The 6th INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology

Fontainebleau Hotel
Miami, Florida
November 3-4, 2001

held in conjunction with
the INFORMS Miami meeting

Organized by

INFORMS Information Systems Society

in Cooperation with
INFORMS College on Artificial Intelligence,
INFORMS Computing Society

University Sponsors
Purdue University
University of South Florida

Welcome to the 6th INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology. The theme of the conference this year will be "IT Challenges in the E-commerce Era."

Features include:

• Workshop-style sessions with longer time for each presentation
• Select papers will be invited for a fast-track review process for publication in a special issue of the Information Technology and Management journal
• Full proceedings provided to conference participants on a CD-ROM
• Best paper award

Submissions can be either full-length papers, extended abstracts, or panels. Regular papers should be double-spaced in a 12-point font, printed on one side with a minimum margin of 1 inch on all four sides, and should not exceed 32 pages (including figures, tables, appendices and references). Extended abstracts should not exceed 5,000 words. The names and affiliations of authors should only appear in the title page. The research objectives, results and its contribution to the literature should be stated clearly in the extended abstract. Panel proposals should include the panel topic, names and affiliations of panel participants, and a brief position statement from each of the panelists.

 

Papers, extended abstracts and panel proposals should be submitted electronically (in Word or PDF format) to either one of the conference co-chairs:

Kemal Altinkemer
kemal@mgmt.purdue.edu

Kaushal Chari
kchari@coba.usf.edu

 

Important Dates:
July 16, 2001: Submission deadline for papers, extended abstracts and panels
August 25, 2001: Acceptance notification
September 25, 2001: Camera ready copy due