[AISWorld] JISC2015-1st Journal of Information Systems Research Conference

[Roger Debreceny]

CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND PAPERS
JISC2015-1ST JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH CONFERENCE
A NEW WORLD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AUDITING

New York City, NY March 2015
Sponsored by the AICPA and CaseWare-IDEA

The Journal of Information Systems (JIS) will hold the 1st JIS
Research Conference (JISC2015) at the offices of the AICPA in New York
City, NY on March 26 & 27, 2015. JIS is the research journal of the
Accounting Information Systems (AIS) section of the American
Accounting Association.

SPONSORS
Sponsors of JISC2015 are the AICPA and CaseWare-IDEA Inc.

CONFERENCE DESIGN
The design of JISC2015 is to provide an opportunity for intense
discussion between academics and professionals on research in a
targeted area of concern to the broad AIS community. The conference
will involve research presentations, round-table discussions, and a
keynote presentation; attendance at the conference will be limited to
those on the program. Each research paper presentation will have an
academic and a professional commentator. Papers presented at JISC2015
will appear in a theme issue of JIS, edited by Dr. Diane Janvrin of
Iowa State University and Dr. David Wood of Brigham Young University.
Research submissions to JISC2015 can follow one of two paths:

* authors may submit preliminary proposals for facilitated data access
(deadline: January 15, 2014), or:
* authors may submit completed papers (deadline: December 15, 2014).

In the former case, the JIS team, working closely with the conference
sponsors, will work to provideaccess to data for selected research
teams.

TOPICS
The focus of JISC15 is on Information Technology auditing. Given the
increasing importance of technology in all aspects of business and
government, IT auditing has become a vital part of internal and
external audit. Topics for the conference may include:

* The development and use of IT audit tools
* IT audit and governance, risk and compliance
* Skills development for IT audit
* IT audit in a world of big data
* Risk management for IT auditing
* Impact of IT risks on the financial statement audit
* Auditing IT risks within a SOX environment
* Level of maturity of IT auditing
* Auditing IT security
* Quantification of IT risks
* Auditing within a distributed computing environment and the cloud
* Planning IT audits
* Continuous audit
* IT audit and privacy

FACILITATED RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Access to data can be a considerable barrier to research on IT audit.
Working together with the conference sponsors, the JIS team will
facilitate research support for a limited number of research teams.
This support may include access to case study sites or subjects for
experimental or survey-based research. The JIS team will screen and
shortlist the research support proposals. The team will then work with
the AICPA and CaseWare-IDEA to provide access to subjects and case
study sites for the supported research teams. A final version of the
research must be submitted to JISC2015 and authors must agree to
publish the resulting work in JIS, if accepted. Research support
proposals should sketch the contribution to research and practice,
research questions or hypotheses and appropriate theory; describe the
research method, and outline the nature of data needed for the study.
The proposals should not exceed 3,000 words and should be emailed to
jis-editors at aaahq.org.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
All research methodologies are welcome, including experimental,
qualitative, field study, analytical, behavioral, archival, design
science, and empirical.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
One author from each accepted paper will receive funding to help
defray travel costs to attend the conference (e.g., plane tickets,
hotel, etc.). Authors from the USA, Mexico, and Canada will receive
$1,000. Authors from other countries will receive $1,500.

DEADLINES
The deadlines for JISC15 are:

* January 15, 2014: Research support proposals due.
* March 1, 2014: Decisions on research support proposals.
* December 15, 2014: Non-facilitated research papers due.
* January 15, 2015: Facilitated research papers due.
* March 26 & 27, 2015: JISC2015
* May 30, 2015:Revised papers due.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See http://aaahq.org/calls/JISC2015_call.cfm. Queries can be addressed
to jis-editors at aaahq.org.

Roger Debreceny

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Roger Debreceny
Shidler College Distinguished Professor of Accounting
School of Accountancy-Shidler College of Business
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
roger at debreceny.com rogersd at hawaii.edu
Senior Editor, Journal of Information Systems
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