-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] reminder: Call for Workshops - ECIS 2015 in Muenster - deadline 19 sept 2014 Datum: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:37:54 +0200 Von: Remko Helms r.w.helms@uu.nl An: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

Reminder ~~~ Call for Workshops - ECIS 2015 in Muenster ~~~

Important deadlines: - Any time until September 19th inform workshop chairs about your “intention to submit” - Until October 10th full workshop proposals have to be handed in

The European Conferences of Information Systems (ECIS) increasingly attract co-located workshops on topics that relate to Information Systems. Continuing this trend, the 23rd ECIS in Münster in May 2015 aims to feature a number of co-located workshops. We invite the IS community to propose Pre-ECIS workshops to be held prior to the ECIS conference. The main event will be held from Tuesday 26th (Welcome Reception) until Friday 29th of May 2015. Workshops can be scheduled on the 26th of May 2015. The duration of a workshop could be one day or half a day. The number of workshops may be limited because of space limitations. You are invited to submit an “intention to submit” workshop proposal any time until September 19th 2014 to the Workshop Chairs.

This should be an informal email, describing briefly the theme of the workshop. The idea is to try and give early feedback to proposers about similar workshop proposals and enable them to consider merger ahead of time. Please do not hesitate to ask questions or raise issues.

You are then invited to submit a proposal (up to 2,000 words long) for evaluation by the 10th of October 2014.

Please be mindful of specifying in your proposal:

- Title of the workshop - Main contact - Workshop organizers (incl. contact details) - Theme of the workshop - Format of the workshop (incl. duration) - Justification for being ECIS pre-conference workshop (suitability to ECIS audience) - Names of the program committee (initial list) - Plan for proceedings and publications / journal special issue - Target audience and expected attendance (historical data may help here) - Planned acceptance rate (if applicable) - Schedule for the workshop (deadlines etc.) - Special equipment needed (assume projector and screen + flipcharts will be available) - Prior experience of the proposers in workshops organization

The decision about acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will be made by the Workshops Chairs in consultation with the Conference and Program Chairs. Evaluation criteria include overall quality and the fit with respect to the expected ECIS 2015 program as well as venue capacity. Note that proposals are especially encouraged on emerging topics and should not already be covered by the main conference. Also tutorials on teaching, research (methods and tools) and academic careers are welcomed. The organizing committee will help in organizing for the rooms and technology and will provide catering at a fixed cost per participant.

The organizers of accepted workshops will be responsible for their own reviewing process, publicity (e.g., website and call for papers), and proceedings production. They will be required to closely cooperate with the Workshops Chairs and the ECIS 2015 local organizers to finalize all organizational details. Workshop attendees must pay the ECIS 2015 workshop registration fee. If workshop attendees would also like to attend the main conference, they as well have to pay the conference registration fee. Workshop registrations and payments will be done via the conference registration system and thus the payments to the facilities will be taken care of by the local ECIS organizers. In particular, local organizers may require that all workshops adhere to specific requirements regarding the general timetable, registration and catering.

Workshop organizers must inform the Workshop Chairs of the numbers of submissions and acceptances as these numbers become available. Workshops may be cancelled for extremely low submissions or registrations at the early registration deadline. Please note that the duration of the workshop might be adjusted based on the number of submissions received. Only accepted workshops are official ECIS 2015 workshops and enjoy support for the organizing committee. Please send your intention to submit a proposal for a Pre-ECIS workshop by the 19th of September 2014.

Further deadlines:

- Any time until September 19th, workshop proposers may send an “intention to submit” message to the workshop chairs. - Until September 26th, the Workshop Chairs will administrate the intentions handed in up to this point and, if necessary, suggest mergers. - Until October 10th, the full proposals have to be handed in. - November 7th, notification of acceptance of proposals and start of detailed discussions of workshop requirements and possibilities. - November 21st, final decisions (considering space at the venue). Workshop leaders can start sending out their CFP.

Workshop Chairs:

- Katerina Pramatari (Athens University of Economics and Business - AUEB, Greece) - Remko Helms (University of Utrecht, Netherlands)

Please submit your intention to submit as well as your proposal to wschairs@ecis2015.eu, which will reach both of them.

We look forward to receiving your proposals!

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