[AISWorld] MIS Academic Leadership Conference (MALC)

[Thouin, Mark]

The 8th MIS Academic Leadership Conference will be taking place April 11 – 13, 2019 at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson Texas.  The goal of the conference is to provide participants with an opportunity to meet and discuss best practices in MIS academic leadership.  The conference will include panel discussions of graduate and undergraduate curricula, research, recruiting, and strategic issues pertaining to IS academic leadership.  Registration is open to anyone with an active MIS leadership role.  Additional details regarding conference registration will be provided at the beginning of January.


Regards,



Conference Chairs

Mark Thouin, The University of Texas at Dallas

Atanu Lahiri, The University of Texas at Dallas





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From: Menon, Syam
Sent: Monday, October 1, 2018 2:46 PM
To: Thouin, Mark; Lahiri, Atanu
Subject: RE: MIS Academic Leadership Conference (MALC)


Mark/Atanu,



It might be a good idea go broaden the scope a little more – “leadership and administration” might be somewhat restrictive, and the leaders who happen not to be administrators may not show up. Perhaps just use “leadership”?



I am appending below the e-mail from last year; it has more than we need, but some aspects might be relevant.



Syam



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Hope your summer is off to a great start. We would like to invite you to save the date for the 7th Annual MIS Academic Leadership Conference (MALC), to be hosted by the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. The Conference will be held on Thursday, the 9th through Saturday, the 11th of November in the Smith School facilities at College Park, MD. The Conference will commence with a evening Welcome Reception on the 9th November, and will conclude with lunch on the 11th November. Accommodation for the Conference will be available at the College Park Marriott Hotel, a 5-minute walk from the Smith School.



As in past years, the conference will be an excellent forum to exchange ideas and share best practices and experiences relating to curricula, research, recruiting, and strategic issues pertaining to the IS discipline. We look forward to your visit to College Park, MD and your participation in this exciting and vital event. There are many challenges facing our community, and MALC represents a coming together of the leadership in the field to collectively discuss how to address them - we do hope you can join us for this event.



To help us in planning this event, we request your responses to the following two questions. You can simply reply to this message directly with your responses:



1. Will you be able to attend the Conference this year in College Park. MD?

2. Will you be able to participate in the Evening Reception on Thursday, November 9th, as well as the morning sessions on Saturday, November 11th?

We understand that this is preliminary but your responses, even preliminary, will help us plan for the event. We will have a more detailed itinerary available later in the summer, as well as more information regarding registration and accommodation. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in November!



Best regards,



Anand Gopal and Siva Viswanathan

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From: Thouin, Mark
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2018 12:45 PM
To: Lahiri, Atanu <axl144730 at utdallas.edu>
Cc: Menon, Syam <syam at utdallas.edu>
Subject: MIS Academic Leadership Conference (MALC)



Hi Atanu,



If possible, I'd like to post the following announcement to the IS World listserv in the next couple of days.  Feel free to modify and/or edit and let me know what you think.



- Mark









MIS Academic Leadership Conference (MALC)



The 10th MIS Academic Leadership Conference will be taking place April 11 – 13, 2019 at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson Texas.  The goal of the conference is to provide participants with an opportunity to meet and discuss best practices in MIS program leadership and administration.  Registration is open to anyone with an active role in MIS program leadership and administration.  Additional details regarding conference registration will be provided at the beginning of January.



Regards,



Conference Chairs

Mark Thouin, The University of Texas at Dallas

Atanu Lahiri, The University of Texas at Dallas