[AISWorld] CFP: European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Barcelona, 2012

[Mike W. Chiasson]

ECIS 2012 Call for Proposals for Conference Tracks

The 20th European Conference on Information Systems ECIS 2012
Conference Theme: Information Systems and Global Welfare

In 2012 the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) will be 
held in Barcelona, Spain. As in previous years, the conference will be 
organised around conference tracks, focusing on both established and 
emergent areas of IS research.

If you aspire to be a track chair for ECIS 2012, this call is for you. 
We are inviting you to propose a conference track and to submit it to 
janph at ruc.dk. Each proposal will be evaluated by the Programme Chairs in 
conjunction with the Conference Chairs. Decisions will be based on the 
overall merit of the proposal, the diversity of the track team, the 
coherence of the tracks, and the fit with the overall “IS and Global 
Welfare” conference theme.

Your responsibilities as a track chair will be to:
1) Promote the track and take sufficient measures to ensure an adequate 
number of submissions
2) Organise a peer review cycle for the papers submitted to your track 
(assisted by a set of Associate Editors)
3) Propose to the program committee the papers that will eventually be 
accepted for inclusion into the conference program
4) Liaise with the research chairs on all other matters that concern 
ECIS 2012

Track proposals should provide a motivation for the track, a brief 
overview of the area, sample topics, types of contributions welcomed, 
and an assessment of overall appeal to conference attendees. 
Specifically, track proposals should include:

1. A title for the conference track
2. Names, e-mail and mailing addresses, affiliations, phone and fax 
numbers of the two-to-three track co-chairs. Please designate one of the 
co-chairs as the primary contact person.
3. A short description of the track and its focus: define the proposed 
area of research, discuss the topics the track will address, and how 
they fit in with the information systems and global welfare theme.
4. A discussion on how these topics have recently been covered in other 
conferences and publications, and to substantiate that ECIS 2012 will be 
an appropriate and timely forum for the topics.
5. A discussion on what types of contributions are sought for: full 
research papers, research in progress, and/or teaching cases.
6. A list of tentative Associate Editors for the proposed track (around 
three or four). Please provide names and affiliations, and the extent to 
which they may already have committed themselves to serve as AEs for 
your track (committed / asked / not asked).
7. Your track record (if any) in organising tracks, or in other, related 
areas of academic service responsibility in the IS community.

When putting together your track team (that is, chairs and AEs), please 
be aware that the Programme Chairs will look favourably on diversity in 
gender, experience, and geographical background. It is therefore 
worthwhile to emphasise the diversity of the track team in your proposal.

Track proposals should be e-mailed to janph at ruc.dk as soon as possible, 
but no later than **15 January 2011**. Please note that in order to 
ensure interesting and sufficiently extensive range of tracks, the ECIS 
2012 Programme Chairs might approach you with a suggestion to modify 
your track proposal; or in case there are proposal for same or similar 
topics, the committee might ask you to consider joining forces with 
another proposing group.  Notifications of acceptance or rejection of 
proposed tracks will be sent out in **March 2011**.

ECIS 2012 Programme Chairs
Program Chair: Jan Pries-Heje, Roskilde University
Program co-Chair: Mike Chiasson, Lancaster University