[AISWorld] AMCIS, 2013, Workshop on GIS – Interested in Business Intelligence??

[Daniel Farkas]

If your area of research is business intelligence – can you afford not to
include location based data to inform your research and teaching??  Learn
about Spatial Business Intelligence and GIS at the AMCIS 2013
pre-conference workshop on Geographic Information Systems.


AMCIS 2013 early registration deadline is coming up (6/19) – sign up for
the workshop and we’ll see you in Chicago!

*Tentative schedule:** *

•      Introduction

•      Making a case – why are GIS and spatial analysis relevant for IS
academics?

–        Introduction to GIS Concepts

–        GIS in Organizations

•      Using GIS and spatial analysis.

–        Building a GIS from basemaps

–        Spatial Analysis and web maps

–        Demo

•      Why and how are GIS and spatial analysis relevant for IS/IT
curricula and teaching?

•      Industry speaker (TBA)

•      Research in GIS from an IS/IT perspective.  Approaches used.
Methodologies,
Opportunities.  Journals.

•      Conclusion


 *There will be an interactive breakout session as part of each main topic.*


*Flyer:*

http://siggis.wikispaces.com/AMCIS%2C+2013+-+GIS+Workshop


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*Description:*


WORKSHOP ON GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, AMCIS 2013,  Chicago

*Objective*

•       Introduce IS/IT academics to  Geographic Information Systems (GIS),
an emerging area of importance in IS/IT teaching, research, and curricula.

•       Provide overview of GIS concepts, methods, applications.

•       Explore GIS’s connection with MIS and analytics.

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*Sponsored by SIGGIS*

GIS and its related phenomena are growing rapidly in this decade, energized
by pervasive cloud and mobile technologies and by competitive advantages.

This workshop will:

•       Explain fundamental spatial concepts.

•       Justify GIS’s importance in the IS discipline.

•       Provide examples of use in real estate, logistics, marketing,
insurance, crime analysis,  government, and nonprofits.

•       Explain role of geo-spatial analysis and intelligence for business
& government.

•       Inform on GIS in business and IS/IT curricula and teaching.

•       Explore existing research methods, body of published work,
theories, research questions, journal outlets.

*Presenters*

•       James  Pick*, Dan Farkas**, Avijit Sarkar*,          Hindupur
Ramakrisna*, Namchul Shin**

•       *University of Redlands    ** Pace University

•       *Who should attend**: *Any faculty interested in exploring the
possibility of incorporating GIS in their research, teaching, or consulting.

•       Registration:  Amcis2013.aisnet.org.           Under Workshops,
click on  AMCIS 2013 GIS.

•       *Date/Time: Thurs. August 15, 8:30am-1:00pm.*


-- 
Dan Farkas, PhD
Chair, Information Technology Department
Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University
Pleasantville, NY,  10570 USA
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