[AISWorld] 2012 Conf-IRM at WU (Vienna): CfP - Submission Closes December 6, 2011

Fri Nov 4 05:36:22 EDT 2011

2012 International Conference on Information Resources Management

** Conf-IRM is an AIS Affiliated Conference **

WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
May 21-23, 2012

Conference Website: http://conf-irm2012.wu.ac.at

------------- Call for Papers -------------

Theme: Information Systems and Accountability in a Digital World

Important Dates
Submission deadline: December 6, 2011
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: February 1, 2012
Final Submission and Early Registration due date: March 1, 2012

The organizing committee invites you to submit your research work, 
teaching cases, and proposals for panels and tutorials to Conf-IRM.
All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer reviewed. The 
review process will be handled by the track chairs and co-chairs.

Conference Tracks & Track Chairs:

1    IT Evaluation, Decision Making and Compliance
Alessio Ishizaka, University of Portsmouth, UK, Alessio.Ishizaka at port.ac.uk
Volker Stix, WU Wien, Austria, Volker.Stix at wu.ac.at

2    IT Service Management, Service Computing and Engineering
Rob Benyon, Rhodes University, South Africa, r.v.benyon at ru.ac.za
Sue Conger, University of Dallas, USA, sconger at gsm.udallas.edu
Alan Pilkington, RHUL, UK, a.pilkington at rhul.ac.uk

3    Green IS/IT Strategies and Technologies
Roya Gholami, Aston Business School, UK, r.gholami at aston.ac.uk
Petra Staufer-Steinocher, WU Wien, Austria, 
petra.staufer-steinnocher at wu.ac.at

4    Knowledge Management
Pramila Gupta, CQU, Australia, p.gupta at mel.cqu.edu.au
Alexander Kaiser, WU Wien, Austria, Alexander.Kaiser at wu.ac.at
Annette Mills, UC, New Zealand, annette.mills at canterbury.ac.nz

5    ICT for Development
Antonio Díaz Andrade, AUT University, New Zealand, antonio.diaz at aut.ac.nz
Luiz Antonio Joia, Brazilian School of Publ. & Bus. Admin. at Getulio 
Vargas Found., lajoia at w3e.com.br

6    ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean (including submissions in 
Spanish and Portuguese)
Renata Lebre La-Rovere, UFRJ, Brazil, renataieufrj at gmail.com
Cesar Alexandre de Souza, FEA-USP, Brazil, calesou at usp.br

7    Information Security, Privacy, and Risk Management
Brian Cusack, AUT University, New Zealand, brian.cusack at aut.ac.nz
Matthew Nicolas Kreeger, University of London & Thales IT Security, UK, 
matthew.kreeger at thales-esecurity.com
Shaobo Ji, Carleton University, Canada, shaobo_ji at carleton.ca

8    ICT in Government, Education, and Healthcare
Jose-Rodrigo Cordoba-Pachon, RHUL, UK, J.R.Cordoba-Pachon at rhul.ac.uk
Andy Igonor, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada, andyi at nait.ca

9    E-Commerce, M-Commerce and Social Networking
Zhang Cheng, Fudan University, China, zhangche at fudean.edu.cn
George Ditsa, Tshwane Univ. of Techn., So. Africa, DitsaGE at tut.ac.za
Maria Madlberger, Webster Univ., Austria, madlberger at webster.ac.at

10    Cloud Computing and Virtualization
Daniel Beimborn, University of Bamberg, Germany, 
daniel.beimborn at uni-bamberg.de
Konradin Maier, WU Wien, konradin.maier at wu.ac.at

11    Impacts of ICT on People, Organizations, and Society
Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire, UK, 
jyoti.choudrie at btopenworld.com
Peijian Song, Nanjing University China, songpeijian at nju.edu.cn

12    Strategic IT Management and Governance
Romano Dyerson, RHUL, UK, r.dyerson at rhul.ac.uk
Tim McLaren, Ryerson University, Canada, tmclaren at ryerson.ca
Geoffery Seaver, NDU, USA, Seaverg at ndu.edu

