The 15th International Conference on Information Resources Management (Conf-IRM 2022)
CONF-IRM is an AIS Affiliated Conference
October 18-20, 2022

Theme: Thriving Amidst Disruptive Technologies

Hosted by Faculty of Business and Technology, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
https://businessandit.ontariotechu.ca/conf-irm-2022.php

The organizing committee invites you to submit your research (full and research-in-progress), teaching cases and proposals for panels and tutorials to Conf-IRM 2022. All conference submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed. The review process will be handled by the track chairs and program co-chairs.


CONFERENCE TRACKS:
Track 01 - Big Data, Data Analytics, and Business Intelligence
Track Chairs: Sumeet Gupta, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, India
Colin Conrad, Dalhousie University, Canada

Track 02 - Enterprise Systems and Knowledge Management
Track Chairs: Dorit Nevo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Brian Detlor, McMaster University, Canada

Track 03 - Digital Transformation, Management, and Governance
Track Chairs: Vik Pant, University of Toronto, Canada
Barbara Krumay, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

Track 04 - Information Security, Privacy, and Risk Management
Track Chairs: Matthew Nicolas Kreeger, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Khalil El-Khatib, Ontario Tech University, Canada

Track 05 - Digital Information Systems in the Public Sector, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Transport and Education
Track Chairs: Marie Anne Macadar, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Makoto Nakayama, DePaul University, USA

Track 06 - Digital Business Platforms, Blockchain, Social Networking, and the Internet of Things
Track Chairs: Eduardo Diniz – Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil
Martin Potancok, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
Tomáš Bruckner, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic

Track 07 - Regional Perspectives on Digital Information Systems*
Track Chairs: Richard W. Pazzi, Ontario Tech, Canada
Paola Gonzalez, Dalhousie University, Canada
* Will accept submissions in Portuguese and Spanish

Track 08 - AI, Robotics, and Machine Learning
Track Chairs: Mahsa Mohaghegh, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Track 09 - Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality
Track Chairs: Ruth Falconer, Abertay University, UK
Charly Harbord, Abertay University, UK

Track 10 - Workshops, Tutorials, and Panels
Track Chairs: Peter Lewis, Ontario Tech University, Canada
Farhaan Mirza, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Track 11 - Graduate Symposium
Track Chairs: Miguel Vargas Martin, Ontario Tech
Pietro Cunha Dolci, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil


SUBMISSION TYPES AND GUIDELINES
Full Length Submissions
Submissions must be no more than 12 pages, including references, appendices and title page. All submissions must follow the submission template specifications. Submissions must be original and previously unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscripts. Papers that are highly rated by the reviewers will be workshopped for submission to a supporting journal. The paper that best represents, in terms of quality and suitability, the theme and ideals of the conference will be awarded the "Best Paper Award" during the conference.

Research-in-Progress Submissions
Submissions must be no more than 7 pages. All research-in-progress submissions will be published in the proceedings as short papers.

Teaching Cases
We welcome submissions of teaching cases. The cases should be based on real situations and targeted at specific learning objectives. Cases should be no more than 12 pages and must be accompanied by instructor teaching notes (not included in the 12 pages). The teaching notes will not be published.

Workshop, Panel, and Tutorial Submissions
Submissions must be no more than 3 pages. Proposals should include the objectives, topics to be covered and the full details of all presenters. Method of presentation is at the submitter's discretion; however, the submitter has the responsibility for providing his/her own panel members. All accepted proposals will appear in the conference proceedings.


IMPORTANT
Papers accepted and presented at the conference will also be placed in the AIS e-Library. Papers not presented at the conference, for any reason, will not be included in the AIS e-Library.
1. While the primary language of the conferences is English, Track 7 will accept papers in Portuguese and Spanish, as well as English.
2. The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is strictly limited to a maximum of two.
3. Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per submission) and all panel members and tutorial presenters MUST register AND attend the virtual conference.
4. Submissions of ALL TYPES must be received by the above deadlines.
5. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety upon payment of registration fees. An ISBN will be assigned to papers published in the conference proceedings.

You can access the proceedings from previous conferences here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/conf-irm/

Extended versions of accepted papers will be invited for submission by several SCI-indexed journals. We will announce details later.


IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: June 20, 2022
Notification of submission decision: July 25, 2022
Final submission due date for accepted papers: August 29, 2022
Early registration deadline: September 19, 2022


ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Conference Co-Chairs:
Michael Bliemel, Ontario Tech University, Canada
Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada

Program Co-Chairs:
Jairo Gutierrez, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Amarolinda Klein, UNISINOS, Brazil
Patrick C. K. Hung, Ontario Tech University, Canada

Local Organizing Co-Chairs:
Stephen Marsh, Ontario Tech University, Canada
Gabby Resch, Ontario Tech University, Canada

Publications and Proceedings Co-Chair:
Lech Janczewski, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Conf-IRM Executive / International Chairs:
Felix B. Tan, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand (co-chair)
G. ‘Hari’ Harindranath, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Jairo Gutierrez, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand


For any inquiry, please contact patrick.hung@ontariotechu.ca.