** CALL FOR PAPERS **

 

UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS)

18th Annual International Conference 2013

19-20th March 2013, Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK

“Social Information Systems”

 

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Wendy Currie, Audencia Nantes School of Management, France

Professor Tara Brabazon, Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia

 

Special Invited Session:

Professor Mike Pidd, Chair of the Business & Management Studies panel in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF)

 

Important Dates:

Monday 14th January 2013 - Final submission deadline for full and short papers

Monday 11th February 2013 - Notification of acceptance and comments from reviewers

Monday 18th February 2013 - Final submission deadline for PhD Consortium abstract

Monday 4th March 2013 - Final formatted copy of all papers due

Monday 18th March 2013 - UKAIS PhD Consortium

Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th March 2013 - UKAIS 2013 International Conference

 

Invitation:

The bulk of IS research tends to be carried out in commercial organizations, yet "IT in use" is just

as important in governmental, third sector and community organizations. IT is needed to improve

efficiency but it also enables the creation of new services, and modes of work and interaction, based

for instance on digital innovations and social media. There are inspiring examples of innovative

design, but there are spectacular failures too, especially of large scale projects, from which

lessons can be learned (although often not).

 

The challenges in designing systems are arguably greater in the social than the commercial sphere,

given the complexity of relational work involving people. Resources are also limited compared to

private business, meaning collaborative work with academe is especially important, to help build

much-needed capacity and deliver creative and sustainable solutions.

 

The aim of this Conference is to promote research in the social sphere, in health, social care, local

and central government, community informatics and beyond. All forms of relevant research will be

welcome, especially of collaborative ventures, whether successful or not.

We are seeking to widen the community of engagement and would like to hear from social and

information scientists, digital and new social media researchers, systems thinkers, software

engineers, as well as those already committed to the disciplinary area of Information Systems. To

encourage further engagement, we have secured the opportunity for the best conference papers to be

considered for a number of high quality journals, which includes the European Journal of Information

Systems and the International Journal of Information Management.

 

*** UKAIS 2013 will be a fully refereed conference using a blind refereeing process of noted figures in the IS field ***

 

All papers should be formatted using the UKAIS 2013 conference template and uploaded to the EasyChair submission system at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ukais2013

 

Email: ukais2013@gmail.com

Web: http://www.ukais.org.uk/conference/conference2013/

_______________________________________________________

Laurence Brooks

 

Senior Lecturer

Course Director, MSc Information Systems Management (ISM)

(http://www.brunel.ac.uk/siscm/disc/postgraduates/masters/information-systems-management)

 

Department of Information Systems and Computing School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics Brunel University Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK.

 

Past President UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS); President UK Systems Society (UKSS)

 

Tel: +44 (0)1895 266010 (direct)

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Email: laurence.brooks@brunel.ac.uk

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