[AISWorld] Conf-IRM 2018 June 4-6 in Ningbo, China - Fast Approaching Deadline 7 Jan 2018

[Felix Tan]

2018 International Conference on Information Resources Management; 
Conf-IRM is an AIS Affiliated Conference 
http://conf-irm2018.com/  

CALL FOR PAPERS

Theme: Addressing Global Challenges through Digital Transformation; 
June 4-6, 2018 - Hosted by the University of Nottingham Ningbo China 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professor Suprateek Sarker, University of Virginia, USA (EiC of JAIS); 
Professor Viswanath Venkatesh, University of Arkansas (SE of MISQ)

IMPORTANT DATES(11:59pm Hawaii Standard Time applies)
 
Submission deadline: January 7, 2018;
Notification of submission decision: March 2, 2018; 
Final submission due date for accepted papers: March 20, 2018; 
Early registration deadline: April 10, 2018

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 have agreed to be mentors, including:
   
Professor Suprateek Sarker, University of Virginia, USA;
Professor Viswanath Venkatesh, University of Arkansas, USA;
Professor Anol Bhattacherjee, University of South Florida, USA;
Professor Sean Xin Xu, Tshinghua University, China;
A/Professor Justin Zhang, State University of New York, USA

Selected papers will be invited to submit to fast track or special issue of the following SSCI/SCI/Scopus indexed journals:

Information & Management;
Data Base for Advances in Information Systems; 
Internet Research; 
Industrial Management & Data Systems; 
Journal of Global Information Management; 
Pacific Asian Journal of the AIS

SUBMISSIONS SYSTEM - Deadline 7 January 2018:
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=23961 

Details of Tracks and Guidelines for Authors, please see:
http://conf-irm2018.com/index.php/tracks 
http://conf-irm2018.com/index.php/guidelines  
  
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 2018. All conference submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed. The review process will be handled by the track chairs and program 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; Governance and Management of ICT; ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean; E-Business and The Internet of Things; ICT in China and the Asia Pacific; 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
Patrick Y.K. Chau, The University of Hong Kong; 
Alain Chong, University of Nottingham Ningbo China; 
Felix B Tan, Excelsia College - Sydney, Australia;

Program Co-Chairs
Joseph Jie Yu, Nottingham University Business School China; 
G. 'Hari' Harindranath, Royal Holloway University of London, UK;

Publications and Proceedings Co-Chair
Lech Janczewski, The University of Auckland, New Zealand;

Conf-IRM Executive / International Chairs 
Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada (co-chair); 
Jairo Gutierrez, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand; 
Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.