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Beginning Wednesday, August 12

		Start Date	End Date	Start Time	End Time
Big Data and Analytics EdCon 2015 (BDA EdCon)		8/12/2015	8/13/2015	8:00 AM	6:30 PM	8/12/2015 8:00 AM - 8/13/2015 6:30 PM The focus of these 2-days is to discuss the appropriate curriculum to prepare our students for the growing career opportunities of data scientists and data managers. In addition to some vendor perspectives and workshops, there will be five panels discussing the major challenges and opportunities that we face. For a detailed schedule & more information please visit http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/bda-edcon-2015/.

Beginning Thursday, August 13

		Start Date	End Date	Start Time	End Time
Mid-Career Faculty Workshop		8/13/2015	8/13/2015	8:00 AM	2:30 PM	8/13/2015 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM This mid-career faculty workshop is a peer-led workshop specifically for those that reached milestones of tenure and/or associate professor. Even if you have attended other mid-career workshops, join us for an interactive discussion of issues facing mid-career faculty. In this workshop, we will explore themes, including: How do I find my fit and identify new goals? What is it that I want to be known for and how do I create a personal brand that makes my work stand apart? For more information please contact Stacie Petter (spetter@unomaha.edu) or Sandi Richardson (srchrdsn@memphis.edu).
MIS Camp		8/13/2015	8/13/2015	8:00 AM	2:30 PM	8/13/2015 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM The theme for the 2015 MIS Camp (Junior Faculty Consortium) is Your Academic Career in Perspective. A major focus of the MIS Camp is to allow junior faculty to interact with respected, experienced senior faculty leaders, and administrators. In addition to facilitating interaction between junior and senior faculty, the topics and exercises during the MIS Camp will be organized to allow the senior faculty leaders to provide inputs on key lessons learned from their own careers. Please note, application and approval of acceptance required. For the detailed schedule and more information please visit http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/mis-camp.
Location Analytics, GIS, & Spatial Big Data Part I		8/13/2015	8/13/2015	9:00 AM	10:30 AM	8/13/2015 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Part I: This workshop focuses on Big Data Location Analytics. As geo-services revenues approach $300 billion, the workshop reviews underlying theory, concepts, and technologies; and how Geographical Information Systems (GIS) enable visualization and analysis of the location component of Big Data to create value and make better decisions. Workshop Part 1 covers Theoretical Foundations and Part 2 focuses on Location Analytics Solutions for Big Data, including spatial tools such as SpatialHadoop and Esri Maps for IBM Cognos. For more information please visit http://siggis.wikispaces.com/.
Storification, Social Media & Salesforce: Systems Labs for the iGeneration		8/13/2015	8/13/2015	9:00 AM	10:30 AM	8/13/2015 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Get a hands-on introduction to how we engage non-technical iGen students on their own terms, leveraging their social media sensibilities and their appetite for “storification” in an innovation-centric business systems lab series built on Salesforce.com’s cloud-based platform, Force.com. For more information please visit https://sites.google.com/a/sjsu.edu/amcis2015salesforcelabworkshop/
Location Analytics, GIS, and Spatial Big Data Part II		8/13/2015	8/13/2015	11:00 AM	12:30 PM	8/13/2015 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Part II: This workshop focuses on Big Data Location Analytics. As geo-services revenues approach $300 billion, the workshop reviews underlying theory, concepts, and technologies; and how Geographical Information Systems (GIS) enable visualization and analysis of the location component of Big Data to create value and make better decisions. Workshop Part 1 covers Theoretical Foundations and Part 2 focuses on Location Analytics Solutions for Big Data, including spatial tools such as SpatialHadoop and Esri Maps for IBM Cognos.
Opportunities & Challenges for End-User Development Activities in IS		8/13/2015	8/13/2015	11:00 AM	12:30 PM	8/13/2015 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM This workshop will discuss recent trends in end-user development (EUD) technologies and highlight opportunities for their purposeful integration in IS courses. Workshop participants will be invited to pilot and appraise various EUD-based tasks and tools, and to provide their assessments about the efficacy of such activities in IS courses.
Doctoral Student Corner		8/13/2015	8/15/2015	1:00 PM	6:00 PM	8/13/2015 1:00 PM - 8/15/2015 6:00 PM The doctoral student corner is a dedicated space for doctoral students attending the conference to orient them to the AMCIS experience and to connect them to others in the field. This space will be available throughout the conference to provide a place for doctoral students to network and relax between conference events. We encourage doctoral students of all levels to register for this free ancillary event when registering for AMCIS 2015. Please note: this is a multi-day event; for the detailed schedule and more information please visit http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/doctoral-corner
AIS Women in IS Networking Event		8/13/2015	8/13/2015	5:30 PM	6:30 PM	8/13/2015 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Please join us for the AIS Women's Networking (AISWN) Event to celebrate AISWN becoming the first official college of AIS. The purpose of the College is to promote a network for supporting women scholars in information systems and to enable mentoring relationships that are crucial to speed the success of women in the information systems field. Enjoy a glass of wine/beer/soft drink with some cheese and crackers, as you network with other AMCIS attendees. For more information please visit http://www.aiswn.org or contact Lakshmi Iyer (lsiyer@uncg.edu) or Eleanor Loiacono (eloiacon@wpi.edu).

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