[AISWorld] ACIS 2014: Call for Tutorials, Workshops and Panels- Dec 8-10 2014, Auckland, NZ

[Harminder Singh]

25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS)
Dec 8-10, 2014, Auckland, New Zealand
Call for Tutorials, Workshops and Panels

Important Dates:
- Deadline for proposal submissions: 19th September 2014
- Notification of acceptance/rejection: 3rd October 2014

ACIS 2014, which will be held in the week prior to ICIS 2014 in Auckland, invites proposals for workshops, panels and tutorial sessions. The theme of ACIS 2014 is "The Embedding of Information Systems in Business, Government and Society." We invite proposals that reflect this theme or any other topics that would be of interest to IS scholars and practitioners. Submissions should be made at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acis20140. 

1) Tutorial Proposals
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Tutorials are usually hands-on sessions that offer training in, or a comprehensive understanding of, an emerging field or a state-of-the-art topic that is relevant to the IS community. Tutorials will be organised as 1 or 2 day sessions and be scheduled following the normal conference program i.e. Friday 11th December 2014.
Depending on the resource requirements, i.e. rooms etc. some tutorials may incur an additional fee. Each tutorial proposal must include:
   - Name, affiliation and contact details for the presenter
   - Qualifications of the speaker (for running the tutorial)
   - Tutorial title, a 750-word abstract, and a brief outline
   - Duration of the tutorial (e.g. half-day or full-day)
   - Planned activities during the tutorial
   - Special requirements (e.g. Internet access, software, etc.)
   - Target audience and maximum number of tutorial participants (if limited)

2) Workshop Proposals
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Workshops should highlight an area of high priority to the IS community, balancing the interests of academia and industry. They should focus on discussions and explorations of: (i) ideas, techniques and methodologies to advance research or teaching in MIS, or (ii) IS-related concepts and/or products from industry and their application to academia or educational curricula.

Each workshop should preferably have an academic chair and an industry chair. Workshop organisers should contact potential attendees (researchers and/or practitioners) to evaluate the level of interest and possible attendance at the workshop. Workshops will be organised during a single block session in the regular conference program. They will be run as 1 hour sessions, with up to seven available workshop timeslots. A workshop proposal should specify up to 10 key participants and include:
   - Name, affiliation and contact details for the workshop chairs
   - Qualifications of the chairs (for running the workshop)
   - Names and affiliation of up to 10 key participants who will assist in driving the workshop agenda and outputs. (Note: Key participants must commit to the workshop before the submission.)
   - Title of the Workshop, a 750-word abstract, and a brief outline
   - Planned activities during the workshop
   - Planned activities after the workshop i.e. possible publication and research grant strategies
   - Planned target outlets for the workshop output
   - Target audience

3) Panel Proposals
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Panels should be designed to articulate and debate an issue of significant importance to the IS community. Their format can range from multiple viewpoint presentations with audience participation, to debates by teams on specific thought-provoking motions. Organisers may also be keen on incorporating a digital layer to their events, by displaying and engaging with tweets, Tumblr/blog posts, Facebook/Google+/LinkedIn comments etc. written by audience members. Panels will be run as 1 hour sessions, with up to seven available workshop timeslots. A panel proposal should specify 3-5 panellists and include:
   - Name, affiliation and contact details for the panel chair
   - Names and affiliation of the panellists. (Note: Panellists must commit to participating in the panel before the submission.)
   - Qualifications of the panellists (for running the panel)
   - Title of the Panel, a 750-word abstract and a brief outline
   - Panel structure and activities
   - Target audience

** Submissions should be made at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acis20140 ** 


Harminder Singh
Faculty of Business & Law
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand