Call for Doctoral Consortium Submissions

IMISC 2018 Doctoral Consortium is organized in collaboration with the Turkey Chapter of AIS, TRAIS.

The International Conference on Management Information Systems (IMISC 2018) Doctoral Consortium which is organized in collaboration with the Turkey Chapter of AIS, TRAIS, provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of a panel of distinguished researchers from both academia and industry.

We invite students who feel they would benefit from this kind of feedback on their work to apply for this unique opportunity to share their work with students in a similar situation as well as senior researchers in the field. The strongest candidates will be those have made some progress, but who are not so far along their research that they can no longer make changes. Typically this means that they have defined their topic and have completed some research, but still have at least a year of research remaining before completing a dissertation (in many universities this corresponds to the dissertation proposal stage).

The feedback from attendees in previous years has been very positive and the Doctoral Consortium has been considered very useful in providing research guidance. Additionally top three works according to chairs’ evaluations will be awarded with one year TRAIS membership by TRAIS.

The consortium has the following objectives:

Provide a supportive setting for feedback on students’ current research and guidance on future research directions.
Oﬀer each student comments and fresh perspectives on their work from faculty and students outside their own institution.
Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research.
Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other researchers and conference events.

Student participants will have their extended abstracts (4 pages excluding references) published in the conference proceedings. They will also have the opportunity to present a poster of their work.

Consortium Format and Participation Expectations

Participants are expected to attend the entire consortium and are also expected to attend the IMISC 2018 conference, including the dinner.

The format of the consortium will be primarily student presentations supplemented by one or two panel sessions to provide advice and Q&A opportunities with senior researchers in the field. Student presentations will be structured to provide maximum feedback. In particular:

Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, followed by 20-25 minutes for feedback and discussion,
Two of the consortium faculty will be assigned to provide “primary” feedback for each presenter; following this primary feedback there will be a period of open feedback from all participants,
Students will be expected to take notes for another participant so that each of you can focus on interacting during the discussion surrounding your presentation,
During the main conference, you will also present your dissertation work and plans in the form of a poster presentation.

Being accepted into the consortium is an honor, and involves a commitment to giving and receiving thoughtful commentary with an eye towards shaping the field and upcoming participants in the research area.

Application Format and Submission

Applications are invited from graduate students pursuing a PhD project who would benefit from detailed workshop discussions of their doctoral research by a panel of established researchers. Applications should include the following:

An extended abstract (see below).
A curriculum vitae.
A one-paragraph statement of expected benefits of participation, including questions regarding your dissertation that you would like to ask your consortium mentors.
Submit these three items in a single PDF file, your contribution should be named lastname_ds.pdf, where lastname is your family name. The file must be no larger than 5 Mbytes.
A brief letter of recommendation from your doctoral advisor or mentor focused on how your participation in the doctoral consortium will benefit your dissertation research. Your doctoral advisor should send this letter directly to us at imisc2018@imisc.net.