13    Design Thinking in Information Systems Development
Marko Forsell, Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences, 
Finland, marko.forsell at cou.fi

14    IS Research Methods
Johann Mitlöhner, WU Wien, Austria, mitloehn at wu-wien.ac.at
Frantisek Sudzina, Aarhus University, Denmark, fransu at asb.dk

PT    Panels and Tutorials
Roman Brandtweiner, WU Wien, Austria, roman.brandtweiner at wu.ac.at
Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 
l.janczewski at auckland.ac.nz

We also welcome papers in Spanish and Portuguese in track 6 (ICT in 
Latin America and the Carribean). All other submissions are only 
accepted in English.

Submission Types and Guidelines:

(i) Full Length Submissions
Submissions must be no more than 5000 words, including references, 
appendices and title page, with a maximum of 5 figures/tables. 
Submissions must be original, and previously unpublished, conceptual or 
empirical research manuscript for review. All accepted papers will be 
published in the conference proceedings in their entirety upon payment 
of registration fees.  Papers accepted and presented at the conference 
will also be placed in the AIS e-Library. Papers not presented at the 
conference, for any reason, will not be included in the AIS e-Library.

Highly rated papers by the reviewers will be considered for publications 
in selected Journals. Moreover, the paper that best represents, in terms 
of quality and suitability to the theme and ideals of the conference 
will be awarded the "Best Paper Award" during the conference.

(ii) Research-in-Progress Submissions
Submissions of no more than 2000 words with a maximum of 3 
figures/tables. All research-in-progress submissions will be published 
in the proceedings as short papers.

(iii) Teaching Cases
We welcome submissions of teaching cases. The cases should be based on 
real situations and targeted at specific learning objectives.  Cases 
should be no more than 5000 words and must be accompanied by instructor
teaching notes (not included in the 5000 words).  The teaching notes 
will not be published.

(iv) Panel and Tutorial Submissions
Submissions of not more than 1000 words. Proposals should include the 
objectives, issues to be covered and full details of all presenters. 
Method of presentation is at the submitter's discretion; however, the 
submitter has the responsibility for providing his/her own panel 
members. All accepted proposals will appear in the conference 
proceedings (Please note that all panelists and tutorial presenters must 
register for the conference).

Further Announcements
- The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is 
strictly limited to a maximum of two submissions.
- Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per submission) and 
all panel members MUST register and attend the conference.
- Submissions of ALL TYPES must be received by December 6, 2011.
- Details of track descriptions and how to submit will be announced soon.

Send all your inquiries to the Conference Secretariat 
(conf-irm at wu.ac.at) or directly to:

Conference Co-Chairs
Edward Bernroider, WU Wien, Austria, edward.bernroider at wu.ac.at
G. Harindranath, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, 
g.harindranath at rhul.ac.uk

Program Co-Chairs
Roman Brandtweiner, WU Wien, Austria, roman.brandtweiner at wu.ac.at
Lech Janczewski,University of Auckland, New Zealand, 
l.janczewski at auckland.ac.nz

Publications and Proceedings Chair
Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 
l.janczewski at auckland.ac.nz

International Co-Chairs
Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada, gerald_grant at carleton.ca
Sherif Kamel, American University in Cairo, Egypt, skamel at aucegypt.edu
Felix B Tan, AUT University, New Zealand, felix.tan at aut.ac.nz

Administrative Co-Chairs
Stefan Bauer, WU Wien, Austria, stefan.bauer at wu.ac.at
Nikolaus Obwegeser, WU Wien, Austria, nikolaus.obwegeser at wu.ac.at

Advisory Board
Felix Hampe, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, hampe at uni-koblenz.de
Markus Helfert, Dublin City University, Ireland, 
markus.helfert at computing.dcu.ie
Stefan Koch, Bogazici University, Turkey, stefan.koch at boun.edu.tr

We look forward to seeing you in Vienna in May 2012.

Edward Bernroider and G. Harindranath