The UCSB Social Computing Group held a workshop on May 30th 2008 on the present and future of social computing with guests Joan DiMicco (IBM Collaborative User Experience Group), Tad Hirsch (MIT Media Lab), Peter Kollock (Sociology Dept., UCLA), Larry Sanger (a founder of Wikipedia, Editor-in-Chief of the Citizendium), and Nancy Van House (School of Information, UC Berkeley). The workshop was a small-scale, by-invitation-only event designed to facilitate brainstorming.

Workshop Schedule:

• 8:00 — Breakfast
• 8:30 – 9:15 — Introductions (led by: Alan Liu)
• 9:30 – 10:45 — Conversation Roundtable 1 (co-leads: Joan DiMicco, Alan Liu)
• 11:00 – 12:00 — Bluesky Group Presentation & Discussion (co-leads: Pablo Colapinto, Darren Hardy, Rama Hoetzlein)
• 12:00 – 1:00 — Lunch
• 1:00 – 2:15 — Conversation Roundtable 2 (co-leads: Peter Kollock, Tad
  Hirsch)
• 2:30 – 3:45 — Conversation Roundtable 3 (co-leads: Nancy Van House, Larry Sanger)
• 4:00 – 5:00 — Critique Session (led by Kevin Almeroth)

For more information, participant bios, readings and links, workshop blogs, and event photos, visit the UCSB Social Computing Workshop Wiki.