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Conference Tracks
The conference welcomes conceptual and empirical research
papers that focus on the state-of-the-art thinking and
developments in the following tracks:
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Theme Papers –
Leveraging ICT for Resilient Organizations and
Sustainable Growth in Asia-Pacific Region
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Decision, Collaborative and Social Technologies
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Electronic Waste Management and Environmental
Sustainability
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ICT
and Healthcare
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ICT
and Knowledge Management
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Electronic Government
& Electronic Business (Digital Commerce)
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ICT Adoption and Diffusion
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ICT Education and Curriculum
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ICT Security and Privacy Issues
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ICT Leadership, Strategy, and Management
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Social, Behavioral and Cultural Issues of ICT
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ICT Development and Implementation
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Global ICT Issues and ICT Governance
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Human Computer Interaction
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Economics of ICT
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General
Track
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Panels and Tutorials
For the first time, the conference also
invites outstanding research papers and panel proposals that
are written in Chinese for submission to the
Chinese-Language Track, regardless of the topic covered:
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Chinese-Language Track
Each conference
participant is expected to present at most one paper.
Detailed Track Information
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Tracks |
Decision, Collaborative & Social Technologies |
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Co-Chairs |
Hung, Shin-Yuan National
Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Wagner, Christian City
University of Hong Kong, P.R. China |
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Description |
This track encompasses research on the use of
information technology for assisting human
decision-making, facilitating collaboration, and
understanding the impact of open source. It seeks
answers to the following questions:
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How may
technologies be used to aid people to achieve
better decision and collaboration outcomes?
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What is the
influence of technology on individual and
collaborative decision-making?
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How may the
appropriateness of various decision and
collaborative technologies be assessed and
evaluated?
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How are open
source issues relating to usability, licensing,
projects, legal, ethics, addressed?
This track would include papers dealing with
these and other questions. In particular, it
welcomes papers that focus on application of these
technologies or illuminate the linkages between
these technologies and their impact.
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Tracks |
Electronic Waste Management and Environmental
Sustainability |
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Co-Chairs |
Elliot, Steve The
University of Sydney, Australia
Hasan,
Syed E. University of Missouri, USA |
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Description |
Currently there is little awareness and information
about the scope and magnitude of the problem
internationally. European studies identify discarded
ICT hardware (including computers, monitors,
printers and telephones) as the fastest growing
category of solid waste. An estimated two-thirds of
PCs are thrown into landfill sites within five years
of purchase. Hazardous chemicals leaching from this
e-waste include toxic heavy metals such as
beryllium, cadmium, lead and mercury and hazardous
chemicals like brominated flame retardants and PVC
plastic. The high level of electricity required to
power and cool electronic equipment in data centres
also adds to environmental problems since power
generation is a major contributor of greenhouse
gases. A recent industry report identifies both the
problems and the business opportunities for
Environmentally Sustainable IT (Gartner, 2007).
This issue is global in nature but has particular
relevance to PACIS - "Four million personal
computers are discarded every year in China. In
India e-waste worth US$1,500 million was generated
in 2003. Disposal of e-waste is a serious problem,
because it often contains toxic substances such as
mercury, cadmium and lead which contaminate the
environment and pose a danger to human health. It is
often buried in landfills, where pollutants can
leach into soils and groundwater, or burned in
incinerators forming dangerous compounds." (UNEP GEO
Year Book 2004).
This track aims to encourage researchers to explore
this important research issue from multiple
disciplines perspectives.
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Tracks |
ICT and Healthcare |
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Co-Chairs |
Land, Lesley University of
New South Wales, Australia
Poon,
Simon The University of Sydney, Australia |
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Description |
E-Health Innovations for Improving Health –
Implementation, Evaluation, Adoption and Diffusion
Issues
Health is a complex domain involving many diverse
stakeholders (e.g. consumers of health information,
medical professionals and trainees, policy makers,
sponsors and agents). E-health exploits the power of
ICT to improve health at all levels. The problems
are wide ranging and success is not automatic. This
track embraces research addressing a wide range of
multi-disciplinary perspectives in the E-health
domain. Research papers appropriate for this track
include but is not limited to the following:
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Evaluation
of E-health technologies
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Use
and adoption/diffusion of e-health systems at
different levels
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Implementation
issues for E-health systems
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E-learning
for supporting E-health initiatives or the
education of health professionals
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Value
of investments and benefits for E-health
initiatives
With increasing
focus on the practice of medicine that is
evidence-based, patient-centred, safety-centred, the
need for on-demand response to critical situations
(e.g. disasters and pandemics), and the need for
systems that integrate well with the work practices
of health professionals, submissions sensitive to
these issues will be welcomed. Theoretical papers
are welcomed but they should be substantiated with
some empirical evidence.
