Dear AoIR colleagues, I am saddened to be confronted by a call for academic boycott on this list. Although I personally strongly object to many of the policies, actions and decisions of the Israeli government in regards to the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I believe calls to restrict academic freedom counteract efforts to promote peace in the Middle East. Many colleagues and friends on this list have visited Israel in the past, and witnessed the efforts of Israeli academia to maintain academic freedom despite the racist, nationalistic and fundamentalist sentiments which are a part of our society, as well as of any other society I know. Support of academic freedom in a country does not indicate support of the country's government or its policies: not in Israel, not in Syria, not in Egypt or in Turkey or in Saudi Arabia or anywhere else. Our academic freedom is constantly under attack from without by those who are threatened by what academic freedom represents: openness, education for all, international networking and freedom of speech and thought. Let's not assist the opponents of academic freedom from within. Yoram Yoram Kalman, PhD [1]www.kalmans.com Cell: +972 54 574 7375 On 31/10/2013 13:53, sky wrote: For those considering this conference I remind you of the calls for academics to boycott all conferences held in Israel. There is more information about this: [2]http://www.bdsmovement.net/activecamps/academic-boycott Of course the choice to attend or not is your own, but it's worth at least reading the page. On Thu, 2013-10-31 at 11:36 +0200, Yoram Kalman wrote: I invite you to submit a proposal for ECIS 2014 in Tel Aviv Paper Submission begins: 1 November, 2013 Call for Papers Submission Deadline Date: 8 December, 2013 Notification of acceptance: 3 March, 2014 Panel submission deadline: 5 March, 2014 Final version of accepted papers due: 30 March, 2014 Early Bird Registration closes: 16 April, 2014 Digital Work, Digital Life. Our physical reality is increasingly entangled with digital representations. We are continuously connecting to distant others via email, text and social media on our mobile devices. We rely on big data analytics to help us take action in our increasingly complex world and inanimate objects are beginning to communicate with one another in "the Internet of things." At ECIS 2014 we want to make the exploration of the opportunities and challenges associated with increasing digitality in both our work and everyday lives a key theme. Not only will ECIS 2014 feature conference tracks that focus on digital innovation but it will also introduce new forms of conferencing and interacting. ECIS 2014 will leverage digital technology for participants to meet and interact in new ways. It will also offer a variety of presentation modalities including paper presentations, interactive posters and demos, and developmental roundtable discussions. ECIS 2014 will also include an industry track where experts in such fields as cyber security, mobile technology and digital innovation will share their insights. An online version of this CFP appears on the ECIS 2014 website: [1][3]http://ecis2014.eu/call-for-papers/ Tracks All papers need to be submitted to one - and only one -- of the 24 tracks that constitute the ECIS 2014 program [2][4]http://ecis2014.eu/the-tracks/ : 01 Digital Work, Digital Life (conference theme) 02 Advancing Theories and Theorizing in IS Research 03 Alternative Genres 04 Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management 05 Business Model and Entrepreneurship Research in IS 06 Business Process Management 07 Designing Collaboration 08 Decision Support and Big Data 09 Digital Health Initiatives 10 Economics and Value of IS 11 General IS Topics and Breakthrough Ideas 12 Human-Computer Interaction 13 IT Project Management 14 IS Security and Privacy 15 IT Strategy and Governance 16 Mobile Life and Mobile Technologies 17 Openness and IT 18 IS Teaching Cases 19 Research Methods and Philosophy 20 Service Innovation, Engineering, and Management 21 Social Media Research and Analytics within and between Organizations 22 Sustainably Digital 23 The Digital Public Sector 24 Panels -- Yoram Kalman, PhD [3]www.kalmans.com Cell: +972 54 574 7375 References 1. [5]http://ecis2014.eu/call-for-papers/ 2. [6]http://ecis2014.eu/the-tracks/ 3. [7]http://www.kalmans.com/ _______________________________________________ The [8]Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers [9]http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: [10]http://listserv.aoir.org/listin fo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: [11]http://www.aoir.org/ -- Due to security concerns with Gmail and other Google services, I'm switching over to Riseup. From now on, please email me at: [12]skyc@riseup.net References 1. http://www.kalmans.com/ 2. http://www.bdsmovement.net/activecamps/academic-boycott 3. http://ecis2014.eu/call-for-papers/ 4. http://ecis2014.eu/the-tracks/ 5. http://ecis2014.eu/call-for-papers/ 6. http://ecis2014.eu/the-tracks/ 7. http://www.kalmans.com/ 8. mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org 9. http://aoir.org/ 10. http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org 11. http://www.aoir.org/ 12. mailto:skyc@riseup.net