16th Australasian Conference on Information
Systems (ACIS 2005) "Socialising IT: Thinking About the People"
30th November - 2nd December. Sydney, Australia
ACIS is the premier Australasian
conference for IS academics, covering technical, organisational and industry
issues in the application of IT to real world problems.
Papers submitted to ACIS2005 are
fully double-blind refereed and selected papers will be fast-tracked to
high quality IS journals. The conference will be preceded by a doctoral
consortium, and research students are also encouraged to submit papers
to the special student section of the main conference where they will
be given extended feedback.
To be held at the Manly Pacific Hotel across the
street from beautiful Manly Beach. Manly is 10 Km from Sydney CBD by Ferry
across spectacular Sydney Harbour. Manly lies on a peninsular between
the harbour and the Pacific Ocean, and has over 2 Km of scenic beach,
as well as a harbour pool and aquarium. Al fresco dining is available
at reasonable prices at a wide variety of cafes and restaurants. In Sydney,
December is early summer; the weather is warm and usually fine and sunny
with an average maximum temperature of 26C.
Important Dates
Full Paper Submission: 13th June, 2005
Accept/Reject Notification: 2nd September, 2005
Camera Ready Copy: 30th September, 2005
Doctoral Consortium: 28-29th November, 2005
Main Conference: 30th November-2nd December, 2005
ACIS is timed to run just before ICIS on 11-14th December in Las Vegas.
Delegates from Europe are advised to consider combining the two conferences
on a round-the-world ticket.
Conference Tracks
Authors are encouraged to submit papers that fit broadly into the following
tracks, although papers on other related topics will be considered.
IS Theory, Practice and Methods: theories unique to IS, applications
of other disciplines to IS, IS development methods, case studies of
IS development and use
IS and Education: educating with IT and educating about IT
Intercultural perspectives on IS: cultural issues in IS design and
adoption, indigenous and other minority voices, IS in cultural preservation
and renewal
IS and Community Services: health, government, sport, community groups
IT, Creativity and Collaboration: interactive art, supporting design,
artists and technologists working together
IS and Global Collaboration: supporting international research, development,
business and learning
IS and Mobile Devices innovation, adoption, knowledge sharing, work
practices
IS and Business Strategy: governance, change, new ways of doing business,
developing relationships within the business
Integrity of IS: security, ethics, legal issues
Paper Format
Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished papers for consideration
for ACIS2005, nominating a theme-related track. All papers will be double-blind
refereed. Maximum paper length is 10 A4 pages (Times Roman 10pt) in total.
A template for paper preparation can be found at the web site given below.
Oral presentations will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions.
There will be a special track for papers by current PhD students (single
author only). The same paper requirements apply, but 20 minutes oral presentation
will be followed by 20 minutes discussion by the group.
