[AISWorld] Call for Papers: MCIS 2011 "Information Systems Policy and Practice in the Mediterranean Region" Track

[Pericles Loucopoulos]

 The 6th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems MCIS2011 

Limassol, Cyprus, September 3-5, 2011

 www.mcis2011.org

CALL FOR PAPERS 

TRACK: Information Systems Policy and Practice in the Mediterranean Region

Scope and theme

This track is intended to explore policy action through which various institutions of contemporary governance seek to promote ICT, to achieve specific socio-economic changes, or to address undesirable effects of ICT diffusion in contemporary society.

We welcome the following types of contributions:

A. Theoretical papers on policy action regarding ICT and socio-economic change, such as on globalization, the post-industrial society, the information society, etc. We are interested in papers examining why information and communication technologies require policy by national and international institutions and necessitate the active involvement of the civil society.

B. Analyses of the social consequences of specific areas of ICT policy, such as policies for the diffusion of ICT innovation and economic change, and policies for the ‘information society’. In other words, we are interested in papers examining what courses of policy action are undertaken and with what social and economic effects. This includes papers dealing with the following:

·       Social, political and ethical analyses of major areas of action and government intervention that have so far comprised ICT policy in various countries and regions - such as the promotion of competitive national ICT industries, or telecommunications regulation.
·       Potential risks posed in civil life by the spread of new technologies and the legal measures available for protection against these risks. Areas of relevant policy include: Privacy; Security; Intellectual property rights; Governance of the internet; Policies for digital inclusion; e-democracy; Policy in the action-areas of various government institutions, such as education, health, labour, security, defence, and finance, as well as the action areas of NGOs.
 
C. Assessment of specific cases of ICT-related policy. We are interested in papers that examine the effects of particular policy initiatives, including the following:
·       Case studies of national and regional ICT policy initiatives and their social effects
·       Industrial and institutional change policies
·       National systems of innovation
·       International collaborative policies, such as the EU R&D programmes
·       Comparisons of national or regional ICT polices and their effects
·       Analyses of WSIS proposals and action
·       The debate on the internet governance
·       Legal measures for addressing undesirable effects; codes of ethics
·       Human resources and capability building policies
·       Mechanisms for professionalism, such as certification, accreditation, continuing education, licensing.
·       Mechanisms for coping with the complexity and dubious quality of circulated ‘information’
 Submissions

Papers must be submitted electronically at

https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=mcis2011)

Types of submissions
We welcome contributions such as:

Traditional research papers (5000 – 8000 words ),
Work in progress paper (2000 – 3000 words) reporting on ongoing research;
Panel proposals (3-5 members).
Important dates 
Submission Deadline: May 2nd 2011

Notification Deadline: June 15th 2011

Camera Ready Submission: July 1st 2011

Early Bird & Authors’ Registration: July 1st 2011

 

Track Programme Committee chairs:

Chrisanthi Avgerou, London School of Economics

Pericles Loucopoulos, Loughborough University

 

Track Programme Committee

Demetris

Boucas

London School of Economics

Ioanna

Chini

London School of Economics

Rebecca

Deneckere

University of Paris-I

Amany

Elbanna

Loughborough University

Yola

Georgiadou

University of Twente

Niall

Hayes

Lancaster University

Vagelio

Kavakli

University of the Aegean

Gianluca

Miscione

University of Twente

Selmin

Nurcan

University of Paris-I

Ilias

Petrounias

University of Manchester

Angeliki

Poulymenakou

Athens University of Economics and Business

Fadi

Salem

Dubai School of Government

Camille

Salinesi

University of Paris-I

Babis

Theodoulidis

University of Manchester

Panayota

Tsatsou

University of Swansea

Prodromos

Tsiavos

London School of Economics



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Pericles Loucopoulos
Professor of Information Systems
Management Science and Information Systems Group
School of Business and Economics
Loughborough University
Loughborough, LE11 3TU
United Kingdom
 
Tel: +44 (0)1509 22 8273
Fax: +44 (0)1509 22 3962
email: p.loucopoulos at lboro.ac.uk
web: http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~bspl

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