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<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;"><b>Call for Papers</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><b>The 38</b><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><sup>th</sup></b></span></font><b> Information Systems Research Conference in Scandinavia (IRIS 38)</b></div>
<div><font size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;">August 9-12, 2015</span></font></div>
<div><font size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Oulu, Finland</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><b>Important dates</b></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia-Bold" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Submission deadline: </b><font face="Georgia">2.4.2015</font></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia-Bold" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Notification to authors: </b><font face="Georgia">15.5.2015</font></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia-Bold" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Final version due: </b><font face="Georgia">31.5.2015</font></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia-Bold" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Conference Web site:</b><font face="Georgia">
<a href="http://www.iris2015.org">http://www.iris2015.org</a></font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">University of Oulu welcomes you to the 38<font size="1"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><sup>th</sup></span></font> Information Systems Research Conference in Scandinavia
(IRIS38) in Oulu, Finland, August 9-12, 2015. <font face="Calibri">IRIS38 offers a highly interactive environment for doctoral students in Information Systems to network, share ideas, and get high quality feedback on their research.</font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">The conference is organized around working groups: The members of a group read each other’s papers in advance, and the time dedicated to a paper
(45 – 60 minutes) will be mostly used for feedback and discussion in the group. Every author who submits a paper will be automatically assigned to review 2-3 papers. IRIS is not limited to researchers from the Nordic countries: Researchers around the world
are welcome to attend.</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">To attract more senior researchers<font face="Times"> IRIS38 will be organized together with the Sixth Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems
(SCIS 2015), which follows more conventional conference procedures (see <a href="http://www.scis2015.org">
www.scis2015.org</a>). </font><font face="Times New Roman">The two conferences form an entity, and attendees register and can participate in both events.</font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;"><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><b>Paper submission</b></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:5pt;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Papers are limited to 6000 words/15 pages (including references), and they must follow the Springer <a href="http://www.springer.com/series/7911"><font color="blue"><u>LNBIP</u></font></a>
formatting instructions. All papers will be shared on memory sticks to the participants, and selected papers will be published in the <font face="Calibri">AIS eLibrary</font>. The copyright of the papers will remain with the authors. Papers are submitted via
EasyChair: <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iris2015"><font color="blue"><u>https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iris20150</u></font></a>.</span></font></div>
<div><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><b>General Co-Chairs</b></span></font></div>
<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Iivari Netta, University of Oulu, Finland</span></font></div>
<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Kuutti Kari, University of Oulu, Finland</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="5"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><b>Program Chair</b></span></font></div>
<div><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Öörni Anssi, University of Oulu, Finland</span></font></div>
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