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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Call for Papers:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">2017 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-50) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">The Digital Supply Chain of the Future:</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Technologies, Applications and Business Models</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Innovations in the field of information and communication technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile and Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics and Smart Data, Digital Social Networks, 3D-Printing etc.
are going to change supply chains as well as supply chain management processes fundamentally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Significant scientific and management contributions can be expected especially from interdisciplinary research work at the interface between supply chain management, information systems and business administration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Following this line of thinking we would like to call your attention to the following call for papers. We are hoping for a lot of contributions from our scientific communities!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Alexander Pflaum, Otto Friedrich-University, Bamberg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Freimut Bodendorf, Friedrich Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Günter Prockl, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Haozhe Chen, Iowa State University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">CALL FOR PAPERS</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:"MS Gothic";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">Minitrack: “The Digital Supply Chain of the Future: Technologies, Applications and Business
Models”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.hicss.org/#!the-digital-supply-chain-of-the-future/c207s"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">http://www.hicss.org/#!the-digital-supply-chain-of-the-future/c207s</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-50)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">January 4-7, 2017 (Wednesday-Saturday)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii, USA (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">http://www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com/</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F497D">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">DATES AND AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">April 1: Paper submission system goes live<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">June 15: Paper submission deadline (midnight Hawaii Time)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">(</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.hicss.org/#!authors/ccjp"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">http://www.hicss.org/#!authors/ccjp</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F497D">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If you need guidance or have any questions, please send an email to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:alexander.pflaum@uni-bamberg.de"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">alexander.pflaum@uni-bamberg.de</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F497D">
(Minitrack Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) invites submission of full papers in various areas of information, computer, and system sciences. Papers may encompass developments in both theory
and practice. They may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Accepted papers will be presented at HICSS-50 to be held at Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii on January 4-7, 2017. They will be included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer
Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library. HICSS publications account for the top 2% downloads of all IEEE conferences, and have been consistently ranked as the most cited papers in top journal publications. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif">Haozhe Chen
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif">Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif">College of Business<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif">Iowa State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif"><a href="mailto:hzchen@iastate.edu">hzchen@iastate.edu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif">(515) 294-7216<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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