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2012 International Conference on Information Resources
Management<br>
<br>
** Conf-IRM is an AIS Affiliated Conference **<br>
<br>
WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria<br>
May 21-23, 2012<br>
<br>
Conference Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://conf-irm2012.wu.ac.at">http://conf-irm2012.wu.ac.at</a><br>
<br>
------------- First Call for Papers -------------<br>
<br>
Theme: Information Systems and Accountability in a Digital World<br>
<br>
Important Dates<br>
Submission deadline: December 6, 2011<br>
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: February 1, 2012<br>
Final Submission and Early Registration due date: March 1, 2012<br>
<br>
The organizing committee invites you to submit your research
work, teaching cases, and proposals for panels and tutorials to
Conf-IRM.<br>
All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer
reviewed. The review process will be handled by the track chairs
and co-chairs.<br>
<br>
Conference Tracks & Track Chairs:<br>
<br>
1 IT Evaluation, Decision Making and Compliance <br>
Alessio Ishizaka, University of Portsmouth, UK,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Alessio.Ishizaka@port.ac.uk">Alessio.Ishizaka@port.ac.uk</a><br>
Volker Stix, WU Wien, Austria, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Volker.Stix@wu.ac.at">Volker.Stix@wu.ac.at</a><br>
<br>
2 IT Service Management, Service Computing and Engineering
<br>
Rob Benyon, Rhodes University, South Africa, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:r.v.benyon@ru.ac.za">r.v.benyon@ru.ac.za</a><br>
Sue Conger, University of Dallas, USA, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sconger@gsm.udallas.edu">sconger@gsm.udallas.edu</a><br>
Alan Pilkington, RHUL, UK, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:a.pilkington@rhul.ac.uk">a.pilkington@rhul.ac.uk</a><br>
<br>
3 Green IS/IT Strategies and Technologies <br>
Petra Staufer-Steinocher, WU Wien, Austria,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:petra.staufer-steinnocher@wu.ac.at">petra.staufer-steinnocher@wu.ac.at</a><br>
<br>
4 Knowledge Management <br>
Pramila Gupta, CQU, Australia, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:p.gupta@mel.cqu.edu.au">p.gupta@mel.cqu.edu.au</a><br>
Alexander Kaiser, WU Wien, Austria, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Alexander.Kaiser@wu.ac.at">Alexander.Kaiser@wu.ac.at</a><br>
Annette Mills, UC, New Zealand, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:annette.mills@canterbury.ac.nz">annette.mills@canterbury.ac.nz</a><br>
<br>
5 ICT for Development<br>
Antonio Díaz Andrade, AUT University, New Zealand,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:antonio.diaz@aut.ac.nz">antonio.diaz@aut.ac.nz</a><br>
Luiz Antonio Joia, Brazilian School of Publ. & Bus. Admin.
at Getulio Vargas Found., <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lajoia@w3e.com.br">lajoia@w3e.com.br</a><br>
<br>
6 ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean (including
submissions in Spanish and Portuguese) <br>
Renata Lebre La-Rovere, UFRJ, Brazil, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:renataieufrj@gmail.com">renataieufrj@gmail.com</a><br>
Cesar Alexandre de Souza, FEA-USP, Brazil, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:calesou@usp.br">calesou@usp.br</a><br>
<br>
7 Information Security, Privacy, and Risk Management <br>
Brian Cusack, AUT University, New Zealand,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:brian.cusack@aut.ac.nz">brian.cusack@aut.ac.nz</a><br>
Matthew Nicolas Kreeger, University of London & Thales IT
Security, UK, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:matthew.kreeger@thales-esecurity.com">matthew.kreeger@thales-esecurity.com</a><br>
Shaobo Ji, Carleton University, Canada, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shaobo_ji@carleton.ca">shaobo_ji@carleton.ca</a><br>
<br>
8 ICT in Government, Education, and Healthcare <br>
Jose-Rodrigo Cordoba-Pachon, RHUL, UK,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:J.R.Cordoba-Pachon@rhul.ac.uk">J.R.Cordoba-Pachon@rhul.ac.uk</a><br>
Andy Igonor, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:andyi@nait.ca">andyi@nait.ca</a><br>
<br>
9 E-Commerce, M-Commerce and Social Networking <br>
Zhang Cheng, Fudan University, China, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:zhangche@fudean.edu.cn">zhangche@fudean.edu.cn</a><br>
J. Felix Hampe, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz &
Landau, Germany, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hampe@uni-koblenz.de">hampe@uni-koblenz.de</a><br>
<br>
10 Cloud Computing and Virtualization <br>
Daniel Beimborn, University of Bamberg, Germany,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:daniel.beimborn@uni-bamberg.de">daniel.beimborn@uni-bamberg.de</a> <br>
Konradin Maier, WU Wien, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:konradin.maier@wu.ac.at">konradin.maier@wu.ac.at</a><br>
<br>
11 Impacts of ICT on People, Organizations, and Society <br>
Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire, UK,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jyoti.choudrie@btopenworld.com">jyoti.choudrie@btopenworld.com</a><br>
Peijian Song, Nanjing University China, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:songpeijian@nju.edu.cn">songpeijian@nju.edu.cn</a><br>
<br>
12 Strategic IT Management and Governance <br>
Romano Dyerson, RHUL, UK, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:r.dyerson@rhul.ac.uk">r.dyerson@rhul.ac.uk</a><br>
