About this symposium

The doctoral symposium welcomes submissions from doctoral candidates working in the field of Business Information Systems.

The doctoral symposium allows doctoral students to discuss and obtain feedback on their preliminary research work from experienced researchers. In addition, the doctoral symposium will offer keynotes provided by experts in supervising PhD students and examining doctoral theses to guide students to successfully complete their doctoral journey.

Keynote Speakers

Professor Rachel McLean, President, UK Academy of Information Systems Director, Liverpool John Moores University
Keynote: Launching Your Career as an Academic

Dr. Mahmood Shah, Coventry University
Keynote: Doing well in a PhD Viva: An Examiner's perspective

Professor Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire
Keynote: The role of the supervisor in the PhD journey

Dr. Nisreen Ameen, Royal Holloway, University of London
Keynote: Surviving your PhD journey: A reflection

What you will gain from the ICBIB Doctoral Symposium:

An opportunity to present your PhD research work (at any stage) and obtain feedback from key experts in the field

An opportunity to gain an insight on the successful doctoral research from the students, supervisors and examiners’ perspectives

Exposure to other doctoral students’ research and learning from their experience

Key Dates
Doctoral students to submit a 500-600 words abstract. The extended abstract should summarise the research problem, aims, methods, contributions and relevancy of the research topic.

Extended abstract submission deadline: 15th of September 2019
Notification of acceptance:1st of October 2019
Camera ready deadline: 15th of October 2019
Doctoral Symposium: 31st of October 2019

Venue
University of London
Senate House
Malet St, London WC1E 7HU
United Kingdom

Dates/times
Thursday, Oct 31st, 2019
10:00 to 17:00

Registration Fee:£250

Doctoral Symposium Co-chairs:
 • Dr. Mahmood Shah, Coventry University
 • Dr. Nisreen Ameen, Royal Holloway, University of London