-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] Graduate Student Consortium - 24th Bled eConference, June 12-15, 2011 Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:43:52 +0100 From: HansDieter Zimmermann hansdieter.zimmermann@fhsg.ch To: wi@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de

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Graduate Student Consortium 24th Bled eConference: eFuture: Creating Solutions for the Individual, Organisations and Society June 12 - 15, 2011, Bled, Slovenia http://BledConference.org http://bledconference.org/_ __http://bledconference.org/2011/StudentConsortium_

New to this year's conference is a Graduate Student Consortium. The Consortium will be organized during the Bled eConference in a special track. Students will have an opportunity to discuss their work with distinguished professors and with one another in a friendly atmosphere.

We welcome applications from students on a master and doctoral level in the MIS field. Students should provide a paper - an extended abstract, describing their thesis proposal. The paper should include, but not be limited to, the following research motivation and goals: Brief problem description, research question(s), theoretical background, research method/approach, expected or preliminary results and contribution. In addition, submissions must be recommended by students' professor/supervisor. Please attach a statement of support together with your paper.

Deadlines: Paper and statement submissions: March 29, 2011 Notification of acceptance: April 14, 2011 Submission of final papers: May 27, 2011

Submissions should be made via the conference website: http://BledConference.org http://bledconference.org/. Please use the conference template. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in a special section.

Students are expected to register for the conference (the fees are waived to 50%) and cover their travel and accommodation costs. Registration fees cover the conference materials, lunches and evening social events and transportation from and to the airport.

Please note that the number of students is limited. Selections based on applications will be made by Consortium committee. For more information, please contact: Professor Doug Vogel Department of Information Systems Faculty of Business City University of Hong Kong SAR, China isdoug@cityu.edu.hk

Best regards,

Andreja Pucihar Bled 2011 eConference Chair

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Dr. Hans-Dieter Zimmermann

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