2nd Annual AIS Student Chapter Conference

October 8-9, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia State University.

 

The Association for Information Systems (AIS) is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual AIS Student Chapter Conference. The conference in Atlanta and hosted by Georgia State University will bring together faculty and student leaders to share best practices of AIS student chapter universities.

 

AIS student chapters were started in 2009 following the Inaugural AIS student chapter conference (April, 2009, Temple University), and there are now more than 65 universities worldwide that have become the founding chapters of AIS. The 2nd annual AIS student chapter conference will provide an opportunity for these universities and others to share their best practices in a small highly interactive workshop style event consisting primarily of panels and breakout style sessions:

·         How to start and sustain student chapters

·         Leveraging student chapters to recruit and retain majors

·         Best practices for recruiting members, managing the budget, communications,  external relations, fund raising, and creating and managing value added activities

·         The governance and future direction of AIS student chapters

·         Partnerships among student chapters

 

The conference is intended for faculty advisors, department chairs, and student leaders at universities with existing AIS chartered student organizations. The conference is also appropriate for universities who are interested in forming AIS branded student chapters.

 

As a special benefit to AIS student chapter schools, the registration fee for up to two people is waived if you are an AIS student chapter AND if you register on or before August 30th, 2010. A small number of travel grants are also available to AIS student chapters (only) for attendees who need support. The travel grant includes one night hotel stay for U.S. based attendees and two nights hotel for non U.S. based attendees. To learn more and take advantage of these and other benefits of joining AIS student chapters and attending the conference, please view the web page at:

http://home.aisnet.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=966

 

Conference Chair: Ephraim R. McLean, Georgia State University 

AIS Council Representative: Munir Mandviwalla, Temple University (AIS VP for Student Chapters)

AIS Executive Director, Pete Tinsley