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Tracks |
ICT and
Knowledge Management |
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Co-Chairs |
Boh, Wai Fong Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore
Pan,
Shan Ling National University of Singapore,
Singapore |
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Description |
Organizations are increasingly viewing knowledge as
an important and strategic asset to be managed
within the organization. Knowledge management (KM)
practices, which include organizational practices,
processes, and technologies deployed by
organizations, help organizations to create,
capture, share and leverage on knowledge capital
embedded in individuals, groups and organizations.
We welcome papers that provide insights on the
management of knowledge in organizations and the
enabling role of information systems.
Possible topics
include (but are not limited to):
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IT
outsourcing and KM
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Design,
development and use of IS to support KM
activities
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Knowledge
transfer and sharing in organizations and in
distributed contexts
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Implications
of virtual teams and communities on KM
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Development
of communities of practice
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Cross-cultural
issues affecting KM
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Management
of knowledge workers
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The
development of social networks for capturing and
sharing knowledge
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Theoretical
developments in KM research
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The
impact of KM and KM systems on individual,
group, and organizational performance
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Enablers
and barriers to KM
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Tracks |
Electronic Government & Electronic Business (Digital
Commerce) |
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Co-Chairs |
Hu, Qing Florida
Atlantic University, USA
Liu,
Chang Northern Illinois University, USA |
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Description |
Digital and mobile commerce are becoming
increasingly diffuse in diverse social, economic and
cultural contexts. As a result, we are now seeing
many unanticipated ethical impacts and implications.
This track welcomes research papers and case studies
that examine the role of digital and mobile commerce
in diverse organisational, government, business and
community settings. Papers may address issues in
business to business, business to consumer,
government to citizen, and government to business
mobile and digital commerce application and use. In
particular, papers submitted to this track should
focus on the organisational, governmental, or
societal perspectives and implications of mobile and
digital commerce, rather than individual adoption
and use of these technologies.
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Tracks |
ICT Adoption
and Diffusion |
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Co-Chairs |
Yen, David Miami
University, Ohio, USA
Ke,
Weiling Clarkson University, USA |
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Description |
The track
explores various issues that enhance the adoption
and diffusion of various types of IS, including
traditional systems as well as e-commerce systems (e.g., business-to-consumer
(B2C), consumer-to-consumer (C2C),
government-to-consumer (G2C)). Please note that this
track examines IS adoption and diffusion at the
individual user level. Papers focusing on other
levels (such as organisational or societal) should
be submitted to other tracks.
Although
much research has been done on IS adoption and
diffusion, the advent of new technologies raises the
issue of whether previous research findings are also
applicable to various new and diverse technologies.
Also the challenges associated with adoption and
diffusion may be similar in some ways, yet different
in other ways for different types of
IS. These challenges clearly highlight the need for
effective strategies to support the adoption and
diffusion of IS.
This
track welcomes both empirical and conceptual papers
that provide new insights into IS adoption and
diffusion as well as set an agenda for future
research in this area. Specificially, topics may
include (but not limited) to the following:
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Issues
and challenges in IS adoption and diffusion
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Usage
and post-adoption behavior
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Theories
and concepts in IS adoption and diffusion
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Strategies
in IS adoption and diffusion
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IS
success factors
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Tracks |
ICT Education
and Curriculum |
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Co-Chairs |
D’Ambra, John University of
New South Wales, Australia
Quan,
Jim Salisbury University, USA |
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Description |
This
track provides a forum for educators, researchers
and practitioners to share their ideas, knowledge,
experiences, and applications in information Systems
and Technology education, which may span the
complete spectrum from primary school education
through to tertiary education and life-long
learning.
Topics of
interest to this track include:
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curriculum
design and implementation for IS majors and service
learning
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development
and evaluation of innovative teaching approaches
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new
uses of non-lecture techniques in IS teaching
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distance
education strategies and technologies
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web-based
teaching and learning
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learning
methodologies
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multi-media
teaching
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content
delivery
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case
method of teaching
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knowledge
transfer
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learning
assessment
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integrating
ethical issues across IS curricula and courses
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including
teamwork and team management in the learning
experience
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impact
of emerging information technologies and trends on
IS curricula among others.
