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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Call for Participation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Social Information Systems: scope and potential<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>A pre-Conference Workshop on June 8 at ECIS2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel </span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>(</span><a href="http://ecis2014.eu/"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>http://ecis2014.eu/</span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> )<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The purpose of this workshop is to bring together IS scholars who are conducting research into Social Information Systems (Social IS) which is an emerging topic within the field of IS whose meaning is still evolving. The workshop will provide a forum within which participating scholars can collaborate to determine the scope and thematic content of the area of Social IS. The workshop will lead to papers that will be submitted for a special issue of a leading journal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Important Activities and Dates: <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>March 17, 2014 deadline for submissions of short papers (3000-5000 words in ECIS paper format) to Helen Hasan (contact email below). These will be reviewed by the workshop organisers for suitability based on the Workshop description on the website. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Acceptances sent out by April 7, 2013 (in time for the ECIS2014 early-bird registration). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>April 16 ECIS Earlybird registration date – Each accepted paper must have at least one author registered<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>April accepted papers of registered author(s) will be distributed to workshop participants with an opportunity for authors to exchange views online in May before the workshop. </span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>At the workshop, authors will give presentations that will be followed by breakouts sessions for the development of themes on which authors will have the opportunity to collaborate on papers for subsequent submission to the special issue (details TBA).</span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>For up to date, detailed information check the website </span><a href="http://socialisworkshopecis2014.wordpress.com/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>http://socialisworkshopecis2014.wordpress.com/</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Workshop organizers <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>A/Prof Helen Hasan, School of Management, Operations and Marketing, University of Wollongong, Australia </span><a href="mailto:hasan@uow.edu.au"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>hasan@uow.edu.au</span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>A/Prof Henry Linger, Faculty of IT, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia </span><a href="mailto:henry.linger@monash.edu"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>henry.linger@monash.edu</span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Dr Cecile Paris Science Leader, CSIRO<strong> </strong><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>Computational Informatics</span></strong></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>, Australia </span><a href="mailto:Cecile.Paris@csiro.au"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Cecile.Paris@csiro.au</span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Irit Alony, School of Management, Operations and Marketing, University of Wollongong, Australia, <a href="mailto:iritalony@gmail.com">iritalony@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Helen Hasan </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><br>Associate Professor in Information Systems<br>Director ATUL, THEORI, SInet <br>Faculty of Business<br>Location 40.G13g<br>University of Wollongong NSW 2522<br><b>P </b>+ 61 2 4221 3757 <br><b>F </b>+ 61 2 4221 3725<br><b>M </b>0419403699 <br><b>W </b> <a href="http://www.uow.edu.au/~hasan/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.uow.edu.au/~hasan/</span></a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Tw</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>: https://twitter.com/bottlingfog <br><b><span style='color:#00B050'>BE GREEN! 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