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Please mark your calendar for </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">this year's
<span style="COLOR: black">Conference on Information Systems and Technology <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>(CIST). </span>The theme of the conference is "Digital Society," which is consistent with the theme of INFORMS annual meeting (“Informatics Rising”). Consumerization of IT and the rapid proliferation of digital products and services present a great
opportunity for IS researchers to contribute in a significant way towards understanding and shaping the emerging digital society. The conference will feature panels, keynote speakers and research papers that explore economic, social, organizational, operational,
technological and policy issues at the consumer, enterprise, group and societal levels. Research following all traditions and methodologies is welcome.
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Location: Phoenix, Arizona.<br>
Conference Date: October 13-14, 2012.<br>
Paper Submission Date: June 8, 2012.<br>
Notice of Acceptance: August 13, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Conference website: www.cistconf.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Further details to follow soon.<br>
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Thanks</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 7.5pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Param Vir Singh</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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