Tim McLaren, Ryerson University, Canada, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tmclaren@ryerson.ca">tmclaren@ryerson.ca</a><br>
Geoffery Seaver, NDU, USA, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Seaverg@ndu.edu">Seaverg@ndu.edu</a><br>
<br>
13 Design Thinking in Information Systems Development <br>
Marko Forsell, Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied
Sciences, Finland, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:marko.forsell@cou.fi">marko.forsell@cou.fi</a><br>
<br>
14 IS Research Methods <br>
Johann Mitlöhner, WU Wien, Austria, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mitloehn@wu-wien.ac.at">mitloehn@wu-wien.ac.at</a><br>
Frantisek Sudzina, Aarhus University, Denmark, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fransu@asb.dk">fransu@asb.dk</a><br>
<br>
PT Panels and Tutorials <br>
Roman Brandtweiner, WU Wien, Austria,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:roman.brandtweiner@wu.ac.at">roman.brandtweiner@wu.ac.at</a> <br>
Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:l.janczewski@auckland.ac.nz">l.janczewski@auckland.ac.nz</a><br>
<br>
We also welcome papers in Spanish and Portuguese in track 6 (ICT
in Latin America and the Carribean). All other submissions are
only accepted in English.<br>
<br>
Submission Types and Guidelines:<br>
<br>
(i) Full Length Submissions<br>
Submissions must be no more than 5000 words, including
references, appendices and title page, with a maximum of 5
figures/tables. Submissions must be original, and previously
unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscript for
review. All accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings in their entirety upon payment of registration
fees. Papers accepted and presented at the conference will also
be placed in the AIS e-Library. Papers not presented at the
conference, for any reason, will not be included in the AIS
e-Library. <br>
<br>
Highly rated papers by the reviewers will be considered for
publications in selected Journals. Moreover, the paper that best
represents, in terms of quality and suitability to the theme and
ideals of the conference will be awarded the "Best Paper Award"
during the conference.<br>
<br>
(ii) Research-in-Progress Submissions<br>
Submissions of no more than 2000 words with a maximum of 3
figures/tables. All research-in-progress submissions will be
published in the proceedings as short papers.<br>
<br>
(iii) Teaching Cases<br>
We welcome submissions of teaching cases. The cases should be
based on real situations and targeted at specific learning
objectives. Cases should be no more than 5000 words and must be
accompanied by instructor<br>
teaching notes (not included in the 5000 words). The teaching
notes will not be published.<br>
<br>
(iv) Panel and Tutorial Submissions<br>
Submissions of not more than 1000 words. Proposals should
include the objectives, issues to be covered and full details of
all presenters. Method of presentation is at the submitter's
discretion; however, the submitter has the responsibility for
providing his/her own panel members. All accepted proposals will
appear in the conference proceedings (Please note that all
panelists and tutorial presenters must register for the
conference).<br>
<br>
Further Announcements<br>
- The number of submissions by an author (including joint
authorship) is strictly limited to a maximum of two submissions.<br>
- Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per
submission) and all panel members MUST register and attend the
conference.<br>
- Submissions of ALL TYPES must be received by December 6, 2011.<br>
- Details of track descriptions and how to submit will be
announced soon.<br>
<br>
Send all your inquiries to the Conference Secretariat
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:conf-irm@wu.ac.at">conf-irm@wu.ac.at</a>) or directly to:<br>
<br>
Conference Co-Chairs <br>
Edward Bernroider, WU Wien, Austria, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:edward.bernroider@wu.ac.at">edward.bernroider@wu.ac.at</a><br>
G. Harindranath, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:g.harindranath@rhul.ac.uk">g.harindranath@rhul.ac.uk</a><br>
<br>
Program Co-Chairs <br>
Roman Brandtweiner, WU Wien, Austria,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:roman.brandtweiner@wu.ac.at">roman.brandtweiner@wu.ac.at</a><br>
Lech Janczewski,University of Auckland, New Zealand,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:l.janczewski@auckland.ac.nz">l.janczewski@auckland.ac.nz</a><br>
<br>
Publications and Proceedings Chair <br>
Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:l.janczewski@auckland.ac.nz">l.janczewski@auckland.ac.nz</a><br>
<br>
International Co-Chairs <br>
Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gerald_grant@carleton.ca">gerald_grant@carleton.ca</a><br>
Sherif Kamel, American University in Cairo, Egypt,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:skamel@aucegypt.edu">skamel@aucegypt.edu</a><br>
Felix B Tan, AUT University, New Zealand, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:felix.tan@aut.ac.nz">felix.tan@aut.ac.nz</a><br>
<br>
Administrative Co-Chairs<br>
Stefan Bauer, WU Wien, Austria, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stefan.bauer@wu.ac.at">stefan.bauer@wu.ac.at</a><br>
Nikolaus Obwegeser, WU Wien, Austria,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nikolaus.obwegeser@wu.ac.at">nikolaus.obwegeser@wu.ac.at</a><br>
<br>
We look forward to seeing you in Vienna in May 2012.<br>
<br>
Edward Bernroider and G. Harindranath<br>
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