[AISWorld] ECIS 2017 Doctoral Consortium Call for Nominations

[Kevin Desouza]

Dear Colleagues -
Please see below for ECIS 2017 Doctoral Consortium Call for Nominations.
Kevin

ECIS 2017 Doctoral Consortium Call for Nominations



The ECIS 2017 Doctoral Consortium will take place prior to the conference
from Monday (morning), June 5th, 2017 to evening Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 in
the hotel Golden Tulip Braga Hotel & SPA, located about 30 mn North of
Guimarães. Located along the extensive centenarian oaks avenue, between the
Shrine of Santa Maria Madalena and the Chapel of Santa Marta de Leão, place
of ancient religious pilgrimage, the Hotel was built on the ruins of the
Franciscan Convent of Santa Maria Madalena do Monte, built in the late
eighteenth century.


The ECIS Doctoral Consortium aims to facilitate a collegial and affirmative
environment where doctoral students currently working on dissertations in
the area of Information Systems can share their work and receive
constructive feedback.


The Doctoral Consortium Committee invites nominations to the consortium.
Eligible candidates must be currently enrolled in a University within AIS
Area 2 (Europe, Africa and the Middle East). Each University can nominate
only one candidate and must guarantee proper funding for the student to
attend the doctoral consortium as well as the main conference. Room and
board at the consortium are provided courtesy of ECIS 2017 and the
conference sponsors.


*Important Dates*

Submission deadline:  February 17th, 2017

Notification of acceptance:  April 14th, 2017

Consortium:  June 5-6, 2017 (Monday and Tuesday, arrival on Sunday, June
4th)


*Nomination Requirements and Submission Procedure*

The consortium is designed for students who are engaged in developing their
dissertation research. Students who will have completed their dissertations
by September 2017 or are close to completion will not be accepted.

•       A student must be nominated by a representative of his or her
respective institution. Self-nominations by students will not be considered

•       The nomination letter should be written by any one of the
following: the student's supervisor, director of the IS doctoral program,
the Dean of the College or Faculty, or the IS department's chairperson

The nomination package should include the following:

•       A Nomination Letter

•       A Nominee Information Sheet including the dissertation abstract

•       A Dissertation Proposal Paper prepared by the doctoral student
summarizing the dissertation research (see details below)

The submitted materials, as ONE FILE, must be e-mailed to *dcchairs at ecis2017.eu
<dcchairs at ecis2017.eu>* as attachment. All submissions must be in Adobe's
PDF format and must follow the submission format and instructions. The
nomination package must be received no later than midnight Central European
Standard Time (CET) on February 17, 2017. Nomination packages that are
incomplete, in other file formats, received after the deadline, or composed
of multiple files will be declined.


*Submission Format and Instructions*

English is the language of the doctoral consortium and of all submitted
materials. The paper outlining the candidate's research should be in the
form of an abbreviated dissertation proposal and must include a cover page
with the following information:

•       Title of the proposal

•       Information about the candidate, including name, university
affiliation, name of dissertation supervisor, web site address, and contact
information: email address, mailing address, and phone numbers

The paper should provide the research question or topic, a justification
for the importance of the research, a presentation of the theoretical basis
and context for the research, a description of research approach and
method, preliminary findings and expected contributions to knowledge. The
paper should also include a progress report as an appendix, indicating the
estimated completion date and the work that remains to be done as of the
date of submission of proposal. The paper may not exceed 3,000 words. When
preparing a submission, we recommend PhD students to reflect upon the
following questions:

•       What makes the research I do especially appealing for me?

•       For the discipline?

•       For practice?

•       How can I justify that my research results will match the goals of
the dissertation

•       How can I show that the results of my work will contribute to
advancing the field?

*Selection Process and Related Information*

Selection to the ECIS doctoral consortium is based on merit. Proposals will
be reviewed and evaluated by the consortium faculty. Participants will be
selected based on the quality of the proposed research, its potential
significance and contribution to the IS discipline, the potential
contribution the student is likely to make to the consortium, and the
potential benefit of the consortium to the student's research.
Participation is limited to 20 students and at most one student will be
accepted from one institution. The doctoral consortium committee will seek
to include the best proposals as well as to balance the background and
interests of the candidates. Nominating a student to the doctoral
consortium implies that the student has sufficient proficiency in English
and will be able to participate effectively in the presentations,
discussions, and other activities. Nominating a student to the doctoral
consortium also implies that the student has or will be provided with the
funding to travel to the consortium location and that he or she will be
able to stay for the entire duration of the event. Notifications of
acceptance or otherwise will be sent via e-mail to all applicants by April
14, 2017. Further instructions will be sent to the participants ahead of
the event.


*Registration*

Participation in the consortium is by invitation only based on competitive
selection. There is no registration fee and room and board at the
consortium are provided courtesy of ECIS 2017 and the conference sponsors.
However, all participants are required to register for the main conference
and advised to take advantage of the early-bird students' rate.


*Traveling to the DC location*

The participants are expected to arrive in Guimarães in the evening of
Sunday, June 4, 2017. Guimarães is about a 45 mn drive from Porto’s
airport. Shuttle service from Guimarães, University of Minho (Azurém
campus) to the DC location will be provided. For those who arrive earlier
or later, municipal busses will be available from Guimarães to the Doctoral
Consortium Hotel. The shuttle bus will depart from the the DC Hotel to the
University of Minho (Azurém campus) in Guimarães on Tuesday, June 7, around
5 PM. Further traveling instructions to the doctoral consortium location
will be sent to the participants ahead of the event. Please check visa
requirements under the Accommodation & Travel on the ECIS2017 website and
do not hesitate to ask us for advice or help.


*Doctoral Consortium Chairs*

*Co-Chairs*

Kevin C. Desouza, Arizona State University, USA

Marco de Marco, Università Cattolica, Italy

Niall Hayes, Lancaster University, UK


*Faculty*

·       Brian Fitzgerald, University of Limerick, Ireland

·       Ioanna Constantiou, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

·       Angeliki Poulymenakou, Athens University of Economics and Business,
Greece

·       Monideepa Tarafdar, Lancaster University, UK

·       Suprateek Sarker, University of Virginia, USA

·       Edgar Whitley, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

·       José Esteves, IE Business School, Spain

-- 
Kevin C. Desouza
http://www.kevindesouza.net