CALL FOR PAPERS
* BITWorld 2015
*
*** 17th International Conference
on Business Information Technology ***
May 19-21, 2015, LAS VEGAS, USA
Papers submission deadline:
February 15, 2015
Background
The year was 1997 and a bunch of
colleagues had gotten together in the CSA Bar at
Cranfield University, UK. The game of darts was in
full swing. An idea popped â how interesting would
it be to organize a Business Information Technology
conference at a location where traditionally such
conferences never venture to be. Very quickly New
Delhi as a location was suggested. An email was sent
to Professor Gordon Davis at the University of
Minnesota to be the inaugural keynote speaker. And
without much ado, we had an event at our hands.
Professor Rekha Jain of Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad became the local organizing
chair.
In years to come the conference grew
from strength to strength and events were organized
in South Africa, Egypt, Ecuador, Mexico among other
places. For the past few years though, BITWorld was co-hosted with CITED
in Nigeria, CoDE in Thailand and China and CISTM in
India. The next event is being decoupled from the
co-hosts and will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on May
19-21, 2015. We look forward to carrying
forward a rich tradition of BITWorld events
in 2015 and beyond. BITWorldincludes
a full program of papers, presentations, keynotes
and publishing events, and aspires to bring together
academics, researchers and practitioners from all
over the world to engage in
dialogue and exchange ideas on the latest
developments and challenges in Information
Technology.
Scope and Aims
The conference aims to bring
together researchers and practitioners interested in
studying and discussing a range of leadership
challenges as these might relate to their particular
businesses and industry. Such dialogue will
facilitate the development of agendas for further
research and development. We invite you to consider
submitting your research papers, workshop or
tutorial proposals for consideration. Topics
include, but are not limited to:
- Big Data and analytics
- Leading technical teams through
organizational change
- Key issues in managing IT related
change
- IT Leadership development theories
and practices
- Developing and sustaining IT
competencies
- Identifying future IT leaders
- Challenges in aligning IT and
business
- Gaining strategic advantages from
IT
- Strategic planning for IT
- Governance practices in IT
- Applications of Systems Theory to
business ITÂ
- Managing the IT function for business value
- The influence of politics and
culture on IT decisions
Submission Details:Â
Participation can be in the
following categories (but not limited to):
Industry
Participants:Â If you have an interesting
story to share we welcome your participation. We can
guarantee an engaging participation from the floor,
where you can discuss and talk freely about what you
have been thinking. We just require a title of your
presentation, a few lines describing your topic area
and a brief biographical note (about 100 words).
Academic
Participants:Â We encourage you to submit
an abstract, a full paper, a research note, or a
case study. Submission details are available at:Â http://www.bit-world.us
Submission deadline:Â February 15,
2015
Notification of acceptance: March 1,
2015
Program Committee
Conference Chairs
Spyridon Samonas, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University,
USA
Rahul Singh, PhD
University of North Carolina
Greensboro, USA
Program Chair
Helena Lindskog, PhD
Linkoping University, Sweden