The 4th Annual MIS Academic Leadership Conference (MALC 2014) will be held in Austin, TX on September 12-13. The goal of the MALC is to provide a forum for academic leaders in MIS to network with and learn from each other. Conference topics will include innovation in information systems (IS), new initiatives to promote IS, and future of IS journals, as well as a keynote panel on opportunities and challenges in IS.
The conference will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin. A Welcome Reception will be held on September 11, 6:30-8:30pm in the AT&T Conference Center Ballroom.
Conference attendees can find more information about hotel room blocks on the Accommodations tab below, as well as various Austin attractions and entertainment on the Austin tab.
Agenda
All events held in AT&T Conference Center, Classroom 202, unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, September 11
| 6:30-8:30pm |
Welcome Reception, AT&T Conference Center Ballroom |
Friday, September 12
| 8:30am |
Breakfast & Registration |
| 9:00am |
Welcome Remarks |
| 9:15am |
Session: State of Information Systems (IS)
Chair: Alok Gupta, University of Minnesota
Anitesh Barua, University of Texas at Austin
Michael Goul, Arizona State University
Rudy Hirschheim, Louisiana State University
V. (Samba) Sambamurthy, Michigan State University
|
| 10:30am |
Break |
| 10:45am |
Session: Innovation in Information Systems
Chair: Arun Rai, Georgia State University
Alex Tuzhilin, New York University
Munir Mandviwalla, Temple University
Kim Normann Andersen, Copenhagen Business School |
| 12:00pm |
Lunch + Keynote by Bob Metcalfe, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1:15pm |
Session: Opportunities and challenges in Information Systems
Chair: Huseyin Tanriverdi, University of Texas at Austin
Amit Basu, Southern Methodist University
Ramesh Venkatraman, Indiana University
Ji-Ye Mao, Remnin University
Molly Wasko, University of Alabama at Birmingham
|
| 2:30pm |
Break |
| 2:45pm |
Session: New Initiatives to Promote Information Systems
Chair: Joey George, Iowa State University
Indranil Bardhan, University of Texas at Dallas
Lorne Olfman, Claremont Graduate University
Rich Wilson, Oklahoma State University
|
| 4:00pm |
Break |
| 4:15pm |
Association for Information Systems Update
Jane Fedorowicz, Bentley College |
| 6:30pm |
Dinner, Red Mccombs Red Zone |
Saturday, September 13
| 8:30am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00am |
Deans' Panel: Information Systems Leading the University
Chair: Prabhudev Konana, University of Texas at Austin
Maryam Alavi, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bruce Weber, University of Delaware
|
| 10:15am |
Break |
| 10:30am |
Session: Future of Information Systems Journals
Chair: Sirkka Jarvenpaa, University of Texas at Austin
Paolo Goes, University of Arizona
Dorothy Leidner, Baylor University
Ritu Agarwal, University of Maryland
Virpi Tuunainen, Aalto University |
| 11:45am |
Closing Remarks |
| 12:30pm |
Conference ends (lunch boxes provided) |
Accommodations
AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center
1900 University Avenue, Austin, TX 78705
Website: AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center
Phone: 512-404-3600
DoubleTree Suites
303 W. 15th Street, Austin, TX 78701
Website: DoubleTree Suites
Phone: 800-222-8733
The Star of Texas Inn & Austin Folk House
611 W. 22nd Street, Austin, TX 78705
Website: Star of Texas Inn
Phone: 866-472-6700
Additional Accommodations
Hotel Ella
1900 Rio Grande, Austin, TX 78705
Website: Hotel Ella
Phone: 800-311-1619
Radisson Hotel & Suites
111 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78701
Website: Radisson Hotel
Phone: 512-478-9611
Hilton Austin
500 East 4th Street, Austin, TX 78701
Website: Hilton Austin
Phone: 512-482-8000
Four Seasons Hotel
98 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701
Website: Four Seasons Austin
Phone: 512-478-4500
Attendance
The MIS Academic Leadership Conference is appropriate for academics who have leadership responsibility in the MIS discipline. This includes:
- Department Chairs
- Area coordinators and program heads
- Deans, Associate Deans, and Assistant Deans
- Directors of specific MIS-centric programs
- Center directors
- Journal editors
- Association leaders
Dates and Location
- September 11, 2014 - Evening Reception
- September 12, 2014 - Main Conference
- September 13, 2014 - Conference ends at Noon
Ballroom and Classroom 203
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
Note: Parking validation at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center will be provided. Please present your ticket to the Registration Desk.
Fees
- Complimentary registration includes meals and conference-related local transportation
- You are responsible for transportation to Austin, and hotel
Registration