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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On <b>December 17, Tuesday, 5:15-6:30pm</b> (between the last session and the social event), in
<b>Velodromo N20</b>,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">there will be an <b>IS History Forum</b> where all ICIS participants are welcome to join a lively discussion on several topics related to IS History. Light refreshment will be provided.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Forum Organizers</b>: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Dr. Doug Vogel (<a href="mailto:isdoug@cityu.edu.hk">isdoug@cityu.edu.hk</a>), AIS Immediate Past President<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Dr. Ping Zhang (<a href="mailto:pzhang@syr.edu">pzhang@syr.edu</a>), AIS Historian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Forum Description</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The IS History forum will focus on three main topics:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Awareness of the importance of IS History and existing efforts in the IS History project.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Various ways for IS scholars to collaborate on preserving the memories related to the IS field. Such memories form much of the ground rock for IS history.
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Examples of historical artifacts that are worth collecting and preserving.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Background and More Information</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The history of any academic field plays an important role in shaping the field’s present state and giving the field its unique identity. It also provides context and perspectives to understand the potential future of the field. This forum
is a continued effort and built on a series of events/activities that are parts of the efforts for collecting, preserving, interpreting, writing, and disseminating historical information in and about the IS field.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To learn more about the IS History project, visit <a href="http://history.aisnet.org/">
http://history.aisnet.org/</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ping<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#660066">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<br>
Dr. Ping Zhang<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#660066">Professor
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#660066">School of Information Studies (<a href="https://exchange.syr.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ischool.syr.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#660066">http://ischool.syr.edu</span></a>)
<br>
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 <br>
315-443-5617, Fax: 315-443-6886 <br>
<a href="mailto:pzhang@syr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#660066">pzhang@syr.edu</span></a>,
<a href="https://exchange.syr.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://melody.syr.edu/pzhang" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#660066">http://melody.syr.edu/pzhang</span></a> <br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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