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<p class=MsoPlainText>P A C I S 2 0 1 1 … the premier venue for
networking with IS Academe in Pacific Asia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- the AIS Affiliated Region 3 Conference, and an
ACPHIS-sponsored ERA 'A' event,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>to be held in Brisbane, Australia, 7-11 July 2011.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>See <a href="http://mlaa.com.au/pacis2011/index.htm">http://mlaa.com.au/pacis2011/index.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>C O M E J O I N U S !!! ...
With over 550 submissions (up from the previous high of ~400) 200+ accepted
papers, 9 parallel streams, 3 keynotes, 5 panels and 3 workshops, over two and
half days, preceded by the Doctoral Consortium (23 students and 14 Faculty),
PACIS’11 is shaping up to be a watershed event.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>K E Y N O T E S <span style='color:#1F497D'>...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>CONDUCTING
RESEARCH IN ASIA-PACIFIC: OPPORTUNITIES AND PITFALLS ... Professor KK WEI, Dean
and Chaired Professor of Information Systems in the College of Business at the
City University of Hong Kong, is Fellow of the Association of Information
Systems (AIS) and past President (2003/4). Before joining CityU, Dr Wei
was founding Head of the Department of Information Systems at the National
University of Singapore. As Head of two major IS Departments in Asia in the
past decade, Professor Wei has inculcated strong research culture and initiated
major research efforts that resulted in both Departments being placed among the
top 15 IS departments worldwide (Communications of the AIS, 2005, pp. 555-564).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>ON THE
RELEVANCE OF I.S. RESEARCH ... Professor DETMAR STRAUB<span style='color:#1F497D'>
is </span>Editor-in-Chief <span style='color:#1F497D'>of </span>MIS Quarterly
(the #1 Journal); Regent's Professor of the University System of Georgia; and
the J. Mack Robinson Distinguished Professor of Information Systems. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>NEWS JUST
IN .... Closing Keynote by Mr Michael Harte, Commonwealth Bank, Group Executive
Enterprise Services, and Chief Information Officer:
http://www.commbank.com.au/about-us/our-company/management/group-executive-profiles/michael-harte.aspx<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>P A N E L S ...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Systems
Success: Models, Antecedents and Measures ... CHAIR: Ephraim McLean<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Research
Training: What? How much? When? How? ... CHAIR: Viswanath Venkatesh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Business
Analytics and Competitive Advantage: The gap between theory and practice ...
CHAIR: Rajeev Sharma<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Disaster
Management and Information Support ... CHAIR: Masaaki Hirano<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Envisioning
Neuro IS ... CHAIR: Jan von Brocke, Aleck Lin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>W O R K S H O P S ...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>1. Microsoft Dynamics NAV for
Enterprise Systems Curriculum by Felix Tan and Darshana Sedera (free to all
PACIS’11 delegates)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>2. Surveys, Response Rates, and
Non-response: Busting the Myths and Avoiding the Pitfalls by Jeff Stanton (free
to all PACIS’11 delegates)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>3. OCIS International Paper Development
Workshop by Wai Fong Boh - OCIS is the Organizational Communication and
Information Systems Division of the Academy of Management (invitation only).<span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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