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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am pleased to let you know that registration for the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) is now open. You can register at
<a href="http://icis2014.aisnet.org/">http://icis2014.aisnet.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICIS 2014 will be hosted by the University of Auckland Business School in Auckland, New Zealand, from December 14-17. The official hotels for ICIS are the Langham Hotel and the Pullman Hotel, both of which are within walking distance of
the business school. You can obtain the discounted conference rate for both these hotels via the ICIS website (under the travel tab).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As usual there will be many ancillary events held before, during and after ICIS. For example, the Australian Conference on Information Systems
<a href="http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/">http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/</a> is being held from December 8-10, and the IFIP WG 8.2 Conference
<a href="http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/ifip82-2014/">http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/ifip82-2014/</a> from December 11-12. Both WITS
<a href="http://wits2014.isom.auckland.ac.nz/Home.html">http://wits2014.isom.auckland.ac.nz/Home.html</a> and WISE
<a href="http://misrc.umn.edu/wise/index.html">http://misrc.umn.edu/wise/index.html</a> are being held after ICIS. You can find out about many of these ancillary events on the Program tab of the ICIS website, although this information is still being updated
on a regular basis.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since the weeks immediately before Christmas are a peak travel period when many New Zealanders return home, I encourage you to book your flights as early as possible. Please check the ICIS website for more travel information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I look forward to seeing you in Auckland.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michael<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference Co-Chair ICIS 2014 <o:p></o:p></p>
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The University of Auckland Business School<br>
Private Bag 92019<br>
Auckland 1142, NEW ZEALAND</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0308CD;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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