Call for Nominations

Nominations are invited for the 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2011 Doctoral Consortium. The Consortium will be held on 7-8 July 2011, immediately prior to the PACIS 2011 Conference, in Brisbane, Queensland.

Call for Nominations

Universities are invited to nominate candidates for the consortium. Eligible candidates are Ph.D. students in Information Systems (IS), who have developed a plan for pursuing their dissertation, and would benefit from constructive feedback from senior faculty in the field. The consortium aims to provide doctoral students with an opportunity to share their research ideas and network with peers and experienced scholars serving as faculty advisors. Participating students will receive high quality feedback from faculty advisors, who are eminent researchers in the field, associated with leading institutions around the globe, serving in senior editorial positions in the field’s top journals. This consortium will be a significant event for emerging IS researchers in the Asia Pacific region.

Nomination Eligibility

• Ph.D. students who are currently working on a doctoral dissertation in Information Systems, and whose research has progressed to the point where a clear plan of investigation has been laid out, but there is sufficient scope for changes to this plan based on feedback from the consortium.
• The ideal consortium candidate should have chosen a theoretical approach and initiated planning or implementation of empirical work, but should have at least six months of work remaining at the time of the consortium.
• The nominated candidates must be sufficiently proficient in English to participate in the consortium, since the language of the consortium will be English.
• Participation is not restricted to students from the Asia-Pacific region. We invite nominations internationally from any university that has a Ph.D. program in IS.

Nomination Process

• In the interests of diversity and equity, more than one nomination is allowed from any single institution, but we require that the nominees be ranked. Note that the first-ranked nominees will have equal chance against other top ranked or sole nominees. The 2nd ranked nominees would only be considered after all 1st ranked/sole nominees.
• Students must be nominated by an IS faculty member. The nomination should follow the guidelines below:
  • A submitted proposal should outline the research topic, research question(s), theoretical foundations, proposed methodology, current stage of the research, and plans for completion.
  • The proposal should meet the requirements of research-in-progress (RIP) submissions for PACIS, since accepted proposals will be published in the conference proceedings as RIP papers.
  • The proposal must not exceed 7 single-spaced pages and must conform to the RIP word template (click here to download). The 7 pages must include all text, figures, tables, and appendices, but exclude the cover page, abstract, keywords, and references. Please note that the length restriction is strict; proposals that do not follow the requirements will not be considered.
  • A cover page should show the candidate’s full name, affiliation (university and school/department), and all contact details including name, mailing and e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax numbers. The candidate should also indicate the name(s) of his or her principal faculty supervisors.
  • A nomination letter from either the director of the IS doctoral program, the IS department’s chairperson, or the candidate’s thesis/dissertation advisor should certify that that the candidate is the nominee from the university/institution, and that the candidate meets the eligibility criteria mentioned above.
  • A completed Nomination Information sheet (click here to download)

Selection Process

A group of PACIS Consortium faculty will assess the submitted nominations on the basis of the rigor, relevance, the potential contribution that the student can make to the consortium, and the potential benefit the consortium can have from the student’s research.

Consortium Schedule

Consortium activities will commerce with Registration and Introductions in the afternoon on Thursday, 7th July, followed by a welcome dinner. Formal events are scheduled all day on the 8th July, which will focus on providing constructive feedback to students on their research.

The Consortium will include a balanced mix of students representing diverse research topics, methods, schools and cultures. The number of attendees will be limited to 24, organized into 4 streams of 6 students. Each student will present his or her research in a designated stream led by three faculty advisors, who will have carefully reviewed the student submissions. Participants are required to have carefully reviewed all proposals in their stream prior to the Consortium so that they are prepared to contribute to the discussion on each student’s research.

Registration and Cost

• Accepted consortium students are asked to register for the main conference by the early-bird date, and receive further feedback on their research at a poster session.
• There is no charge for the consortium, but home institutions are encouraged to provide financial assistance to successful nominees in the form of travel and accommodation aid. Low-cost accommodation is available at the University of Queensland for the duration of the consortium. More detailed information will be provided on acceptance.

Submission Contact Information

• Please contact Jae-Nam Lee (isjnlee@korea.ac.kr) if you have any question about the consortium.
• You can submit your proposals and nomination sheets through EasyChair: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pacis2011dc