Call for Papers
Theme: Realizing the Digital Enterprise
May 18-20, 2015
Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Important Dates
Submission deadline: February 1, 2015 (**Deadline Extended**)
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: March, 12, 2015
Final Submission due date for accepted papers: March 25, 2015
Early Registration deadline: April 5, 2015
Conference Website: www.conf-irm.org
Submission website: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=18573
The organizing committee invites you to submit your research, teaching cases and proposals for panels and tutorials to Conf-IRM 2015. All conference submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed. The review process will be handled by the track chairs and co-chairs.
Submission Types and Guidelines
Full Length Submissions
Submissions must be no more than 12 pages, including references, appendices and title page. All submissions must follow the submission template specifications. Submissions must be original, and previously unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscripts. Papers that are highly rated by the reviewers will be considered for publications in selected journals. The paper that best represents, in terms of quality and suitability, the theme and ideals of the conference will be awarded the “Best Paper Award” during the conference.
Research-in-Progress Submissions
Submissions of no more than 7 pages. All research-in-progress submissions will be published in the proceedings as short papers.
Teaching Cases
We welcome submissions of teaching cases. The cases should be based on real situations and targeted at specific learning objectives. Cases should be no more than 12 pages and must be accompanied by instructor teaching notes (not included in the 12 pages). The teaching notes will not be published.
Panel and Tutorial Submissions
Submissions of not more than 3 pages: Proposals should include the objectives, topics to be covered and the full details of all presenters. Method of presentation is at the submitter’s discretion; however, the submitter has the responsibility for providing his/her own panel members. All accepted proposals will appear in the conference proceedings.
Important Announcements
- The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is strictly limited to a maximum of two.
- Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per submission) and all panel members and tutorial presenters MUST register AND attend the conference.
- Submissions of ALL TYPES must be received by the above deadlines.
- While the primary language of the conferences is English, papers in French will also be accepted. The ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean track will accept papers in Portuguese and Spanish, as well as English.
- Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety upon payment of registration fees. Papers accepted and presented at the conference will also be placed in the AIS e-Library. Papers not presented at the conference, for any reason, will not be included in the AIS e-Library.
Conference Tracks
Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Data Analytics
Hee Woong Kim, Yonsei University, South Korea (kimhw@yonsei.ac.kr)
Alex Ramirez – Carleton University, Canada (alex.ramirez@carleton.ca)
Sumeet Gupta, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, India (sumeetgupta@iimraipur.ac.in)
Enterprise Systems and Knowledge Management
Pramila Gupta, Australia (pramilag@optusnet.com.au)
Nelly Todorova, University of Canterbury, New Zealand (nelly.todorova@canterbury.ac.nz)
ICT Design, Development and Services Management
Rob Benyon, Rhodes University, South Africa (R.Benyon@ru.ac.za)
Edward Bernroider, WU, Austria (edward.bernroider@wu.ac.at)
Barbara Krumay, WU Vienna, Austria (barbara.krumay@wu.ac.at)
Green IS Strategies and Technologies
Roman Brandtweiner, WU, Austria (Roman.Brandtweiner@wu.ac.at)
Jacqueline Corbett, U. Laval, Canada, (Jacqueline.Corbett@fsa.ulaval.ca)
ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean
Gunjan Mansingh, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica (gunjan.mansingh@uwimona.edu.jm)
Jairo Gutierrez, AUT University, New Zealand (jairo.gutierrez@aut.ac.nz)
Pietro Cunha Dolci, UNISC, Brazil (pcdolci@gmail.com)
Teaching Cases, Panels, and Tutorials
Annette Mills, UC, New Zealand (annette.mills@canterbury.ac.nz)
Felix B Tan, AUT University, New Zealand (felix.tan@aut.ac.nz)
Organizing Committee
Honorary Chair
Izak Benbasat, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, izak.benbasat@sauder.ubc.ca
Conference Co-Chairs
Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada, gerald.grant@carleton.ca
Sherif Kamel, American University – Cairo, Egypt, skamel@aucegypt.edu
Program Co-Chairs
Cesar Alexandre de Souza, University of São Paulo, Brazil, calesou@usp.br
Khaled Hassanein, McMaster University. Canada, hassank@mcmaster.ca
Publications and Proceedings Co-Chair
Lech Janczewski, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, lech@auckland.ac.nz
Conf-IRM Executive Committee
Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada (co-chair)
Jairo Gutierrez, AUT University, New Zealand
- Harindranath, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Felix B. Tan, AUT University, New Zealand (co-chair)
We look forward to your submissions and seeing you in Ottawa, Canada in May 2015!!
Lech J. Janczewski