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CALL FOR PAPERS: NEAIS ‘21 – The 3rd New England Chapter AIS
CONFERENCE 2021
9:30am – 3 pm, Saturday, October 30th, 2021 Suffolk University
Note: All presenters are encouraged to attend the conference
in-person as our current plan is to host the conference on the
Suffolk campus in Boston. However, if the situation changes, we
will move to a virtual conference environment. The conference
organizing committee closely monitors the developments related to
coronavirus and guidance from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
AIS, and the WHO. Any changes will be shared with the community
immediately.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday, September 27, 2021
Registration is required to attend but there is no conference fee.
NEAIS 2021 seeks to enhance knowledge sharing and community
building among IS scholars in the Northeast. We invite submissions
reflecting a plurality of perspectives on the discipline,
particularly those relevant to the conference theme Role of
Technology in Healthcare. The New England Chapter of the
Association for Information Systems (NEAIS) is serving members of
AIS in the Northeastern United States. We welcome submissions from
all IS scholars including Ph.D. students and especially encourage
submissions from those in the Northeast region.
The conference will include parallel presentation sessions,
invited keynote speakers, and panel sessions. There will be
speakers from academia and industry from across the Northeast
region and beyond. Students are also encouraged to submit their
papers in conjunction with their faculty advisors and present them
at the conference.
Abstract of accepted papers will appear in the electronic
conference proceedings. The authors retain the copyright to their
work. At least one author must register for and present at the
conference. High-quality papers will be nominated for the best
paper award and fast-tracked to participating journals.
Submissions
Submissions may be in the form of one or more of the following:
Completed research papers, research-in-progress papers, case
studies, extended abstracts or proposals for panel discussions.
Submissions will receive reviewer feedback.
Please submit your paper via the EasyChair system. Here is the
submission link:
(
https://easychair.org/account/signin_timeout?l=ADKQA7QNcrURrBe4kNhOhk#).
Submissions should be in MS Word or PDF format. The submission
template is available from here. Here is the template file
(
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i5Nl3sEWlwVlO2_ksi1WdHEKZlWsVzkk/view?usp=sharing
)
Completed Research: Completed research papers should be no more
than 2,500 words, including all materials and sections such as
figures, tables, and references.
Research-in-Progress: Research-in-progress proposals (abstracts)
or a summary of tentative results of the study to date of 500-1000
words.
Panel Submissions: Individuals interested in conducting a panel
dealing with technological, managerial, professional, teaching,
societal, national or international issues of information
technology management are invited to submit a 500-1000-word
proposal covering the objectives, issues to be covered, and the
names and email addresses of the panelists.
Potential Topics: Research-in-progress and panel proposals are
invited in the following areas (but not limited to them):
* Accounting information systems
* Adoption and diffusion
* Artificial intelligence
* Business intelligence
* Business process design and management
* Community, development, and social informatics
* Data and information management
* Data quality
* Data warehousing
* Decision support systems
* Design science
* Digital Innovation
* Organizational responses/adaption to pandemic
* e-Business and e-Commerce
* e-Government
* Economics of IS/IT
* Ethical issues in IS
* IS education, curriculum changes during the pandemic or
post-pandemic
* Global IS/IT/outsourcing
* Green computing and sustainability
* Health informatics
* Information policy
* Information security, assurance, and privacy
* IS philosophy
* IT service management
* Knowledge management
* Project management
* Research methods in IS/IT
* Sharing Economy
* Social computing
* Socio-technical issues and social inclusion
* Strategic IS/IT management
* Systems development
* User experience and usability
* Virtual communities and collaboration
* Other IS/IT topics of interest to the discipline
Important dates
Submission deadline: Monday September 27, 2021
Decision to Authors: Monday, October 11, 2021
Camera Ready Copy Due: Monday, October 18, 2021
The Annual Northeast Association for Information Systems
Conference (NEAIS 2021) will be hosted at the Suffolk University.
Suffolk University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian
university located in downtown Boston. Founded in 1906, the
University offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree
programs in its Law School, College of Arts & Sciences, and
Sawyer Business School. Serving over 7,300 students, Suffolk
University is committed to providing students with experiential
and transformational learning opportunities that begin in the
center of Boston, reach across the globe, and lead to
extraordinary outcomes for our graduates.
Conference Committees
Conference Planning and Venue Selection (Conference Committee)
- David Murungi (Chair), Chrisy Yao, Ken Hung, Yang Lee, Julie
Zhang, Ermira Zifla
Paper Review and Best Paper Selection (Program Committee)
- Yuzhu (Julia) Li (Chair), Chrisy Yao, Ermira Zifla, Mohsen
Ahmadian, Julie Zhang, David Murungi & Mahed Maddah
NEAIS Executive Board
• President – Luvai Motiwalla, U Mass Lowell
• President-Elect/Vice-President: Yang Lee, Northeastern
University
• Secretary: Ermira Zifla, U New Hampshire
• Treasurer: Inchan Kim, U New Hampshire At-Large Directors:
• David Murungi, Bentley University
• Yurong (Chrisy) Yao, Suffolk University
• Yuzhu (Julia) Li, U Mass Dartmouth
• Pratyush Bharati, U Mass Boston
• Eleanor T. Loiacono, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Shankar Ganesan, Babson University
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to
neaisconf@gmail.com<mailto:neaisconf@gmail.com>.
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