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On behalf of the newly formed AIS Special Interest Group on Open Research and Practice (<a href="http://sigopen.org">http://sigopen.org</a>/) we are pleased to remind you of the call to participate in The 2015 Developmental Workshop on Open Research and Practice
in Information Systems to be held on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 (prior to ECIS 2015 in Münster, Germany).</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Workshop Overview</b></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">This full-day workshop will provide a developmental forum for participants to discuss and develop research-in-progress investigating a wide variety of “open” phenomena and practices, such as</font></div>
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> the Peer Production of Knowledge Goods (e.g. open source software, hardware, content and design; the collaborative economy and the sharing society; etc.),</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> Collective Intelligence, Action and Resources (e.g. open innovation; the wisdom/wealth/power of crowds; social media in extreme events; citizen science; volunteer computing; crowdsourcing/funding; etc.),</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> Open Science and Education (e.g. open data/access; publishing and data management conflicts; open teaching and learning; micro-scholarship; open peer-review; etc.)</font></li></ul>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The workshop will focus on small group work, with round-table discussions of thematically linked research-in-progress, and moderated by a member of the workshop’s mentoring committee.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The emphasis will be on focused, pragmatic engagement to support researchers in solving the problems they are presently facing with the work (e.g. theory development, data analysis, communication of results, etc.) There
will also be opportunities for broader discussion amongst the full group of workshop participants.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Workshop Submissions</b></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Prospective participants should:</font></div>
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<li>Submit an extended abstract using the ECIS 2015 template to <a href="mailto:jfeller@afis.ucc.ie">
jfeller@afis.ucc.ie</a> by Feb 15, 2015.</li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The extended abstract should contain the author(s) details, title, extended abstract (500 words maximum) and references (not to exceed 1 page).</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Abstracts will be reviewed and authors will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2015.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Abstracts will be made available online prior to the meeting.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Authors submitting abstracts must grant the non-exclusive right to organizers the right to publish them on the workshop website, but retain full copyright.</font></li></ul>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Important Dates</b></font></div>
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Extended Abstract Submission deadline: Feb 15th, 2015</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Notification of Acceptance: March 15th, 2015</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Workshop Date: May 26, 2015</font></li></ul>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Workshop Organizers:</b></font></div>
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Joseph Feller, University College Cork, IRELAND.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Matt Germonprez, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA</font></li></ul>
<div>Looking forward to hearing from you,</div>
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<div>Joe & Matt</div>
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