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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">***AIS Mid-Career Mentoring Workshop, pre-ICIS 2013***<br>
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Call for Participation<br>
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Tenured? Wondering about the next steps in your career? At a crossroads in your career? Thinking about seeking an administrative post? or leading a research center? Or taking on leadership roles in the academic community?
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Association for Information Systems is introducing a new pre-ICIS workshop for mid-career mentoring. The ideal workshop
participant is an academic who is at a mid-point in their academic career and who would appreciate advice and information about different career options after tenure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The workshop will be held in the morning of Sunday, December 15, 2013 in Milan, Italy, from 8 am to Noon.
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The workshop will include panel discussions and roundtable discussions. The distinguished panel members include leading IS scholars who have made various career choices post-tenure and who can provide an informed perspective of the advantages and disadvantages
of these career options as well as advice for those considering similar choices.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Faculty Panelists include:
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</span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Susan Brown, University of Arizona, U.S.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The workshop is free to participants, but in order to foster a conducive workshop atmosphere, participants must register,
and registration will be limited to 75 people. Refreshments will be provided to attendees.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">*** Interested participants should register for the AIS mid-career mentoring workshop during the regular ICIS registration
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For more information on this workshop, please contact the 2013 workshop organizers:<br style="mso-special-character: line-break">
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- Sandra Slaughter, Georgia Institute of Technology,
</span><a href="mailto:Sandra.slaughter@scheller.gatech.edu"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#0000ff">Sandra.slaughter@scheller.gatech.edu</font></span></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">- Jason Thatcher, Clemson University,
</span><a href="mailto:jason.b.thatcher@gmail.com"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#0000ff">jason.b.thatcher@gmail.com</font></span></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
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<div class="PlainText">Sandra A. Slaughter, Ph.D., PMP<br>
Alton M. Costley Chair and Professor
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Georgia Institute of Technology<br>
Atlanta, GA 30308<br>
ph: (404) 385-3115<br>
fx: (404) 894-6030<br>
<a href="mailto:sandra.slaughter@scheller.gatech.edu">sandra.slaughter@scheller.gatech.edu</a>
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