[AISWorld] PACIS 2016 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

[She-I Chang]

PACIS 2016 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Nomination Deadline:             March 4, 2016

Notification of Acceptance:    April 22, 2016

 

We invite you to make nominations for the 20th Pacific Asia Conference on
Information Systems (PACIS) 2016 Doctoral Consortium. The Consortium will be
held on June 27-28, immediately prior to the PACIS 2016 Conference, Chiayi,
Taiwan.

 

Universities are invited to nominate candidates for the consortium. Eligible
candidates are Ph.D. students in Information Systems (IS), who have
developed a plan for pursuing their dissertation, and would benefit from
constructive feedback from senior faculty in the field. The consortium aims
to provide doctoral students with an opportunity to share their research
ideas and network with peers and experienced scholars serving as faculty
advisors. Participating students will receive high quality feedback from
faculty advisors, who are eminent researchers in the field, associated with
leading institutions around the globe, serving in senior editorial positions
in the field's top journals. This consortium will be a significant event for
emerging IS researchers in the Asia Pacific region.

 

NOMINIATION ELIGIBILITY:

Ph.D. students who are currently working on a doctoral dissertation in
Information Systems, and whose research has progressed to the point where a
clear plan of investigation has been laid out, but there is sufficient scope
for changes to this plan based on feedback from the consortium. The ideal
consortium candidate should have chosen a theoretical approach and initiated
planning or implementation of empirical work, but should have at least six
months of work remaining at the time of the consortium. The nominated
candidates must be sufficiently proficient in English to participate in the
consortium, since the language of the consortium will be English. While some
priority will be given to students from institutions in the Asia-Pacific
region (AIS Region 3), strong nominations from other AIS regions will be
seriously considered.

 

NOMINATION PROCESS:

In the interests of diversity and equity, though more than one nomination is
allowed from a single institution, we require that multiple nominees be
ranked by the nominating institution in advance of nomination. Note that the
first-ranked nominees will have equal chance against other first-ranked or
sole nominees. The 2nd ranked nominees would only be considered after all
1st ranked/sole nominees. Students must be nominated by an IS faculty
member. The nomination should follow the guidelines below: 

 

A submitted proposal should outline the research topic, research
question(s), theoretical foundations, proposed methodology, current stage of
the research, and plans for completion.

A nomination letter from either the director of the IS doctoral program, the
IS department's chairperson, or the candidate's thesis/dissertation advisor
should certify that that the candidate is the nominee from the
university/institution, and that the candidate meets the eligibility
criteria mentioned above.

 

NOMINATION SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

The proposal should meet the requirements of research-in-progress (RIP)
submissions for PACIS, since accepted proposals will have the option of
being published in the conference proceedings as RIP papers (and possibly
presented as posters). Submit your proposal to the "Doctoral Consortium
Track" at the PACIS 2016 official website at www.pacis2016.org before the
deadline (you should copy your proposal and nomination details by email to
the Consortium Co-Chairs ewang at mgt.ncu.edu.tw and g.gable at qut.edu.au ). It
must not exceed seven (7) single-spaced pages and must confirm to the PACIS
2016 word template (a link to which is in the PACIS paper submission web
pages). The 7 pages must include all text, figures, tables, and appendices.
In other words, the cover page, abstract, keywords, and references are
excluded from this page count. Please note that the length restriction is
strict; proposals that do not follow the requirements will not be
considered. A cover page should show the candidate's full name, affiliation
(university and school/department), and all contact details including name,
mailing and e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax numbers. The candidate
should also indicate the name(s) and contact details of his or her principal
faculty supervisors.

 

CONFIDENTIALITY:

The publication of student reports in the conference proceedings as
research-in-progress papers (and any related poster session) is optional. It
is recognised that in exceptional cases, exposure of early research work may
be a concern. Note that student reports received by the co- Chairs are
circulated only to the stream scholars and student peers within a stream,
all of whom are counselled to keep the reports and related discussions
confidential to the stream.

 

CONSORTIUM SCHEDULE:

Consortium activities will commence with Registration and a Panel in the
afternoon on Monday, 27 June, followed by a welcome dinner. A full day event
is scheduled 28 June, which will focus on providing constructive feedback to
students on their research. The Consortium will include a balanced mix of
students representing diverse research topics, methods, schools and
cultures. Each student will present his or her research in a designated
stream led by 2-3 faculty advisors, who will have carefully reviewed the
student submissions. 

Participants are required to have carefully reviewed all proposals in their
stream prior to the Consortium so that they are prepared to contribute to
the discussion on each student's research.

 

REGISTRATION AND COST:

Accepted consortium students are required to register for the main
conference by the early- bird date (student rate), and may receive further
feedback on their research at a poster session (if included in proceedings).
There is no charge for the consortium, but home institutions are encouraged
to provide financial assistance to successful nominees in the form of
conference registration, travel and accommodation aid. More detailed
information about the consortium will be provided on acceptance.

 

SUBMISSION CONTACT INFORMATION:

Please contact Guy Gable (g.gable at qut.edu.au) with questions.

You should copy your proposal and nomination details by email to the
Consortium Co-Chairs (ewang at mgt.ncu.edu.tw and g.gable at qut.edu.au ).

 

STREAM SCHOLARS: 

*      Wai Fong Boh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

*      Patrick Chau, The University of Hong Kong, HK

*      Ming-Hui Huang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

*      James Jiang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

*      Elena Karahanna, University of Georgia, USA

*      Ji-Ye Mao, Renmin University of China, China

*      Arun Rai, Georgia State University, USA

*      James Thong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK

*      Youngjin Yoo, Temple University, USA

*      ... Others TBA

 

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CO-CHAIRS:

*      Eric Wang, National Central University, Taiwan

*      Guy Gable, Queensland University of Technology, Australia