[AISWorld] PACIS 2011 Call for Proposals for Conference Tracks - Quality Research in Pacific Asia

[Gregor, Shirley]

PACIS 2011 Call for Proposals for Conference Tracks
Quality Research in Pacific Asia

Brisbane, Australia, 9-11 July
http://mlaa.com.au/pacis2011/index.htm

Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2011) will be held
in Brisbane, Australia, with the theme "Quality Research in Pacific
Asia", emphasizing the growing importance of the region as a source of
internationally recognised top-tier research in Information Systems, and
the growing recognition of value from IS contributions and developments
beyond the discipline.

Proposals for conference tracks are now being sought. The
responsibilities of the track chairs include:
*	Promoting the conference and encouraging submissions to their
track;
*	Managing the peer review cycle for the track, including the
enlistment of associate editors (AEs); 
*	Providing advice to the program chairs on which papers should be
accepted, either as full research papers or as work-in-progress (poster)
papers.
A document with more detailed information concerning the
responsibilities of track chairs will be made available on the
conference web site. 

A list of potential track themes is given below. This list is indicative
only and proposers should feel free to propose an unlisted theme or
modify a listed theme. Not all tracks listed will necessarily be
included. The Program Co-Chairs may suggest modifications to a proposal
or that different proposers combine their efforts. 

A track proposal should include:
*	The title of the track;
*	Contact details for the two to three proposed joint track chairs
(all are assumed to be committed and all will be included in related
communications);
*	A short description of the track and topics it encompasses;
*	A list of potential AEs (at least 4) and an indication of
whether they have already committed to assisting;
*	A short justification showing why the track is important for
PACIS 2011 and how it will attract interest and showcase quality
research in IS;
*	An indication of prior experience of managing conference tracks
or other relevant experience. 
Submission details:
*	Send proposal to
PACIS2011PC at anu.edu.au
*	Due Date: 					October 15, 2010
*	Notification of acceptance/rejection: 	October 29, 2010

PACIS Key Dates:
*	Paper Submission Deadline		March 7, 2011
*	Notification paper acceptance/rejection	April 29, 2011
*	Camera-ready manuscripts due		May 19, 2011
*	PACIS Conference			July 9-11, 2011




Potential Track Themes include, but are not limited to:
1.	Quality Research in IS (research approaches and methods, gauging
research output/productivity)
2.	Design Science
3.	Future directions/ breakthrough ideas
4.	IT/IS Leadership, Strategy, and Governance
5.	Economics of Information Systems/ IT Business Value
6.	IT Project Management
7.	Information Systems Development
8.	Data and Information Quality
9.	Cross-cultural issues and transnational systems/global IT/IS
management
10.	Human-Computer Interaction and NeuroIS
11.	Business Process Management
12.	Accounting Information Systems
13.	Service Science in IS Research  
14.	Electronic Commerce and Mobile Commerce 
15.	IT Adoption and Diffusion
16.	Web 2.0/Social Computing/Data Mining
17.	Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence
18.	Information Systems Security and Privacy 
19.	IT/IS in Healthcare 
20.	ICT4D (ICT for Development) 
21.	Green IT and Management 
22.	IS Education
23.	General Track 

On behalf of PACIS committee,

Shirley Gregor
Peter Seddon

Conference Program Co-Chairs
13 September, 2010



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Professor Shirley Gregor AO
School of Accounting & Business Information Systems
ANU College of Business & Economics
Room 2056, P.A.P. Moran Building #26b
The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 
Phone 02 6125 3749       Fax 02 6125 5005
Email: Shirley.Gregor at anu.edu.au
http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/staff/info.asp?Surname=Gregor%20&Firstname=Shi
rley
Co-Director, National Centre for Information Systems Research (NCISR)
http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/NCISR/
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