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<p class="MsoPlainText">We invite the submission of minitrack proposals to the <b>
Virtual Communities and Virtual Worlds Track</b> at the 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2013)<span style="color:black">, which will be held on August 15-17, 2013 in Chicago.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The AMCIS 2013 theme
is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hyperconnected World: Anything Anywhere Anytime</span></strong></span>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The track details are as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
<h5><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Track Co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah,
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Missouri University of Science and Technology, </span><a href="mailto:nahf@mst.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">nahf@mst.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Shu Schiller,
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wright State University, </span><a href="mailto:shu.schiller@wright.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">shu.schiller@wright.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Brian Mennecke,
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Iowa State University, </span><a href="mailto:mennecke@iastate.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">mennecke@iastate.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h5><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Track Description:<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The goal of the Virtual Communities and Virtual Worlds track is to further existing knowledge and understanding of virtual communities and virtual worlds, and offer implications for research
and practice. Virtual communities are collective groups of individuals who utilize computer-mediated environments to interact and pursue mutual goals. A virtual world is a computer-generated three-dimensional space where users interact with one another and
with objects in the environment through their avatars. Virtual communities and virtual worlds are growing in importance and are used for various purposes – from information sharing to collective decision-making to collaborative work in both business and educational
contexts. This track aims to extend our understanding of virtual communities and virtual worlds to enhance the theoretical foundation for future research and to provide guidance to practitioners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• The design, use, development, and evaluation of virtual communities and virtual worlds in business and educational settings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Individual and group behaviors in virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Collaboration among and between virtual community and virtual world members, the interplay between virtual communities and virtual worlds, and the impact of these environments on
participants and communities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Individual and group behaviors, processes, and governance mechanisms in virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• The role of individual attitudes and characteristics on behaviors, processes and outcomes in virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Ethics, privacy, security, and trust issues in virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Intra- and inter-organizational communication and collaboration and cultural issues in virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Business and economic models of virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Power and political issues related to individual, group, organizational, and societal behaviors in virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Impact of social networking in virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Impact of anytime, anywhere connectivity of virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Novel and innovative applications of virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Crowdsourcing and/or co-creation in virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Social analytics and big data analytics of virtual communities and virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Real-time business simulations in virtual worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">• Business implications of virtual reality and augmented reality<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Responsibilities and Procedure<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">Minitrack co-chairs will be responsible for
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">promoting their minitrack to generate manuscript submissions to AMCIS 2013;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">soliciting and assigning reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the minitrack;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">making recommendations to track chairs about each manuscript submitted to the minitrack.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">To submit a minitrack proposal, you must submit
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">minitrack co-chairs (names, emails, affiliation);
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">minitrack title; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">short description of minitrack for the AMCIS 2013 website (up to 150 words);
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB">call for papers for your minitrack. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">To submit a minitrack proposal, visit:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://owa.northumbria.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013_minitracks/"><span lang="EN-GB">http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013_minitracks/</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> and
</span><a href="https://owa.northumbria.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content%26view=article%26id=84%26Itemid=60"><span lang="EN-GB">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=60</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">October 1, 2012: Bepress opens for submission (Bepress is the
</span>new submission system for AMCIS<span lang="EN-GB">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">October 18, 2012: Minitrack proposals due</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:"MS Gothic";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">November 19, 2012: Revised Minitrack proposal due</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:"MS Gothic";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">January 4, 2013: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2013 begin</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:"MS Gothic";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-GB">To view the full schedule of activities for minitrack chairs, visit:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://owa.northumbria.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content%26view=article%26id=53%26Itemid=57"><span lang="EN-GB">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=57</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor of Business & Information Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Missouri University of Science and Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">101 Fulton Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rolla, MO 65409<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:nahf@mst.edu">nahf@mst.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: 573-341-6996<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">URL: <a href="http://www.mst.edu/~nahf">http://www.mst.edu/~nahf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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