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Midwest United States Association for Information Systems 4th Annual Conference
MWAIS 2009
May 22-23, 2009
Madison, South Dakota
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The 4th annual conference of the Midwest AIS will be held on May 22-23, 2009 in Madison, South Dakota. The goal of the conference is to provide a venue for academics and practitioners in the Midwest United States who wish to be involved with the Association for Information Systems on a smaller scale than the large international conferences. MWAIS 2009 will provide an intimate environment to facilitate the sharing of ideas on pedagogy and research within a small and social setting.

The theme of the conference will be "Information Technology in Services Industry". The conference theme would be reinforced through panel discussions, and conference keynote.

For more information about the MWAIS 2009 conference, visit http://www.mwais.org

We would like to invite you present your research at this venue. The Call for Papers is included below.

== Call for Papers: Full-Length Papers, Research-in-Progress Proposals, Panels, Workshops, or Tutorial Proposals ==

-- Important Dates --
Submissions Begin: February 1st, 2009
Submission Deadline for Full-Length Papers: March 9th, 2009
Submission Deadline for Research-in-Progress, Panels, Workshops, and Tutorial Proposals: March 9th, 2009
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: March 31st, 2009
Camera-Ready Copy and Author Registration Deadline: April 15th, 2009

-- Inquiries and Submissions --
Paper submission, the review process, and acceptance notifications will be managed by the Conference Management Site: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/MWAIS2009/, following the above noted deadlines. Any questions or concerns regarding the same may be directed via e-mail: mwais2009@dsu.edu.

-- Submission Guidelines --
We invite submissions of completed manuscripts, research-in-progress proposals (extended abstracts), panel proposals, and workshop proposals addressing behavioral, organizational, and technical aspects of information systems. Two to three parallel sessions are planned. A computer lab will be available if needed. Submitted papers and proposals will undergo a double blind review by at least two reviewers. To facilitate the double blind review, include the title of the paper, names, affiliations, mailing addresses, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of all authors on a cover page submitted as a separate document from the body of the manuscript. Include only the title of the paper at the beginning of the manuscript. In the case of multiple-authorship, designate the corresponding author with a footnote on the cover page. Please do not include any author or affiliation identification on any page of the paper (except the separate cover page), in headings, footers, or in the properties of the submitted file. Previously published work or work under review elsewhere is not eligible for submission. All submissions should be submitted electronically in MS Word.

A style sheet for heading formats & citations can be found on the conference website, linked through http://www.mwais.org

The proceedings will be available through the Association for Information Systems Electronic Library (AISeL). At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference no later than April 15th, 2009, in order for the paper to be included in the conference proceedings.

-- Full Length Submissions --
You may submit a full length (not to exceed six single-spaced pages with approximately 2,500 words, including all figures, tables, appendices, and references), original, and previously unpublished manuscript. The research may be conceptual, empirical or applied. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety, as recommended by the reviewers. Select papers included in the MWAIS 2009 conference will be recommended on behalf of MWAIS for a standard review process and possible inclusion in the following journal:

American Journal of Business: http://www.ajbonline.org

-- Research-in-Progress --
You may submit research-in-progress proposals (extended abstracts), preferably including a summary of tentative results of the study to date, in 1000-1500 words with a maximum of 2 figures/tables for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

-- Panels, Workshops, and Tutorials --
Individuals interested in conducting a panel, workshop, 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, or tutorial members. Method of presentation is at the submitter's 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 members must register and pay for the conference.)

-- Topics --
Full-length papers, research-in-progress proposals, and panel, workshop, or tutorial proposals are invited in topics related to the conference theme (Information Technology in Services Industry) as well as the following areas (but not limited to):

* Accounting Information Systems
* Business Process Management
* Computer Aided Software Engineering
* Computing History
* Data Warehousing and Mining
* Database Management Technologies
* Decision Support Technologies
* Distance Learning Technologies
* e-Collaboration in Organizations
* Electronic Commerce Technologies Mgmt
* End User Computing
* Enterprise Resource Planning
* Global IT Management
* Human Computer Interaction
* The Human Side of IT
* Information Ethics Issues
* Information Security Management
* IT and Small Businesses
* IT Business Value
* Information Technology Education
* Information Technology Standards
* Intelligent Information Systems
* IT Evaluation Methods and Management
* IT Management in Financial Sector
* IT Management in Healthcare
* IT Teaching Cases
* Knowledge Management
* Medical Information Technology
* Mobile Computing & Commerce
* Multimedia Information Management
* Object Oriented Technology
* Open Source Technologies and Systems
* Project Management & Information Technologies
* Software Engineering
* Software Process Improvement
* Strategic IT Management
* Telecommunication and Networking Technologies
* Unified Modeling Language and Unified Process
* Vertical Standards Consortia
* Virtual Organizations and Society

== Conference Committee ==
-- Conference Co-Chairs --
Omar El-Gayar
Dakota State University
omar.el-gayar[at]dsu.edu

David Olson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
dolson3[at]unl.edu

-- Program Co-Chairs --
Amit Deokar
Dakota State University
amit.deokar[at]dsu.edu

Troy Strader
Drake University
troy.strader[at]drake.edu

-- Local Arrangements Chair --
Surendra Sarnikar
Dakota State University
surendra.sarnikar[at]dsu.edu