[AISWorld] CfP: ECIS 2015 - Resilience and Information Systems Workshop

[Anabela Mesquita]

Call for Papers

Resilience and Information Systems Workshop

ECIS 2015 - http://ecis2015.eu/


The workshop will focus research in designing resilience into regions and
organizations so they display a sustained capacity for change, therefore
increasing their ability to survive a crisis and thrive in contexts of high
uncertainty. Relevant research must address the role Information Systems and
Technologies can play in managing the collective and distributed capacities
to (1) anticipate potentially disrupting events; (2) avoid or prevent their
occurrence;  (3) plan and prepare for disruption required to protect the
organization / community /region; (4) recover to a new fully functional
state and assure continued operations.

 

 

The workshop addresses, more specifically, the following aspects of
resilience and information systems and technologies:

 

.         How people, resources, information systems and infrastructures be
designed and managed so that the organization/community/region displays a
high level of resilience to economic crisis (Economic crisis can be
triggered by many factors, including severe environmental hazards, war,
depletion of traditional energy resources, major demographic changes,
generalized social uprisings, cyber-attacks, pandemics, major market changes
- demand, supply, technology - and questionable business and financial
practices);

 

.         The connection between resilience and the creation of smarter
cities. (Planning for resilience to the impacts of stressors within cities
requires an evaluation of the vulnerable components of cities, an
understanding of the key processes, procedures, and interactions that
organize these components and develop the capacity to address various
structuring of components and their interactions with the ultimate goal of
achieving resilience);

 

.         The need for IS solutions that leverage indigenous knowledge and
are built with frugal engineering practices. (A focus on indigenous
knowledge is important for creating solutions that make sense within
emerging economies. Frugal engineering is a new method of development that
assesses the needs of the market as well as what the market can spend to
respond to growing demands and tighter budgets);

 

.         The need for appreciation of how crowdsourcing solutions can drive
entrepreneurship and innovation in the context of economic resilience by
supporting new models for growth of enterprises;

 

.         The role that Information Systems/Technologies can play during and
after a disaster to enable local disaster management and resilience (e.g.
crowd and mobile apps). 

 

 

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together IS scholars who are
conducting research into Information Systems to support/enable resilient
organizations, communities and/or regions to economic crises, which is a
topic within the field of IS that is gaining relevance given the many
sources of uncertainty lying ahead. The workshop will provide a forum within
which participating scholars can collaborate to determine the scope and
thematic content of the area of IS for Resilience.

 

 

Submissions:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecis2015ris

 

 

Submissions will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Accepted papers
will be published in 

 

JISTEM -  journal of information systems and technology management -
<http://www.jistem.fea.usp.br/> http://www.jistem.fea.usp.br/

 

and

 

IJTHI - international journal of technology and human interaction -
<http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-technology-human-in
teraction/1084>
http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-technology-human-int
eraction/1084


Important deadlines

March 6th, 2015 - submission deadline
April 3rd, 2015 - notifications due
April 24th 2015 - revised submissions due
May 8th  2015 : final notifications due




.         URL to the workshop  

 <http://ris2015.apsi.pt/> http://ris2015.apsi.pt

 

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