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It is our great pleasure to announce that the 21st Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2017) will be held at The Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa, Langkawi, 16-20 July, 2017. On behalf of the organizing committee of PACIS 2017, we invite submissions in all areas of Information Systems research and especially encourage submission related to the conference theme “Societal Transformation Through IS/IT” before the deadline. The paper template is also available for download from the submission guidelines site – http://pacis2017.org.  We also recommend you to visit the conference tracks site to get the latest information related to the conference.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

Workshop proposals: 4 February, 2017

Papers: 4 February, 2017

The PACIS 2017 offers the tracks listed below, but are not limited to:

1. Societal transformation through IS/IT (Conference’s Theme Track)
2. IS Issues in the Under-Represented Areas of the Globe
3. Knowledge Management
4. Business Intelligence & Analytics
5. IS/IT Project Management, Outsourcing, Enterprise Systems and Business Process Management
6. IS/IT and Open Innovation
7. IS Security and Privacy
8. IS/IT Strategy, Leadership and Governance
9. Electronic and Mobile Business
10. Service science and IS
11. Human Computer Interaction
12. IS Healthcare
13. IS Education and Learning
14. IS Implementation, Adoption and Diffusion
15. Social Media Usage and Impact
16. Economics of IS
17. Design Science
18. Innovative and Emerging Methods in IS Research

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VENUE

Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa, Langkawi

Doctoral Consortium: Adya Hotel Langkawi, Kuah, Malaysia

IMPORTANT DATES

Doctoral Consortium: 16 & 17 July, 2017 (Sun  & Mon)

Workshops: 17 July, 2017 (Mon)

Conference: 17-19 July, 2017 (Mon-Wed)

Local tour: 20 July, 2017 (Thurs)

Submission deadlines:

DC Proposals: 4 February, 2017

Workshop Proposals: 28 February, 2017

Papers: 4 February, 2017

Acceptance notification for papers and workshops:

DC Proposals: 11 March, 2017

Workshop proposals: 30 March, 2017

Papers: 11 March, 2017

Camera ready due:

Papers: 21 May, 2017

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

Rose Alinda Alias, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Pan Shan Ling, University of New South Wales

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Shamshul Bahri, University of Malaya

Pat Finnegan, University of New South Wales

Sia Choon Ling, City University of Hong Kong

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CO-CHAIRS

Darshana Sedera, Queensland University of Technology

Azizah Abdul Rahman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Warm Regards,

PACIS 2017 Organizing Committee

Conference website: http://pacis2017.org/

IEEE TENSYMP 2017 – TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART CITIES
14-16 July 2017
Le Meridien, Cochin, Kerala, India

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS

IEEE TENSYMP 2017, the Spring conference of IEEE Region 10, will be held at the picturesque location in Cochin, Kerala, India. Located in God’s own Country, Cochin, also known as Kochi and Ernakulam, is ranked as one of the best tourist destinations in India.

IEEE TENSYMP 2017 will be the meeting point of researchers, industry and the Government and will explore the latest developments in the technologies for Smart cities. Cochin itself has been selected by Government of India, to be developed as a Smart city. TENSYMP 2017 will also feature high quality tutorials, workshops and Industry sessions, as well as keynotes from prominent research and industry leaders.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical contributions in the following areas for presentation at the conference. Presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore digital library, which is indexed by major databases. Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers with four to five pages in double column IEEE Conference format available at http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html. Proposals for tutorials, workshops and Industry forums are also invited. Visit http://www.tensymp2017.org for further details. The broad ranges of topics include, but are not limited to:
• SMART MOBILITY
Vehicle tracking, Traffic management, Smart Parking, Passenger Information system, Traffic optimization, Connected vehicles, Smart Surveillance, Green transport, analytics
• SMART ENERGY
Smart grid, Self healing power system, Renewable energy, Energy efficient systems, Power quality and efficiency improvement, smart lighting, simulation and modelling
• SMART GOVERNANCE
Connected Government, Personalised services, Open data and open standards, GIS, Cloud, crowd sourcing, social media, Data security and privacy, Data analytics
• SMART HEALTH
Telemedicine, eHealth, Health data standards, wearable devices, predictive medicine, personalised medicine, Brain-computer Interface, Health analytics
• SMART COMMUNICATIONS
Next generation networks, Ad hoc and wireless networks, Sensor networks, Machine-to-machine communications, Internet of things, autonomic networks, Software Defined Networks
• SMART WATER MANAGEMENT
Water purification, Storage, Distribution, Monitoring, Ground water harvesting
• SMART WASTE MANAGEMENT
Solid waste, e-waste, Hazardous waste, Storm water management, drainage, recycling
• SMART BUILDINGS
Green building, Connected buildings, Smart homes, Building control systems, IoT
• SMART INFRASTRUCTURE
Computing infrastructure, Communication infrastructure, Spatial Infrastructure, IoT infrastructure, Green infrastructure
• SMART EDUCATION
Smart classroom, e-learning, digital contents, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality based learning, Cognitive assessment and training for children, MOOC
• SMART SECURITY
Security framework, People security, Connected vehicle security, Connected building security, Smart grid security, Network security, IoT security

IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper submission: 24 February 2017
Paper Acceptance notification: 14 April 2017
Camera-ready papers: 05 May 2017
Workshop/ Tutorial/
Industry forum proposals: 15 March 2017

All papers should be submitted through EDAS conference management system.
Submit proposals for Workshops/Tutorials/ Industry forum (90-105 min each) to Sameer SM, Chair, Technical Program Committee (sameer@nitc.ac.in)

Details of paper submission are available at http://www.tensymp2017.org