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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Association
for Information Systems Special Interest Group on</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Accounting
Information Systems (SIGASYS)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <a
href="http://sigasys.aisnet.org">http://sigasys.aisnet.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> 2nd
Annual Pre-ICIS Workshop on</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>
Accounting Information Systems</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Sunday,
December 12, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Saint
Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>CALL FOR
PAPERS AND PANEL PROPOSALS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SIGASYS
cordially invites both academics and practitioners from all</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>over the
world to present their original research and/or to organize</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>a panel
discussion in the field of Accounting Information Systems.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
workshop will focus on a wide range of topics at the intersection</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>of
accounting and information systems. The SIG ASYS Workshop is the</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>AIS-oriented
pre-ICIS conference formerly filled by the International</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Research
Symposium on Accounting Information Systems (IRSAIS).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The SIG
ASYS Workshop encourages interested researchers to get</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>together
and discuss Accounting Information Systems research in</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Saint
Louis, Missouri, USA just before the start of ICIS.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
workshop is particularly interested in papers that link information</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>and
communication technology with accounting or auditing using</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>theories
and perspectives from those fields or from fields like</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>psychology,
sociology, cognitive science, political science,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>behavioral
science, and economics. High-quality, insightful, and</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>theoretically
sound studies of any type (quantitative studies,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>qualitative
studies, action research, survey studies, archival analysis,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>behavioral/experimental,
design science, case studies, surveys,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>theory
development, etc.) are equally encouraged.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Accounting
Information Systems (AIS) provide the mechanisms</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>required to
capture and store transactions, to ensure the accuracy,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>timeliness,
and validity of those transactions, to satisfy the</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>organization’s
legal and regulatory requirements, and to inform all</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the
stakeholders of the economic status of the organization. AIS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>provides
the vast majority of the data required for operational,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>tactical,
and strategic decision making. AIS also provide the basis</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>for
interorganizational information sharing, for innovative and</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>strategic
data initiatives, and for external reporting to various</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>stakeholder
groups. Suggested topics include (but are not limited</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>to):
Systems integration, IT governance, risk assessment and</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>management,
value of information systems, information</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>assurance,
global AIS, continuous auditing, auditing end user systems,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>internal
audit, COSO, CobiT, AS5, forensic auditing, data mining &</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>business
intelligence, querying, ebXML, XBRL, AIS use, data ambiguity,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>data
quality, AIS design, AIS models, the Resource-Event-Agent (REA)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>model, AIS
data models, and enterprise systems.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>All
submissions must represent original work that has not already been</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>published
in a journal or conference proceedings (in complete form</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>–
abstract publication is permissible). At least one author for every</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>accepted
paper must register for the workshop and be prepared to</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>present his
or her paper in person.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
workshop will be held as an all-day meeting on Sunday, December 12th,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>in Saint
Louis, Missouri, prior to the start of ICIS 2010. Participants should</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>plan on
arriving the day before for an early start to the meeting and</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>to attend
the customary networking dinner that will take place on</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Saturday
night (December 11th). There will be a single track to maximize</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>interaction
and participation. Workshop participants will be charged a</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>registration
fee. All submissions must be in English and will be</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>blind
reviewed by at least two peers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>FAST-TRACKING
TO JOURNAL</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>One best
paper award will be announced at the workshop, and this paper,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>after
meeting the required revisions, will be published in the International</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Journal of
Accounting Information Systems (IJAIS) at the author’s</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>prerogative.
Authors of selected workshop papers will be invited to submit</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>their
papers for fast tracking in IJAIS.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>IMPORTANT
DATES</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Submission
Deadline: September 12, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Notification
to Authors: October 24, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Final
Papers: November 14, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Networking
dinner: Saturday December 11, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Workshop:
Sunday December 12, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>AUTHOR
INSTRUCTIONS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Submitted
papers should be carefully blinded, limited to 7,000 words</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(approximately
25 pages in length), and use the same format as that listed</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>for the
Journal of the Association for Information Systems</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(<a
href="http://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/JAIS_Style.pdf">http://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/JAIS_Style.pdf</a>).
Panel proposals should include</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>at least a
one-page description of the topic and the list of potential</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>panelists
(including their name, affiliation, email, and a one-paragraph bio).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Additional
information regarding the workshop will be found at</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://sigasys.aisnet.org">http://sigasys.aisnet.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>General
Chair: Carlos Ferran (Governors State University)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Program
Chair: Janna Crews (University of Nevada)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Local
Arrangements Chair: Pending </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Advisory
Board: Vicky Arnold (University of Central Florida & University of</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>
Melbourne), Jane Fedorowicz (Bentley University), Andreas Nicolaou</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>
(Bowling Green State University), Steve Sutton (University of Central</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>
Florida & University of Melbourne), & Paul Steinbart (Arizona State
University).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SUBMISSIONS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Paper
enquires, submissions, and panel proposals should be sent to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Carlos
Ferran: <a href="mailto:c-ferran@govst.edu">c-ferran@govst.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please
include "SIGASYS Pre-ICIS Workshop" in the subject header of the
email.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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