Build reputation, publish, transition from student to independent scholar, and establish a network. Participate in the Early Career Development Workshop and also consider taking one of your paper ideas and developing it for publication by utilising the expertise convenors of the AJIS Paper Development Workshop.
Select tracks relevant to your developing career interests. Engage fully prior to and at the conference by familiarise yourself with the see Submission, Revision and Presentation requirements. Attend the Journal Paper Development Workshop. Consider developing one or more submissions for the conference and take advantage of the networks of referees that our Track Chairs use to evaluate and judge paper quality to improve your papers. Optionally showcase early research ideas and directions by submitting to the Poster Slam event. Attend and contribute to shaping the future of IS as a discipline and understand its institutional landscape at the IS Disciplinary Forum. Develop an understanding of the differences from, or alignment with, your research and that of the ACIS Academic Keynotes.
Remember to join the relevant Information Systems Community Lists. This conference, the community lists, and our regional Q1 ranked, open access journal, the Australasian Journal of Information Systems are all managed and developed by the Australasian Association of Information Systems (AAIS). You can find out what is going to happen next in our community by attending the AAIS Annual General Meeting. Get online and check out the AAIS Activities, AAIS Services and AAIS Events.
Volunteer on be a part of the AAIS Advisory Group if you have a skill that you think you might be useful for the Australasian IS Community and the AAIS. Contact the main desk at the conference to talk to an AAIS representative.