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Subject: CFP: 13th Australasian Conference on Information Systems Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:32:06 +1100 From: Andrew Stein andrew.stein@VU.EDU.AU To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

**FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS -------------------------------------------------------- ACIS2002, The Thirteenth Australasian Conference on Information Systems Melbourne, Australia Doctoral Consortium/Tutorials 3 Dec 2002 Conference 4-6 Dec 2002

Paper Submission Deadline 15 May 2002 Workshop/Tutorial/Poster Submission Deadline 30 Sep 2002

http://ACIS2002.vu.edu.au email: ACIS2002@vu.edu.au --------------------------------------------------------

**THEME Information Systems: Enabling Organisations and Society

ACIS2002 invites submissions from the wider Australasian and International information systems community. Submissions can be papers, tutorials, doctoral submissions and or panel sessions. Papers should be of high quality, unpublished and be either full research paper, research-in-progress or a teaching case study.

**TOPICS of INTEREST (but not limited to) The focus of the conference is on the diverse range of information systems applications and the impact they have on society. ˜ Trans-national & global information systems ˜ Information society & national IT policies ˜ Enterprise information systems ˜ Information systems for virtual organisations ˜ Alignment & integration of IS and enterprise ˜ Social, legal, ethical & cultural issues of IT ˜ IS education: changing skills & web technology ˜ Adoption and diffusion of IT ˜ e-Business ˜ New types of IS (multimedia, web-based etc) ˜ IS and virtual communities ˜ Holistic information systems ˜ IS discipline: issues & challenges ˜ Security issues in IS and the Internet ˜ Web site design & usability ˜ Knowledge management & learning organisation ˜ CMC, groupware & collaborative systems ˜ Women and equity groups in the IT profession ˜ IS for small to medium enterprises ˜ IS research: directions & insights ˜ Innovation in systems development and software engineering

**SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Send an electronic copy of your submission as a Word or RTF document attachment to an email. Limit papers to 10 single-spaced pages. Follow Harvard style guidelines See Conference Publication guidelines available at http://ACIS2002.vu.edu.au

Provide contact information for the first author name, address, home and work phone number, and Internet e-mail address. The first author is the contact author unless otherwise noted. (An electronic submission and review process is being used for all papers for the ACIS2002 Conference with all submissions as Word or RTF files.)

** CONFERENCE LOCATION Melbourne, the capital city of the state of Victoria in Australia, will become the meeting place of Information Systems academics from around Australasia and the world in December 2002. Victoria University will host the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS2002) from December 3-6. We will be doing our best to ensure a memorable and valuable event and we look forward to seeing you at ACIS2002 in Melbourne in December 2002.

**CONFERENCE VENUE The venue for the conference will be the City Flinders Conference Centre (12th Floor, 300 Flinders Street) of Victoria University. The Centre is located in the heart of Melbourne, opposite to the Southbank entertainment district and within walking distance of the Botanic Gardens, City Centre, shops, restaurants, theatres, galleries, and public transport including buses, trains and ferries.

**IMPORTANT DATES Refereed Papers Submitted: 15 May 2002 Acceptance Notification: 31 July 2002 Workshop/Tutorial Proposals: 30 Sept 2002 Panel Session Proposals: 30 Sept 2002 Doctoral Submissions: 30 Sept 2002 Camera Ready Papers: 30 Sept 2002 Early Bird Registration: 30 Sept 2002

**INFORMATION Web: http://ACIS2002.vu.edu.au Email: ACIS2002@vu.edu.au Phone: (061)(03) 96884332 Fax: (061)(03) 96885024

**ORGANISATION

Program Chair/s

Dr Mike McGrath Victoria University Dr Frada Burstein Monash University Andrew Wenn Victoria University

An International Program Panel of eminent information systems researchers is currently being assembled. Details will be posted on the conference website at ACIS2002.vu.edu.au shortly.

Doctoral Consortium Chair

Dr Mike Metcalfe University of South Australia

Organisation Chair

Dr Arthur Tatnall Victoria University

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