May 22, 2013 -- In keeping with the ICIS2013 theme of "Reshaping Society", the 2013 SIGDSS Workshop aims to bring together academic professionals from around the world who have a passion for research and education innovation in “Reshaping Society through Analytics, Collaboration, and Decision Support: Role of BI and Social Media". The workshop will be held in Milan, Italy Sunday, December 15, 2013 in association with ICIS2013. ICIS is the major annual meeting of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), which has over 4,000 members representing universities in over 95 countries worldwide.

A major purpose of the workshop is to bring together a core group of leading researchers in the field to discuss where computer involvement in human decisions is headed. Equally important is discussing the role of academic researchers in investigating current and future decision support applications and in creating them. This workshop will endeavor to find a balance between systematizing what we know so we can teach our findings from prior research better and stimulating excitement to move the field in new research directions. Computerized decision support, collaboration, analytics and computing and information technologies can reshape our world, but potentially they can reshape it in negative as well as positive ways.

The research track seeks research that promotes theoretical, design science, behavioral research and development of emerging applications in innovative areas of analytics, collaboration and decision support. The teaching track invites contributions that focus on pedagogical practices addressing acquisition, application, and continued development of the knowledge and skills required in the use of analytics, collaboration, and decision support systems with special focus on business intelligence and social media. Both complete and research-in-progress papers are invited. Details on submission guidelines, template, and registration information can be found on the website.

The list of topics can be found at:

• Research - https://sites.google.com/a/uncg.edu/sigdss/call-for-papers/research-track

• Teaching: https://sites.google.com/a/uncg.edu/sigdss/call-for-papers/teaching-track

Those interested in panels are requested to contact the Panels Chair.

All accepted papers will be published in the Pre-ICIS SIGDSS workshop proceedings. Authors will retain copyright ownership. Quality papers will be selected for publication in the Annals of Information Systems in a Special Issue on “Reshaping Society through Analytics, Collaboration, and Decision Support: Role of BI and Social Media” (Springer); however, they will be subject to further review and editing as determined by the book editors.

Registration Fees (online payment through AIS/ICIS links to open August 6, 2013)

Early Bird Registration Ends: October 23, 2013
Regular Registration Ends: December 4, 2013

*The registration fee will include:

• One year membership to SIGDSS who are AIS members ($10 fee for AIS Members)
• Workshop Program
• Lunch, refreshments during breaks
• Copy of proceedings - soft copy in a flash drive

The Workshop Committee encourages a paper-less conference. In line with this, final version of accepted papers will be compiled on the workshop website and shared with registrants in a flash drive.

Tentative schedule:

SIGDSS Workshop Co-Chairs

Lakshmi Iyer, University of North Carolina Greensboro; Lsiyer@uncg.edu

Daniel Power, University of Northern Iowa; daniel.power@uni.edu

Research Track Co-Chairs

Thilini Aryachandra, Xavier University; ariyachandrat@xavier.edu

Amit Deokar, Dakota State University; amit.deokar@dsu.edu

Teaching Track Co-Chairs

Babita Gupta, California State University Monterey Bay; bgupta@csumb.edu

Uzma Raja, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; uraja@cba.ua.edu

Panels Chair

Barbara Dinter, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; barbara.dinter@unisg.ch

Program Committee

Abdelkader Adla; University of Oran

Agugua Augustine ; University of Lagos

Peter Bednar; Lund University

Frada Burstein; Monash University

Cheng Siong Chin; Newcastle University

Mihaela Dinsoreanu; Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Sean Eom; Southeast Missouri State University

Dianne Hall; Auburn University

A.I. Hamid-Mosaku; University of Lagos, Nigeria

Flávio Horita; University of São Paulo

Uday Kulkarni; Arizona State University

Jason Papathanasiou; University of Macedonia

Gloria Phillips-Wren; Loyola University Maryland

João Porto de Albuquerque; University of Sao Paulo

Ana Respicio; Universidade de Lisboa

Ramesh Sharda; Oklahoma State University

Ian Sims; Griffith University

Rafael Timoteo de Sousa Junior, University of Brasilia

Ozgur Turetken; Ryerson University

Ieva Zeltmate; Riga Technical University