-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Doctoral Consortium for Early Students at AMCIS 2019 Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 13:25:26 +0000 From: Miguel Aguirre-Urreta miaguirr@fiu.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

The upcoming Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2019 in Cancún will feature an exciting new offering targeted specifically at both incoming and early-stage doctoral students - the Doctoral Consortium for Early Students. We would like to enroll your help in distributing this information to current and incoming PhD students in your program.

This offering seeks to help Information Systems doctoral students who are about to start their PhD or who are in the first and second years of their doctoral studies (i.e., prior to comprehensive exams and advancement to candidacy at the time of application to the Doctoral Consortium) to become introduced to the professoriate and to manage the path toward a sound research publication pipeline and a dissertation that will make a material contribution to the body of knowledge.

The consortium has three primary objectives:

1. Provide networking opportunities for students with peers and faculty 2. Help students strategize about and focus on their research, teaching and career plans 3. Prepare students for the dissertation process and advancement to candidacy.

The program includes a keynote speaker, Dr. Vallabh Sambamurthy, panels with distinguished faculty, and breakout sessions to discuss research and issues relevant to the early stages of a doctoral program, such as focusing on developing a solid research pipeline, preparing for the comprehensive exam, and transitioning to the dissertation process. In breakout sessions after each panel, small groups of students will discuss the panel topic as it relates to their research aspirations with their faculty mentors and fellow students. The intent is for students to apply the panel topic to their personal research and doctoral program goals, with input from faculty mentors and peers.

Students wishing to participate in the Early Students Doctoral Consortium program at AMCIS 2019 should:

1. Be formally admitted to an Information Systems (or related discipline) doctoral program; please note that this Doctoral Consortium is open to prospective (incoming) doctoral students who are starting their program in 2019. 2. Have yet to sit for and successfully complete a formal comprehensive examination and have yet to be advanced to candidacy and matriculating at the dissertation stage of a doctoral program as of the application deadline (June 14th, 2019).

More information about the program and application materials and process can be found at the AMCIS 2019 website here: https://amcis2019.aisconferences.org/events/doctoral-consortium/. Please feel free to contact us should you have any questions. We look forward to seeing your early-stage PhD students at AMCIS 2019!

Best regards,

George M. Marakas (gmarakas@fiu.edu) Miguel I. Aguirre-Urreta (miaguirr@fiu.edu)

Co-Chairs Doctoral Consortium (Early Students) AMCIS 2019

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