<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">UKAIS
2015 </span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">20^th Annual Conference</span></b></font></div><p></p><div style="text-align:left"><b style="text-align:center"><font size="4"></font></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></font></b></p><div style="text-align:left"><b><font size="4"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">PhD & Professional Doctorate Consortium</span></b></font></b></div><b><font size="4"></font></b><p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:12pt"><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Monday 16 March, Oxford, UK</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></b></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:12pt"><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Chairs:
</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dr Robert Campbell
and Dr Diana Limburg<b></b></span></font></p>

<p class="" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:12pt"><font size="4"><b><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Keynote</span></b><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: </span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">To be Confirmed</span><span class=""><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(74,74,74);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span></span></font><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<h2>Call for Contributions:</h2>

<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Consortium is
intended for researchers undertaking a PhD or Professional Doctorate in keeping
with the main themes of the conference. Researchers may present work at any
stage. The consortium aims to provide: </span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">An
opportunity for small group, in-depth discussions which focus on participants’
research issues, around both the object and method of the research;</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Understanding
of work in progress experienced by other researchers active at PhD level; </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Identification
of other research related to the participant's interests. </span><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">We invite PhD and
professional doctorate students to submit a 500-1,000 word abstract summarising
the aims, methods and relevancy of the research topic by 20th February to </span><a href="mailto:UKAIS2015@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">UKAIS2015@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">,
with the subject heading ‘<i>UKAIS PhD
Consortium</i>’.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">
</span></p>

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<h3 style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Facilitators</span></u></h3>

<h3 style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Session facilitators will include leading IS
academics from the UK and UKAIS Board members. Please see </span><a href="http://www.ukais.org/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">http://www.ukais.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"> for a listing of the previous association Board
members.</span></h3>

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<h3 style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Preliminary
Consortium Programme: </span></u></h3>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Keynote
speaker</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4-5
Student presentations per group of 15 minutes each and discussion of 45 minutes
for each presentation. Please note that you are required to actively
participate for the full day. </span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
cost of the PhD consortium, including evening dinner and student accommodation
on the 16^th of March, will be approximately £175. Group discounts
are available. Full booking details will be posted on the UKAIS 2015 Conference
website.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You
are encouraged to attend the full UKAIS conference – a discount is available.</span></p>

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<h3 style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Testimonials
from previous PhD Consortium participants:</span></u></h3>

<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p class="" style="margin-left:18pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i style><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">‘The PhD Consortium was
excellent. The format is perfect – it allows full interaction between the
student and the facilitator’</span></i></p><p class="" style="margin-left:18pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">‘The consortium was really worthwhile
attending. The facilitators are all well respected academics and to be able to
discuss my PhD research in such a relaxed environment in Oxford has been
wonderful’</span></i></p><p class="" style="margin-left:18pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">‘A great balance between academic
discussion and social conversation – well worth attending’</span></i></p></blockquote><p class="" style="margin-left:18pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><u style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Important
Dates for your diary:</b></span></u><br></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Submission Date for abstract:
Midnight GMT – Friday 20^th February 2015.</span></h3>

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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">PhD & Professional Doctorates
Consortium: Monday 16^th March 2015.</span></h3><div><br></div>
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