Papers
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Tracks |
ICT
Security and Privacy Issues |
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Co-Chairs |
Du, Timon
Chinese University of Hong Kong, P.R. China
Xu,
Yunjie National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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Description |
The track deals with two main
subjects: information systems security and Privacy
Issues, covering both guided and wireless
communications of voice, data, images and video and
their impact on the organizations in which they are
used. The track aims to address the key issues for
utilizing Internet-based communications and the
increasing importance of security in networked
environments. The topics that will be addressed
include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Socio-technical
aspects of IS Security
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Legal
and regulatory aspects of security
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Access
control in different organizational forms
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Network
security issues, concerns and challenges
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Security
issues in ubiquitous and pervasive computing
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Authentication
and authorization protocols Internet-based systems
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Privacy-enhancing
technologies
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Privacy,
trust and policy issues of Internet Technologies
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Organizational
and cultural aspects of Internet technology adoption
and security
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Strategic
use of Internet technologies
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Internet
technologies, outsourcing and implications for
security
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The
role of Internet technologies on Business Process
Re-Engineering and implications for security
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Cross-border
network-based information systems
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Network
pricing issues and strategies
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Design
and performance evaluation of new network
application and systems
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Telecommunication
issues related to organizations and individuals
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Adoption
and diffusion of Internet networking technologies
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Organizational
impact of e-commerce connectivity
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Use
of distributed services (web services/DCOM/CORBA)
and their security implications
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Internet-based
telecommuting and remote access
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Quality
of Service issues associated with Internet-based
systems
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Designing,
deploying and using networked systems in specialized
sectors (i.e. Health, Education, Manufacturing)
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Emerging
networking trends
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Tracks |
ICT Leadership, Strategy, and Management
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Co-Chairs |
Hertweck,
Dieter University of Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
Nasirin,
Syed Brunel University, UK |
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Description |
Theme:
Managing Diversity in Digital Enterprises:
Leadership, Strategies and Management are
increasingly focusing on their core activities and
relying on alliances with specialist providers to
source products and to deliver services.
Technology-based applications have enabled the
diversity of alliance partners to operate as a
single virtual or digital enterprise. While these
emerging organizational forms present strong
commercial advantages, they present immense
challenges for IS strategy formulation, management
and leadership. Whether through alliances, or
traditional mergers, acquisitions and restructures,
effectively managing the resulting diversity in
digital enterprises is essential to realising the
potential offered by these strategic actions.
This
track welcomes theoretical or empirical papers that
address aspects of information systems strategy,
management or leadership relevant to the challenges
of managing diversity in digital enterprises.
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Tracks |
Social, Behavioral and Cultural Aspects of ICT |
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Co-Chairs |
Chan, Hock Chuan National
University of Singapore, Singapore
Lai, Vincent
Chinese University of Hong Kong, P.R. China |
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Description |
The
Information Systems (IS) discipline was constituted
when we realized that information systems
development and application do not only include
Information Technology (IT) aspects but also, and
perhaps even more importantly, organizational,
social and cultural aspects. Despite such a
realization we have not as yet fully integrated the
social and the cultural with the technological. Nor
did we really understand their subtle and complex
interdependency. In the IS practice on the other
hand, the social (social structure, power relations,
control mechanisms) and the cultural (norms and
values, tacit understanding and background
knowledge, modes of signification and language) are
very much part of everyday lived experiences of IS
practitioners and users and therefore embedded in
and undistinguishable from IS development,
implementation and use. This track aims to address
this lack of systematic understanding of the
organizational, social and cultural nature of
technologically realized IS and IS-enabled
organizational processes and products. Research
papers are invited focusing on (but not restricted
to) the following topics:
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The
social and cultural nature of IS, and IS
development, implementation and use
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Social
and cultural conditions conducive/obstructive to
business innovations through IS
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IS-enabled
processes and IS-enabled products/services – an
ultimate integration of the technological, social,
and cultural?
