[Dbworld] Call for Papers for IRMA-EIS

Call for Papers

Submission Deadline October 4, 2004
Enterprise Information Systems Track of 
2005 Information Resources Management Association International Conference
May 15-18, 2005

U.S. Grant Hotel (a Wyndham Historic Hotel)
San Diego, California, USA


TRACK COVERAGE

Information technology has been significantly improving productivities in 
recent 20 years and cutting the operational costs recently for enterprises. The 
business requirement for information system does not change: easy 
communication, intelligence, easy usability. This track will provide a forum 
for researchers and practitioners interested in business applications of 
information systems. The papers could cover any stages of information system 
research and development from literature or market survey indicating future 
direction to concept-proving prototype system, to real application systems.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS
The Enterprise Information Systems Track encourages the submission of quality 
papers as well as panel and workshop proposals dealing with, but NOT limited 
to, the following topics:

- Enterprise information systems integration
- Justification of ERP Systems
- Implementation of ERP Systems
- Computing resource management
- Decision support system
- Enterprise information sharing and security
- Enterprise information collaboration
- Information Retrieval and Filtering (IraF) for Business Applications
- Supply chain management
- Customer relationship management
- Agent-oriented programming
- Knowledge management and data mining

For complete conference information, visit the IRMA Web Site at
http://www.irma-international.org

TRACK CO-CHAIRS
Angappa "Guna" Gunasekaran  University of Massachusetts, USA 
agunasekaran-vFk6ji2m1Io3uPMLIKxrzw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Ciya Liao, Oracle Corporation, USA, 
david.liao-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES

Submissions for the 2005 IRMA International Conference may be submitted in the 
following categories. (All submissions will undergo a blind, peer review by at 
least three external expert reviewers.)

FULL LENGTH SUBMISSIONS

Those individuals interested may submit a full length (not to exceed 3,500 
words with a maximum of 5 figures/tables), original, and previously 
unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscript for review and 
decision. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in 
their entirety or as a 1500-2000 word mini-paper, as recommended by the 
reviewers. High quality papers will be considered for further review and 
possible inclusion in an IRMA official journal. In addition, the best paper in 
terms of quality and suitability to the theme of the conference will be awarded 
the Best Paper Award.

RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS SUBMISSIONS

Those interested individuals may submit research-in-progress proposals 
(abstracts) or a summary of tentative results of the study to date in 500-1000 
words by October 4, 2004. Authors of accepted proposals will be asked to 
forward a paper (not to exceed 2,000 words with a maximum of 3 figures/tables) 
by January 10, 2005 for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

PANEL, WORKSHOP, TUTORIAL, AND SYMPOSIUM SUBMISSIONS

Individuals interested in conducting a panel, workshop, symposium or tutorial 
dealing with technological, managerial, professional, teaching, societal, 
national or international issues of information technology management are 
invited to submit a 500-1000 word proposal covering the objectives, issues to 
be covered, and the names/addresses of any other panel, workshop, 
tutorial/symposium members. Method of presentation is at the submitter 
discretion, however the submitter has the responsibility for providing his/her 
own participants (such as panel members). All accepted proposals will appear in 
the conference proceedings. (Note: All panel, workshop, and tutorial/symposium 
members must register and pay for the conference.) Panel presenters should know 
that during the conference, an LCD projector, screen and laptop computer will 
be provided by the association for each presentation. Any addit
 ional equipment needed for the panel, workshop, tutorial or symposium is at 
the discretio!
 n of the presenter and it will be his or her responsibility to provide the 
extra equipment.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submissions in all categories must follow the following guidelines: (All 
submissions must be received by October 4, 2004).
1 Manuscript must not exceed 3500 words for full length submissions; 2000 words 
for research-in-progress summary/proposal; and 1000 words for panel, workshop, 
tutorial and symposium proposals.
2 It must be accompanied by a separate cover letter with every author(s) name, 
address, phone & fax numbers, e-mail, full affiliation and the track to which 
it is submitted. All correspondence will be sent to the first author unless 
otherwise specified.
3 Submitted papers must not currently be under review by any other publication 
or conference.
4 Submitters must provide their e-mail address where the acknowledgment will be 
forwarded.
5 The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is 
strictly limited to a maxiumum of two submissions.
6 All submissions MUST be submitted electronically in either MS Word or rich 
text format (RTF).

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgment within two weeks 
after your electronic submissions, please contact the program chair immediately.

Send all inquiries and submissions to:
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, program chair, 2005 IRMA International Conference
E-mail: <irmaconf-E0qmymGL8bcm1CrLE6Ignmmfu5yIVL8E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Authors of accepted manuscripts and proposals will be asked to provide the 
final copy of the submission in MS Word or RTF format on diskette. Authors of 
accepted papers (at least one person), panel/workshop/tutorial session chairs 
and panel members MUST register and attend the conference.


IMPORTANT DATES LOCATION
Submission Deadline: ...................................October 4, 2004
Notification of Acceptance/ Rejection:..November 26, 2004
Final Submission Due: .................................January 10, 2005
Early Registration Ends: ..............................January 10, 2005
Conference Period: .....................................May 15-18, 2005

Send all inquiries and submissions to:

Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Program Chair
2005 IRMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
E-mail: irmaconf-E0qmymGL8bcm1CrLE6Ignmmfu5yIVL8E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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