HICSS-37 Minitrack on M-commerce; Call-for-Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR the minitrack:

MOBILE COMMERCE: CORE BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLIGENT SUPPORT 

Part of the: DECISION TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGEMENT Track at
Thirty-seventh Annual HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES 
January 5 - 8, 2004, Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii 

HOME PAGE OF THE MINITRACK

http://iamsr.abo.fi/iamsrweb/framed/pics/CFP_mobileCommerce37.doc
  
MINITRACK GOALS

The minitrack on m-commerce is focused on core business technology and 
intelligent support. 
This includes (but is not limited to) the following issues: 

-Research into finding and identifying potential customer groups for 
fast-growing 
value added mobile e-commerce. This issue points to the need for new or 
innovative 
e-commerce models and will require that both new methods for Internet research 
and 
good supporting technology will be developed.
 
-Research into the design, development and implementation of mobile e-commerce 
solutions for selected customer groups. If and when target groups for 
value-added 
services can be identified, this issue points to the need to develop/adapt new 
or
innovative technologies for localized, personalized, ubiquitous, timely and 
convenient m-commerce service solutions. 

-New and enhanced systems solutions for integrated production and distribution 
of m-commerce products and services. The elimination of bottlenecks and the 
modification and enhancement of service capacity will need (for instance) 
enhanced 
network architectures, intelligent information systems and agent technology. 
There 
will probably be a need to improve the network infrastructure for producers and 
consumers of m-commerce products and services, as well as the process 
intermediaries.
 
-The design and development of value added user interfaces and user support 
systems for mobile e-commerce customers. This issue outlines the need to verify 
and 
validate the functionality of the new technologies and to prove that they are 
value 
adding. At the same time, we need better knowledge about the true functionality 
and 
substance of new m-commerce products and services. 

-New methods for finding and evaluating value added services for customer 
groups.
This issue points to the need for a proactive design of emerging m-commerce 
products 
and services ahead of the market (probably based on mobile new technology), 
interactive 
empirical tests with potential customer groups, feedback to the technology 
developers 
and testing of redesigns. 

-New technologies for virtual community creation, portals and smartals will 
form new business models for m-commerce. We need to gain an understanding of 
which 
of these models are going to be commercially successful and why.


ORGANIZERS:

PIRKKO WALDEN (primary contact)
IAMSR, Åbo Akademi University, DataCity B 6734 
20520 Åbo, Finland
pirkko.walden-N9GROUpt6ZU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

CHRISTER CARLSSON
IAMSR, Åbo Akademi University, DataCity B 6734
20520 Åbo, Finland
Phone: +358-2-215-4796
christer.carlsson-N9GROUpt6ZU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

JARI VEIJALAINEN
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, 
University of Jyväskylä
P.O. Box 35
FIN-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Phone: +358-14-2603040, Fax: +358-14-2603011, mobile: +81 90 53918108
veijalai-4MHxKdMA9tz1KXRcyAk9cg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 

IMPORTANT DEADLINES 

March 31, 2003  Abstracts submitted for guidance and indication of appropriate 
content. 

June 1, 2003    Full papers submitted to Minitrack Chairs. Contact minitrack 
chairs for
                submission instructions.

August 31, 2003 Notice of acceptance or rejections of papers sent to Authors by 
                Minitrack Chairs. 

October 1, 2003 Accepted manuscripts submitted electronically to the publisher 
of the 
                conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted 
paper must 
                register to attend the conference by this date. Registration 
cancellations 
                after this date may result in the paper being pulled from the 
Proceedings 
                prior to printing. See conference web site for registration fee 
refund policy. 

NOTE: Because HICSS is a nonprofit activity funded entirely by registration 
fees; 
all participants and speakers are expected to have their 
university/organization 
bear the costs of their expenses and registration. HICSS is not able to 
subsidize 
registrations or offer reduced fees. 
 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION 

1. Contact the Minitrack Chair in advance for specific submission instructions. 
Otherwise, 
submit six (6) copies of the full paper, consisting of no more than 25 double- 
spaced pages, 
including diagrams, directly to the appropriate Minitrack Chair. 
(NOTE: The final paper will be 10 pages, double-column, single-spaced.) 

2. Do not submit the manuscript to more than one Minitrack Chair. Papers should 
contain
original material and not be previously published, or currently submitted for 
consideration elsewhere. 

3. Each paper must have a title page to include title of the paper, full name 
of all
authors, and complete addresses including affiliation(s), telephone number(s), 
and e-mail address(es). 

4. The first page of the manuscript should include only the title and a 
300-word 
abstract of the paper. 

5. Please submit your abstract and paper electronically to the following email 
address: 

cwalden-N9GROUpt6ZU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(see http://iamsr.abo.fi/ Events -button)


GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION

For the latest information visit the HICSS web site at: 
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu
 
TRACKS AT HICSS-37 

* Collaboration Systems; Co-Chair: Jay Nunamaker; Email: 
nunamaker-bf+fEBKeAMw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Co-Chair: Robert O. Briggs; Email: 
bbriggs-PgEm5VLR3zIlJZD/S0VCNg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
* Complex Systems; Chair: Robert Thomas; Email: 
rjt1-HmMyXyqgL2CVc3sceRu5cw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
* Decision Tech. for Management; Chair: Dan Dolk; Email: dolker@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
* Digital Documents; Chair: Michael Shepherd; Email: 
shepherd-RazJlWb3c/r3fQ9qLvQP4Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
* Emerging Technologies; Chair: Ralph H. Sprague; Email: 
sprague-MsMAYOsy5kY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
* Information Technology in Health Care; Chair: William Chismar; 
        Email: chismar-Ym2NTITkvu5BFM95potWkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
* Internet & the Digital Economy; Co-Chair: David King; Email: 
dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Co-Chair: Alan Dennis; Email: 
ardennis-GZvvpLG7cYSVc3sceRu5cw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
* Organizational Systems & Tech.; Chair: Hugh Watson; Email: hwatson@xxxxxxx 
* Software Technology; Chair: Gul Agha; Email: 
agha-Tmj1lob9twqVc3sceRu5cw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and 
system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. 
Invited papers may 
be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions 
undergo a peer
referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the 
Conference
Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published. 



CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION:

* Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair
Email: sprague-MsMAYOsy5kY3uPMLIKxrzw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Eileen Dennis, Track Administrator
Email: eidennis-GZvvpLG7cYSVc3sceRu5cw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tel: 1-812-331-0551
Fax: 1-812-331-0564
* Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator
Email: hicss-MsMAYOsy5kY3uPMLIKxrzw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tel: 1-808-956-3251
Fax: 1-808-956-5759

2004 HICSS-37 CONFERENCE VENUE:

Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii
425 Waikoloa Beach Drive
Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738
Tel: 1-808-886-1234
Fax: 1-808-886-2900

www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com

NOTE: December 1, 2003 is the deadline to guarantee hotel room reservation at 
the conference 
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