<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If you use databases – learn how
location based data and enterprise databases can inform your research and
teaching with spatial analysis and GIS at the AMCIS 2013 pre-conference
workshop on Geographic Information Systems.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tentative
schedule:</span></b></u><i><span style="font-size:32.0pt;color:#0070c0">
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Introduction</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Making a case – why are GIS and
spatial analysis relevant for IS academics?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style>–<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Introduction to GIS Concepts</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style>–<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">GIS in Organizations</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Using GIS and spatial analysis.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style>–<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Building a GIS from basemaps</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style>–<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Spatial Analysis and web maps</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style>–<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Demo</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Why and how are GIS and spatial
analysis relevant for IS/IT curricula and teaching?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Industry speaker (TBA)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Research in GIS from an IS/IT
perspective.<span style>  </span>Approaches used.<span style>    </span>Methodologies, Opportunities.<span style>  </span>Journals.<span style> 
</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style>•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Conclusion</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>

</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">There will
be an interactive breakout session as part of each main topic.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>

</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u><b>Flyer:</b></u><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin-left:40px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://siggis.wikispaces.com/AMCIS%2C+2013+-+GIS+Workshop" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://siggis.wikispaces.com/AMCIS%2C+2013+-+GIS+Workshop</span></a></span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br clear="all">
=============================================================================================================================</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Description:</span></b></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">WORKSHOP ON GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
SYSTEMS, AMCIS 2013,  Chicago</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Objective</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Introduce IS/IT academics to  Geographic Information
Systems (GIS), an emerging area of importance in IS/IT teaching, research, and
curricula.  </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Provide overview of GIS concepts, methods, applications.</span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Explore GIS’s connection with MIS and analytics.</span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sponsored by SIGGIS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">GIS and
its related phenomena are growing rapidly in this decade, energized by
pervasive cloud and mobile technologies and by competitive advantages.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This
workshop will:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Explain fundamental spatial concepts. </span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Justify GIS’s importance in the IS discipline.</span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Provide examples of use in real estate, logistics,
marketing, insurance, crime analysis,  government, and nonprofits.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Explain role of geo-spatial analysis and intelligence for
business & government.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Inform on GIS in business and IS/IT curricula and teaching.</span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Explore existing research methods, body of published
work,  theories, research questions, journal outlets.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Presenters</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">James  Pick*, Dan Farkas**, Avijit
Sarkar*,          Hindupur
Ramakrisna*, Namchul Shin**</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">*University of Redlands    ** Pace University</span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Who should attend</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Any faculty interested in exploring
the possibility of incorporating GIS in their research, teaching, or
consulting.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Registration:  <a href="http://Amcis2013.aisnet.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Amcis2013.aisnet.org</span></a>.          
Under Workshops, click on  AMCIS 2013 GIS.  </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">       </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Date/Time: Thurs. August 15, 8:30am-1:00pm.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>



<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