[AISWorld] HICSS-52 CALL FOR PAPERS: Minitrack: The Diffusion, Impacts, Adoption and Usage of ICTs upon Society. Submission Deadline June 15, 2018 (Jyoti Choudrie)

[Jyoti Choudrie]

HICSS-52 CALL FOR PAPERS: 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS 52) (http://hicss.hawaii.edu/)Conference Dates: January 8 to 11, 2019 (Tuesday to Friday)Grand Wailea, Maui (https://www.grandwailea.com)

Minitrack: The Diffusion, Impacts, Adoption and Usage of ICTsupon Society(http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-52/internet-and-the-digital-economy/#the-diffusion-impacts-adoption-and-usage-of-icts-upon-society-minitrack)
Minitrack Description
The aim of this mini-track is to offer a global perspective of how ICTs are being diffused,used and adopted within society including households, organizations, government and socialcommunities. ICTs are wide ranging from the infrastructure of Broadband (high speedinternet, mobile devices, online social networks, and other devices and platforms offered bythe internet. Adoption, usage and diffusion studies are prevalent in Information Systems (IS)research and offer an insight into many issues surrounding ‘how’, ‘when’ and ‘what’technologies are being introduced and their impacts. By undertaking this research academics,industry and government agencies will learn of how ICTs are being utilised by various groupsand communities in society and what measures are being undertaken to have households andthe various social communities adopt and use the ICTs with a further consideration of theimpacts of the ICTs. Case studies, experiments, empirical, comparative, applied studiesrelated to ICT use, adoption, impacts and diffusion are emerging on a daily basis. 
Therefore, topics and research areas included in this mini-track are, but are not limitedto:    
   - The adoption and usage of ICTs, broadband, mobile phones, online social networks,and other ICTs within households, communities, or society;
   - The use, adoption, impact and diffusion of any classic or innovative ICTs includingelectronic commerce initiatives, social technologies, or Internet-of-Things within thesociety; 
   - Evaluation of the technological and non-technological aspects of the adoption andusage of ICTs;
   - Stakeholder theory and the adoption, diffusion and usage of ICTs; 
   - Human Computer Interaction issues associated with the adoption, usage and impactfactors in the context of ICTs; 
   - Economics of the Adoption, Use and Diffusion of ICTs in society and in households; 
   - Working practices and their association with adoption, use and diffusion withinorganizations; 
   - Resistance to change, adoption, use and diffusion within society and organizations; 
   - Policies and the adoption, diffusion, use of Broadband in societies and households; 
   - Conceptual studies of how a particular ICT is adopted and used within a specificcommunity; 
   - Empirical studies of the adoption and impact of ICTs in developing countries; 
   - Comparative studies of adoption, use and diffusion between demographic groups,countries or regions; 
   - Studies of chronic diseases and ICTs adoption, use and diffusion

For additional details or to submit abstracts prior to submission, please contact the mini-track co-chairs: 
Jyoti Choudrie (Primary Contact): University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire Business School. Hatfield, Herts. AL10 9EU, UKEmail: j.choudrie at herts.ac.uk; Jyoti.choudrie at btopenworld.com; Sherah Kurnia: Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010. E-mail: sherahk at unimelb.edu.au; Shahper Richter: School of Engineering, Auckland University of TechnologyCity Campus,Auckland, New Zealand. Email: shahper.richter at aut.ac.nz
 

 
Important dates:

*             April 15, 2018        Paper submission launched  *             June15, 2018         Submit fullmanuscripts - the review is double-blind

*            August 17, 2018       Acceptance notice is emailed to authors by the review system

*            September 22, 2018    Submitfinal paper for publication in the conference                            proceedings


*             October 1, 2018       Deadline for accepted authors to submit final manuscript for                 publication in the proceedings*            January 8-11, 2019     HICSSConference