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Understanding
an IS-organization complex and its emergence
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Social
and cultural aspects of the organizational location
of IS departments
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Managerialist
ideology informing IS role, conceptualization and
practice
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IS
and workplace democracy
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IS
and organizational learning
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An
integrative view of the social, cultural and
technological in adopting and implementing a
package-based IS (e.g. ERP, CRM, SCM)
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Tracks |
ICT
Development and Implementation |
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Co-Chairs |
Chan, Taizan Queensland
University of Technology, Australia
Wong,
Zoe Griffith University, Australia |
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Description |
Theme:
"Advancing Software and Knowledge Engineering in a
Connected World"
The
Internet era sees great advancement in software
engineering and knowledge engineering technologies
as new web applications and mobile services become
pervasive, and unprecedented amounts of data are now
in the hands of enterprise users as well as end
consumers. This track therefore seeks to attract
papers that report novel ideas, methodologies,
technologies, and systems in topics related to such
advancements. They include but are not necessarily
limited to:
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Software
development process
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Conceptual
modelling and ontology
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Software
patterns
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Project
management
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Web
services
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Web
service composition and integration
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The
semantic web
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Enterprise
application integration
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Intelligent
agents
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Knowledge
and data engineering
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Knowledge
discovery and data mining
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Computational
intelligence, machine learning, soft computing
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Tracks |
Global ICT Issues and ICT Governance |
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Co-Chairs |
Bock, Gee-Woo Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea
Lee,
Jae-Nam Korea University, Korea |
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Description |
This track concerns about two critical issues on how
ICT increases values in organizations through: (1)
the global use of information and communication
technology (ICT) and (2) effective ICT governance -
the framework of authority, accountability and
decision-making around key ICT activities in
organizations. As organizations’ business
environment is getting more globalized, the global
use of ICT is unavoidable. What are the implications
of this global use of ICT to value, strategy and
management of organizations? In addition, effective
ICT governance is recognized as adding considerably
to the business value gained from the use of ICT in
organizations.
This
track welcomes conceptual, theoretical, analytical
and empirical papers drawing on international
perspectives which aim to question and further
enhance our understanding of the global use of ICT
and ICT Governance. The track is open to papers at
different levels of analysis (the organizational and
interorganizational levels) approaching the issue
from a variety of methodological orientations. A
list of indicative issues is below.
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Human Computer Interaction |
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Co-Chairs |
Zhang, Ping Syracuse
University, USA
Nah, Fiona University of Nebraska, USA |
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Description |
The HCI track focuses on issues related to the
manner in which humans interact with technologies,
information and tasks in business, managerial,
organizational, cultural, and social contexts. The
HCI track aims at being a premier presentation forum
for the latest ideas and results in the HCI research
area by providing an open and constructive
discussion forum. We seek research papers and case
studies that help to bridge scholastic research and
industry practice. Of special interest are
conceptual and empirical papers that identify
important HCI problems in today’s economy and that
endeavor to offer solutions to all these problems by
drawing upon theories and/or methodologies from all
applicable disciplines.
Expansions of the best
complete research papers will be fast tracked to the
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
(IJHCS)
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Economics
of ICT |
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Co-Chairs |
Ghose, Anindya New
York University, USA
Hui,
Kai Lung
City University of Hong Kong, P.R. China |
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Description |
Information systems (IS) are fast becoming a core
component of infrastructure on top of which
businesses are building new capabilities. A wide
variety of emerging phenomena in IT-mediated spaces,
both within and across firms, is having a
transformational impact on markets in many
industries. For example, on the demand side, users
are influencing the purchases of products and
services by generating content that voice their
opinions in online decentralized communities. On the
supply side, firms are incorporating the
implications of these phenomena in their business
strategies, thereby leading to changes in the
existing value chain. The purpose of this track is
to promote, communicate, and advance research in
economics of information systems and the economics
of internet usage. It provides a forum for both
researchers and practitioners to present current
research and to discuss issues of common interest,
such as relevant developments in economic theory and
their implications for information systems
management. We invite analytical and empirical
papers that study the economic aspects of IT-driven
and IT-enabled changes across the entire spectrum of
markets and industries.
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General Track |
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Co-Chairs |
Xu, Dongming University
of Queensland, Australia
Kishore,
Rajiv State University of New York at
Buffalo, USA
Zhang, Han Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
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Description |
A track
for scholars and practitioners in the field of
information and communication technology to discuss
issues that are not specified in the above tracks.
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Tracks |
Panels and Tutorials |
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Co-Chairs |
Huang, Wayne Ohio
University, USA
Ching,
Russell California State University –
Sacramento, USA |
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Description |
A forum
for scholars and practitioners in the field of
information and communication technology to discuss
emerging research or industry topics that are of
interest to their community.
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Note:
Quality papers submitted to tracks will be selected for
fast-track reviews and possible publications in the
following supporting international journals:
Journal of Global Information Management
Data Base, Advances in Information Systems
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