Doctoral Consortium
About the ACIS 2023 Doctoral Consortium
The ACIS Doctoral consortium provides PhD students with an opportunity to present their work and obtain feedback from other doctoral students and senior IS scholars from other universities. The participants will also be exposed to the academic and research career and pathways from formal and informal sessions. They will also have opportunities to establish friendships and research collaborations with other participants.
ACIS 2023 Doctoral Consortium Program
| Sunday, 3rd December 2023 | |
| 8:30am | REGISTRATION |
| 9:00am – 9:45am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Meet & Greet activity 1-minute – Elevator Pitch |
| 9:45am – 10:30am | Plenary Talk: Andrew Burton-Jones |
| 10.30am –11:00am | Morning Tea / Networking |
| 11:00am – 1.00pm |
Student Presentations/Breakout Session #1 |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | LUNCH |
| 2:00pm – 4:00pm |
Student Presentations/Breakout Session #2 |
| 4:00pm – 4.30pm | Afternoon Tea / Networking |
| 4:30pm – 5:15pm | Open Session – Q&A |
| 5:15pm – 5:30pm | Day 1 closing |
| Monday, 4th December 2023 | |
|
9:00am – 9:45am |
Welcome Plenary Talk: “PhD: Tips and Traps” – Helana Scheepers |
| 9:45am – 10:30am |
Panel: “Impacts of AI on Research Practice” Chair: Rens Scheepers Panellists: Ofir Turel, Michael Winikoff, Helana Scheepers, Jason Thatcher |
| 10:30am – 10:50am | Morning Tea / Networking |
| 10:50am – 11:20am |
Workshop: “Building Academic Career” Chair: Maja Krtalic |
| 11:20am – 12:00pm |
Panel: “Publication Strategies” Chair: Sherah Kurnia Panellists: Maja Krtalic, Stan Karanasios, Andrew Burton-Jones, James Thong |
| 12:00pm – 1:30pm | LUNCH |
| 1:30pm – 2:15pm |
Plenary Talk: “A Life of the Mind’ in Academia: Stoicism for Doctoral Candidates & Early Career Researchers” – Rodney Clarke |
| 2:15pm – 3pm |
AAIS Presentation – Rodney Clarke (President, AAIS) AJIS Presentation – Karlheinz Kautz (Editor-in-Chief, AJIS) |
| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | ‘ACPHIS 2023 PhD Medal winner’ |
| 3:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Afternoon Tea/Networking |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Wrap-up & Closing |
| 4 pm – 5 pm | Social activities |
2023 Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
- Sherah Kurnia, The University of Melbourne
- Rens Scheepers, Deakin University
- Maja Krtalic, Victoria University of Wellington
Consortium Faculty Mentors (in Alphabetical Order)
- Andrew Burton-Jones, University of Queensland (Opening Keynote)
- Helena Scheepers, Swinburne University of Technology (Closing Keynote)
- Annette Mills, University of Canterbury
- Felix Tan, Auckland University of Technology
- James Thong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Jason Thatcher, University of Colorado Boulder
- Ofir Turel, University of Melbourne
- Peter Seddon, University of Melbourne
- Stan Karanasios, University of Queensland
Location:
Day 1, Sunday 3 December 2023, 9-5 pm: Rutherford House, Victoria University of Wellington
Day 2, Monday 4th December 2023, 9-5 pm: Thistle Inn
