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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Call For Minitrack
Proposals</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Forty-fifth Hawaii
International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-45)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">January 4 - 7, 2012
(Wednesday-Saturday)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Grand Wailea
(Maui)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF">http://www.grandwailea.com</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF"><br>
</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The HICSS series of
conferences has become a unique and respected forum in computer and
information systems and technology for the exchange of ideas among the
researchers and development communities around the world.<br>
<br>
A MINITRACK is either a half-day (2 sessions) or a full day (4
sessions). Normally, each session consists of summary
presentations and discussion of 3 refereed papers. All sessions are
conducted in a workshop-like setting.<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">You are invited to submit a
proposal to lead a minitrack in one of the ten tracks at HICSS-45
listed below.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br>
Minitrack Chair Responsibilities<br>
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1. Solicit manuscripts for the minitrack using the HICSS publicity
plan.<br>
2. Acquire referees who will critically review manuscripts
submitted.<br>
3. Oversee review process to ensure impartial reviews.<br>
4. Accept manuscripts for the minitrack based on reviews.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">5. Write the Introduction to
Your Minitrack to be included in proceedings.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">6. Select best paper
nomination from accepted papers.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">7. Attend the conference and
lead sessions of papers during your minitrack. On the first day
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"> conference
(the SWT day), attend the pre-conference meeting with your Track Chair
and with the authors</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"> in your
minitrack</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">9. Arrange republication of
enhanced manuscripts.<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Submission Deadline for
Proposals: January 24, 2011</font></div>
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Submission Instructions<br>
1. See website</font><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000">
for the full responsibilities of minitrack chairs. You
must be fully aware and accept all responsibilities of this
position.<br>
2. You must submit a formal proposal to be considered. No
acceptance of minitracks will be made without a formal written
proposal.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">3. Minitrack proposals
should be e-mailed to the BOTH the appropriate Track Chair (see list
below) and to</font><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">
hicss@hawaii.edu</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000"> (Sandra
Laney) as soon as possible, but no later than January 24,
2011. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"> (* MSWord files only.
Please NO latex, postscript or pdf files*)<br>
4. Limit Co-Chairs to a maximum of 3 per minitrack.
Designate who is the PRIMARY contact person.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">5. Each proposal will be
evaluated by the track chair whose decision will be based on the
overall merit of the proposal. Decisions will be made by 18
February 2011.</font></div>
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Proposal Contents<br>
Your proposal must include the following:<br>
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1) The title of the proposed minitrack, along with:</font><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">a) A short paragraph (MAXIMUM
of 150 words) describing the topics of your minitrack. If your
proposal is accepted, this will be included on the HICSS-45 website
and a shorter version will be included in the Advance Program
Announcement distributed by 01 June 2011.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">b) Names and full mailing
address, direct phone number, departmental phone number and fax, email
addresses for all minitrack chairs. (Note: please indicate
who is the primary contact.)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">c) If this is your first time
proposing to HICSS, please include a short bio-sketch of less than 50
words.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">2) Define the proposed
technical area, and discuss the topics the session will address and
how they fit into a particular area of research. Include the
title of the proposed minitrack. Include a proposed marketing plan,
because adequate and timely publicity is a crucial element for a
successful mintrack.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br>
3) Discuss how these topics have recently been covered in other
conferences and publications to substantiate that HICSS is an
appropriate and timely forum for the topics.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">4) An explicit statement that
your organization endorses your involvement and that it will pay for
your travel and registration cost to attend HICSS. It is expected that
at least one minitrack chair will attend the conference.
HICSS does not offer financial support to Minitrack Chairs, authors,
or general participants.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Tracks at HICSS -
45</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Collaboration Systems and
Technology<br>
Bob Briggs;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> rbriggs@mail.unomaha.edu</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"> Jay
Nunamaker;</font><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">
nunamaker@cmi.arizona.edu<br>
</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Decision Technologies for
Management</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"> Dan
Dolk;</font><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">
drdolk@nps.navy.mil</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> </font><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"> Christer Carlsson;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF">christer.carlsson@abo.fi</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Digital Media: Content and
Communication</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">
Michael Shepherd;</font><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">
shepherd@cs.dal.ca</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">E-Government <br>
Jochen Scholl;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> jscholl@u.washington.edu<br>
</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Electric Power Systems and
Restructuring<br>
Bob Thomas;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> rtj1@cornell.edu</font><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"><br>
Information Technology in Health Care<br>
William Chismar;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> chismar@hawaii.edu</font><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"><br>
Internet and the Digital Economy<br>
Dave King;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> David.king@jda.com</font><font face="Arial"
color="#000000">,<br>
Alan Dennis;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> ardennis@indiana.edu</font><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"><br>
Knowledge Management Systems<br>
Murray Jennex;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> murphjen@aol.com</font><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"> or</font><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">
mjennex@mail.sdsu.edu</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br>
Dave Croasdell;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> davec@unr.edu<br>
</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Organizational Systems and
Technology<br>
Hugh Watson;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> hwatson@terry.uga.edu<br>
</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Software Technology<br>
Gul Agha;</font><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"> agha@cs.uiuc.edu</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"> Rick
Kazman;</font><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">
kazman@hawaii.edu</font><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"> </font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Sandra Laney, HICSS Conference
Administrator</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Tel: (808)
956-3251<x-tab> </x-tab>Fax: (808)
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<div><font color="#000000">URL:
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><i><br></i></font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><i>HICSS conferences are
sponsored by the Shidler College of Business, University of Hawai'i at
Manoa</i></font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><i>2404 Maile Way A-202,
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822</i></font></div>
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