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*** Call for Papers ***</div>
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AMCIS 2015 DSR Mini-track: Learning through Building: Applications and Theory in Design Science Research</div>
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August 13-15, 2015</div>
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<a href="http://amcis2015.aisnet.org">http://amcis2015.aisnet.org</a>/ </div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The speed of digitization in organizations and society as a whole has been increasing. Technical innovations seem to appear on a daily basis. This pace of changes introduces disruption in traditional ways of thinking and
behaving. This, in turn, opens up broad new vistas of challenges and opportunities as we seek to understand the implications and possibilities introduced by technological change. Through the Design Science Research paradigm, investigators seek to build knowledge
and new insights by building artifacts, a paradigm that is well-suited to addressing issues introduced by rapid technical advances. This minitrack aims to encourage research that provides insights into both theoretical and applied issues introduced by technology
and technology induced change. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Potential Topics:</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">We invite submissions that describe work in different areas of design science research, including, but not limited to, the following:</font></div>
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Emerging Methods and Tools in Design Science Research</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Embedded Systems, Ubiquitous Computing, Smart Objects and Environments</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Evaluation of Design Science Research</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Design Processes</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Principles of Design</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Modularity and Rules in Design</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Architectures for Design</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Science of Design and Design Theory</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Design Science and Cross-Disciplinary Research</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Design Applications in Healthcare</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Design of Manufacturing, Financial & Business Information Services</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Design for Environmental Sustainability, Energy Informatics, GreenIS and GreenBPM</font></li></ul>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Authors are invited to submit manuscripts of original unpublished work </font><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">in all areas related to DSR. We expect details related to submission length and formatting, as
well as the submission process, to be available soon on the AMCIS 2015 web site. </span></div>
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Important dates:</div>
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">January 5, 2015: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2015 begin</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">February 25, 2015: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">May 5, 2015: Final decisions on AMCIS 2015 program are made</font></li></ul>
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On behalf of the mini-track chairs:</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Debra VanderMeer, Florida International University,
<a href="mailto:vanderd@fiu.edu">vanderd@fiu.edu</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Ozgur Turetken, Ryerson University, <a href="mailto:turetken@ryerson.ca">
turetken@ryerson.ca</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Rasmus Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School,
<a href="mailto:rup@cbs.dk">rup@cbs.dk</a></font></div>
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