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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Call for Nominations
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">The 25<sup>th</sup>
<b>Australasian Conference on Information Systems</b> invites nominations to the 2014 Doctoral Consortium which will be held from Saturday 6<sup>th</sup> December to Sunday 7<sup>th</sup> December, 2014. (Registration and introductions commence late afternoon
Friday 5<sup>th</sup> December).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">For more detailed information see:
<a href="http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/doctoral-overview.php"><span style="color:blue">http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/doctoral-overview.php</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Submissions due:
<b>15<sup>th</sup> September, 2014.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ACIS2014 Doctoral Consortium</b> <b>- Call for Nominations</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The ACIS Doctoral Consortium offers a forum in which PhD students can obtain feedback on their research from leading scholars in the discipline, get to know peers and their research from other universities, and gain exposure to the academic
and research career and pathways, after the PhD. Successful nominees are expected to attend the full Consortium.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Faculty Mentors (Alphabetical Order)</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Antonio Díaz Andrade, Auckland University of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Patrick Finnegan, University of New South Wales <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sigi Goode, Australian National University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Helen Hasan, University of Wollongong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Robert J. Kauffman, Singapore Management University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fred Niederman, Saint Louis University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rens Scheepers, Deakin University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mary Tate, Victoria University of Wellington<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cathy Urquhart, Manchester Metropolitan University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jane Webster, Queen’s University<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Eligibility<br>
</i></b><span lang="EN-US">Ph.D. students currently working on an Information Systems thesis are eligible to be nominated. Participation in the Doctoral Consortium is by invitation only.
</span>Students who are mid-way through in the programme or those who have already defended their PhD proposals are encouraged to apply. Those students who have a research design plan in place will tend to benefit more from faculty mentors’ guidance than those
who are very early in the programme. The focus of the mentors will be on assisting participating students with critiques, and tips on moving their work forward and dealing with traps and pitfalls along the way.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Selection process</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are limited places available. Participation will be restricted to 20 students. Due to a restriction on the number of places, normally only one student from each organisational unit in a university will be accepted into the programme.
In the event of more than one nominee from a single institution, the nominating institution will be required to rank the nominees. All first-ranked nominees will have an equal chance against other first-ranked or sole nominees. A second-ranked nominee would
only be considered after all first-ranked/sole nominees. <span lang="EN-US">The assessment will be based on a review of the proposal and other nomination information by the Faculty Mentors.
</span>Participants will be selected based on the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">the quality of proposed research<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">significance of the research and the potential contribution<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">the potential contribution the student can make to the Doctoral Consortium<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Documents needed for submission<br>
</i></b>Nominees are required to submit the three documents listed below. <br>
See doctoral consortium website for submission details (<a href="http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/doctoral-submission.php"><span style="color:blue">http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/doctoral-submission.php</span></a> )
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt">(1)<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Nominee information sheet: <span lang="EN-US">Students complete the information sheet and submit it along with the other two documents mentioned below.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt">(2)<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-US">PhD thesis proposal: The proposal should have a maximum of
</span>10 A4 pages (10pt Times New Roman, single space, including references). The page limit must be adhered to be considered. This proposal should include the thesis title, a brief description of the context of the research, the research question to be addressed,
rationale for the research, an associated summary of key literature, the theoretical foundations of the research, research model and proposed hypotheses (if applicable). It should also describe the proposed or current research method and expected contribution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt">(3)<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
</span>Nomination letter from the nominating faculty. Normally, the nominating faculty should be the Dean, Head of Department/School or the Director of PhD programme. Alternatively, if these persons are not available, the nominee’s Dissertation Advisor may
nominate the student.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i> </i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Cost:</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is no registration fee to attend the consortium. However, other costs such as travel and accommodation are not covered. Nominating institutions are expected to provide financial assistance to successful nominees to help with these
expenses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note: All accepted students to the Consortium are encouraged to register for and attend the ACIS 2014 conference which immediately follows the Consortium. All students will receive a reduced registration rate for the conference.
This will cover attendance at all conference sessions and exhibits, conference lunches/refreshment breaks, the welcome reception and conference dinner.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Submission process</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nominee documents must be submitted via the <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acis20140" target="_blank">
<b><span style="color:blue">ACIS2014 submission system</span></b></a>. Make sure you choose the “Doctoral Consortium” track. The EasyChair system only accepts ONE file to be uploaded to the system so nominees will need to put all the three documents together
into one file. The nominee can then upload their document which can be altered, re-uploaded or deleted. Once the nominee "submits" their document to the system, it can no longer be changed, edited, or revised.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Important dates</i></b><br>
Nomination deadline: 15<sup>th</sup> September 2014<br>
Notification of acceptance: 15<sup>th</sup> October 2014<br>
Doctoral consortium dates: 6<sup>th</sup> – 7<sup>th</sup> December 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Contacting Us</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In case of any problems or for further clarification about the submission process, please contact one of the consortium co-chairs noted below via email:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB">Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn, </span><a href="mailto:angsana@aut.ac.nz"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:blue">angsana@aut.ac.nz</span></a>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB">Annette Mills, </span><a href="mailto:annette.mills@canterbury.ac.nz"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">annette.mills@canterbury.ac.nz</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#244061;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Annette Mills</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#244061;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
| </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#244061;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Associate Professor, Information Systems Group | Dept of Accounting and Information Systems | College of Business and Law | University
of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800 | Christchurch, 8140, NEW ZEALAND | </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#244061;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Ph: ++643-364-2625 |
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#244061;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">website:
<a href="http://www.acis.canterbury.ac.nz/"><span style="color:blue">www.acis.canterbury.ac.nz</span></a> | email:annette.mills@canterbury.ac.nz </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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