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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b>22<sup>nd</sup> Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems in Orlando, Florida <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b>December 15-16, 2012<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Conference Theme: Digital Innovation for Sustainability<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Conference URL: <a href="http://site.warrington.ufl.edu/wits/">http://site.warrington.ufl.edu/wits/</a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Electronic Submission System: <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wits2012">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wits2012</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 22<sup>nd</sup> Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems will be held in Orlando, Florida, on December 15-16, 2012, just prior to the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum for discussion and interaction among scholars with research interests in the cutting edge issues of information technologies and systems. The theme of the conference is “Digital Innovation for Sustainability<b>.</b>”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:normal'>Sustainability is the capacity of systems to endure over time. Even though this definition is intended mostly for ecosystems, it obviously extends to systems created and impacted by humans such as information systems. Unconstrained human economic development has lead not only to destruction of delicate ecosystems, but in the end has contributed to volatile economic cycles and economic damage from natural disasters. Information technology is both a contributor and a potential solution to the challenges of managing sustainable development. Better decision support for public policy planners, businesses and consumers can lead to better long-term decisions. Examples are numerous and include inefficiencies in power systems which can be identified by data mining tools and solutions which can be generated by optimization. Virtualization, used properly, can reduce the carbon footprint of existing information systems. Understanding the economic and environmental impact of information systems, can lead to greater sustainable adoption, use, and retirement of information systems and technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.0pt'><span style='color:black'>S</span>ince it is a workshop, WITS actively solicits papers describing novel research ideas that may be at a relatively early stage of development. Research topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=313 valign=top style='width:235.1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Agent-based Systems <span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Agile System Development<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Cloud Computing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Collaboration and Recommender Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Computational Ontology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Conceptual Modeling<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Databases and Information Integration <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Data, Text and Web Mining <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Data Warehousing & OLAP<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>E-Business and E-Commerce <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Enterprise Resource Planning <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Enterprise Application Integration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Enterprise Systems and Architecture<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Green IT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Grid Computing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Healthcare Information Systems and Technology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Human-Computer Interface<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Information Personalization Technology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Information Quality, Privacy, and Security<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Intellectual Property Protection<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>Intelligent Systems and Technologies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>Knowledge Management Technologies <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=313 valign=top style='width:235.1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Mobile Commerce and Wireless Technologies<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Multi-Media Computing <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Peer-to-peer Technologies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Process management and mining<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Recommender Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Resource and organizational modeling<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Search Engines<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Security techniques for information systems <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Semantic Web<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Supply Chains and IT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Systems Analysis and Design<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Systems to Support Collaboration & Negotiation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>IT Infrastructure for Evolving Business Models<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Virtualization<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Web-Based Information Systems <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'>Workflow Management Systems<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'>SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Submitted research papers are limited to 6 single-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 8.5" by 11" pages (including tables, figures, and references and 1" margins on all sides). All submissions will be subject to double blind review. Selection for presentation at the workshop and publication in the proceedings will be based on originality, contribution to the field, and workshop interest. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Research paper submissions must be sent in electronic form using the WITS 2012 submission system (</span><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wits2012">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wits2012</a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Research prototypes, and instructional technology submissions should be sent directly to the prototype demo chair, Kaushik Dutta (</span><a href="mailto:duttak@nus.edu.sg">duttak@nus.edu.sg</a>).<span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Prototype submissions should include links to any associated software or demo. We will accept instructional technology submissions that emphasize innovative use of IT in the classroom as well as innovations in teaching IS/IT topics. All accepted prototypes and instructional technology papers will be presented as posters during the workshop.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify'><b>PANEL ORGANIZATION<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>In the last two decades many new business ventures related to information technology have launched. Many of the innovative ideas in IS research, including sustainability-related topics, have the potential to start new businesses. The panel’s charge is to discuss entrepreneurship opportunities in converting IS research to viable businesses.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>We welcome additional panel proposals. Please submit your panel proposals directly to the program co-chairs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'>JOURNAL PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Authors of selected workshop papers and research prototypes will be invited to submit complete versions of their research for review and possible publication in a special issue of <i>ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems</i> (ACM TMIS, </span><a href="http://tmis.acm.org/">http://tmis.acm.org/</a><span style='color:black'>). We will invite papers for the review of this special issue. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Deadline for paper submissions: August 1, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Notification of paper acceptance: September 26, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Prototype and panel submission: October 10, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Notification of prototype and panel: October 24, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Camera-ready copy due: October 24, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'>WORKSHOP & PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Haldun Aytug (<a href="mailto:Haldun.aytug@warrington.ufl.edu">Haldun.aytug@warrington.ufl.edu</a>), University of Florida, USA <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Jackie Rees Ulmer (<a href="mailto:jrees@purdue.edu">jrees@purdue.edu</a>), Purdue University, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'>LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Joni L. Jones (<a href="mailto:jonijones@usf.edu">jonijones@usf.edu</a>)</span>, University of South Florida, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>PROTOTYPE DEMO CHAIR<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Kaushik Dutta (<a href="mailto:duttak@nus.edu.sg">duttak@nus.edu.sg</a>), National University of Singapore, Singapore<i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>PROGRAM LIAISONS<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><u>Asia<b>: </b><i><o:p></o:p></i></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Guoqing Chen (<a href="mailto:chengq@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn" title="chengq@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn">chengq@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn</a>), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China<i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=DE>Jae Kyu Lee (</span><a href="mailto:jklee@business.kaist.ac.kr"><span lang=DE>jklee@business.kaist.ac.kr</span></a><span lang=DE>), KAIST, Korea<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Rahul Roy (<a href="mailto:Rahul@iimcal.ac.in">Rahul@iimcal.ac.in</a>), IIM Calcutta, India<i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Chih-Ping Wei (<a href="mailto:cpwei@im.ntu.edu.tw">cpwei@im.ntu.edu.tw</a>), National Taiwan University, Taiwan<i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Leon Zhao (<a href="mailto:jlzhao@cityu.edu.hk">jlzhao@cityu.edu.hk</a>), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China<i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><u>Australia and New Zealand: <i><o:p></o:p></i></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Cecil Chua (<a href="mailto:aeh.chua@auckland.ac.nz">aeh.chua@auckland.ac.nz</a>), University of Auckland, New Zealand<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Ron Weber (<a href="mailto:ron.weber@monash.edu">ron.weber@monash.edu</a>), Monash University, Australia<i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><u><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><u>Europe: <i><o:p></o:p></i></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Wil van der Aalst (<a href="mailto:W.M.P.v.d.Aalst@tm.tue.nl">W.M.P.v.d.Aalst@tm.tue.nl</a>), Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands<i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Matti Rossi (<a href="mailto:matti.rossi@aalto.fi">matti.rossi@aalto.fi</a>), Aalto University School of Economics, Finland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><u>South America<o:p></o:p></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Paulo Goes (<a href="mailto:pgoes@email.arizona.edu">pgoes@email.arizona.edu</a>), University of Arizona, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jackie Rees Ulmer, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Associate Professor of Management Information Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director of Accreditation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Krannert School of Management<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Purdue University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>jrees@purdue.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>