Promises and Perils for Women's Careers (Pennsylvania Convention Center: 100 Level: 111A)
• MON 1:15 PM: The Theory of the Firm in the Age of Generative Machines (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: 405)
• MON 3:00 PM: Can Managers Still Manage? The Changing Roles of Managers in AI-Mediated Supervision (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: 405)
• TUE 9:45 AM: From Observation to Generation: Theory Building in a Synthetic Data World (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: Franklin 6)

Scholarly Program Award Finalists and Nominees

CTO Best Division Paper Finalist

• MON 9:45 AM: Making Uncertainty Governable: Scaling Probabilistic AI in Regulated Organizations (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: 406)
• TUE 9:45 AM: Embeddedness, Distributed Voice and Employee Retention in Remote-First Organizations (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: 408)
• TUE 3:00 PM: Managing Uncertainty in Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: 404)

CTO Best Student Paper Finalist

• MON 8:00 AM: And the winner was: How organisations manage predictive models through cycles of ground truthing (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: 407)
• MON 3:00 PM: What Makes a Job Stay Around? Occupational Identity of AI-related Jobs (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: 406)

CTO DeSanctis Award Winner / Newman Award Nominee

• TUE 9:45 AM: Divide and Contribute: Stratified Hybrid Infrastructuring in Firm-Sponsored Open Source AI Software (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: 407)

CTO Dexter Award Nominee

• TUE 9:45AM: From Description to Prescription: A Design Theory of Agentic AI for Skilled Immigrant Integration (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Level 4: 406)

Finally, I want to remind you that room assignments do occasionally change, so please double-check the AOM program for the most up-to-date information.

See you in Philly!

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Steven L. Johnson, Ph.D. (he/him)
Program Chair, CTO Division of AOM
Professor of Commerce, U. of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce
Faculty Co-Lead, Digital Technology and Democracy Lab
Faculty Affiliate, Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment
https://stevenljohnson.org/
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