[AISWorld] UKAIS 2013 Conference - Call For Papers

[Hopkins, Abigail]

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Dear Colleagues

The UKAIS 2013 'Social Information Systems' Conference (http://www.ukais.org.uk/conference/conference2013/ ) will be taking place on 19-20th March 2013 at Worcester College, Oxford.  Please find attached a conference poster outlining the important submission details and confirmed keynote speakers.  You can also find the information below:

SOCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The bulk of IS research tends to be carried out in commercial organizations, yet "IT in use" is just as important in governmental, third sector and community organizations. IT is needed to improve efficiency but it also enables the creation of new services, and modes of work and interaction, based for instance on digital innovations and social media. There are inspiring examples of innovative design, but there are spectacular failures too, especially of large scale projects, from which lessons can be learned (although often not).
The challenges in designing systems are arguably greater in the social than the commercial sphere, given the complexity of relational work involving people. Resources are also limited compared to private business, meaning collaborative work with academe is especially important, to help build much-needed capacity and deliver creative and sustainable solutions.
The aim of this Conference is to promote research in the social sphere, in health, social care, local and central government, community informatics and beyond. All forms of relevant research will be welcome, especially of collaborative ventures, whether successful or not.
We are seeking to widen the community of engagement and would like to hear from social and information scientists, digital and new social media researchers, systems thinkers, software engineers, as well as those already committed to the disciplinary area of Information Systems. To encourage further engagement, we have secured the opportunity for the best conference papers to be considered for a number of high quality journals, which includes the European Journal of Information Systems and the International Journal of Information Management.
The UKAIS conference is the premier academic event in the Information Systems calendar within the UK, and attracts leading scholars from the UK and overseas. The Academy was established in 1994 by leading UK academics in Information Systems. It is a charity, whose aims are to enhance the recognition and knowledge of IS within the UK, and to provide a forum for discussing issues in IS teaching and research. UKAIS continues to recognise the importance of including practitioners in its work.
This year's conference will once again be held in the beautiful city of Oxford, and will be situated in Worcester College, one of Oxford University's most beautiful colleges.
*** UKAIS 2013 will be a fully refereed conference (see Programme Committee below) using a blind refereeing process of noted figures in the IS field ***
Conference Programme Chairs
Professor David Wastell (Nottingham University Business School)
Professor David Wainwright (Information Sciences at Northumbria University)
Dr Laurence Brooks (Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University)
Conference Organizing Committee
Dr Diana Limburg (Oxford Brookes University Business School - PhD Consortium)
Dr Rachel Mclean (Creative Media and Games, Bolton University - PhD Consortium)

Conference Programme and Review Committee
Professor Ray Paul; Professor Guy Fitzgerald; Dr Aleksej Heinze; Dr Gelareh Roushan; Dr Gill Green; Dr Ann Latham; Professor Trevor Wood-Harper; Professor Neil Doherty; Professor Zahir Irani; Professor Terry Young; Professor Ben Light; Professor Rob Macredie; Professor Amir Sharif; Professor Mike Newman; Professor John Ward; Professor Liz Daniel; Professor Chris Holland; Professor Leslie Willcocks; Professor Clive Holtham; Professor Richard Vidgen; Professor Stuart Barnes; Professor Sharon Cox; Professor Teresa Waring; Professor Julie Mcleod; Professor Briony Oates; Professor Helen Edwards; Professor Jo Peppard; Dr. Dr Yogesh K. Dwivedi; Dr Carsten Sørensen; Professor Simon Rogerson; Dr David Allen; Dr Nathalie Mitev; Dr Antonio Cordella; Professor David Brown; Professor Mike Chiasson
Please make sure you put these dates into your diary now:

  *   Monday 14th January 2013 - Final submission deadline for full and short papers
  *   Monday 11th February 2013 - Notification of acceptance and comments from reviewers
  *   Monday 18th February 2013 - Final submission deadline for PhD Consortium abstract
  *   Monday 4th March 2013 - Final formatted copy of all papers due
  *   Monday 18th March 2013 - UKAIS PhD Consortium
  *   Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th March 2012 - UKAIS 2013 International Conference
PhD Consortium

  *   Chairs: Dr Diana Limburg, Oxford Brooks University and Dr Rachel Mclean, Bolton University
  *   Keynote Speaker TBC
The Consortium is intended for researchers undertaking a PhD or Professional Doctorate in keeping with the main themes of the conference. Researchers at any stage in the PhD process may present work. The consortium aims to provide:

  *   An opportunity for small group in-depth discussions which focus on participants research issues, around both the object and method of the research;
  *   Understanding of work in progress experienced by other researchers active at PhD level;
  *   Identification of other research related to the participants interest.

We invite PhD and professional doctorate students to submit a 500-1000 word abstract summarising the aims, methods and relevancy of the research topic by 18th February to UKAIS2013 at gmail.com<mailto:UKAIS2013 at gmail.com> with the subject heading UKAIS PhD Consortium.

Conference Themes

·         IS Strategy & Management:

·         IS and Practice

·         IS and Creative Technology

·         IS Learning and Teaching

·         IS Research Methods and Theory

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Wendy Currie, Audencia Nantes School of Management, France (http://www.audencia.com/en/faculty-research/faculty/permanent-faculty/teacher/wendy-1/ )

Professor Terry Young, Dept. of Information Systems & Computing, Brunel University, UK (http://www.brunel.ac.uk/siscm/disc/people-in-disc/academic-staff/professorterryyoung )

Special Invited Session: Professor Mike Pidd, Chair of the Business & Management Studies panel in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF)

Discussion Session: Professor Frank Stowell & Steve Probert, HEA/CPIS report on the state of IS.

Submissions:

Full papers should be of 5000-8000 words.
Short papers including concept papers, position papers and research-in-progress will also be considered and should be between 1500-2000 words. UKAIS actively encourages submissions from early researchers and early researcher group submissions.
All papers should be formatted using the UKAIS 2013 conference template which will be available shortly.
All papers should be submitted through EasyChair which can be accessed at https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ukais2013
If you have not used Easychair before, you will need to create an account. All authors should also submit a WORD version of their paper to UKAIS2013 at gmail.com<mailto:UKAIS2013 at gmail.com>

The paper title and authors' names and contact details should appear on a cover sheet as should a clear indication of the topic areas for which the presenter is aiming. To facilitate the blind referring process the body of the paper should be presented anonymously, with the title at the head of each page. Each paper will receive a double peer review.

All accepted papers will appear in the published proceedings of the conference which will be ISBN registered and available internationally through publication in the official AIS electronic library.
Best papers will be considered for publication in a special section of the International Journal of Information Management (due for publication in 2013)
All additional information can be found on the UKAIS website at www.ukais.org.uk/conference2013/<http://www.ukais.org>
Contact Details:
For all other queries, please contact Abi, the Conference Administrator at ukais2013 at gmail.com<mailto:ukais2013 at gmail.com>

Best wishes
Abi Hopkins
University of Wolverhampton











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