[AISWorld] Final Call: Deadline Tomorrow Oct 19, 2015 - AMCIS 2016 - ICTs in Global Development (SIGGlobDev) - Call For Minitrack Proposals

[Narcyz Roztocki]

Final Call: Deadline Tomorrow Oct 19, 2015 - AMCIS 2016 - ICTs in Global Development (SIGGlobDev) - Call For Minitrack Proposals 
Minitrack proposal submissions are due October 19, 2015 

Track: *** ICTs in Global Development (SIGGlobDev) *** 
http://amcis2016.aisnet.org/index.php/sessions/minitrack-proposals 

Minitrack chairs will be responsible for: 
a) promoting their minitrack to generate manuscript submissions to AMCIS 2016; 
b) soliciting and assigning reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the minitrack; and 
c) making recommendations to track chairs about each manuscript submitted to the minitrack. 

To submit a minitrack proposal, you must submit: 
a) minitrack chairs (names, emails, affiliation); 
b) minitrack title; 
c) short description of minitrack for the AMCIS 2016 website (up to 150 words); 
d) call for papers for your minitrack. 

To submit a minitrack proposal, visit: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2016 

Important Dates: 
September 22, 2015: Manuscript Central opens for Minitrack proposal submissions 
October 19, 2015: Minitrack proposal submissions are due 
October 28, 2015: Minitrack decisions are complete 
November 1, 2015: Minitrack description revisions are due 
January 4, 2016: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2016 begin 
March 2, 2016: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors at 10:00am PST 

Track Chairs 
Narcyz Roztocki, State University of New York at New Paltz, Kozminski University, roztockn at newpaltz.edu 
Piotr Soja, Cracow University of Economics, eisoja at cyf-kr.edu.pl 

Track Description: 
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have a major impact on economic and societal development. Though developing, emerging, and transitional economies play an increasingly important role in the global market, mainstream information systems research continues to focus on the relatively small group of countries with highly developed economies. The business, social, and legal environments of less developed economies often mandate that ICT implementation and management apply different practices and models from those conceived and tested in highly developed countries. The intention of this track is to encourage more research and publications on ICT focused on developing and emerging markets and communities. 
Thus, this track serves as a forum for research on the appropriate use and diffusion of information and communication technologies and associated management practices in the distinctive environments of developing, emerging, and transitional economies. 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 

ICT and Global Development in Developing Economies 
ICT Collaboration in Cross-Organizational, International, and Global Settings 
ICT Innovation and Development 
Software in Developing, Emerging, and Transition (DET) Economies 
ICT and Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural and Underdeveloped Regions 
Education and ICT in Developing Regions 
Role and Significance of ICT in Micro Businesses 
Leveraging Information Technology for Competitiveness in Emerging Markets 
ICT Issues in Emerging Economies 
Information Technology Issues in Transition Economies 
ICT Issues in Arab and Middle Eastern Countries 
Information Technology Issues in Latin America 
Information Technology in Underserved and Marginalized Population Groups 
Information Technology Issues in Far Eastern Asia 
Information Technology Issues in the Former Soviet Republics