[AISWorld] CALL FOR PAPERS: NEAIS ‘20 - Northeast AIS 2020 CONFERENCE - Boston, USA

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CALL FOR PAPERS: NEAIS ‘20 - Northeast AIS 2020 CONFERENCE
Friday, May 29th, 2020 Suffolk University, Boston, MA

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  MARCH 27, 2020

NEAIS 2020 seeks to enhance knowledge sharing and community building among IS scholars in the Northeast. We invite submissions reflecting a plurality of perspectives on the discipline, particularly those relevant to the conference theme Role of Technology in Healthcare. The Northeast United States Association for Information Systems (NEAIS) is a chapter of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) serving members of AIS in the Northeastern United States. We welcome submissions from all IS scholars and especially encourage submissions from those in the Northeast region. This is our 3rd Conference in greater Boston area.

The conference will include several presentation sessions, invited keynote speakers, and panel sessions.  There will be speakers from academia and industry from across the Northeast region and beyond. Students are also encouraged to submit their papers in conjunction with their advisors and present them at the conference.

Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings provided that at least one author registers for and presents at the conference. High-quality papers will be nominated for the best paper award and fast-tracked to participating journals.

Submissions may be in the form of one or more of the following: Completed research papers, research-in-progress papers, case studies, or proposals for panel discussions. Submissions will receive reviewer feedback.

Submit your paper on or before March 27th, 2020 via the EasyChair system.  Submissions should be in MS Word or PDF format. The submission template is available from here.

Completed Research: Completed research papers should be no more than 2,500 words, including all materials and sections such as figures, tables, and references.

Research-in-Progress: Research-in-progress proposals (abstracts) or a summary of tentative results of the study to date of 500-1000 words.

Panel Submissions: Individuals interested in conducting a panel dealing with technological, managerial, professional, teaching, societal, national or international issues of information technology management are invited to submit a 500-1000-word proposal covering the objectives, issues to be covered, and the names and email addresses of the panelists.

Potential Topics: Research-in-progress and panel proposals are invited in the following areas (but not limited to them):
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  *   Accounting information systems
  *   Adoption and diffusion
  *   Artificial intelligence
  *   Business intelligence
  *   Business process design and management
  *   Community, development, and social informatics
  *   Data and information management
  *   Data quality
  *   Data warehousing
  *   Decision support systems
  *   Design science
  *   Digital Innovation
  *   e-Business and e-Commerce
  *   e-Government
  *   Economics of IS/IT
  *   Ethical issues in IS
  *   IS education, curriculum, and teaching cases
  *   Global IS/IT/outsourcing
  *   Green computing and sustainability
  *   History of IS/IT
  *   Health informatics
  *   Information policy
  *  Information security, assurance, and privacy
  *   Interaction design
  *   IS philosophy
  *   IT service management
  *   Knowledge management
  *   Project management
  *   Research methods in IS/IT
  *   Sharing Economy
  *   Social computing
  *   Socio-technical issues and social inclusion
  *   Strategic IS/IT management
  *   Systems development
  *   User experience and usability
  *   Virtual communities and collaboration
  * Other IS/IT topics of interest to the discipline
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Important dates
Submission deadline: March 27, 2020
Decision to Authors:  April 27, 2020
Camera Ready Copy Due: May 11, 2020


Submission Link:   https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=neais2020

The Annual Northeast Association for Information Systems Conference (NEAIS 2020) will be hosted at Suffolk University. Suffolk University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located in downtown Boston. Founded in 1906, the University offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree programs in its Law School, College of Arts & Sciences, and Sawyer Business School.  Serving over 7,300 students, Suffolk University is committed to providing students with experiential and transformational learning opportunities that begin in the center of Boston, reach across the globe, and lead to extraordinary outcomes for our graduates.


Conference Committees

Conference Planning and Venue Selection (Conference Committee)
- David Murungi (Chair), Chrisy Yao, Ken Hung, Yang Lee, Julie Zhang, Ermira Zifla

For more info please send email to either:
Murungi, David <DMURUNGI at bentley.edu> or
Yuzhu Li <yuzhu.li at umassd.edu>