---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: DIGIT 2001 Second Call for Participation and Announcement of Prog ram Content Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 12:14:41 -0500 From: "Seligman, Larry (SELIGML)" SELIGML@UCMAIL.UC.EDU To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

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Diffusion Interest Group on Information Technology (DIGIT) Workshop 2001.

This email contains the following sections: 1. Call for Participation 2. Announcement of Program Content 3. Invitation to pre-workshop dinner at Emeril's (deadline for registration: November 16, 2001) 4. Registration Instructions (deadline for pre-workshop registration: December 1, 2001)

*** Call for Participation ***

You are invited to participate in the DIGIT 2001 Workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sunday, December 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott at 124 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans (walkable from the Fairmont Hotel). The workshop is regularly attended by scholars interested in technology acceptance, adoption and diffusion. Advance notice of intention to participate is required to ensure space availability. Information on past DIGIT workshops can be found at the DIGIT website: http://www.mis.temple.edu/digit/default.htm

*** Announcement of Program Content ***

The final schedule is under development but will include the following content:

Panel - Temporal Aspects of Adoption Anol Bhattacherjee - University of South Florida Pam Carter - University of Oklahoma Wynne Chin - University of Houston Fred Davis - University of Arkansas `Jon Jasperson - University of Oklahoma Elena Karahanna - University of Georgia

Tutorial - Event Sequence Methodology - Rajiv Sabherwal, University of Missouri - St. Louis

Paper presentation - "Web Technology Diffusion - Adoption, Assimilation, and Network Prominence", Sanjay Gosain and Samer Faraj, University of Maryland, College Park

Paper presentation - "Consumer Adoption of Electronic Commerce - Incorporating Trust and Risk in the Technology Acceptance Model", Paul Pavlou, University of Southern California

Paper presentation - "Measuring Consumer Motivations to Use Marketspace", Tom Stafford, University of Memphis

*** Pre-Workshop Dinner at Emeril's ***

On Saturday evening, December 15, a pre-workshop dinner will be held at Emeril's Restaurant at 6:00 pm. We will have a semi-private room. The dinner will feature a 7-course degustation menu (including a cheese course and a dessert course) so that we can sample a number of this famous chef's creations. The cost including dinner, wine, tax and gratuity is $125 per person. This dinner is only available to pre-paid DIGIT registrants, although each registrant may also bring a guest.

*** Registration Instructions ***

The fee to cover costs including refreshment breaks and lunch will be $50 USD. To ensure quality of the interaction, limited space (approximately 30 attendees) will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

To register, please send email to larry.seligman@uc.edu with subject heading DIGIT 2001 registration. Please include the following information in your email:

1. Name, Title, Affiliation, email address, phone number 2. Intention to pay by check in advance or by cash at the workshop 3. Whether or not you plan to attend the pre-workshop dinner at Emeril's and the name of your dinner guest if you are bringing a guest.

If registering for BOTH the workshop and the dinner, send two checks: First, a $50 check payable to "U. of Cincinnati - IS Dept". Please designate this check for "DIGIT registration". Second, a check for $125 or $250 (for 1 or 2 dinner participants) payable to "U. of Cincinnati - IS Dept". Please designate this check for "DIGIT dinner". Both checks must be received by November 16, 2001.

If registering ONLY for the workshop, send a $50 check payable to "U. of Cincinnati CBA/IS Dept". Please designate this check for "DIGIT registration". The check should be received by December 1, 2001. As an alternative, you can pay in cash at the door on the day of the workshop if space is available. Sending the check in advance of the workshop will secure your place at the workshop.

Please send the check(s), and a note with the registrants' name(s), to:

Larry Seligman Lindner Hall 302, ML 0211 College of Business Administration University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0211 USA

Thank you! I look forward to seeing you at the DIGIT workshop!

Larry Seligman Assistant Professor of Information Systems College of Business Administration University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0211 (513) 556-7199 Larry.Seligman@uc.edu

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