UKAIS 2005 - 10th Annual Conference
                                                  Information Systems ‘Unplugged’
                                                   Developing Relevant Research

                           School of Informatics, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK


                                             

The UKAIS conference is the premiere academic event in the Information Systems calendar within the UK and attracts leading academics and researchers from the UK and overseas.  This year we would like to increase the involvement of both private and public sector information systems professionals and practitioners to both provoke and develop an important debate aimed at exploring the interaction between research and practice, researchers and practitioners.

Key issues in this conference will focus on how researcher and practitioner communities can mutually benefit through the development of innovative and relevant research programmes; develop and publish useful theories and concepts; devise practical frameworks and methodologies; examine, disseminate and guide best practice. A key ambition will be to make published IS research and discourse more accessible to all relevant constituencies within a greater spirit of co-operative inquiry.

The conference will take place on Northumbria University's city centre campus, with the conference dinner held at The Sage Gateshead, the new international music centre on Gateshead Quays, close to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.

Provisional Programme is now available - click here to view.

Keynote Speakers

Professor Brian Fitzgerald, (Frederick A Krehbiel II Chair in Innovation in Global Business & Technology, University of Limerick)
Professor Joe Peppard, (Chair in Information Systems, Loughborough University)
Andrew Clayson, (Director of Product Management, Sage (UK) Ltd.).

The conference will also have panel discussion sessions comprising leading IS academics and senior level IS professionals.  

Click here to view details of the conference Programme Committee and Organising Committees.

Conference Information and Downloads

Programme Overview
Call for Papers (Short Version)
Call for Papers (Full Version)
PhD & Professional Doctorate Consortium Flyer
Registration Form
Provisional Conference Programme (Streams and Papers)

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Conference Travel Offer
NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau has teamed up with GNER to offer conference delegates special discounts on train travel to NewcastleGateshead. Click here for details.

Accommodation

Online accommodation booking for this conference has now closed. Rooms at Castle Leazes Halls of Residence are no longer available. If you are planning to attend the conference and have not yet booked accommodation, please contact one of the conference hotels direct:

Holiday Inn Newcastle City:      +44(0)870 400 9058
Swallow Imperial Hotel:           +44(0)191 281 5511