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<h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://icis2014.aisnet.org/images/Registrant%20List.pdf">Click here to view the current registrant list.</a></strong></span></h3></div>]]></description>
			<author>brad.mckenna@port.ac.uk (Brad McKenna)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Placement</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="feed-description"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">ICIS 2014 Conference Career Placement   </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">ICIS placement will be associated with the Association for Information Systems (AIS) on-line placement service and will host on-site career placement activities in Auckland, New Zealand.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">What is AIS Career Placement Services?</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The AIS Placement Services is open on a year-round basis. To facilitate matching candidates with positions, AIS placement provides listings of universities seeking applicants and applicants seeking universities, serving three types of users:</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Ravie; mso-fareast-font-family: Ravie; mso-bidi-font-family: Ravie;" lang="EN-US">√<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Universities seeking to post a standardized university job listing and to browse all listings.  </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Ravie; mso-fareast-font-family: Ravie; mso-bidi-font-family: Ravie;" lang="EN-US">√<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Applicants seeking to post their standardized resumes and to browse all listings.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Ravie; mso-fareast-font-family: Ravie; mso-bidi-font-family: Ravie;" lang="EN-US">√<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Individuals seeking to browse only (i.e., not wishing to post a job opening or a resume/CV). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For further information and to register with this service, please visit the <a href="http://placement.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">AIS Career Placement Services</a> website.  <a href="http://www.aisnet.org/placement/" target="_blank">http://placement.aisnet.org/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">AIS Placement Activities </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please carefully read the requirements to ensure that your reservation is as complete as possible.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">During the ICIS 2014 conference, facilities will be provided to assist the meetings of applicants and university representatives. ICIS 2014 Open Placement rooms are available by reservation appointment only. AIS has several 3-hour appointment blocks available for institutions who would like to conduct onsite interviews. The most customary way to reserve a room is by scheduling an appointment block.  Institutions are able to reserve a meeting room and <strong>one 3-hour time block per day.</strong> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">All persons who are participating (interviewers and interviewees) in AIS Open Placement activities onsite at ICIS 2014 must be registered for both ICIS 2014 and have a current job post or resume on the AIS Career Placement website.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Open Placement reservation deadline is <strong>November 21, 2014</strong>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Open placement dates and time blocks available are:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">Sunday, December 14, 2014 </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.<br /> 11:00 a.m.-2: 00 p.m.<br /> 2:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">Monday, December 15, 2014 </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.<br /> 11:00 a.m.-2: 00 p.m.<br /> 2:00 p.m.- - 5:00 p.m.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">Tuesday, December 16, 2014 </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">8:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.<br /> 11:00 a.m.- 2: 00 p.m.<br /> 2:00 p.m.- - 5:00 p.m.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">PLEASE NOTE:</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">         </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Each institution may only reserve one time slot per day. Institutions may reserve time slots on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.  (3-hour block x three days = Nine hours for interviewing)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">         </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your reserved time slot. This will allow you to check in with the open placement volunteers and arrive at your interview room.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">         </span></span><span lang="EN-US">If you have not checked-in with the volunteers at the Open Placement desk within 30 minutes of your scheduled reservation, the room will be released for use.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">         </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Please be mindful of the next reservation and remove all belongings at the end of your appointment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">         </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Time blocks are strictly enforced. Under no circumstances are institutions allowed to go beyond their appointed reservation. There are open lounge areas located on each floor of The University of Auckland that you may freely use after your reservation appointment has ended.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3CLCN66" style="line-height: 1.3em;">RESERVE ROOM NOW!!</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">For questions please contact Aretha Wright at </span><a href="mailto:placement@aisnet.org" style="line-height: 1.3em;">placement@aisnet.org</a><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">Private Placements Rooms</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Private placements rooms are available for purchase. Please complete the private placement registration <a href="http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/aisnet.org/resource/resmgr/ICIS/ICIS_2014_Private_Placement_.pdf" target="_blank">form</a> and fax to the AIS office at +1-404-413-7443 or register online by clicking <a href="http://placement.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">The AIS Open Placement Hours during ICIS 2014:</span></span></strong><span style="line-height: 1.3em;" lang="EN-US">  </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sunday, December 14                   8am – 5pm<br /> Monday, December 15                   8am – 5pm<br />Tuesday, December 16                  8am – 5pm</span><span lang="EN-US">                                                                                                          </span></p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">Placement Contact:</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For ICIS 2014 Conference placement questions contact: <a href="mailto:placement@aisnet.org">placement@aisnet.org</a>. </span></p></div>]]></description>
