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<i>This is your last chance to get your mini-track proposal into Manuscript Central. The deadline is end of November 4th.</i></div>
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<i>Thank you to those who have submitted already.</i></div>
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<b>Reminder of the format</b></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">a) minitrack chairs (names, emails, affiliation); </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">b) minitrack title; </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">c) short description of minitrack for the AMCIS 2014 website (up to 150 words); </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">d) call for papers for your minitrack.</font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><b style="font-size: 11pt; ">Call for Minitrack Proposals</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">The <i>AIS Special Interest Group on Philosophy in Information Systems</i> invites the submission of minitrack proposals to the <i>IS Philosophy (SIGPhilosophy)</i> track<a href="http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list/77-amcis-2014/103">http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list/77-amcis-2014/103</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">We invite the submission of minitrack proposals to the 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2014), which will be held on August 7-10, 2014 Savannah, Georgia. AMCIS 2014
brings together academics and industry professionals around the world to exchange knowledge related to the AMCIS 2014 theme, Smart Sustainability, the Information Systems Opportunity. <a href="http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/">http://amcis2014.aisnet.org</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><b>Track Description</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">The role of philosophy in Information Systems (IS) is to question fundamental problems about the nature of realities encountered in IS disciplines, how
to define and identify the existence of taxonomies, knowledge, human and other values, reason and logic, and the definition and use of language. In the field of IS, philosophy relies on rational argument as much as it does on practical evidence and therefore
philosophy uniquely enables the presentation of new theory and the verification or replacement of old. Philosophy covers a broad range of expression from epistemology (the nature and scope of knowledge) to logic (the study of the principles of correct reasoning),
from moral and political philosophy and ethics to other applied philosophies.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">The Philosophy in Information Systems track provides a forum for scholars who are open to questioning all aspects of Information Systems and seeking to find ways for the field to progress.
We invite papers that discuss philosophical aspects of the IS field from all IS domains, and from all angles and levels of inquiry.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Contributions may deal with, but are not limited to, the following topics:</p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 15px; ">The philosophy of Information Systems </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 15px; ">Transdisciplinary Wisdom in IS research</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 15px; ">Socio-Technical Aspects of Information Systems</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 15px; ">People and Technology</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 15px; ">Foundations of Information Systems Subfields</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 15px; ">People-centric computing</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 15px; ">The philosophy of science and its applications</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 15px; ">Critical Realism in Information Systems Research </span></li><li>Critical analyses of research methods and applications</li><li><span style="font-size: 15px; ">Critical reflections on IS research and practice</span></li></ul>
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<div><span style="font-size: 15px; "><b>Minitrack chairs</b></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Minitrack chairs will be responsible for a) promoting their minitrack to generate manuscript submissions to AMCIS 2014; b) soliciting and assigning reviewers
for manuscripts submitted to the minitrack; and c) making recommendations to track chairs about each manuscript submitted to the minitrack. Each of these important dates and activities are identified on the AMCIS 2014 website.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Those interested in submitting a minitrack need to identify a related track for their topic. The AMCIS 2014 program is comprised of several tracks. For a full list of tracks and descriptions,
visit: <a href="http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list">http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">To submit a minitrack proposal, you must submit a) minitrack chairs (names, emails, affiliation); b) minitrack title; c) short description of minitrack
for the AMCIS 2014 website (up to 150 words); d) call for papers for your minitrack. To submit a minitrack proposal, visit:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2014">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2014</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">, login and select
the appropriate track.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><b>Important Dates:</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Minitrack Proposals Due: November 4, 2011</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Recommendations on minitracks from Track Chairs: November 11, 2013</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Decisions on minitracks made: November 14, 2013</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Call for papers finalized: November 22, 2013</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Submission system open for submission: January 4,2014 (and possibly earlier).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><b>Track co-chairs</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Alan Litchfield</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Nik Hassan</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Regards</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Dr Alan T Litchfield, MIITP</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Auckland University of Technology</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">President, AIS SIG on Philosophy in Information Systems</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Programme Leader, Master of Service-Oriented Computing</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Director, Service and Cloud Computing Research Lab</p>
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