[AISWorld] SIG-Enterprise Systems Pre-ICIS Workshop 2018: Call for Extended Abstracts

[Felix Tan]

Dear Colleagues,

 I wish you well. I write to invite you to submit to the SIG-Enterprise Systems Pre-ICIS Workshop 2018.

Workshop Theme: Innovating with Enterprise Technologies: Trends, barriers, ecosystems and opportunities in the contemporary world

*** 12th December 2018 ***
*** San Francisco ***

Hosted by
The Enterprise Systems Special Interest Group (ES-SIG) <http://www.ais-siges.com>

Workshop Committee:
Darshana Sedera, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, darshana.sedera at gmail.com
She-I Chang, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, actsic at ccu.edu.tw
Felix Tan, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, f.tan at unsw.edu.au
Indranil Bose, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, India, bose at iimcal.ac.in

Important Dates:
Extended Abstract Submission deadline: 2nd November 2018*
Acceptance notification: 10th November 2018
Workshop: 12th December 2018, 9am-1pm, Location TBA

Call for Extended Abstracts:
The advent of enterprise systems in the 1990’s provided an important pathway for organizations to innovate, standardize their business processes and to introduce organizational transparency (Klaus et al., 2000, Sedera et al., 2016, Tan et al., 2016). Prior research on enterprise systems has highlighted the technological, operational and knowledge capabilities provided by enterprise systems in enabling innovation in an organization (Srivardhana and Pawlowski, 2007, Lokuge and Sedera, 2016). However, the recent introduction of technologies such as cloud computing, mobile, wearables and social media to the corporate IT portfolio means that organizations are now provided with myriad opportunities to innovate (Huang et al., 2017, Lokuge et al., 2018, Svahn et al., 2017, Nylén and Holmström, 2015). Therefore, the role of enterprise systems in enabling innovation in the IT portfolio is also evolving (Sedera and Lokuge, 2017, Lokuge and Sedera, 2017). In a similar manner, the nature and the role of enterprise systems are also changing, adhering to new technologies like in-memory processing, business intelligence and cloud solutions.

We are inviting interested colleagues to submit an extended abstract of no more than 4 pages, and a list of 3-4 keywords.

Workshop Objectives:
The special interest group of Enterprise Systems (ES) has been hosting its Pre-ICIS workshops since 2006. The primary objective of the workshop is to provide an open and constructive discussion forum of important ES research. The workshop intends to be developmental, in that it will showcase completed and in-progress research, with the intention of improving them to a journal submission. The authors are particularly encouraged to leverage novel theoretical perspectives and approaches to better understand, the design, implementation issues, and consequences of ES for people, work, organizations and society. The organizing committee intends to employ the workshop to identify new ES research domains and to share and develop innovative approaches of ES research. Interested colleagues are invited to submit an extended abstract of no more than 4 pages, and a list of 3-4 keywords.

Topics:
We welcome qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, conceptual works and papers that examine research methods appropriate for ES research. We encourage submissions from researchers representing all ontological perspectives. Our intention is to provide a forum for bringing together researchers with similar interests both to share their current work and to plan future directions for the field. We also hope to stimulate future collaboration in research development.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
•           Novel technological advances in enterprise systems leading to organizational innovations.
•           Emerging organizational models for managing enterprise systems.
•           Opportunities for the modern organization enterprise systems.
•           Challenges in managing enterprise systems in the age of acceleration.
•           Descriptive cases of unique innovations attained through enterprise systems.
•           Regional and global issues pertaining to enterprise systems.
•           The role of enterprise systems in the modern IT portfolio.
•           Enterprise systems governance and organizational economic impact.

Submissions (Extended Abstracts):
Submission deadline: 2nd November 2018*
Authors are encouraged to submit an extended abstract on high quality research (completed, research in progress and issues and opinion research) that are original. The authors are required to submit a cover page of the submission.
Length: Maximum of 4 pages including all titles, abstracts, figures, tables, but exclude references.
Formatting: All submissions must be formatted for 8½ x 11 inch page (1 inch = 2.5 cm) and have 1 inch margins all around. Please use Times New Roman 12-point font with double spacing for the body of the paper.
File Formats: Word and PDF file formats will be accepted.
Submissions will undergo a blind review process. All authors should agree to provide timely reviews of at most two other submissions, if requested.

Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted as email attachments to the workshop program co-chair: Darshana Sedera (darshana.sedera at gmail.com), with the subject heading "Enterprise Systems Workshop Submission." Authors can use the body of the email as the cover letter for the submission and should ensure that their identities do not appear in any part of the manuscript.

*Authors may write to Darshana Sedera should a short extension be required.

Authors of accepted papers should make sure that the following steps are taken:
1.     At least one author has to register for the workshop.
2.     Each author should provide a short bio of up to 150 words by that date by email. This bio will be listed in the workshop program.

Publication and Journal Opportunities:
All accepted abstracts will be published in the SIGES website. This inclusion should not affect full versions of the papers to be published later in journals. Accepted abstracts from the workshop will be invited to submit a full paper in a ranked IS journal to be announced at the workshop. Submissions of full paper to the journal will be on 1st Feb 2019.

Cost:
Please visit the ICIS'18 website for accommodation information including conference hotels and rates. Please note that the registrar and conference planner are still working on our room assignments. Once done, the workshop will be listed on the main registration links. We thank you for your patience. Colleagues may register for the workshop without a paper.

Accommodation:
Please visit the ICIS'18 website for accommodation information including conference hotels and rates.


Dr. Felix Ter Chian Tan | Senior Lecturer | School of Information Systems and Technology Management
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