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Dear colleagues,

We are excited to announce the program for the 1st Digital Transformation and Strategy Forum, which will take place on June 2, 2017 at Cass Business School (9am-6pm), City, University of London. 

Please find below the program's highlights. 

Registration to the event is available at the following link:

http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/research-and-faculty/centres/digital-leadership-research-centre/events-and-conferences

Plenary Panel: Digital Transformation and Strategy: Do we need new frameworks?

Chair: Gianvito Lanzolla (Cass Business School, City)

·       Gautam Ahuja (University of Michigan)

·       Costas Markides (London Business School)

·       Fernando Suarez (Northeastern University)

·       Husein Tanriverdi (University of Texas at Austin)

·       Didier Bonnet (CapGemini)

Plenary Session 1 - Digital Transformation and Ecosystems

Chair: Elena Novelli (Cass Business School, City)

·      Annabelle Gawer (University of Surrey): "Digital Platforms, Innovation and Competition"

·      Hüseyin Tanriverdi (University of Texas at Austin): "Vigilance, Coevolution, and Redefinition Capabilities for Surviving and Thriving In Digitally-Enabled Complex Business Ecosystems", joint with Shi Ying Lim

·      Carmelo Cennamo (Bocconi University): "Towards a Theory of Ecosystems", joint with Michael Jacobides  and Annabelle Gawer

·      Tobias Kretschmer (LMU Munich): "Platform Architecture, Multihoming and Complement Quality: Evidence from the U.S. Video Game Industry", joint with Carmelo Cennamo and Hakan Ozalp

Comments and agenda going forward: Fernando Suarez (Northeastern University)

Chair: Santi Furnari (Cass Business School, City)

·       Harry Scarbrough (Cass Business School, City): "Developing The Diffusion Perspective On Digital Innovation" 

·       Anil Doshi (University College London): "Diffusion through Generation Cohorts"

·       Lorenz Graf-Vlachy (University of Passau): "Discontinuous Innovations and Institutions", joint with Julian Lehmann, Florian Weber and Andreas König

Comments and agenda going forward: Gautam Ahuja (University of Michigan)

Plenary Session 3 - Digital Transformation, Value Creation and Value Capturing

Chair: Ajay Bhalla (Cass Business School, City)

·       Tim Hilken (Maastricht): "Is this for Real? Yes...Augmented Reality is changing the Customer Experience", joint with Ko de Ruyter

·       Diego Zunino (Copenhagen Business School): "Badge of Honor or Scarlet Letter? Unpacking Failure in Venture Teams", joint with Mirjam van Praag and Gary Dushnitsky

·       Feng Li (Cass Business School, City): "Harmonising Business and Social Values through Digital Business Models"

·       Paolo Aversa (Cass Business School, City): "Decision-Making With Big Data: How To Design Information Systems With The Practice In Mind?, joint with Laure Cabantous, Stefan Haefliger

Comments and agenda going forward: Costas Markides (London Business School) 

We look forward to seeing you at Cass Business School on June 2 for the 1st Digital Transformation and Strategy Forum.

Gianvito Lanzolla and Elena Novelli

Conference Co-Chairs

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