Call for papers & Important Dates
Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call for Action
The challenges of modern organizations have changed dramatically over the course of the COVID pandemic. Our academy of IS academics has also pivoted substantially since our last in-person ICIS conference in Munich. Our discipline and our association now face grand challenges, but we do this together and collectively. ICIS 2021 aims to bring together our community both in-person and online in a meaningful way to enable a sharing of our best research, ideas on the most important challenges, and a fight for the future of our planet.
To this end, we want to highlight two tracks we developed to address our conference theme:
We invite you to submit completed research papers or short papers to ICIS 2021. The conference will also include Panels, a redeveloped CIO Symposium, Professional Development Workshops, and a Paper-a-thon, in addition to 22 tracks covering all areas of IS research. Please refer to more information about tracks at https://icis2021.aisconferences.org/submissions/track-descriptions/.
Benefits of the Conference to Journal Paper Submission Cycle
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Important Dates
Submission Open: February 17 (Wed)
Submission Deadline: May 4 (Tue) 11:59PM EDT (New York time)
Acceptance Notification: July 31 (Sat)
Final Paper Deadline: September 6 (Mon) 11:59PM EDT
Final Acceptance Notification: September 30 (Thu)
Doctoral Consortium: December 10-11
Pre- and Post-Conference Workshops: December 11 & 16
Main Conference: December 12-15
Program Chairs
Atreyi Kankanhalli
National University of Singapore
atreyi@comp.nus.edu.sg
Xitong Li
HEC Paris
lix@hec.fr
Shaila Miranda
University of Oklahoma
shailamiranda@ou.edu
Tracks
- Conference Theme Track A: IS for Sustainability
- Conference Theme Track B: IS for Resilience
- General IS Topics
- Digital Learning and IS Curricula
- IS and the Future of Work
- Societal Impact of IS
- Cyber-security, Privacy, and Ethics of IS
- Blockchain, DLT, and Fintech
- Sharing Economy, Platforms, and Crowds
- Human Computer / Robot Interaction
- AI in Business and Society
- IS Design, Development, and Project Management
- IS Implementation and Adoption
- Data Analytics for Business and Societal Challenges
- Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and New Business Models
- Social Media and Digital Collaboration
- IS in Healthcare
- IoT, Smart Cities, Services, and Government
- Governance, Strategy and Value of IS
- Advances in Methods, Theories, and Philosophy
- User Behavior, Engagement, and Consequences
- Digital and Mobile Commerce
- Panels
- Professional Development Workshops (PDW)
- Paper-a-thon
For more information about the tracks see TRACK DESCRIPTIONS
Best Paper Awards
| Award | Criteria | Process |
|---|---|---|
| Best Paper in Track Award | • Completed Research Paper • Could be conceptual, method, or empirical paper | • AEs and/or TCs nominate papers • TCs select one paper from their track for award |
| Best Overall Conference Paper Award | • Completed Research Paper • Could be conceptual, method, or empirical paper | • PCs or their delegates select from among Best Paper in Track award recipients |
| Best Theory Development Paper Award | • Completed Research Paper • Displays insightful abstraction from data and/or prior literature, advancing the state of knowledge on an existing theory or offering a new theoretical perspective | • AEs and/or TCs nominate papers • TCs select one paper from their track for each award • PCs or their delegates select from among track nominations |
| Best Short Paper Award | • Short paper • Innovative | • AEs and/or TCs nominate papers • TCs select one paper from their track for each award • PCs or their delegates select from among track nominations |
| Best Student Paper Award | • First author is a student • Completed Research Paper • Could be conceptual, method, or empirical paper | • AEs and/or TCs nominate papers • TCs select one paper from their track for each award • PCs or their delegates select from among track nominations |
| Best Paper Award on Information Systems, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship sponsored by Kauffman Foundation. | • Please see Kauffman Best Paper Award sponsored by Kauffman Foundation. | |
| Best Student Paper Award on Information Systems, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship sponsored by Kauffman Foundation. | • Please see Kauffman Best Student Paper Award sponsored by Kauffman Foundation |
Journal Publication
The AIS Policy on Conference and Journal Publication encourages conference papers to be published in journals. This policy applies to AIS conferences (there are no copyright issues to prevent your AIS conference paper from being published in any journal (AIS or not)), and to AIS journals (there are no restrictions preventing you from submitting your conference paper to an AIS journal). Many non-AIS journals have similar policies, so you can submit your AIS conference paper to them. The policy and list of non-AIS journals with similar policies, is available at the Policy page.
