[AISWorld] Conf-IRM 2017 May 17-19 Santiago de Chile - Deadline 9 Jan 2017

[Felix Tan]

2017 International Conference on Information Resources Management
Conf-IRM is an AIS Affiliated Conference and hosted by the
Faculty of Economics & Business (Facultad de Economía y Negocios)
University of Chile in Santiago
http://confirm2017.fen.uchile.cl/  
            
CALL FOR PAPERS

Theme: Democratization and Participation: People's Roles in the Digital World 
May 17-19, 2017 at the Universidad de Chile
Santiago de Chile

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: January 9, 2017 
Notification of submission decision: February 20, 2017
Final submission due date for accepted papers: March 15, 2017
Early registration deadline: April 10, 2017

PAPER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP / SUPPORTING JOURNALS

A Paper Development Workshop (PDW) is being planned. This will be in a round-table format. Selected papers from the conference will be invited to participate in the PDW. So far, a number of senior scholars will be serving as mentors, including:
   Professor Izak Benbasat, University of British Columbia 
   Professor Anol Bhattacherjee, University of South Florida 
   Professor Fred Niederman, Saint Louis University 
   Professor Luiz Joia, Fundacao Getulio Vargas , Brazil
   Professor Carlos Ferran, Governors State University (to be confirmed)
   Professor Alexandre Reis Graeml, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil

Papers selected for the PDW will be channelled to the following journals that are supporting Conf-IRM 2017:
   Electronic Journal of IS in Developing Countries
   Journal of Global Information Management
   Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 
   Revista Eletrônica de Sistemas de Informação (Portuguese)
   Revista Latinoamericana Y Del Caribe De La (Spanish)


SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN - Deadline 09 January 2017
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=22868 

Details of Tracks and Instructions for Authors, please see:
http://confirm2017.fen.uchile.cl/  

The organizing committee invites you to submit your research (full and research-in-progress), teaching cases and proposals for panels and tutorials to Conf-IRM 2017. All conference submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed. The review process will be handled by the track chairs and co-chairs. 

CONFERENCE TRACKS:

Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Data Analytics 
Enterprise Systems and Knowledge Management
ICT Design, Development, and Service Management
ICT for Development 
Information Security, Privacy, and Risk Management 
ICT in Government, Healthcare and Education
Impacts of ICT on People, Organizations, and Society  
Digital Transformation and Innovation
Management and Governance of ICT
IT Project Management and Requirements Engineering
ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean
E-Business and The Internet of Things
Workshops, Tutorials and Panels
Practitioners and General Track

SUBMISSION TYPES AND GUIDELINES

Full Length Submissions 
Submissions must be no more than 12 pages, including references, appendices and title page. All submissions must follow the submission template specifications. Submissions must be original and previously unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscripts. Papers that are highly rated by the reviewers will be workshopped for submission to a supporting journal. The paper that best represents, in terms of quality and suitability, the theme and ideals of the conference will be awarded the "Best Paper Award" during the conference.

Research-in-Progress Submissions 
Submissions must be no more than 7 pages. All research-in-progress submissions will be published in the proceedings as short papers.

Teaching Cases 
We welcome submissions of teaching cases. The cases should be based on real situations and targeted at specific learning objectives. Cases should be no more than 12 pages and must be accompanied by instructor teaching notes (not included in the 12 pages). The teaching notes will not be published.

Workshop, Panel, and Tutorial Submissions 
Submissions must be no more than 3 pages. Proposals should include the objectives, topics to be covered and the full details of all presenters. Method of presentation is at the submitter's discretion; however, the submitter has the responsibility for providing his/her own panel members. All accepted proposals will appear in the conference proceedings.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. While the primary language of the conferences is English. The ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean tracks will accept papers in Portuguese and Spanish, as well as English.
2. The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is strictly limited to a maximum of two.
3. Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per submission) and all panel members and tutorial presenters MUST register AND attend the conference.
4. Submissions of ALL TYPES must be received by the above deadlines.
5. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety upon payment of registration fees. Papers accepted and presented at the conference will also be placed in the AIS e-Library. Papers not presented at the conference, for any reason, will not be included in the AIS e-Library.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Conference Co-Chairs
Ariel La Paz, University of Chile, Chile lapaz at fen.uchile.cl
Felix B Tan, Excelsia College - Sydney, Australia felix.tan at excelsia.edu.au

Program Co-Chairs
Aurora Sánchez, Catholic University of the North, Chile asanchez at ucn.cl 
Alfonso Rodriguez, University of Bio Bio, Chile alfonso at ubiobio.cl
Maria Alexandra Cunha, Fundacao Getulio Vargas , Brazil alexandra.cunha at fgv.br

Publications and Proceedings Co-Chair
Lech Janczewski, The University of Auckland, New Zealand lech at auckland.ac.nz

Conf-IRM Executive Committee 
Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada (co-chair)
Jairo Gutierrez, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand 
G. Harindranath, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand 
Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo, Egypt 
Felix B. Tan, Excelsia College - Sydney, Australia (co-chair)

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