ECIME 2013 - 7th European Conference on Information Management & Evaluation

The European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME) provides a forum for both researchers and practitioners to come together to develop their understanding of both theory and practice in all aspects of IT/IS management and evaluation. The wide scope of ECIME reflects the increased use of technology to manage information in and between organizations of all types and sizes across the globe. ECIME 2013 will provide opportunities for people working and researching in the field to come together both formally and informally to share their knowledge and expertise.
Publication opportunity
Papers presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment. The proceedings are accredited on various academic lists. Click the star on the right for more details. Selected papers will also be considered for publication in a special issue of the Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation. The latest issue is now available on the journal website.
The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Academic research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, proposals for roundtable discussions non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited. You can find full details in the submission types document (.pdf format). Prizes are offered for the best PhD paper discussed at the conference and the poster voted best poster.
In addition to the main conference topics, the programme chair invites suggestions for mini tracks. If you would be interested in preparing and chairing a mini track, please contact the Conference Director, Sue Nugus.
Details of how to submit are given below. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Evaluation topics
Ethics
ICT evaluation subjectivity
Rights and IT: privacy and access
Process orientated evaluation
Ergonomics and ethics
Stakeholders’ dependent evaluation
Intellectual property
General ICT evaluation methodologies
Agency issues in ICT implementations
The psychology of evaluation
Evaluation of IT benefits, costs and risks
Management topics
Innovation topics
Decision making processes for new ICT investments
Impact of new technologies on business processes
Project management
Adoption of new information technologies
IT/IS development
Knowledge creation and innovation systems
Knowledge management in ICT projects
“Green” IT
IS/IT security
e-commerce
Multi-cultural ICT projects
Off-shoring and near-shoring: benefits, costs, challenges
e-Government topics
Information infrastructure topics
The digital divide
Social aspects of information infrastructures
New delivery models
Information infrastructures - distributed environments
e-Health
Information infrastructure development
Changes in the public sector
Inter-firm network infrastructures
e-voting
Development and emergence of standards
General topics
The information society
Mobile commerce
Learning from failures
Information sharing
Issues in IS design and development
Legislation
Change management
IS and organisational culture