[AISWorld] ACIS 2014 Dec 8-10 Auckland NZ - Early Bird Registration Deadline 31 Oct 2014 (GMT+13)

[Felix Tan]

25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems
8th - 10th December 2014 (before ICIS 2014) 
Auckland, New Zealand 
http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/       

*** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ***

PLEASE NOTE: Early bird deadline is 31 Oct 2014 (NZ daylight savings time GMT+13) 

TO REGISTER:
http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/registration.php 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: 
http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/keynote-speech.php       

Professor Robert Davison
City University of Hong Kong
Co-EiC, Information Systems Journal

Dr Jurg von Kanel
Senior Manager
IBM Research Australia

WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS AND PANELS:
http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/conference-programme.php  

>  Publishing in International Journals (led by Prof Robert Davison)
>  Publish and Flourish: IS Research for the Year 2020 (led by Prof Rob Kauffman)
>  2 tutorials on Research Methods
>  2 tutorials on Big Data
>  2 tutorials on Design Thinking 
>  4 panels

SOCIAL EVENTS:
http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/social-events.php 

>  Welcome Reception, Sun 7th Dec 6.00 - 7.30pm at AUT
>  25 Years of ACIS + Women in IT Networking , Mon 8th Dec 5.00 - 6.00pm at AUT
>  Conference Dinner, Tue 9th Dec 6.00 - 11.00pm at the Floating Pavilion on Auckland waterfront

The Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) is the premier conference in Australasia for Information Systems. In 2014, the 25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems will be hosted by the Department of Business Information Systems at the School of Business, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. The event will take place at newly opened Sir Paul Reeves building in the heart of Auckland city from 8th-10th December 2014. Better known as the City of Sails, Auckland consistently ranks among the top 5 cities in the world to live with beaches and hiking trails to fine dining and great variety of wine to taste.

Conference Theme: Integral IS - The Embedding of Information Systems in Business, Government and Society

IS is an integral part of society. Integral is defined as: "belonging as a part of the whole; necessary for the completeness of the whole; or as important, vital, central, and essential."  Integral IS means information and technology seamlessly integrated into our social and working lives. As IS researchers and practitioners, we create, design, implement and maintain the systems that play an increasingly important, almost inescapable, role in our lives today.  The implementation and effects of seamless integration on such a large scale raise a number of very important issues for practice and research: issues that the Information Systems community should be taking the lead to explore and explain to the wider community. 

Conference Co-Chairs
Prof Felix B Tan (AUT University)
Prof Deborah Bunker (University of Sydney) 

Program Co-Chairs
A/Prof William Wang (AUT University)
A/Prof David Pauleen (Massey University)

Panels, Workshop and Tutorials Chair
Dr Harminder Singh (AUT University)

Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs
Dr Angsana Techatassanasoontorn (AUT University) 
A/Prof Annette Mills (University of Canterbury)

Treasurer
Dr Karin Olesen (AUT University)

Organising Co-Chairs
Dr Antonio Diaz Andrade (AUT University) 
A/Prof Lech Janczewski (The University of Auckland) 

General Enquiries: 
Email acis2014 at aut.ac.nz