<div>Hi,<br><br>Do you analyze your data by location. (e.g. city, state, county, country)? Would it add another dimension to your research to include spatial analysis (GIS). . (If you're not sure let's open a dialogue - send me a note or join the SIGGIS Listserv). <br>
<br>Consider submitting to the AMCIS Minitrack (Due February 22, 2013): <br><br><br clear="all">
</div><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="color:rgb(148,54,52);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">AMCIS 2013 Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 14-17, 2013</span></b><i><span style="color:red;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="color:red;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Papers are Encouraged for Submission to Mini-Track on </span></i></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center">
<i><span style="color:red;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"> </span></i></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="color:red;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:14pt"><span>Spatial </span>Business Intelligence, Decision Making, and Management</span></b></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(148,54,52);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">in the Track on Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management,</span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center">
<b><span style="color:rgb(148,54,52);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"></span></b></p><br clear="all"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">DESCRIPTION</span></b></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">The mini-track on Geographic Information Systems (<span>GIS</span>) seeks to provide a forum for research on varied aspects of <span>GIS</span> for business intelligence, decision-making, knowledge management, and management.<span> </span>This area is becoming an essential aspect for governments and is growing rapidly this decade in business.<span> </span>The minitrack encourages manuscript submission on conceptual theory, methodology, applications, and cases in <span>GIS</span>.<span> </span>Other areas of interest include rapidly growing mobile location-based applications, cloud-based <span>GIS</span>, <span>spatial</span>crowdsourcing, <span>spatial</span> data management and big data, <span>spatial</span> workforce, and ethical issues.<span> </span>The
intent is to advance knowledge from a relatively nascent level in light
of the recent geospatial revolution and encourage exchange of findings,
methodologies, and ideas between scholars and practitioners in an area
ripe for rapid growth in business and information schools. The
mini-track over the past two years has attracted increasing interest and
participation.<span> </span>It is part of the SIGDSS track and is sponsored by <span>SIGGIS</span>.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"><i><b>Call For Papers</b></i><br></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Geographic Information Systems (<span>GIS</span>) and <span>spatial</span> technologies are growing rapidly in business and government.<span> </span>Increasingly these applications involve business intelligence (BI).<span> </span>Although there is considerable research on <span>GIS</span> technology and geographic information science, there has been relatively little research in <span>spatial</span>decision
making in business and organizations. This track seeks manuscripts that
address conceptual theory, methodology, applications, and cases on
these topics.<span> </span>The relevance to research is to build up greater knowledge of the geo-<span>spatial</span>
aspects of decision-making and management, and to develop theory and
applications, sometimes building on well-known concepts in the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-family:"Times New Roman"">DSS and MIS fields</span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">.<span> </span>The mini-track will address the evolving areas of <span>GIS</span>, GIScience, and related technologies such as RFID, imagery, location for mobile devices, and sensors, cloud-based</span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span>GIS</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">, and expansive <span>spatial</span>
information. Since this area is rapidly growing in business, the
mini-track can shed light on a new and evolving field. The mini-track
findings, results, and discussions will also inform the managers,
strategic thinkers, and policy makers in many organizations that are
building, deploying, and managing applications in these areas. This
mini-track is supported by <span>SIG</span>-<span>GIS</span> of AIS.</span></p>
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<b><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Potential topics:</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"><span>Spatial</span> business intelligence </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"><span>Spatial</span> decision support systems (SDSS)</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"><span>Spatial</span> knowledge management</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Management decision-making using <span>GIS</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"><span>Spatial</span> data mining and knowledge discovery</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Web-based <span>GIS</span> concepts and applications</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Big Data and <span>GIS</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"><span>GIS</span> and the cloud</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Mobile-based <span>GIS</span> concepts and applications</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Methodological papers</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Theoretical studies</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Case studies </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Collaborative <span>spatial</span> decision-based systems</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Studies of investment in and benefits of <span>GIS</span>, <span>spatial</span> BI, or SDSS</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Human, organizational, and management factors in <span>spatial</span> systems</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Quality measures and evaluation of <span>spatial</span> systems</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Systems and software development of <span>GIS</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Public domain and open source <span>GIS</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Crowdsourcing and public domain sources of <span>spatial</span> information</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"><span>GIS</span> education, training, and workforceIndustry trends</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">International aspects of <span>GIS</span>-based decision-making</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;font-size:12pt"><span>ˇ<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(36,64,97);line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Ethical aspects of <span>GIS</span> and <span>spatial</span> decision-making</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Mini-Track Co-Chairs</span></b></i></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">James B. Pick, University of Redlands, <a href="mailto:james_pick@redlands.edu" target="_blank">james_pick@redlands.edu</a></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Avijit Sarkar, University of Redlands, <a href="mailto:avijit_sarkar@redlands.edu" target="_blank">avijit_sarkar@redlands.edu</a></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Hindupur Ramakrishna,University of Redlands, <a href="mailto:hindupur_ramakrishna@redlands.edu" target="_blank">hindupur_ramakrishna@redlands.edu</a></span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:40px" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Daniel Farkas,Pace University, <a href="mailto:dfarkas@pace.edu" target="_blank">dfarkas@pace.edu</a></span></p>
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</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt">DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt"><span> </span>February 22, 2013</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt">Submission information at <a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org</a><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">Mini-track chair contact for information</span></u><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">James B. Pick</span></p><p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">E-mail:<span> </span><a href="mailto:james_pick@redlands.edu" target="_blank">james_pick@redlands.edu</a></span></p>
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt">School of Business, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 92373-0999</span><span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Dan Farkas, PhD<br>Chair, Information Technology Department<br>Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems<br>Pace University<br>Pleasantville, NY, 10570 USA