[AISWorld] African IS Paper Development Workshop - [Pre-ECIS 2020) June 13th (1pm – 6pm)

[Abayomi Baiyere]

We invite scholars (PhD Students and Academics) who are resident in Africa to this inaugural paper development workshop. The workshop is targeted at developing IS scholarship on the continent. Specifically, the workshop is a platform for IS scholars in the African continent to come with their work and get feedback from highly established scholars and journal editors in the field. The focus of the feedback is primarily to give guidance and direction on how to develop the papers for publication in the top international IS journals. The idea is to enable a vibrant IS community that stimulates and encourages scholars on the continent to have a voice and contribute to the advancement of IS scholarship internationally. While we encourage papers developed by African IS scholars residing in Africa, we welcome submissions developed in collaboration with other IS scholars across the globe. The event is planned as a pre-ECIS workshop taking place on June 13th from 1pm-6pm. See https://ecis2020.ma/workshops-and-ancillary-meetings/. Kindly forward this call to potential participants that may be interested.

*Submission Instructions
To take part in this inaugural workshop, interested participants are required to submit their work that they intend to develop further into a journal article.
•       Submit an extended abstract of the paper for which feedback is sought to ayaburi at utrgv.edu<mailto:emmanuel.ayaburi at utrgv.edu>
•       The abstract should be a maximum of 5-pages single-space (excluding references)
•       Include a cover page that clearly indicates the Name and African Affiliation of the Author(s)
•       Deadline: March 31st, 2020

*Format
The workshop will feature roundtable discussion of submitted papers with assigned editors/mentors. Furthermore, we plan one or more panel sessions to foster and encourage community building and continuity of this initiative.

*Funding Opportunities
The organizers of ECIS have provided funding for up to 10 participants to attend the workshop. This fund covers registration and accommodation costs to attend the conference. For more instructions, please see the funding information page. Additional funding opportunities are being discussed.

*Editors
Frantz Rowe (EJIS)
Dorothy Leidner (JAIS)
Alok Gupta (ISR)
Dov Te’eni (EJIS)
Robert Davison (ISJ)
Raghav Rao (ISF)
Gabriele Picoli (MISQE)
Sajda Qureshi (ITD)
*Mentors
Ali Elquammah
John Effah
Amany Elbanna
Olayinka David-West
Samuel Fosso Wamba
Lisa Seymour
*Note: More will be added and the list updated accordingly.

*Program Committee Members
Abayomi Baiyere aba.digi at cbs.dk<mailto:aba.digi at cbs.dk>
Emmanuel Ayaburi emmanuel.ayaburi at utrgv.edu<mailto:emmanuel.ayaburi at utrgv.edu>
Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo francis.andohbaidoo at utrgv.edu<mailto:francis.andohbaidoo at utrgv.edu>
Kirstin Krauss  kirstin.krauss at gmail.com<mailto:kirstin.krauss at gmail.com>
Caroline Khene   c.khene at ru.ac.za<mailto:c.khene at ru.ac.za>
Isam Faik disif at nus.edu.sg<mailto:disif at nus.edu.sg>
Redouane El Amrani relamrani at audencia.com<mailto:relamrani at audencia.com>


Abayomi Baiyere
Assistant Professor

Department of Digitalization
Copenhagen Business School - CBS
Howitzvej 60, 3.18 | 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Tel: +45 4185 2611 | +358 503 290 991
Mail: aba.digi at cbs.dk<mailto:aba.digi at cbs.dk>  | Web: www.cbs.dk/en/staff/abadigi<http://www.cbs.dk/en/staff/abadigi>