Date for workshops and birds-of-a-feather sessions:
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Objective: Present and discuss relevant topics
of interest to the MIS community
Structure: Half day (8 AM -12 PM or 1 PM -
5 PM) or full day (8 AM – 5 PM)
Important Dates:
Deadline for proposal submission: March 3, 2008
Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 14, 2008
Application
Form - Workshop Proposal
Application
Form - Birds-of-a-Feather Session Proposal
We invite proposals for workshops/birds-of-a-feather
sessions under the following three categories:
(i) Academic Workshops
– Workshops that discuss ways to advance research or teaching
in MIS including methodologies related to research or teaching
(e.g., discuss new course offerings, research trends, advanced
methodologies).
Examples of topics:
- Reviewing for MIS Journals
- Grant Writing in Information Systems Research
- Theory Building in MIS Research
- Developing MIS Papers for Practitioner Audiences
- PLS versus LISREL: Which is More Appropriate?
- Active Learning in the University Classroom
- Using Tablet PCs to Enhance Classroom Teaching and Learning
- Bringing Real-World Issues into MIS Classrooms: A Multi-media
Case Study Approach
(ii) Business Workshops
– Workshops that bring relevant concepts and/or products
from industry into academia/curriculum (e.g., curricular implications,
introduce new products or services).
Examples of topics:
- ASP.NET and Web Services: Introducing the Service Oriented
Architecture into MIS Curriculum
- Ubiquitous Commerce (e.g., RFID): Applications and Challenges
- Web 2.0: Overview, Principles, Constituents, and Business
Models
- Logical Partitioning and Strategy for Server Virtualization
- Designing and Teaching Information Security in the MIS curriculum
(iii) Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions
– Informal meet-up where the attendees group together
based on a shared research or teaching interest and participate
in discussions without any pre-planned agenda.
Examples of topics:
- Knowledge Management
- Ubiquitous Computing and Applications
- Privacy and Security in Healthcare
- Open Source Software Development
- IT Outsourcing and Trends
- Teaching in a Distributed Setting: Challenges and Solutions
- Teaching Programming in the MIS Curriculum
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Proposals should be submitted using ManuscriptCentral
online review system (mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2008).
You need to register first, and then act as an author to submit
your proposal as a manuscript.
Please submit your enquiry directly to:
Jane Fedorowicz - jfedorowicz@bentley.edu
Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah - fnah@unlnotes.unl.edu
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