Track 1: IS Research methodology |
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- Theoretical advances of Information Systems discipline
- Types of research methods
- Knowledge as research subject
- Epistemological and ontological principles of IS
- Systems thinking: theory and practice
- The interactions among the social, psychological and technical aspects in the IS realm
- IS research models based on interdisciplinary cooperation
- Organizations as subject of IS research
- Research methods for the virtual world
- Information Systems in multicultural context
- Alternative research paradigms
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Kalle
Lyytinen
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, USA and University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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Track 2: IS Development: theory and practice |
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- Systems development methodologies
- Information systems building blocks
- Structured, object-oriented, process-oriented and alternative approaches to IS
- Information Systems strategy and policy
- Requirements engineering
- System analysis and design
- IS implementation and testing
- Rapid application development
- Computer-aided systems engineering
- Web based applications architecture and modeling
- Components based systems development
- Managing IT in business
- Business process reengineering
- Human computer interaction
- Outsourcing
- Decision support and expert systems
- Software engineering
- Process and project management
- Economics of Information Systems
- Information Systems curriculum development
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Wita and
W. Gregory Wojtkowski
Boise State University,
USA
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Track 3: Databases and warehousing |
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- Database design
- Data modeling
- Data warehouse architecture
- Data mining
- Object-oriented technologies in databases and data warehouses
- UML profiles and dialects for database and data warehouse design
- Multi-tier distributed architectures
- Distributed object middleware (CORBA/EJB, DCOM)
- Web databases
- Schema and data integration
- Managing database legacy systems
- Privacy and security in databases
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Leszek A. Maciaszek
Macquarie University, Sydney,
Australia
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Track 4: Digital economy - models for e-business and m-business |
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- The virtual enterprise paradigms
- E-business models and architectures
- Concepts and platforms for e- and m-business
- Infrastructure and technologies for e-business
- Electronic payments and secure transactions processing
- Marketspaces (B2B, B2C, C2C and others) - market portals, hubs, auctions
- E-business procurement models
- Standardization in digital business
- Electronic data interchange (EDI)
- E-business promotion, marketing and advertising
- E-business entrepreneurial activity and strategy
- Economics of digital economy
- Digital markets and digital goods
- Digital economy and globalisation
- Business in knowledge-based economy
- Cost/benefit of information products
- E-business and wireless
- E-commerce in multinational organizations
- Evaluation of Web-based systems
- Indicators for the digital economy
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Ciaran Murphy
University College Cork,
Ireland
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Track 5: Knowledge management and organizational learning |
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- Methods, techniques and tools for knowledge management (e.g.
groupware, case-based reasoning, machine learning)
- Knowledge management and the Web (Internet/intranet/extranet)
- Architecture of knowledge management systems
- Strategic, organizational and human issues of knowledge management
- Organizational memories, knowledge repositories
- Organizational learning
- Knowledge-based organizations
- Theoretical frameworks for knowledge management
- Linking knowledge management: theory and practice
- Measuring the benefits of knowledge management for organizations
- Data and knowledge intensive applications
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Elisabeth Metais
CNAM, Paris, France
Nicolas
Prat
ESSEC Business School,
France
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Track 6: ERP integration issues in electronic business |
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- ERP in business organizations
- Models of ERP software
- Selection of ERP packages
- Customer relationship management
- Supply chain management
- Agent information systems
- Change and risk management
- Smart organizations
- ERP reference
- Models in electronic business
- Business intelligence with ERP
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Jörg Becker
SAP University Competence Center,
University of Muenster, Germany
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Track 7: E-work and workflow management |
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- Workflow management systems: models and tools
- Implementation of workflow management in organizations
- New work forms like mobile work and new generations of
teleworking
- Virtual reality working environments
- E-work practices
- Sustainable and flexible work organizations
- Organizing for innovation and flexibility in large organizations
- Human aspects of workflow and e-work
- Distributed teamworking
- Digital documents
- Enterprise document management
- Groupware and CSCW systems
- Telework and work mobility
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Jan Ljungberg
Viktoria Institute - Göteborg University, Sweden
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Track 8: Internet and information society |
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- Global Internet infrastructure
- Internet and social/organizational change
- Virtual communities development
- E-democracy
- E-government
- eEurope, eEurope+ and other national and international programs
- Social and economic consequences of Internet applications
- Digital divide
- Internet legislation in different countries
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Phillip Ein-Dor
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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Track 9: Virtual learning and teaching |
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- Digital technology and educational culture
- E-learning networks and platforms
- Distance learning
- Virtual universities
- Emerging learning technologies
- Building successful e-learning communities
- Multimedia applications in online education
- Virtual learning and teaching frontiers
- E-library systems
- Empirical studies of e-learning processes
- Evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency of e-learning processes in organizations
- Multi-channel e-learning processes
- Implementation and integration of technical infrastructures of e-learning systems: experiences and consequences
- Cost of e-learning compared with cost of conventional learning
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Dietrich Seibt
University of Cologne,
Germany
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Track 10: Electronic business applications in different sectors |
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- Web information systems in information-intensive industries
- New business applications and new profit streams
- Portal-based applications and experiences
- Wireless solutions in innovative businesses
- Delivering virtual services
- E-business best practices
- Virtual solutions - models and applications in:
- Banking
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Media
- Publishing
- Retailing
- Tourism
- Transportation
- Other sectors
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Maddalena Sorrentino
Catholic University of Milan,
Italy
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