Researchers and practitioners are welcome to submit complete manuscripts or proposal for poster presentations to the conference. We will cover the four different perspectives under the conference theme: (a) Business Perspective, (b) Policy Perspective, (c) Technological Perspective, and (d) Societal Perspective. The contributions on application scenarios, use cases, and best practices; research with an empirical focus; as well as the inter-disciplinary work are especially encouraged. Submission could include, but are not limited to:

Business Analytics
Big Data management
Big Data Infrastructure
Decision Support Systems & Expert Systems
e-Business and e-Retailing
Enterprise Resource Planning
Social Media Analytics
Data Mining
Cloud Computing
Telecommunication Networks and Technologies

Contributions will be selected based on peer review by the Program Committee consisting of reputed academics, well-known practitioners and subject experts. Contributions should contain a clear problem statement; an outline; methodology and consistent rigor. Accepted papers will be made available to all conference attendees in the form of conference proceedings. An edited book volume will be published in the Annals of Information Systems series by Springer. This will consist of the selected papers from the conference submissions. The papers can be submitted in the following three categories:
• Full Papers (5000 – 7000 words)
• Short Papers / Work in Progress (3000 – 5000 words)
• Poster Abstracts (Max 2 pages)

To submit a manuscript, please go to the Submission page at the conference website at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdab2014 . All submissions should be made via the easychair link:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdab2014.