[AISWorld] CFP: 4th Post-ICIS SIG Social Inclusion (SIGSI) Research Workshop 2018, in San Francisco, USA

Carter, Michelle michelle.carter at wsu.edu
Wed Aug 29 08:25:23 EDT 2018


4th Post-ICIS SIG Social Inclusion (SIGSI) Research Workshop 2018, in San Francisco, USA

Sunday, December 16, 2018, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Call for Participation: SOCIAL INCLUSION AND THE INTERNET OF PEOPLE, DATA, AND THINGS

In the 2018 Post-ICIS research workshop, SIGSI casts a social inclusion lens on the permeation in our lives of digital and mobile media and the interplay of people, data, and things. We live in a world where we are always connected with other people and communities, and interacting with digital and mobile media has become integral to everyday life and routines. Consequently, it is imperative that we understand the role of these technologies in individuals’ and groups’ full participation in the normal, normatively-prescribed activities of the societies in which they are embedded.

We encourage submission of research ideas, extended abstracts, research-in-progress, and articles related to the workshop theme of social inclusion and the internet of people, data, and things. In addition, we welcome relevant theoretical, empirical, and intervention submissions that relate to the mission of the AIS Special Interest Group on Social Inclusion (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 people 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 a world characterized by “exponentially growing data and increasingly autonomous things”; access and opportunity created by the internet of people, data, and things; the gender gap in the IS field; gender minorities, inclusion of the differently-abled, inclusion of neurodiversity in IT, 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 interconnected digital environments.

Submitted research can be conceptual, analytical, design-oriented, or empirical. The workshop will include a keynote address, “ignite” 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 or 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 28, 2018

Notification of acceptance or rejection:  Friday, October 12, 2018

Author registration deadline: Friday, November 16, 2018 (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<mailto:sigsocialinclusion at gmail.com>.  Submission filename should include the first author’s last name e.g., Annabi-SIGSI2018.PDF. In the case of multiple submissions, add a number to the last name e.g., Annabi2-SIGSI.PDF. Questions regarding submissions should be directed to Hala Annabi at sigsocialinclusion at gmail.com<mailto:sigsocialinclusion at gmail.com>.

Papers should be formatted in accordance with the ICIS 2018 template and submitted in MS Word format. All submissions should have a cover page that 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 3          Oct 4 -             Nov 30 &
Nov 29                        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.

***Workshop Committee***

For information on SIGSI and the SIGSI research workshop, please contact the 2018 workshop committee:

Hala Annabi, hpannabi at uw.edu<mailto:hpannabi at uw.edu>
Michelle Carter, michelle.carter at wsu.edu<mailto:mscarter at uw.edu>
Emma Coleman, Emma.Coleman at wits.ac.za<mailto:Emma.Coleman at wits.ac.za>
Lakshmi Iyer, iyerLs at appstate.edu<mailto:iyerLs at appstate.edu>
Carmen Leong, carmen.leong at unsw.edu.au<mailto:carmen.leong at unsw.edu.au>
Jaime Windeler, Jaime.Windeler at uc.edu<mailto:Jaime.Windeler at uc.edu>




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