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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>** CALL FOR PAPERS **<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>18th Annual International Conference 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>19-20th March 2013, Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> “Social Information Systems”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keynote Speakers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professor Wendy Currie, Audencia Nantes School of Management, France<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professor Tara Brabazon, Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Special Invited Session:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professor Mike Pidd, Chair of the Business & Management Studies panel in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Monday 14th January 2013 - Final submission deadline for full and short papers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Monday 11th February 2013 - Notification of acceptance and comments from reviewers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Monday 18th February 2013 - Final submission deadline for PhD Consortium abstract<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Monday 4th March 2013 - Final formatted copy of all papers due<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Monday 18th March 2013 - UKAIS PhD Consortium<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th March 2013 - UKAIS 2013 International Conference<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Invitation:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The bulk of IS research tends to be carried out in commercial organizations, yet "IT in use" is just <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>as important in governmental, third sector and community organizations. IT is needed to improve<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>efficiency but it also enables the creation of new services, and modes of work and interaction, based <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>for instance on digital innovations and social media. There are inspiring examples of innovative <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>design, but there are spectacular failures too, especially of large scale projects, from which <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>lessons can be learned (although often not).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The challenges in designing systems are arguably greater in the social than the commercial sphere, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>given the complexity of relational work involving people. Resources are also limited compared to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>private business, meaning collaborative work with academe is especially important, to help build <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>much-needed capacity and deliver creative and sustainable solutions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The aim of this Conference is to promote research in the social sphere, in health, social care, local <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and central government, community informatics and beyond. All forms of relevant research will be <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>welcome, especially of collaborative ventures, whether successful or not.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are seeking to widen the community of engagement and would like to hear from social and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>information scientists, digital and new social media researchers, systems thinkers, software <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>engineers, as well as those already committed to the disciplinary area of Information Systems. To <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>encourage further engagement, we have secured the opportunity for the best conference papers to be <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>considered for a number of high quality journals, which includes the European Journal of Information <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Systems and the International Journal of Information Management.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>*** UKAIS 2013 will be a fully refereed conference using a blind refereeing process of noted figures in the IS field *** <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All papers should be formatted using the UKAIS 2013 conference template and uploaded to the EasyChair submission system at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ukais2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: ukais2013@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Web: http://www.ukais.org.uk/conference/conference2013/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>_______________________________________________________</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Laurence Brooks</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Senior Lecturer</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Course Director, MSc Information Systems Management (ISM)</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>(<a href="http://www.brunel.ac.uk/siscm/disc/postgraduates/masters/information-systems-management" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.brunel.ac.uk/siscm/disc/postgraduates/masters/information-systems-management</span></a>)</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Department of Information Systems and Computing School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics Brunel University Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK.</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Past President UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS); President UK Systems Society (UKSS)</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Tel: <a href="tel:%2B44%20%280%291895%20266010" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>+44 (0)1895 266010</span></a> (direct)</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Fax: <a href="tel:%2B44%20%280%291895%20251686" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>+44 (0)1895 251686</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Mobile: <a href="tel:%2B44%20%280%297866%20726928" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>+44 (0)7866 726928</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Email: <a href="mailto:laurence.brooks@brunel.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>laurence.brooks@brunel.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Skype: laurencebrooks</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Web: <a href="http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~csstllb/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~csstllb/</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>UKAIS: <a href="http://www.ukais.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ukais.org</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>UKSS: <a href="http://www.ukss.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ukss.org.uk</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>