Thursday Keynote – Dr. Jennifer Sandoval
Dr. Jennifer Sandoval is an Associate Professor at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida. She is an award winning educator and a campus leader for equity and inclusion. Dr. Sandoval has a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture from the University of New Mexico and a Master’s of Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine School of Law. Her research focuses on the intersections of identity and power in complex contexts like healthcare and education. Her work has been published in journals such as the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, Journal of Communication Pedagogy, The Journal of Creative Communications, and the Journal of Intercultural Research. Dr. Sandoval has spent over 20 years working with a wide range of organizations enhancing their capacity to communicate across difference and difficulty. She is also an active leader in the United Faculty of Florida union and community advocate for academic freedom, labor rights, and reproductive justice.
Dr. Sandoval’s talk will be titled “Connection and Community in a Time of Crisis.” In the spirit of this year’s conversation about “how it’s done,” Dr. Sandoval will share about how important work is being done in Florida in this critical moment. She will situate the current education crisis in the state and highlight the ways communities are engaging in resistance and community care.
Friday Keynote – Dr. Carlos J. Costa & Dr. Manuela Aparicio
EuroSIGDOC is SIGDOC’s 2023 Diana Award winner. The Diana Award is given every other year (or so) to an organization, institution, or business for their long-term contribution to the field of communication design. Since 2010, EuroSIGDOC has engaged in a variety of activities, including organizing events like the ISDOC and OSDOC conference series, participating in ACM Paris and ACM Prague European events, hosting the Technical Writers in Lisbon meeting, and participating as Lisbon Hub at the SIGDOC 2021 Conference. Lately, they have co-organized with the ISEG (University of Lisbon) and with NOVA IMS (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) the “IT & Management” event series. Those events included speakers from various European countries, covering topics such as gamification in information systems, digital transformation, blockchain in the services sector, machine learning, data governance, and data auditing. They continue to be consistent in efforts to these initiatives. However, EuroSIGDOC also remains open to facing several significant challenges. This entails considering the broad implications of generative AI, namely studying the impact of its use at various levels and contexts. They study, discuss, and positively contribute to technology usage regarding various research methodological approaches, especially design science and behavioral science.
Representing EuroSIGDOC are Dr. Manuela Aparicio and Dr. Carlos J. Costa.
Dr. Carlos J. Costa is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at ISEG (Lisbon School of Economics and Management), University of Lisbon, since September 2017. He holds a PhD in Information Sciences and Technologies in Information Systems and Databases from ISCTE, a master’s degree in management sciences from ISCTE, and a bachelor’s from the Portuguese Catholic University. He is Associate Chair of the Department of Management of ISEG, and a member of the doctoral program coordination. Dr. Costa was previously director of the research center Addetti-IUL and coordinator of the Information Systems group at Istar-IUL research center. He was also a member of the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Audax-IUL board. Dr. Costa is a member of IEEE and ACM and chair of EuroSIGDOC / ACM. He was conference and program chair of conferences sponsored by ACM and EuroSIGDOC / ACM and Program Chair of three SIGDOC conferences. He is an Associate Editor of the European Journal of Management Studies. His research interests include Information Systems, especially in Gamification, Business Applications of Data Science, and Programming Learning.
Dr. Manuela Aparicio is Associate Dean for Education at Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. She holds a PhD in Information Management from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL). Her research interests include the evaluation of information systems effectiveness, notably the implementation and use of information technology in organizational information systems. She is also interested in information systems success research. She conducted studies on e-learning evolution and proposed two different business models for massive online open courses (MOOCs). Her work appears in the Information & Management, Journal of Educational Technology & Society, Internet and Higher Education, Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, and others. In 2022, Dr. Aparicio was nominated for the World’s Top 2% Scientists List by the University of Stanford, USA. She is a member of ACM (Association for Computer and Machinery), a board member of EuroSIGDOC/ACM chapter, and also belongs to ACM Women.