-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CALL FOR PAPERS: NEAIS ‘21 Conference in Boston, USA - October 30th, 2021 Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 18:06:00 +0000 From: Motiwalla, Luvai Luvai_Motiwalla@uml.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

CALL FOR PAPERS: NEAIS ‘21 – The 3rd New England Chapter AIS CONFERENCE 2021 9:30am – 3 pm, Saturday, October 30th, 2021 Suffolk University

Note: All presenters are encouraged to attend the conference in-person as our current plan is to host the conference on the Suffolk campus in Boston. However, if the situation changes, we will move to a virtual conference environment. The conference organizing committee closely monitors the developments related to coronavirus and guidance from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, AIS, and the WHO. Any changes will be shared with the community immediately.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday, September 27, 2021 Registration is required to attend but there is no conference fee. NEAIS 2021 seeks to enhance knowledge sharing and community building among IS scholars in the Northeast. We invite submissions reflecting a plurality of perspectives on the discipline, particularly those relevant to the conference theme Role of Technology in Healthcare. The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Systems (NEAIS) is serving members of AIS in the Northeastern United States. We welcome submissions from all IS scholars including Ph.D. students and especially encourage submissions from those in the Northeast region.

The conference will include parallel presentation sessions, invited keynote speakers, and panel sessions. There will be speakers from academia and industry from across the Northeast region and beyond. Students are also encouraged to submit their papers in conjunction with their faculty advisors and present them at the conference.

Abstract of accepted papers will appear in the electronic conference proceedings. The authors retain the copyright to their work. At least one author must register for and present at the conference. High-quality papers will be nominated for the best paper award and fast-tracked to participating journals. Submissions Submissions may be in the form of one or more of the following: Completed research papers, research-in-progress papers, case studies, extended abstracts or proposals for panel discussions. Submissions will receive reviewer feedback.

Please submit your paper via the EasyChair system. Here is the submission link: (https://easychair.org/account/signin_timeout?l=ADKQA7QNcrURrBe4kNhOhk#).

Submissions should be in MS Word or PDF format. The submission template is available from here. Here is the template file (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i5Nl3sEWlwVlO2_ksi1WdHEKZlWsVzkk/view?usp=s... ) Completed Research: Completed research papers should be no more than 2,500 words, including all materials and sections such as figures, tables, and references. Research-in-Progress: Research-in-progress proposals (abstracts) or a summary of tentative results of the study to date of 500-1000 words.

Panel Submissions: Individuals interested in conducting a panel dealing with technological, managerial, professional, teaching, societal, national or international issues of information technology management are invited to submit a 500-1000-word proposal covering the objectives, issues to be covered, and the names and email addresses of the panelists.

Potential Topics: Research-in-progress and panel proposals are invited in the following areas (but not limited to them): * Accounting information systems * Adoption and diffusion * Artificial intelligence * Business intelligence * Business process design and management * Community, development, and social informatics * Data and information management * Data quality * Data warehousing * Decision support systems * Design science * Digital Innovation * Organizational responses/adaption to pandemic * e-Business and e-Commerce * e-Government * Economics of IS/IT * Ethical issues in IS * IS education, curriculum changes during the pandemic or post-pandemic * Global IS/IT/outsourcing * Green computing and sustainability * Health informatics * Information policy * Information security, assurance, and privacy * IS philosophy * IT service management * Knowledge management * Project management * Research methods in IS/IT * Sharing Economy * Social computing * Socio-technical issues and social inclusion * Strategic IS/IT management * Systems development * User experience and usability * Virtual communities and collaboration * Other IS/IT topics of interest to the discipline

Important dates Submission deadline: Monday September 27, 2021 Decision to Authors: Monday, October 11, 2021 Camera Ready Copy Due: Monday, October 18, 2021 The Annual Northeast Association for Information Systems Conference (NEAIS 2021) will be hosted at the Suffolk University. Suffolk University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located in downtown Boston. Founded in 1906, the University offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in its Law School, College of Arts & Sciences, and Sawyer Business School. Serving over 7,300 students, Suffolk University is committed to providing students with experiential and transformational learning opportunities that begin in the center of Boston, reach across the globe, and lead to extraordinary outcomes for our graduates.

Conference Committees

Conference Planning and Venue Selection (Conference Committee) - David Murungi (Chair), Chrisy Yao, Ken Hung, Yang Lee, Julie Zhang, Ermira Zifla Paper Review and Best Paper Selection (Program Committee) - Yuzhu (Julia) Li (Chair), Chrisy Yao, Ermira Zifla, Mohsen Ahmadian, Julie Zhang, David Murungi & Mahed Maddah NEAIS Executive Board • President – Luvai Motiwalla, U Mass Lowell • President-Elect/Vice-President: Yang Lee, Northeastern University • Secretary: Ermira Zifla, U New Hampshire • Treasurer: Inchan Kim, U New Hampshire At-Large Directors: • David Murungi, Bentley University • Yurong (Chrisy) Yao, Suffolk University • Yuzhu (Julia) Li, U Mass Dartmouth • Pratyush Bharati, U Mass Boston • Eleanor T. Loiacono, Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Shankar Ganesan, Babson University

Contact All questions about submissions should be emailed to neaisconf@gmail.commailto:neaisconf@gmail.com. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org