Submission Details

Language
The language of the conference is English. All submissions must therefore be in English.

Originality
Submissions to ACIS2010 should not have been published previously in a journal or conference proceedings, nor presented at another conference, nor currently under review or consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere.

Length and format
The maximum length for all paper submissions is 10 A4 pages (Times Roman 10pt), including references and appendices. All submissions must be in .DOC format and must use the ACIS 2010 submission template provided. This document also contains the general guidelines for formatting of paper submissions. Additional guidelines are also provided for:

RESEARCH PAPERS
TEACHING CASES
INDUSTRY SUBMISSIONS

How to Submit
All submissions must be made via the ACIS2010 submission system at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acis2010.

Uploading and Submitting files
Author information, abstract, keywords and the main body of the submission will be uploaded seperatelyseparately in the review system. Authors can upload a manuscript which that can be altered, re-uploaded or deleted. However, once an author "submits" a manuscript to the Easy Chair system, it can no longer be changed, edited, or revised.

Anonymizing for Initial Review
For the initial review, author name(s) must not appear in the abstract or in the body of the paper. You should also remove references to your institution, sponsors, published or unpublished work if these identify you as the author - these can be replaced with the tag <removed for reviewing> for the initial review. You should also leave the Acknowledgements section blank until the final version is prepared for the proceedings.

Review Process
All paper submissions will be pre-screened for conformity with the submission guidelines and overall appropriateness for the conference. Paper submissions that pass the initial screening will be evaluated in a double-blind peer review process. These include research papers, teaching cases and industry submissions. Each conference track is chaired by IS academics with research expertise in the respective area. The track chairs will supervise the review process, involving selected reviewers from the IS research community. Acceptance and rejection decisions are will be finalized by the program committee.

Review Criteria
In general, the review criteria will be those typically used by major journals and conferences (e.g. relevance of the topic, quality of the research process, contribution etc). The results of the review process will be communicated to the author(s) by the specified date. The author(s) will be responsible for making the revisions recommended by the reviewers, and for submitting the final version of their paper by the appropriate deadline.

Commitment to participate in the conference
At least one author of each accepted papers and all the members of accepted panels must register for the conference by 22 October 2010.

Further information about research papers, teaching cases, industry submissions and panel, workshop and tutorial proposals are provided below. If you have any questions about the program and/or the paper submission process, please contact the Program Chairs, Peter Green, Fiona Rhode or Michael Rosemann (info@acis2010.org)

RESEARCH PAPERS
ACIS 2010 welcomes completed research or research-in-progress submissions on any topic that relevant to the IS community. These may take the form of theoretical essays, formal analyses, technical discussions, and/or papers reporting on quantitative or qualitative empirical research. It is expected that completed research papers will include finalised data analyses and documentation of results. Completed research should be similar to journal submissions, but shorter (i.e. 10 A4 pages). Research-in-progress papers typically represent work that is incomplete, yet promising.

Submission. Completed research and research in progress papers must be submitted to the conference track that best fits the topic area. ACIS2010 recognises that the list of tracks is not an exhaustive one – nonetheless, ACIS 2010 asks that authors select the track that best fits the topic area. The Program Co-Chairs may then shift a submission from one track to another, as they deem appropriate.

Review Process. All research paper submissions will be pre-screened for conformity with the submission guidelines and overall appropriateness for the conference. Submissions that pass the initial screening processes will be evaluated in a double-blind peer review process.

TEACHING CASES
ACIS 2010 invites teaching cases that would be useful to the field as pedagogical materials that students would find exciting and thoughtful.

Submission. Teaching cases should be submitted to the conference track that is best aligned with the topic of the paper. The defining characteristics of a good quality IS teaching case are that it describes an interesting, challenging IS issue or set of issues, is based on a real organizational setting and features real individuals (which could be camouflaged).

Submissions should include two distinct components:

(i) the teaching case itself and,
(ii) the teaching note with an accompanying case analysis.

Review Process. All research paper submissions will be pre-screened for conformity with the submission guidelines and overall appropriateness for the conference. Submissions that pass the initial screening processes will be evaluated in a double-blind peer review process.

INDUSTRY SUBMISSIONS
The purpose of the industry case submission is to provide a forum that encourages submissions from industry that report on current and innovative practices in the design and application of information systems and technology, and provide valuable lessons and insights. These papers should be aligned to the conference theme and focus on reports of high impact achievements.

The defining characteristics of a good quality industry case submission are that it describes an interesting, challenging IS issue or set of issues, is based on a real organizational setting and features real individuals. Industry case studies should be based on first-hand accounts from the author’s own original experience and/or research. They may address any aspect of information systems, although managerial issues in IS typically comprise the most common domain.

This industry track will provide practitioners with the opportunity to present insight gained through IS projects. We are particularly interested in case studies from the perspective of user organizations. While contributions from consultants and vendors are appreciated, pure product demonstrations, method tutorials, or vendor showcases will not be accepted in the industry track. All contributions to the industry track have to describe experiences with IS methods and/or technologies from the viewpoint of the adopting organization.

Review Process. All research paper submissions will be pre-screened for conformity with the guidelines above and overall appropriateness for the conference. Submissions that pass the initial screening processes will be evaluated in a double-blind peer review process that considers the nature of these submissions and will not apply the same principles as for academic submissions.