<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><p>ECIS 2016 CALL FOR TRACKS</p><p>
<span style="font-size:16px;">INFORMATION SYSTEMS AS A GLOBAL GATEWAY - 12-15 JUNE 2016 IN BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY, ISTANBUL-TURKEY<br>
24<sup>th</sup> EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS</span></p><p><a href="http://www.ecis2016.eu/en/Call-For-Tracks.html">http://www.ecis2016.eu/en/Call-For-Tracks.html</a> </p><p>The aim of the ECIS 2016 is to present and debate current research
issues related to information systems. The theme of the conference:
"Information Systems as a Global Gateway” reflects that information
systems are electronic environments that get things, people,
organizations, countries and societies connected. In this way,
information systems could be seen as the modern virtual counterpart to
the host city of Istanbul, which is located at the gateway between
Europe and the Middle East and Asia. Istanbul is a city that has linked
people, cultures and civilizations over several millennia.</p>
<p><strong>Topics for Track Proposals</strong></p>
<p>Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):</p>
<ul>
<li>Big Data, Business Analytics and Decision Support</li>
<li>Business Process Modeling</li>
<li>Cloud Computing</li>
<li>Culture and IS</li>
<li>Digital Convergence of Commerce</li>
<li>Digital Media Transformation</li>
<li>Digital Services</li>
<li>Digitalization of Public Sector and Digital Health</li>
<li>Digitally enabled Business Models and Entrepreneurship</li>
<li>Diversity</li>
<li>Economics and Information Systems</li>
<li>Enterprise Content Management</li>
<li>Enterprise Systems</li>
<li>Green/Sustainable IS</li>
<li>Human-Computer Interaction</li>
<li>IS Adoption and Diffusion</li>
<li>IS Design and Artifacts</li>
<li>IS Development</li>
<li>IS Governance</li>
<li>IS Teaching Cases</li>
<li>Openness and IT</li>
<li>Project Management</li>
<li>Research Methods and Philosophy</li>
<li>Security and Privacy</li>
<li>Supply Chain Management</li>
<li>Theory Development and Theorizing</li>
<li>Emerging Topics</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Track Co-Chair Responsibilities</strong></p>
<p>We cordially invite fellow researchers to propose tracks on their
particular field of interest. There should be two/three co-chairs in
each track and one of the co-chairs should be designated as the primary
contact person. The responsibilities of the co-chairs will be to:</p>
<ol>
<li>Liaise with the program chairs on all matters that concern ECIS 2016</li>
<li>Promote the track and take sufficient measures to ensure an adequate number of submissions</li>
<li>Organize a peer review cycle for the papers submitted to your
track, assisted by a set of (at least 15) track associate editors
(AEs). Track co-chairs will nominate track associate editors for the
reviewing process, and they will assure that each paper will receive
two/three high quality reviews.</li>
<li>Propose to the program chairs those papers that will eventually be accepted for inclusion into the conference program </li>
<li>Nominate papers for the best paper award</li>
<li>Personally (at least one of the track co-chairs should) attend
ECIS 2016 and serve as session chair in the proposed track session(s)</li>
<li>Summarize the key insights presented at your track and submit to the program chairs at the end of the conference </li>
<li>Abstain from submitting to your own track.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Structure of Track proposals</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ecis2016.eu/files/downloads/Template_Track_Proposal_ECIS2016.doc">Please use the attached template for track proposal.</a></p>
<p><strong>Evaluation of Track proposals</strong></p>
<p>Each proposal will be evaluated by the program chairs in cooperation
with the research and research in progress chairs. Decisions will be
based on (a) the overall merit of the proposal, (b) the significance of
the subject covered, (c) the profile and diversity of the track team. </p>
<p> The program chairs will select tracks with the objective being to
(a) balance the more traditional IS topics with emerging topics, and
(b) to support diversity of chairs and AEs in gender, experience, and
geographical background. If needed, track proposals might be merged in
order to obtain the best possible coverage of topics and the best mix
of track chairs.</p>
<p> Evaluations of best paper award nominates will be carried out by the program chairs.</p>
<p><strong>Submissions</strong></p>
<p>Track proposals should be e-mailed to <a href="mailto:track-proposals@ecis2016.eu">track-proposals@ecis2016.eu</a> as soon as possible but <span style="color:#F00;"><strong>no later than March 6th, 2015</strong></span>. Notifications of acceptance or rejection of proposed tracks will be sent out in April 27th, 2015.</p>
<p> Please once again note that in order to ensure interesting and a
sufficiently extensive range of tracks, the ECIS 2016 Program Chairs
might approach you with a suggestion to modify your track proposal. In
case there are proposals for identical or similar topics, the program
co-chairs might ask you to consider joining forces with another group.
Track proposals that do not meet the criteria can be directly rejected
by the program chairs.</p>
<p> We look forward to receiving your ECIS 2016 track proposals!</p>
<p> On behalf of the ECIS 2016 team</p>
<p> Program Chairs</p>
<ul>
<li>Meltem Özturan (Boğaziçi University, Department of Management
Information Systems, Director of Information Systems Research Center,
İstanbul, Turkey) </li>
<li>Matti Rossi (Aalto University, School of Business, Department of Information and Service Economy, Helsinki, Finland)</li>
<li>Daniel Veit (University of Augsburg, Faculty of Business and
Economics, Chair of Information Systems and Management, Augsburg,
Germany)</li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">--</span></div></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Prof. Dr. Daniel Veit</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Chair of Information Systems and Management</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Augsburg, Germany</font></font></div><div>www.wiwi.uni-augsburg.de/en/bwl/veit/team/veit</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Visiting Professor, Department of IT Management</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Copenhagen Business School, Denmark</font></font></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>