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<font face='Lucida Grande' size='4'><b>*** Last Mile ***<br></b><br>15th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference<br>on Information Systems (EMCIS 2018)<br><br>St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 4-5 October, 2018<br><br><a href="http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=c2NlLmNhcmxldG9uLmNhICwJCQlmZy1hcmNAbGlzdHMudW5pLXBhZGVyYm9ybi5kZQkxNXRoIEV1cm9wZWFuIE1lZGl0ZXJyYW5lYW4gJiBNaWRkbGUgRWFzdGVybiBDb25mZXJlbmNlIG9uIEluZm9ybWF0aW9uIFN5c3RlbXMgKEVNQ0lTIDIwMTgpOiBMYXN0IE1pbGUJMjA3CUxpc3RzCTE2MAljbGljawl5ZXMJbm8=&url=http%3A%2F%2Femcis.eu">http://emcis.eu</a><br></font><font face='Lucida Grande'><br>*** Submission Deadline: 31 May, 2018 (firm) ***<br><br><br>The European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information<br>Systems (EMCIS) is an annual research event addressing the IS discipline with<br>regional as well as global perspective. EMCIS has successfully helped bringing<br>together researchers from around the world in a friendly atmosphere<br>conducted to free exchange of innovative ideas. EMCIS was founded in 2004<br>by Brunel University research Group ISEing and it is an annual event. A<br>number of respected collaborations were made with different local<br>universities across the destinations chosen each year and EMCIS still proves<br>to attract many further partnerships.<br><br>EMCIS is one of the premier conferences in Europe and Middle Eastern region<br>for Information Systems academics and professionals, covering technical,<br>organisational, business and social issues in the application of Information<br>Technology. EMCIS is dedicated to the definition and establishment of<br>Information Systems as a discipline of high impact for the methodical<br>community and IS professionals focusing on approaches that facilitate the<br>identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the IS<br>discipline following sound research methodologies that lead to results of<br>measurable impact.<br><br>The EMCIS proceedings are published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in<br>Business Information Processing book series.<br><br><br><b><u>KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<br></u></b><br>Zahir Irani, University of Bradford, UK<br>"An Enterprise View of Food Security: A Puzzle, Problem or Mess<br>for a Circular Economy"<br><br>Claudia Loebbecke, University of Cologne, Germany<br>"Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Meet Human Brain"<br><br><br><b><u>TOPICS</u></b><br><br>The topics of interest are grouped into the following tracks:<br><br> Big Data and Analytics<br> Blockchain Technology and Applications<br> Cloud Computing<br> Digital Services and Social Media<br> e-Government<br> Enterprise Systems<br> Science Communication in the Digital Public Sphere<br> Information Systems Security and Information Privacy Protection<br> Healthcare Information Systems<br> Management and Organisational Issues in Information Systems<br> IT Governance<br> Innovative Research Projects<br> Immersive Technologies in IT/IS<br><br>A full list of subtopics for each track can be found on the conference web site.<br><br><br><b><u>PAPER SUBMISSION<br></u></b><br>Submissions should be original, not published or being considered elsewhere<br>for publication. Authors should not add their details (names, affiliation, email<br>etc.) in the document they submit for review. All papers should be submitted<br>via the Easy Chair conference management system (the URL is available on the<br>conference web site) and adhere to the format for Springer Lecture Notes<br>publications. The papers must be submitted as a single PDF document and<br>should not exceed 5,000 words (recommended length is 14 pages). Please<br>note that the working language is English.<br><br>Papers go through a double-blind review process that evaluates their<br>significance, originality, contribution and clarity. Upon acceptance please<br>make sure that at least one author registers to secure a slot for their<br>presentation in the conference program.<br><br>When preparing the camera-ready version of a paper, authors should add<br>their details (names, affiliation, email, etc.) on the first page of the paper and<br>indicate which is the corresponding author.<br><br>Along with the camera-ready version of their paper, authors should fill, sign<br>and submit the copyright form. The form shall be sent by email to <br>info[at]emcis.eu.<br><br><br><b><u>IMPORTANT DATES<br></u></b><br> Electronic Submission Deadline: 31 May, 2018 (*** firm ***)<br> Notification of Acceptance to Authors: 30 June, 2018<br> Camera Ready Copy: 10 July, 2018<br> Early-bird Registration: 10 July, 2018<br> Author Registration Deadline: 10 July, 2018<br><br><br><b><u>EMCIS ORGANIZATION<br></u></b><br><u>Conference Chair<br></u> George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus<br> <br><u>Conference co-Chair<br></u> Angelika Kokkinaki, University of Nicosia, Cyprus<br><br><u>Conference Executive Committee<br></u> Vincenzo Morabito, Bocconi University, Italy, (Program Chair)<br> Marinos Themistocleous, University of Piraeus, Greece (Program Chair)<br> Gianluigi Viscusi, École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland (Publications Chair)<br> Muhammad Kamal, Brunel University, UK (Public Relations Chair)<br><br><u>International Committee<br></u><a href="http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=c2NlLmNhcmxldG9uLmNhICwJCQlmZy1hcmNAbGlzdHMudW5pLXBhZGVyYm9ybi5kZQkxNXRoIEV1cm9wZWFuIE1lZGl0ZXJyYW5lYW4gJiBNaWRkbGUgRWFzdGVybiBDb25mZXJlbmNlIG9uIEluZm9ybWF0aW9uIFN5c3RlbXMgKEVNQ0lTIDIwMTgpOiBMYXN0IE1pbGUJMjA3CUxpc3RzCTE2MAljbGljawl5ZXMJbm8=&url=http%3A%2F%2Femcis.eu">http://emcis.eu</a></font><font face='Lucida Grande' size='4'><b><u><br></u></b></font>
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