Forwarded message from [suter@im.iwi.unibe.ch] sent originally on Thu, 18 Nov 1999 15:52:34 +0100 (MET): : ** High Priority ** : : ECIS 2000 AIS / SIGMIS Doctoral Consortium : : Call for Doctoral Thesis Proposals : : ECIS 2000 is offering a Doctoral Consortium for IS doctoral students primary from European countries. It provides the opportunity to improve their thesis proposals through high quality feedback, to present early results as well as to establish valuable contacts with other members of the IS research field. The Doctoral Consortium will take place from June 30 to July 2, 2000, in the environment of Vienna allowing the participants to attend the ECIS 2000 from July 3 to July 5, 2000. : : Submissions : : Doctoral students covering topics of the IS field are invited to submit a paper showing the objectives of their doctoral thesis, the research questions, the methods to answer the research questions, and the current status of their work. Ideally, the doctoral students will finish their dissertation in the end of 2000 (or at the beginning of 2001). : : Contributions should be not longer than 1,000 words and should contain a separate page showing the authors' affiliation.Please submit your paper, formatted in MS Word, PDF or PostScript, using the online submission section of the ECIS 2000 webpage at http://ecis2000.wu-wien.ac.at. : : Important Dates : : Submission of papers: January 15, 2000 : Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2000 : Submission of the final paper: April 30, 2000 : ECIS 2000 Doctoral Consortium: June 30 to July 2, 2000 : : Reviews : : All papers will be blind-reviewed by the consortium committee: : - Ramon O'Callaghan, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands : - Joachim Griese, University of Bern, Switzerland : - Christopher Holland, Manchester Business School, UK : - John Mooney, University College Dublin, Ireland : - Markku Sääksjärvi, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland : : Participation : : Doctoral students with accepted papers will attend the Doctoral Consortium. The doctoral students will present and discuss their thesis papers. In addition topics of general interest - IS curricula in European countries, Internet use for teaching and research - will be presented and discussed under the guidance of the consortium committee members. : : Thanks to the sponsorship of AIS and SIGMIS, there is no fee for the Doctoral Consortium; the participants only have to cover their travel expenses. : : Please do not hesitate to contact me for any question. : : Benno Suter : _____________________________ : Institute of Information Systems : Dept. Information Management : University of Berne : Engehaldenstr. 8 : CH-3012 Bern : ___________________________________ : Phone ++41 31 631 33 71 : Fax ++41 31 631 46 82 : ___________________________________ : http://www.iwi.unibe.ch/~suter/index.html : http://www.virtual-organization.net : VEGA* Collaboration Portal: : http://vega.vptt.ch : ______________________________________

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