Doctoral Consortium

July 3 – 4, 2008

USTC/CityU Joint Research Center in the Suzhou Industrial Park

The PACIS 2008 Doctoral Committee invites each university to nominate one candidate for the doctorial consortium. PhD students, who are currently working on Information Systems dissertation/thesis and have defended their dissertation/thesis proposals before June 2008 are eligible for nomination.

Co-chairs

Call for Nominations

The Pacific Conference on Information Systems invites nominations for the Doctoral Consortium to be held in Suzhou, China prior to PACIS 2008.  The Consortium will begin in the afternoon of Thursday, July 3^rd, and end at 6pm on Friday, July 4^th, 2008. The Consortium provides doctoral students working on their dissertation research with an opportunity to share and develop their research ideas, explore issues related to academic and research careers in the Information Systems field and build relationships with other PhD students from the region.

A number of prominent faculties have already been invited and accepted invitations to the PACIS Doctoral Consortium. All these faculties are well connected to the top journals in the field.

This means that PhD students will receive high quality feedback and support for their academic work, and also have the opportunity of networking with senior academics. This Doctoral Consortium will be a significant event for emerging IS researchers in our region.

Eligibility

PhD students currently working on Information Systems dissertation/thesis, and have defended their dissertation/thesis proposals before June 2008 are eligible for nomination. Ideal candidates should have chosen their theoretical approach and started their empirical work, but have at least six months work remaining (at the time of the Consortium) before they expect to complete their dissertation.

The language of the Consortium is English, and nominated candidates must have sufficient proficiency in English to participate in the academic discussions of the Consortium.

Nomination and Selection Process

Students must be nominated by an IS faculty member/academic. The nomination should comprise:

◆  A nomination letter from the nominating faculty member certifying that that the candidate is the sole nominee from the university/institution, and that the candidate meets the eligibility criteria mentioned above. The nominating faculty member should be the director of the IS doctoral program, the IS department’s chairperson, or the candidate’s thesis/dissertation advisor.

◆  A Nomination Information sheet stating the title of the dissertation, information on the nominee and nominating faculty member. To get the Nomination Information Sheet for nominating a student for the doctoral consortium, click here.

◆  A short paper of 2000 words, summarizing the student’s dissertation proposal. This paper should provide the research question, a justification of why and to whom the research is important, a brief literature review, the theoretical basis for the work, research model and hypotheses (if applicable), and a description of the research design.

Nomination deadline: Sunday, 30^th March, 2008.  

Please submit your nomination document via the on-line submission system. The nomination document should be in three parts, consisting of the nomination letter, nomination information sheet, and short paper.

To submit,

1   Zip the three parts (nomination letter, nomination information sheet, and short paper) into a zipped file.

2   In the online submission system, select <Doctoral Consortium> from among the various tracks of the conference.

3   Attach and submit the zipped file.

Please email any enquiries to:

Choon Ling Sia (iscl@cityu.edu.hk)

Doug Vogel (isdoug@cityu.edu.hk)

Selection is competitive with a maximum of 15 participants. A panel of Consortium faculty will assess the submitted proposals. Participants will be selected based on the quality of the research, the contribution the student may make to the Consortium, and the potential benefit of the Consortium to the student’s research. The Consortium will include a balanced mix of students representing diverse research topics, methods, schools and cultures.

Important Dates