2011 International Conference on Information Resources Management
in association with the Korea Society of MIS Conference
(Conf-IRM is an AIS Affiliated Conference - www.conf-irm.org)
 
Lotte Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
12-14 June, 2011
 
Call for Papers
 
Theme: Services Management and Innovation with IT
 
Important Dates
Submission date: January 12, 2011
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: February  12, 2011
Final Submission and Early Registration due date:  March 15, 2011
 
The organizing committee invites you to submit your research work, teaching cases, and proposals for panels and tutorials to Conf-IRM. All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer reviewed.

 

Conference Tracks & Track Chairs: Submissions are to be in English.

 

Service systems design, innovation, maintenance, and operation:

Karlheinz Kautz, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, Karl.Kautz@cbs.dk 

Anol Bhattacherjee, University of South Florida, USA, ABhatt@coba.usf.edu

 

IT Service Management, service computing and engineering:

Rob Benyon, Rhodes University, South Africa, r.v.benyon@ru.ac.za

Vijay Sugumaran, Oakland University, USA, sugumara@oakland.edu

Service oriented enterprise and innovation:

Jaeki Song, Texas Tech University, USA, jaeki.song@ttu.edu

Hee Wong Kim, Yonsei University, kimhw@yonsei.ac.kr

 

Knowledge Management:

Pramila Gupta, CQ University-Melbourne, Australia, p.gupta@mel.cqu.edu.au

Annette Mills, University of Canterbury, annette.mills@canterbury.ac.nz

Gee-Woo Bock, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, gwbock@skku.edu

 

ICT for Development and Economic Prosperity:

Antonio Díaz Andrade, AUT University, New Zealand, antonio.diaz@aut.ac.nz

Byung Joon Yoo, Seoul National University, Korea, byoo@snu.ac.kr

 

ICT in the Asia Pacific :

Soo Yong Park, Sogang University, Korea

Shaobo Ji, Carleton University, shaobo_ji@carleton.ca

 

ICT in Latin America and the Carribean:

Cesar Alexandre de Souza, FEA-USP, Brazil, calesou@usp.br

Guillermo Rodríguez Abitia, UNAM, Mexico

 

Information Security, Privacy, and Risk Management:

Rizwan Ahmad, The University of New South Wales, r.ahmad@auckland.ac.nz

Sang-Yong Tom Lee, Hanyang University, Korea, tomlee@hanyang.ac.kr

 

E-Commerce, M-Commerce and Social Networking:

Namchul Shin, Pace University, nshin@pace.edu

Sung Kim, University of Wisconsin - Madison, skim@bus.wisc.edu

 

Green IS/IT, Cloud Computing, Virtualization:

Namjae Cho, Hanyang University, Korea, njcho@hanyang.ac.kr

Brett Landry, University of Dallas, USA, blandry@gsm.udallas.edu

 

Social Implications of ICTs on People, Organizations, and Society

Jaekyung Kim, Kyunghee University, Korea, jaek@khu.ac.kr

Sue Conger, University of Dallas, USA, sconger@gsm.udallas.edu

 

Strategic IT Management and Governance:

Geoffery Seaver, National Defense University, USA, Seaverg@ndu.edu

Tim McLaren, Ryerson University, Canada, tmclaren@ryerson.ca

 

Panel and tutorials:

Kyungtae Hwang, Dongguk University, Korea, kthwang@dongguk.edu

Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada, gerald_grant@carleton.ca

 

 

Submissions in Other Languages

We also welcome papers in other languages in the following tracks:
- ICT in the Asia Pacific (Korean and Chinese)
- ICT in Latin America and the Carribean (Spanish and Portuguese)

 

Submission Types and Guidelines:
 
(i) Full Length Submissions
Submissions must be no more than 5000 words, including references, appendices and title page, with a maximum of 5 figures/tables. Submissions must be original, and previously unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscript for review. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety upon payment of registration fees.  Papers accepted and presented at the conference will also be placed in the AIS e-Library. Papers not presented at the conference, for any reason, will not be included in the AIS e-Library.  Highly rated papers by the reviewers will be considered for publications in selected Journals. Moreover, the paper that best represents, in terms of quality and suitability to the theme and ideals of the conference will be awarded the "Best Paper" Award during the conference.
 
(ii) Research-in-Progress Submissions
Submissions of no more than 2000 words with a maximum of 3 figures/tables. All research-in-progress submissions will be published in the proceedings as short papers.
 
(iii) Teaching Cases
We welcome submissions of teaching cases. The cases should be based on real situations and targeted at specific learning objectives.  Cases should be no more than 5000 words and must be accompanied by instructor teaching notes (not included in the 5000 words).  The teaching notes will not be published.
 
(iv) Panel and Tutorial Submissions
Submissions of not more than 1000 words. Proposals should include the objectives, issues to be covered and full details of all presenters. Method of presentation is at the submitter's discretion; however, the submitter has the responsibility for providing his/her own panel members. All accepted proposals will appear in the conference proceedings (Please note that all panelists and tutorial presenters must register for the conference).
 
Submissions of all types must be received by January 12, 2011. Details of track descriptions and how to submit will be announced soon.
 
Send all your inquiries to:
 
Conference Co-Chairs
Jae In Oh, Dankook University and President of Korea Society of MIS, jioh@dankook.ac.kr
Felix B Tan, AUT University, New Zealand, felix.tan@aut.ac.nz
 
Program Co-Chairs
Yong Jin Kim, Sogang Business School, Sogang University, Korea,  yongjkim@sogang.ac.kr
Sue Conger, University of Dallas, sconger@aol.com
 
Local Program Chair

Jaeki Song, Texas Tech University, USA, jaeki.song@ttu.edu

Jairo Gutierrez, Universidad Tecnologica de Bolivar, Colombia, jgutierrezd@unitecnologica.edu.co 
 
Publications and Proceedings Chair
Lech Janczewski, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, lech@auckland.ac.nz
 
International Co-Chairs
Sherif Kamel, American University in Cairo, Egypt, skamel@aucegypt.edu
Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada, gerald_grant@carleton.ca
G. Harindranath, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, g.harindranath@rhul.ac.uk
Anol Bhattacherjee, University of South Florida, abhatt@usf.edu