IRMA IT Education Track

Submissions for the 2001 IRMA International Conference may be submitted in the following categories. (All submissions will undergo a blind review.)

Those individuals interested may submit a full length (not to exceed 4000 words), original, and previously unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscript for review and decision. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety or as a 1500-2000 word mini-paper, as recommended by the reviewers. High quality papers will be considered for further review and possible inclusion in the Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of End User Computing, Journal of Database Management, or Journal of Global Information Management. In addition, the best paper in terms of quality and suitability to the theme of the conference will be awarded the "Best Paper" Award.

Those individuals interested may submit research-in-progress proposals (abstracts) or a summary of tentative results of the study to date in 500-1000 words by October 6, 2000. Authors of accepted proposals are asked to forward a 1500-2000 words paper by January 12, 2001 for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

Individuals interested in conducting a panel, workshop, symposium or tutorial dealing with technological, managerial, professional, teaching, societal, national or international issues of information technology management are invited to submit a 500-1000 word proposal covering the objectives, issues to be covered, and the names/addresses of any other panel, workshop, tutorial/symposium members. Method of presentation is at the submitter's discretion, however the submitter has the responsibility for providing his/her own participants (such as panel members). All accepted proposals will appear in the conference proceedings. (Note: All panel, workshop, tutorial/symposium members must register and pay for the conference. Panel presenters should know that during the conference, an overhead projector and screen will be provided by the association for each presentation. Any additional equipment needed for the panel, workshop, tutorial or symposium is at the discretion of the presenter and it will be his or her responsibility to provide the extra equipment.

(All submissions must be received by October 6, 2000
Submissions in all categories must follow the following guidelines:

1. Manuscript must not exceed 4000 words for full length submissions; 500-1000 words for research -in-progress summary/proposal; and 500-1000 words for panel, workshop, tutorial and symposium proposals.
2. Must be accompanied by a separate cover letter with every author(s) name, address, phone & fax numbers, e-mail, full affiliation and the track to which it is submitted. All correspondence will be sent to the first author unless otherwise specified.
3. Submitted papers must not currently be under review by any other publication or conference.
4. Submitters must provide their e-mail address where the acknowledgment will be forwarded.
5. The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is limited to a maximum of two submissions.
6. All submissions should be submitted electronically in either MS Word '97 or rich text format (RTF). (Note: If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgment one week after your electronic submissions, please contact the program chair.