Conference Schedule

Day 1
Thursday, November 10, 2022

5:30 pm

Welcome Reception

Day 2
Friday, November 11, 2022

8:00 am

BREAKFAST

8:30 am

Welcome – MIS Department Head Maric Boudreau, Hugh Watson, and Elena Karahanna

8:45 am

Welcome – UGA Provost Jack Hu & Terry College Dean Ben Ayers

9:15 am

Session #1 Deans’ Panel: Trends and Opportunities for Business Schools

➤ Paulo Goes (Tulane University) ➤ Prabhudev Konana (University of Maryland) ➤ Ramayya Krishnan (Carnegie Mellon University) ➤ Paul Pavlou (University of Houston) ➤ V. Sambamurthy (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
10:30 am

BREAK

10:45 am

Session #2: Innovative Ideas and Practices

➤ Hugh Watson University of Georgia), “Include Students on Your MIS Advisory Boards” ➤ Lakshmi Iyer (Appalachian State University), “Include Badging in Your MIS Courses” ➤ Khawaja A. Saeed (Kennesaw State University), “Including FinTech in Your Curriculum” ➤ David Schuff (Temple University), “Redesign Your Courses around APIs, Microservices, etc.” ➤ Pratyush Sharma (University of Alabama), “Your MIS Capstone Course” ➤ Craig Piercy (University of Georgia), “Integrate Cloud Computing into the MIS Curriculum”
11:45 am

Session # 3: Bob Trotter (Gartner and University of Georgia) – Partnering for the Future of Higher Education

12:15 pm

LUNCH

12:45 pm

Session #4: Keynote Speaker: Bill Franks (Kennesaw State University and the International Institute for Analytics), “Analytics, Data Science, and AI: Where Are We Going from Here?”

1:45 pm

Session #5: AI in the IS Curriculum

➤ Vijay Khatri (Indiana University) ➤ Bala Ramesh (Georgia State University) ➤ T. Ravichandran (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) ➤ Andy Wasser (Carnegie Mellon University)
3:00 pm

Leave for debate at Demosthenian Hall (walking break)

3:30 pm

Session #6: Debate on the Impact of AI on the Workforce

➤ Affirmative: Rudy Hirschheim (Louisiana State University) and Jerry Kane (University of Georgia) ➤ Negative: Bin Gu (Boston University) and Gwanhoo Lee (American University)
5:00 pm

TAILGATE EVENT (sponsored by Gartner)

Held in Casey Commons at the BLC

Day 3
Saturday, November 12, 2022

8:00 am

BREAKFAST

8:30 am

Association for Information Systems: Update – Suprateek Sarker (University of Virginia), President

8:45 am

AIS College for Academic Leadership (CAL): Update by Lakshmi Iyer (president-elect) and Rich Klein (vice president)

9:00 am

Session #7 Hot Takes on IS-related Issues

➤ Deepak Khazanchi (University of Nebraska, Omaha), “MIS Programs Should Adopt a ‘Stackable’ Educational Model” ➤ Munir Mandviwalla (Temple University), “What Is Impact and How Should We Measure It?” ➤ Lars Mathiassen (Georgia State University), “The Need for Clinical Research as a New Publication Genre” ➤ Onook Oh (University of Colorado, Denver), “Eco-Friendly IS Research in the Age of Environmental Crisis” ➤ Rick Watson (University of Georgia), “Advanced Research Certificate”
10:15 am

BREAK

10:45 am

Session #8 IS Fundraising Best Practices Panel

➤ Maric Boudreau (University of Georgia) ➤ Sue Brown (University of Arizona) ➤ Rich Klein (University Nebraska, Omaha) ➤ Munir Mandviwalla (Temple University)
11:30 am

Session #9 From the Editors: Initiatives and Trends

➤ Hemant Bhargava (University of California, Davis), DJ Wu (Georgia Tech) – Management Science ➤ Andrew Burton-Jones (University of Queensland) – MIS Quarterly
12:15 pm

