[AISWorld] CFP: Pre-ICIS 2022 workshop on SOCIAL INCLUSION: Digitization and Emergent Technologies Issues

[Ibtissam Zaza]

SOCIAL INCLUSION: Digitization and Emergent Technologies Issues

Date: Saturday, December 10th, 2022

In the 2022 ICIS research workshop, SIGSI explores the adoption and use of emergent technologies and the possible DEI and ethical issues that come with digitization. While IS is fast-evolving, so are concerns about the dark side of these technologies, especially when it comes to inclusion and ethical considerations of individuals. Consequently, we must understand the role of information systems in individuals' and groups' interaction and use of these technologies.

We invite submission of research ideas, extended abstracts, research-in-progress, and full papers related to the workshop theme of social inclusion concerns regarding digitization and emergent technologies. In addition, we welcome relevant theoretical, empirical, and intervention submissions that relate to the mission of the AIS Special Interest Group on Social Inclusion (SIGSI). SIGSI promotes research, pedagogy, and outreach on all aspects of social inclusion in the field of Information Systems (IS). The goals of such efforts are to stimulate greater diversity of thoughts and people in AIS and the IS field overall, and participation of all our members in a more socially-aware and inclusive discipline.

Relevant research topics include: the role of social inclusion in facilitating innovation across boundaries, how to design IS and innovation ecosystems based on social inclusion principles; the gender gap in the IS field; gender minorities, inclusion of the differently-abled, inclusion of neurodiversity in IT, intersectionality of identities (such as ethnicity, gender and socio-economic class), socioeconomic divisions that impact access to or use of technology, digital inclusion, under-served groups, and a range of topics related to human diversity, and the "haves" and "have nots" in interconnected digital environments.

Submitted research can be conceptual, analytical, design-oriented, or empirical. The workshop will include discussions of submitted work.

*** Instructions for Contributors ***
We welcome:
* Completed research papers (10 pages)
* Research-in-progress papers (5 pages)
* Extended abstracts (2 pages)
* Research ideas (1 page)

All submissions will be reviewed. Papers should not have been published previously in proceedings or journals or concurrently under review elsewhere; however, the workshop's general aim is that accepted papers will subsequently be submitted to high-quality outlets.

*** Important Dates ***

Submissions Deadline: Sunday, October 2nd, 2022 Notification of acceptance or rejection: Sunday, October 23rd, 2022

Author registration deadline: November 13, 2022 (At least one author must register and attend the workshop to present, if the work is accepted).

***Instructions for Submissions***

Papers should be submitted electronically to:  sam.zaza at mtsu.edu<mailto:sam.zaza at mtsu.edu> with a subject line: Submission to ICIS 2022 SIGSI

Submission filename should include the first author's last name e.g., Zaza-SIGSI2022.PDF. In the case of multiple submissions, add a number to the last name e.g., Zaza2-SIGSI2022.PDF. Questions regarding submissions should be directed to Sam Zaza at sam.zaza at mtsu.edu<mailto:sam.zaza at mtsu.edu>.


Papers should be formatted in accordance with the ICIS 2022 template and submitted in MS Word format. All submissions should have a cover page that includes the paper title, submission type, authors' names, affiliations, and email addresses. The main body of the paper should have a title but no author names. Completed research and research-in-progress papers should include abstracts of no more than 150 words in the main body of the paper.

Page limitations include title, text, tables, figures, and appendices. Page limitations do not include the cover page, abstract, and references.



***Registration***

Register for the workshop through the ICIS website:

Workshop Registration Fees (in US Dollars) - Might change to align with ICIS timeframe which opens 9/30/2022

Early                Reg.                          On-site

                       By Nov 2        Nov 2 - Nov 24     Nov 25 & After
AIS Member                        $75                  $85                           $100
AIS Student                         $25                  $30                           $35
AIS Professional                   $100                $110                         $125
Non-AIS                               $100                $110                         $125



The Workshop Committee encourages a paper-less event. In line with this, the presentation files, abstracts of papers, and research papers shared by the author(s) will be compiled and shared with registrants via a shared Google folder. Author(s) retain copyright. The registration fee is inclusive of lunch and coffee/tea.


***Workshop Committee***

For information on SIGSI and the SIGSI research workshop, please contact the 2022 workshop committee: Sam Zaza sam.zaza at mtsu.edu<mailto:sam.zaza at mtsu.edu>; Amy Connolly conno3aj at jmu.edu<mailto:conno3aj at jmu.edu>; Hala Annabi, hpannabi at uw.edu<mailto:hpannabi at uw.edu>; Elizabeth White Baker bakerew at vcu.edu<mailto:bakerew at vcu.edu>; Windeler, Jaime windeljb at ucmail.uc.edu<mailto:windeljb at ucmail.uc.edu>.


Sam Zaza, PhD
President of SIG Social Inclusion