Within the framework of science and technology studies,technologies are not only systems or physical and material objects,rather they emerge and spread in certain social circumstances and frameworks. Therefore,to analyze technologies profoundly,they should be considered as Socio-technical systems that include the combination of technical and social factors. In fact,one could argue that understanding and explanation of the nature of a technology is not possible only through the analysis of technical aspects. And,contemplation about Social aspects of appearance and spread of technology is also important.
Information and communication technologies are also among these important issues. These technologies and their products are revealed and spread in special political,economic,and cultural situations or in other word,in social arrangements. It seems that analysis of information and communication technologies,regardless of the social situations of their appearance and emergence and reducing them to mere material and physical artifacts,does not have much explaining power. This fact reveals the need for multidisciplinary studies of information and communication technologies.Accordingly and with regard to the experience of IRANDOC,the fourth National Conference on IT Managers will be held in the field of science and information technology with interdisciplinary approach and emphasis on IT from perspective of socio-technical systems. Exchanging viewpoints,ideas and experiences of experts,researchers and IT managers according to the three main topics of scientific-technology,political-directorial,socio-cultural is also the purpose of this conference.The Fourth National Conference on IT Managers welcomes the latest achievements of researchers,managers and experts in the field of information technology and in terms of products,articles and ideas.
The vision of this conference will have the following features:
- The biggest international gathering in the field of information technology in Middle East;
- Most creditable national and international award in the field of information technology;
- The most important national and international technomarket in the field of information technology;
- The biggest national and international professional festival /Exhibition of recent news in information technology.
