Betreff:	[AISWorld] Call for Papers : ERPBSS Conference 2015- Information and Communication Technology Track
Datum:	Mon, 9 Feb 2015 14:04:25 +0400
Von:	Fehmida Hussain <F.Hussain@mdx.ac>
An:	aisworld@lists.aisnet.org <aisworld@lists.aisnet.org>

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Middlesex University Dubai takes great pleasure in announcing the Third International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Sciences (ERPBSS-2015). For the nearly 200 delegates representing about 100 international academic institutions the First (2011) and Second (2013) International Conference on ERPBSS provided a forum for inter-disciplinary dialogue and forms of scholastic communication that transcended disciplinary and subject-specific boundaries.

In the Third International Conference ERPBSS 2015 we seek to explore “What’s Next?”. The world faces incredibly complex changes that shape our collective futures. We live in a time of increased mobility and connectedness, as forces of globalization and technological change are redefining the economic, social, political, and physical systems of the world. Inevitably, ideas and knowledge are transcending their traditional disciplinary and geographic boundaries. While this transformation offers increasing opportunities for innovation, it also contributes to increasingly complex global and local challenges that must be met with increasing attention to a more sustainable future.

The eight tracks of the ERPBSS 2015 Conference are:

1) Accounting, Finance and Economics

2) Contemporary Psychology

3) Education Training and Development

4) Information and Communication Technology

5) International Law and International Relations

6) Management and Marketing

7) Media, Journalism, and Communication

8) Tourism and Hospitality

Through these tracks the conference intention is to bring together perspectives from multiple disciplinary and epistemological perspectives. The design of the conference will provide wider opportunities for dialogue than conferences with narrower scopes. Additionally, this year we are launching the “Research Matters” visual paper session, which offers delegates an opportunity to engage more in-depth with presenters. We also invite delegates to submit proposals for Organised Symposium around a specific topic.

Track 4: Information and Communication Technology

The information and communication technology track of this conference aims to examine emerging paradigms and innovative practices, particularly those related to the adoption, use and implications of information and communication technology. We are seeking papers that engage theoretically with the subject area and/or signify pioneering applications and developments. The objective is to present work that is transformative and which embraces serious intellectual discussion.

Although we are open to any submission that is aligned with the goals of the conference and this track, we do encourage submissions particularly relating to the following themes:

· Web 2.0, Web 3.0, social media, and social computing

· Cloud Computing and Services in Global Settings

· ICT and sustainability

· Ethical, legal and social issues in the digital age

· ICT adoption, use, and value creation

· Social shaping of information technology

· Virtual and augmented reality

· Educational technologies, and mobile and ubiquitous learning

· Virtualization and technologization of everyday life

· Mobile applications and services

· New developments in e-business, e-learning, e-government, e-tourism

· New developments in m-business, m-learning, m-government, m-tourism