[AISWorld] CfP - AMCIS 2014 Minitrack: Inclusion of the Differently-Abled in the Information Society (Rakesh Babu)

[Wentz, Brian]

Call for Papers

20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS'14)
August 7-10, 2014
Savannah, Georgia

Track: Social-Technical Issues and Social Inclusion
Minitrack: Inclusion of the Differently-Abled in the Information Society

Description:

This mini-track invites research papers (conceptual, theoretical, and empirical), research-in-progress, case studies and best practices on Information Systems (IS) use by the differently-abled (DA). People with different abilities, include the blind & visually-impaired, the elderly, the hearing-impaired and the dyslexic. They are atypical users who interact with IS differently. Often, they face systemic and functional barriers in effective use of IS. Moreover, they are an under-studied population in the IS discipline.

We draw the attention of the AIS community to the broad theme of IS and differently-abled users to make IS more inclusive. The long-term goal is to leverage the unique skill-sets of differently-abled users to develop an inclusive information society.

Submission Process:
Paper submissions must be made electronically through AMCIS 2014 Manuscript Submission Site http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers.  Papers will be peer reviewed using a double-blind system.

Important Dates:
March 1, 2014:           Submissions Due
April 4, 2014:              Author Notification of Acceptance
April 18, 2014:            Author Revisions Due
April 25, 2014:            Camera-Ready Copy Due

More information is available at http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/ or by contacting one of the minitrack co-chairs.

Minitrack Co-chairs:

Rakesh Babu
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
babu at uwm.edu<mailto:babu at uwm.edu>

Rahul Singh
University of North Carolina Greensboro
rahul at uncg.edu<mailto:rahul at uncg.edu>

Brian Wentz
Shippensburg University
bwentz at ship.edu<mailto:bwentz at ship.edu>
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