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS / BOX LUNCH

Conference Schedule

Day 1
Thursday, November 10, 2022

5:30 pm

Welcome Reception

Day 2
Friday, November 11, 2022

8:00 am

BREAKFAST

8:30 am

Welcome – MIS Department Head Maric Boudreau, Hugh Watson, and Elena Karahanna

8:45 am

Welcome – UGA Provost Jack Hu & Terry College Dean Ben Ayers

9:15 am

Session #1 Deans’ Panel: Trends and Opportunities for Business Schools

➤ Paulo Goes (Tulane University) ➤ Prabhudev Konana (University of Maryland) ➤ Ramayya Krishnan (Carnegie Mellon University) ➤ Paul Pavlou (University of Houston) ➤ V. Sambamurthy (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
10:30 am

BREAK

10:45 am

Session #2: Innovative Ideas and Practices

➤ Hugh Watson University of Georgia), “Include Students on Your MIS Advisory Boards” ➤ Lakshmi Iyer (Appalachian State University), “Include Badging in Your MIS Courses” ➤ Khawaja A. Saeed (Kennesaw State University), “Including FinTech in Your Curriculum” ➤ David Schuff (Temple University), “Redesign Your Courses around APIs, Microservices, etc.” ➤ Pratyush Sharma (University of Alabama), “Your MIS Capstone Course” ➤ Craig Piercy (University of Georgia), “Integrate Cloud Computing into the MIS Curriculum”
11:45 am

Session # 3: Bob Trotter (Gartner and University of Georgia) – Partnering for the Future of Higher Education

12:15 pm

LUNCH

12:45 pm

Session #4: Keynote Speaker: Bill Franks (Kennesaw State University and the International Institute for Analytics), “Analytics, Data Science, and AI: Where Are We Going from Here?”

1:45 pm

Session #5: AI in the IS Curriculum

➤ Vijay Khatri (Indiana University) ➤ Bala Ramesh (Georgia State University) ➤ T. Ravichandran (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) ➤ Andy Wasser (Carnegie Mellon University)
3:00 pm

Leave for debate at Demosthenian Hall (walking break)

3:30 pm

Session #6: Debate on the Impact of AI on the Workforce

➤ Affirmative: Rudy Hirschheim (Louisiana State University) and Jerry Kane (University of Georgia) ➤ Negative: Bin Gu (Boston University) and Gwanhoo Lee (American University)
5:00 pm

TAILGATE EVENT (sponsored by Gartner)

Held in Casey Commons at the BLC

Day 3
Saturday, November 12, 2022

8:00 am

BREAKFAST

8:30 am

Association for Information Systems: Update – Suprateek Sarker (University of Virginia), President

8:45 am

AIS College for Academic Leadership (CAL): Update by Lakshmi Iyer (president-elect) and Rich Klein (vice president)

9:00 am

Session #7 Hot Takes on IS-related Issues

➤ Deepak Khazanchi (University of Nebraska, Omaha), “MIS Programs Should Adopt a ‘Stackable’ Educational Model” ➤ Munir Mandviwalla (Temple University), “What Is Impact and How Should We Measure It?” ➤ Lars Mathiassen (Georgia State University), “The Need for Clinical Research as a New Publication Genre” ➤ Onook Oh (University of Colorado, Denver), “Eco-Friendly IS Research in the Age of Environmental Crisis” ➤ Rick Watson (University of Georgia), “Advanced Research Certificate”
10:15 am

BREAK

10:45 am

Session #8 IS Fundraising Best Practices Panel

➤ Maric Boudreau (University of Georgia) ➤ Sue Brown (University of Arizona) ➤ Rich Klein (University Nebraska, Omaha) ➤ Munir Mandviwalla (Temple University)
11:30 am

Session #9 From the Editors: Initiatives and Trends

➤ Hemant Bhargava (University of California, Davis), DJ Wu (Georgia Tech) – Management Science ➤ Andrew Burton-Jones (University of Queensland) – MIS Quarterly
12:15 pm

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS / BOX LUNCH