[AISWorld] SIGDSA Activities at AMCIS 2017

[Ariyachandra, Thilini]

Dear Colleagues,
The Decision Support and Analytics (DSA) SIG, has a host of activities planned at AMCIS in Boston. Business analytics has become a critical part of industry and society with many emerging research dimensions. We invite you to be a part of this excitement:
1.  JOIN us on Friday, August 11, 6:30PM - 8:30PM for the Annual SIGDSA Meeting & Social in BEACON A (Floor 3)
AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS:

                ** MEMORIAL for the LATE DR. RALPH SPRAGUE by DR. HUGH J WATSON
                Dr. Ralph H. Sprague was a leader in the IS field and helped develop the conceptual foundation for decision support systems.

                ** PRESENTATION of the HUGH J WATSON AWARD
                It recognizes an individual with significant achievements & contributions to the data and analytics academic community awarded by the Teradata University Network.

                ** SIGDSA ANNUAL UPDATE and discuss events planned for ICIS 2017 (https://preicis2017sigdsa.wordpress.com/), AMCIS 2018, and ICIS 2018.

                ** SOCIAL RECEPTION sponsored by the Teradata University Network. Meet and network with fellow SIGDSA members.

2. ATTEND the SIGDSA Track papers and poster sessions throughout the conference (please see the conference schedule for time & location).

Thursday, August 10
                -Big Data in Supply Chain and Sports Analytics

Friday, August 11
                -BI and Analytical Cases
                -BI, Analytical Cases and Privacy
                -Big Data and Business Transformation
                -ERF Slam: Diffusion, Adoption, and Big Data Business Transformation
                -ERF Slam: Business Analytics, Information Security and Responses to IT

Saturday, August 12
                -Big Data, Business Transformation and Ethics
                -Locational Analytics I
                -Locational Analytics II
                -Managing Organizational Performance

We look forward to meeting you at these events and the opportunity to get to know you more. Find out more information on SIGDSA activities at https://sigdsa.org/.
See you all in Boston!
Thilini Ariyachandra, SIGDSA Chair
Amit Deokar, SIGDSA Vice-Chair
Uzma Raja, SIGDSA Program Chair


Thilini Ariyachandra
Chair, AIS Special Interest Group on Decision Support and Analytics (SIGDSA<https://sigdsa.org/>)
Faculty Director, Academic Program Health
Fellow, Cintas Institute for Business Ethics
O'Conor Professor, Williams College of Business
Professor, Management Information Systems
Williams College of Business
Xavier University
513.745.3379
ariyachandrat at xavier.edu<mailto:ariyachandrat at xavier.edu>