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*** Last Mile ***
15th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS 2018)
St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 4-5 October, 2018
*** Submission Deadline: 31 May, 2018 (firm) ***
The European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS) is an annual research event addressing the IS discipline with regional as well as global perspective. EMCIS has successfully helped bringing together researchers from around the world in a friendly atmosphere conducted to free exchange of innovative ideas. EMCIS was founded in 2004 by Brunel University research Group ISEing and it is an annual event. A number of respected collaborations were made with different local universities across the destinations chosen each year and EMCIS still proves to attract many further partnerships.
EMCIS is one of the premier conferences in Europe and Middle Eastern region for Information Systems academics and professionals, covering technical, organisational, business and social issues in the application of Information Technology. EMCIS is dedicated to the definition and establishment of Information Systems as a discipline of high impact for the methodical community and IS professionals – focusing on approaches that facilitate the identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the IS discipline following sound research methodologies that lead to results of measurable impact.
The EMCIS proceedings are published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing book series.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Zahir Irani, University of Bradford, UK "An Enterprise View of Food Security: A Puzzle, Problem or Mess for a Circular Economy"
Claudia Loebbecke, University of Cologne, Germany "Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Meet Human Brain"
TOPICS
The topics of interest are grouped into the following tracks:
• Big Data and Analytics • Blockchain Technology and Applications • Cloud Computing • Digital Services and Social Media • e-Government • Enterprise Systems • Science Communication in the Digital Public Sphere • Information Systems Security and Information Privacy Protection • Healthcare Information Systems • Management and Organisational Issues in Information Systems • IT Governance • Innovative Research Projects • Immersive Technologies in IT/IS
A full list of subtopics for each track can be found on the conference web site.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Submissions should be original, not published or being considered elsewhere for publication. Authors should not add their details (names, affiliation, email etc.) in the document they submit for review. All papers should be submitted via the Easy Chair conference management system (the URL is available on the conference web site) and adhere to the format for Springer Lecture Notes publications. The papers must be submitted as a single PDF document and should not exceed 5,000 words (recommended length is 14 pages). Please note that the working language is English.
Papers go through a ‘double-blind review’ process that evaluates their significance, originality, contribution and clarity. Upon acceptance please make sure that at least one author registers to secure a slot for their presentation in the conference program.
When preparing the camera-ready version of a paper, authors should add their details (names, affiliation, email, etc.) on the first page of the paper and indicate which is the corresponding author.
Along with the camera-ready version of their paper, authors should fill, sign and submit the copyright form. The form shall be sent by email to info[at]emcis.eu.
IMPORTANT DATES
• Electronic Submission Deadline: 31 May, 2018 (*** firm ***) • Notification of Acceptance to Authors: 30 June, 2018 • Camera Ready Copy: 10 July, 2018 • Early-bird Registration: 10 July, 2018 • Author Registration Deadline: 10 July, 2018
EMCIS ORGANIZATION
Conference Chair • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Conference co-Chair • Angelika Kokkinaki, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Conference Executive Committee • Vincenzo Morabito, Bocconi University, Italy, (Program Chair) • Marinos Themistocleous, University of Piraeus, Greece (Program Chair) • Gianluigi Viscusi, École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland (Publications Chair) • Muhammad Kamal, Brunel University, UK (Public Relations Chair)
International Committee http://emcis.eu
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