Track Title: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of AMCIS: Examining IS History

20th Americas Conference on Information Systems

Smart Sustainability: The Information Systems Opportunity

Savannah, GA, USA

August 7-10, 2014.

 

Deadline for paper submissions: March 1, 2014.

 

Instructions for authors at AMCIS website: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/

 

Description

 

This year marks the 20th anniversary of AMCIS. This anniversary presents an opportunity for us to reflect upon the evolution of our field and to document the key events that have shaped our community. We invite historical analyses of our field that examines the creation of our field and the impact of our field on people, organizations, society, and the world, including an analysis of the people and institutions involved. Potential topics to examine include:

 

·         What should be represented in the field’s history and how do we effectively disseminate this history so it becomes part of the fabric of the field?

 

·         What were the key events that shaped the evolution of the field? And what was the impact of those events?

 

·         What were the key intellectual debates that altered the field? And how did these debates influence our intellectual underpinnings?

 

·         What has been the institutional role/position of IS within business schools and where should it be in the future?

 

·         What can we learn from our success (or failure) that will shape our discipline in the future? What can we learn to benefit our discipline's future?

 

·         What have been the origins and development of global IS communities and infrastructure?

 

·         What have been the intellectual challenges and advances in different regions? Have we missed some sections or topics that should be part of the IS domain?

 

We invite submission that embraces all appropriate historical methods. We hope to organize 1-2 sessions of the best papers for this track.

 

Track Chairs:

 

Varun Grover, Clemson University,  vgrover@clemson.edu

 

Andy Schwarz, Louisiana State University,  aschwarz@lsu.edu

 

--------------------------------

Dr. Andrew Schwarz

Associate Professor, Information Systems

Milton J. Womack Developing Scholar

Francis M. Coates MBA Professor

 

Louisiana State University

E. J. Ourso College of Business

 

Editor-in-Chief, The Data Base for ADVANCES IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS (http://www.sigmis.org/DataBase.html)

 

Academic Coordinator for Online Graduate Programs (MBA)

 

Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drandrewschwarz

Skype: andyhsphd

Text: 225.267.7216

Phone: 225.578.9075

Fax: 225.578.2511

aschwarz@lsu.edu

--------------------------------