[AISWorld] Conf-IRM 2019, New Zealand, 27-29 May - Submission deadline: 14 January 2019

[Jairo Gutierrez]

Conf-IRM 2019, New Zealand, 27-29 May

2019 International Conference on Information Resources Management
Conf-IRM is an AIS Affiliated Conference
http://conf-irm2019.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

Theme: ICT Research for the New Connected World
May 27-29, 2019
Hosted by the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: 14 January 2019
Notification of submission decision: 11 March 2019
Final submission due date for accepted papers: 25 March 2019
Early registration deadline: 15 Apr 2019

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 2019. All conference submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed. The review process will be handled by the track chairs and program co-chairs.


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professor Michael Myers, University of Auckland
Lionel Lopez, Air New Zealand


CONFERENCE TRACKS:

1.            Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Data Analytics
2.            Enterprise Systems and Knowledge Management
3.            ICT Services, Management, and Governance
4.            Information Security, Privacy, Blockchains, and Risk Management
5.            ICT in Public Sector, Telecommunications, Transport, Healthcare, and Education*
6.            ICT for Development and Inclusion*
7.            Digital Transformation, ICT Entrepreneurship and Innovation
8.            E-Business, Social Networking and the Internet of Things
9.            ICT in the Asia Pacific Region
10.          Workshops, Tutorials and Panels

                * Will accept submissions in Portuguese and Spanish

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 Submissions must be original and previously unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscripts.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. Tracks 5 & 6 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:
Antonio Diaz-Andrade, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Jairo Gutierrez, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Program Co-Chairs:
Cesar Alexandre de Souza, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Farhaan Mirza, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

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)
Felix B Tan, Excelsia College - Sydney, Australia (co-chair)
G. 'Hari' Harindranath, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo, Egypt