[AISWorld] CFP: 3rd Post-ICIS SIG Social Inclusion (SIGSI) Research Workshop 2017, in Seoul, Korea

[Carter, Michelle]

3rd Post-ICIS SIG Social Inclusion (SIGSI) Research Workshop 2017, in Seoul, Korea

Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Call for Papers: SOCIAL INCLUSION AND INNOVATION IN A DIGITAL WORLD 

In the 2017 Post-ICIS research workshop, SIGSI casts a social inclusion lens on transforming societies through digital innovation. Following the general conference theme, the workshop theme is “social inclusion and innovation in a digital world.” Social inclusion is concerned with the full participation of all individuals and groups in the normal, normatively prescribed, activities of the societies in which they are embedded. In a digital world, innovation plays a central role in societies where individual creativity, diversity, and technology combine to create economic value. 

In so-called, “creative economies,” digital innovation may enable inclusion through transforming, destroying, and/or creating new shared expectations for social roles, relationships, and work, but we must also be alert to the unintended consequences of such transformations. To fully participate, individuals and groups’ activities must be congruent with value in a digital world or they may find themselves marginalized (unwittingly or not).  Related to this, are notions of “assimilation” and “inclusivity”: where digital innovation provides the means for marginalized individuals and groups to participate but at the expense of existing cultures and identities and to the exclusion of the differently-abled. In this case, exclusion occurs as digital innovation transforms social processes, even when inclusion was the intent.

We encourage submission of research ideas, extended abstracts, research-in-progress, and articles related to the workshop theme of social inclusion and innovation in a digital world. In addition, we welcome relevant theoretical, empirical, and intervention submissions that relate to the mission of SIGSI. SIGSI promotes research, pedagogy, and outreach on all aspects of social inclusion in the field of Information Systems (IS). The goal of such efforts is to stimulate greater diversity of thought and personnel in AIS and the IS field overall, and participation of all our members in a more socially-aware and inclusive discipline. 

Relevant research topics, include: winners and losers in societies transformed by digital innovation; access and opportunity in a digital world; the gender gap in the IS field; gender minorities, inclusion of the differently-abled, intersectionality of identities (such as ethnicity, gender and socio-economic class), socioeconomic divisions that impact access to or use of technology, the digital divide, under-served groups, and a range of topics related to human diversity, and the “haves” and “have nots” in the information society.

Submitted research can be conceptual, analytical, design-oriented, or empirical in nature. The workshop will include a keynote address, panel discussions, lightning talks., and roundtable discussions of submitted work. 

*** Instructions for Contributors ***   

We welcome:   

* Completed research papers (10 pages)
* Research-in-progress papers (5 pages)
* Extended abstracts (2 pages)
* Research ideas (1 page)

All submissions will be reviewed. Papers should not have been published previously in proceedings or journals, nor be concurrently under review elsewhere; however, it is a general aim of the workshop that accepted papers will subsequently be submitted to high quality outlets. 

*** Important Dates ***

Submissions Deadline: Friday, September 29, 2017 

Notification of acceptance or rejection:  Friday, October 14, 2017

Author registration deadline: Friday, November 17, 2017 (At least one author must register and attend the workshop to present, if the work is accepted).

***Instructions for Submissions***

Papers should be submitted electronically to: sigsocialinclusion at gmail.com.  Questions regarding submissions should be directed to Hala Annabi at hpannabi at uw.edu

Papers should be formatted in accordance with the ICIS 2017 template and submitted in MS Word format. All submissions should have a cover page, which includes the paper title, submission type, authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses. The main body of the paper should have a title but no author names. Completed research and research-in-progress papers should include abstracts of no more than 150 words in the main body of the paper. Page limitations include title, text, tables, figures, and appendices. Page limitations do not include the cover page, abstract, and references.

***Registration***

Register for the workshop through the ICIS website:

Workshop Registration Fees (in US Dollars)
       				Early	Reg.		On-site
       				By Oct 4	Oct 5 -	Dec 1 &
       						Nov 30	After

AIS Member		$75		$85		$100
AIS Student		$25		$30		$35
AIS Professional	$100	$110	$125
Non-AIS			$100	$110	$125	

The Workshop Committee encourages a paper-less event. In line with this, the presentation files, abstracts of papers, and research papers shared by the author(s) will be compiled and shared with registrants on a flash drive. Author(s) retain copyright. The registration fee is inclusive of buffet lunch, coffee/tea and biscuits, and flash drive.

*** Sponsorship ***

SIGSI greatly appreciates sponsorship from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 

***Workshop Committee***

For information on SIGSI and the SIGSI research workshop, please contact the 2017 workshop committee:

Contact: 
Hala Annabi, hpannabi at uw.edu
Michelle Carter, michelle.carter at wsu.edu 
Emma Coleman, Emma.Coleman at wits.ac.za
Lakshmi Iyer, iyerLs at appstate.edu
Carmen Leong, carmen.leong at unsw.edu.au



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Michelle Carter
 
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Management, Information Systems and Entrepreneurship
Carson College of Business
Washington State University 

Affiliate Assistant Professor
The Information School
University of Washington

President, AIS SIG Social Inclusion (SIGSI)

mailing address: WSU Everett, 915 N. Broadway, Everett, WA 98201-1409
phone: 404-428-6463
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