Circuits of Profit: Business Network Research Conference

January 28, 2010.
Auditorium,
Central European University
Nádor utca 9, Budapest

NET Network science, as a maturing field, offers a unique perspective to tackle complex problems, impenetrable to our conventional, linear-proportional thinking. Witnessing a decade of explosive growth, researchers in this field unveiled principles of networked behavior in a wide range of fields, from the evolution of the Internet, to networks of friendship, disease transmission, ecological interactions and economic transactions. The economy is a vast and complex system of links, where network approaches can become powerful tools for competitive advantage. The aim of this international conference is to bring together applied network researchers and practitioners to discuss experiences in applying network science to problems in organizational restructuring, political lobbying and corruption, marketing, and finance.

Registration

Participation is free for all, but subject to registration. Please register by sending an e-mail to the following address:
circuits@maven7.hu

Program [PDF version]

8:30	Registration
9:00	Welcome, John Shattuck President and Rector, CEU
9:05	Keynote lecture
	Albert-László Barabási: Network Science - From the Web to Economics
9:40	Organizational development
	Roberto Dandi: Social Network Analysis: A New Perspective for the Post-Fordist Organization
	Zsuzsa Szvetelszky and Balázs Szekfű - Darwin's Memetic Network Research
	István Görgényi: Threat or Treasure: Informal Leaders of Social Networks by the Hunting Territory Model
10:50	Coffee break
11:10	Social media
	Brunó Bitter: Facebook Connect, Media and Social Networks
	Balázs Bodó: The Pirates of the Pirates of the Caribbean: File-sharing Networks as Distributed Archives and Context Creating Networks
	Katalin Orosz: Social media networks: Online community mapping
12:30	Lunch break
13:30	Politics & Business
	Zoltán Szántó and István János Tóth: Self Government Corruption in Hungary
	Miklós Fekete: Economic Crime in a Downturn; Hungarian Report
	Harald Katzmair: Influencer Mapping: A New Technology and Framework in Lobbying, Public Affairs and Campaigning
14:40	Coffee break
15:00	Finance
	Bálint Diószegi: Productivity of Bank Branches - A Social Network Approach
	Peter Ruppert: Integrating Network Analysis with Business Intelligence
	Gyula Kovács, Miklós Krész, and András Pluhár – The Spread of Infection in Real Networks
16:10	Closure