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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Forty-Eighth Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-48)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">January 5-8, 2015 (Monday-Thursday)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa (</span><a href="http://kauai.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">http://kauai.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Track: Knowledge Systems</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Minitrack: Designing and Deploying Advanced Knowledge Systems (</span><a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_48/Tracks/KS/KSDesigning.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_48/Tracks/KS/KSDesigning.pdf</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The objective of this minitrack is to contribute to the body of knowledge that helps academics and practitioners to:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* design, deploy, and evaluate advanced knowledge systems,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* explore and leverage appropriate project management methods and tools for designing and deploying knowledge systems, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* study changing organizational knowledge processes and structures.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Researchers and practitioners interested in submitting papers to this minitrack are encouraged to explore (1) the design, evaluation and deployment of knowledge systems that integrate emerging technologies like social media, mashups, ubiquitous IT; (2) design and project management methods and tools involved in the design and deployment of such knowledge systems; and/or (3) changing organizational knowledge processes and structures due to the use of these technologies. We welcome an integrative view spanning the entire life-cycle of knowledge systems - from knowledge systems design through deployment to retirement.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* Methodologies, tools, processes, and technologies for developing knowledge systems</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* Management of design and deployment projects of knowledge systems</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* Empirical studies of designing and using knowledge systems</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* Systems design for social knowledge creation and use (e.g. social media system architectures)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* Incorporating and/or integrating knowledge services and mashups, social media, Web 2.0, cloud computing, and/or ubiquitous technologies in knowledge systems</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* The design, evaluation, and/or use of processes, semantic technologies, knowledge retrieval and representation methods, and/or systems to map, track, and/or visualize social networks and/or work systems in order to facilitate knowledge creation and sharing and quick problem solving (e.g., when unexpected coordination breakdowns emerge)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* Co-design of organizational work systems and knowledge systems</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* Design processes and representations for designing work systems and knowledge systems</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* The role of organizational digital natives in the design and use of knowledge systems</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* Design science and design theory research in knowledge systems design and deployment</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">* Kernel (reference) theories for knowledge systems design and deployment (e.g., theories for individual, team, and organizational learning)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">For additional information or to submit abstracts, please contact the co-chairs:</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Co-chairs:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Timo Kaekoelae</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">University of Jyvaeskylae</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
40014, Finland</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Email: timokk<at><a href="http://jyu.fi/" target="_blank">jyu.fi</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
Web: <a href="http://users.jyu.fi/~timokk/" target="_blank">http://users.jyu.fi/~timokk/</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Stefan Smolnik</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">University of Hagen</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
58084 Hagen, Germany</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Email: Stefan.Smolnik<at><a href="http://fernuni-hagen.de/" target="_blank">fernuni-hagen.de</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
Web: <a href="http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/bas" target="_blank">http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/bas</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation will be included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library.<br>
</div><div><br>Important 2014 Deadlines for Authors:<br>* From now to June 1 [Optional]: Prepare Abstracts. Then, contact Minitrack Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content.<br>* June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review as instructed. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names.<br>
* Aug 16: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees – including visa or your organization’s fiscal funding procedures – should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address<a href="https://precisionconference.com/~hicss" target="_blank">https://precisionconference.com/~hicss</a>.<br>
* Sept 15: SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.)<br>* Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2.<br>
* Oct 15: Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office.<br><br>How to Submit a Paper:<br>
Follow Author Instructions posted on the conference web site: <a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm</a></div><div>* HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process; so initial submission must be without author names.<br>
* Abstracts are optional, but strongly recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content.<br>* Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other chairs. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) – see names and contact information below - for determination, and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting.<br>
* Do not author or co-author more than five papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than five submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or acceptance on August 16.<br>
<br>Additional details may be found on HICSS primary website: <a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu</a></div></div>
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