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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We invite you to submit papers to the new Visual Media Track which is offered for the first time at ICIS 2011 in Shanghai. Track co-chairs are Michel Avital (<SPAN id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3586 class=Object><A href="mailto:avital@uva.nl" target=_blank><FONT color=#00008b>avital@uva.nl</FONT></A></SPAN> and Dianne Cyr (<SPAN id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3587 class=Object><A href="mailto:cyr@sfu.ca" target=_blank><FONT color=#00008b>cyr@sfu.ca</FONT></A></SPAN>).</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Submissions for the Visual Media Track will rely on the use of visual media such as video, animation, visual analytics, etc. regardless of their topic. Submissions may range from research papers with visual media portions (e.g., video clips) to standalone video or other visual media that convey research outcomes or other content of interest. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333">For an example of a paper that makes excellent use of visual media, please see Arnall & Martinussen (2010) (</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN id=OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3588 class=Object><A href="http://bit.ly/Arnall-et-al" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #9c1503">http://bit.ly/Arnall-et-al</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333">).</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333"><FONT size=3>For additional details regarding the track, please refer to the ICIS site at: </FONT><SPAN><A href="http://icis2011.aisnet.org/track2.htm" target=_blank><FONT size=3>http://icis2011.aisnet.org/track2.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Either Michel or I would be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the new track.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">All the best, Dianne</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Dr. Dianne Cyr<BR>Professor<BR>Beedie School of Business<BR>Simon Fraser University<BR>Central City Tower<BR>250 - 13450 102nd Avenue<BR>Surrey, BC Canada V3T 0A3<BR>Office Location: Galleria 5056 <BR>Tel: 604.552.9504<BR>Fax: 778.782.3621<BR>Email: cyr@sfu.ca<BR>Personal Website: www.diannecyr.com<BR>Research Website: www.eloyalty.ca</P><SPAN></SPAN><BR></SPAN><BR></DIV></div></body></html>