			<author>brad.mckenna@port.ac.uk (Brad McKenna)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Star Alliance Fare Discount</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="feed-description"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">SAVE UP TO 20% ON TRAVEL WITH THE STAR ALLIANCE</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">™ <strong>NETWORK</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">The Star Alliance member airlines are pleased to be appointed as the Official Airline Network for ICIS 2014.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">To obtain the Star Alliance Conventions Plus discounts please follow the below steps to access the Conventions Plus online booking tool:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.staralliance.com/conventionsplus/delegates/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: purple;">www.staralliance.com/conventionsplus/delegates</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">/</span></a></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Under “Delegates login” enter conventions code NZ02S14.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The online booking tool opens in a separate window*</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: right; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;" align="right"><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">*Should the online booking tool not open, please ensure that your Pop-Up blocker is disabled.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">Registered participants plus one accompanying person travelling to the event can qualify for a discount of up to 20%, depending on fare and class of travel booked.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">The participating airlines for this event are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Avianca, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Airways, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS International Air Lines, TAP Portugal, THAI, Turkish Airlines, United</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">Discounts are offered on most published <strong>business </strong>and <strong>economy class </strong>fares, excluding website/internet fares, senior and youth fares, group fares and Round the World fares.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">Please note: For travel to/from Japan and New Zealand special fares or discounts may be offered by the participating airlines on their own network. To obtain these special fares or discounts and for booking office information please visit </span><a href="http://www.staralliance.com/conventionsplus/delegates/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: blue;">www.staralliance.com/conventionsplus/delegates/ </span></a><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">and:</span></p>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Click on “Conventions Plus Booking Contacts” and enter the conventions code NZ02S14.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Choose one of the participating airlines listed</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Call the respective reservation contact listed and quote the conventions code NZ02S14 when </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.3em;">requesting the special ticket</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">When making your travel plans please present confirmation of your registration or proof of attendance for the Event/Convention.</span></p></div>]]></description>
			<author>brad.mckenna@port.ac.uk (Brad McKenna)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 23:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Building a Better World through IS</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="feed-description"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #222222;" lang="EN-US">ICIS 2014 Theme: Building a Better World through Information Systems</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">As information systems become ubiquitous and have widespread impact on people from all strata of society, they can be leveraged to address critical problems facing our world. Alleviating hunger, providing affordable access to healthcare and education, addressing environmental sustainability, and addressing human rights violations are examples of critical global challenges. Emerging technologies have allowed information systems to contribute to the resolution of these challenges more than ever before. Given the increasing penetration and lowering costs of networked and mobile technologies, information systems can have a broad impact across all strata of society, privileged and less privileged alike (e.g., in the form of frugal systems). Information systems can contribute to building a better world through humanitarian efforts, sustained food </span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US">production and distribution, better and affordable access to healthcare and to education, more efficient energy usage, citizen participation through democracy, and connecting diaspora, among others. </span><span lang="EN-GB">The 2014 theme track welcomes all types of research papers that offer novel ideas about how information systems can contribute to a better world.</span></p></div>]]></description>
			<author>brad.mckenna@port.ac.uk (Brad McKenna)</author>
			<category>Uncategorised</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Submissions</title>
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			<author>brad.mckenna@port.ac.uk (Brad McKenna)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Sponsors</title>
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<p>Interested in sponsoring ICIS 2014? <a href="http://bit.ly/ICIS2014Sponsorship" target="_blank">Sponsorship information can be found here</a>. </p>
<h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;">AIS Corporate Sponsors</span></h2>
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			<author>brad.mckenna@port.ac.uk (Brad McKenna)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="feed-description"><h1 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 11.85pt; text-align: justify;">Hosted by The University of Auckland Business School</span></h1>
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<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 11.85pt;"> <a href="http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/acis2014/" target="_blank"><img src="http://icis2014.aisnet.org/images/acis-logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>   <a href="http://bis2.aut.ac.nz/ifip82-2014/" target="_blank"><img src="http://icis2014.aisnet.org/images/ifip-logo3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></span></p>
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<h1><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Arial, 'Arial Unicode MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Official hotels for ICIS 2014 are <a href="http://auckland.langhamhotels.co.nz/" target="_blank">The Langham Hotel</a> and the <a href="http://www.pullmanhotels.com/gb/hotel-8219-pullman-auckland/index.shtml" target="_blank">Pullman Hotel</a>.</span></h1>
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<p>The Langham hotel is 1.3km (0.8 miles) from the University of Auckland Business School, and is approximately 15 minutes walk. </p>
<h3><a href="https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx?Hotel=27424&amp;Chain=10316&amp;locale=en-GB&amp;arrive=11/12/2014&amp;depart=18/12/2014&amp;adult=1&amp;child=0&amp;promo=GAFIS" target="_blank">Bookings for The Langham Hotel can be made here</a>. </h3>
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<p>The Pullman hotel is 750 meters (0.5 miles) from the <span style="line-height: 15.8079996109009px;">University of Auckland Business School, and is approximately 10 minutes walk.</span></p>
<h3><span style="line-height: 15.8079996109009px;"><a href="http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotels-offers/promotion-31608-pullman-auckland.shtml" target="_blank">Bookings for the Pullman Hotel can be made here.</a> </span></h3>
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