[AISWorld] DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM - HICSS-53 - January 2020 - DEADLINE 15 JULY 2019

[de Vreede, Gert-Jan]

2020 HICSS Doctoral Fellows and Doctoral Consortium
Call for Participants

The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences invites doctoral students (irrespective of stage in the program) to apply to become a HICSS Doctoral Fellow and participate in the HICSS Doctoral Consortium. The Consortium will be held on the day before the main conference on Tuesday, January 6, 2020. The Consortium is free, but all participants must register for the HICSS conference. HICSS is the longest running technology conference and will celebrate its 53rd year with the 2020 conference.

First and foremost, the HICSS Doctoral Fellow program will build a community of scholars. Those accepted will be inducted as HICSS Doctoral Fellows, and will begin to build life-long relationships with other Doctoral Fellows and with their Faculty Mentors to help them become leaders within the HICSS family and the field as a whole. Each year, HICSS will hold special events for returning Doctoral Fellows as they move forward in their careers to provide ongoing networking and mentoring. Returning Doctoral Fellows will be asked to contribute to the HICSS family by providing advice and mentoring to the newest generation of Doctoral Fellows.

Second, the HICSS Doctoral Consortium is intended to not only help each Doctoral Fellow advance one paper toward journal publication, but also to open opportunities for new research partnerships. Almost all HICSS attendees are authors of accepted papers (about 95%).  Many new research projects begin at HICSS with conversations about mutually interesting topics during coffee breaks and social events. We encourage the Fellows to propose new joint research projects with other Fellows, with their Mentors, and with other scholars at the conference who share their interests.

Schedule
9:00        Welcome
9:15        Opening Keynote
10:00     Break
10:30     Group Discussions of Student Papers
12:00     Lunch
13:00     Group Discussions of Student Papers
14:30     Break
15:00     Panel
18:00     Reception

In addition to the Consortium day, the conference will host a career development session each of the three days of the conference.

Faculty Mentors (tentative)
-Izak Benbasat, University of British Columbia
-Robert Briggs, San Diego State University
-Sue Brown, University of Arizona
-GJ de Vreede, University of South Florida
-Alan Dennis, Indiana University
-K.D. Joshi, Washington State University
-Jay Nunamaker, University of Arizona
-Jason Thatcher, University of Alabama

Application Instructions
Students should submit a summary of a completed research project or one that is a work in progress (5 pages, inclusive of all items, according to HICSS layout format). This summary should begin with the research question, and why it is important. The key reason for rejection at top journals is not because of problems with theory or method, but because the research question is not interesting.  The summary should also include (where applicable) theory, methods, and results.

To prepare and submit your application, please visit http://hicss.hawaii.edu/doctoral-consortium/

Important Dates for HICSS-53
The deadline for submissions is July 15, 2019 by 11:59PM Hawaiian time.
Students will be notified of acceptance by August 17, 2019.

Inquiries
For questions, please contact the HICSS Doctoral Fellows & Consortium Chairs:
GJ de Vreede & Alan Dennis (gdevreede at usf.edu)
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GJ de Vreede, PhD
Associate Dean, Muma College of Business
University of South Florida
gdevreede at usf.edu<mailto:gdevreede at usf.edu>