[AISWorld] Call-for-Papers: MENACIS 2021 Conference - November 11-14, Agadir, Morocco (Hybrid Format)

[Ibtissam Zaza]

As the president of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) chapter and on behalf of the MENA members, I invite you all to submit papers for its annual conference, held between November 11-14, 2021, in Agadir, Morocco (hybrid format). For more information, please visit www.menacis2021.com<http://www.menacis2021.com>



MENA - AIS is a chapter of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). It is the premier academic association for individuals and organizations who lead the research, teaching, practice, and study of different areas of information systems in the MENA region.

Every year, MENA - AIS organizes MENACIS, the Middle East & North Africa Conference for Information System, a regional conference affiliated with AIS.

This year, MENACIS 2021 will be held on 11-14 November 2021 in Agadir, Morocco in a hybrid format. MENACIS 2021 invites academics and researchers from all over the world, but also especially from the MENA region, to reflect on innovative research in information systems, from the point of view of a rapidly changing world.

We welcome submissions – either as full research papers or research in progress – that analyze the equalizing role digital technologies play in different aspects of contemporary life.

While the theme of this conference reflects research in the MENA Region; all research topics are welcomed.



Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  *   Innovative Information Systems in the MENA Region
  *   Trends of Information Systems and Innovation Ecosystems in the MENA region
  *   IS in the service of innovation ecosystems in the MENA region
  *   Information systems solutions during COVID-19
  *   The impact of COVID-19 on education, industry, individual, and society
  *   IS/ IT in the period of crisis: issues and value creation
  *   Opportunities and challenges of innovative information systems
  *   Digital learning and online learning platforms during pandemics
  *   Digital transformation and the future of work
  *   Digital and social aspects in the digital era
  *   Ethics and Information Technology
  *   AI and Soul machines
  *   IS healthcare


Our conference offers an opportunity for a fast-track review process at the Data Base for Advances in Information Systems (Q1 journal, A on the ABDC list). Authors of the top 5 quality papers will be invited to attend a workshop (by invitation only) where they will meet with scholars to give them recommendations to improve their paper.
In addition, we will Panels on Navigating the IT Career, Women in IS, and Practitioners perspective on the future of IS and its link to IS research
Important Dates

  *   Paper submission deadline: August 15th2021 by midnight Morocco time (GMT+1)
  *   Acceptance notification:  October 3rd 2021
  *   Camera-ready submission: October 17th 2021
  *   MENACIS conference: November 11-14, 2021

Registration will open on October 5th.

Scholarships are available to doctoral students whose papers are accepted. For further information, please contact me sam.zaza at mtsu.edu


Conference Co-Chairs:

Sam ZaZa, Middle Tennessee State University, USA, sam.zaza at mtsu.edu<mailto:sam.zaza at mtsu.edu>

Rachid Oumlil, ENCG Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco, r.oumlil at uiz.ac.ma<mailto:r.oumlil at uiz.ac.ma>

Safa’a AbuJarour, University of Potsdam, Germany, safaa.abujarour at uni-potsdam.de<mailto:safaa.abujarour at uni-potsdam.de>


If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the president of the MENA Chapter sam.zaza at mtsu.edu

Best,

Sam Zaza