Message from the Organizers

03 August, 2021

Dear colleagues,

We hope you are all well and safe.

EMCIS 2021 has received many requests to change its format to a hybrid or fully online mode for this year. The conference top priority is the health and safety of all participants considering the expanding spread of Covid-19. The EMCIS executive committee reviewed all options available and decided to run the EMCIS 2021 conference online, given the pandemic, the travel bans, movements, and gatherings restrictions issued by many governments as well as the restrictions on staff’s mobility by many universities and organizations. 

 The following are foreseen for EMCIS 2021:

• Online participation: The necessary infrastructure for running the conference is tested and it is in place.
• Parallel sessions will be done using virtual conference rooms.
• Presentations will be delivered online. Presenters will have 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for Q&A. All participants can ask questions and get feedback online.
• Engagement: We encourage all participants, to maximize their interaction with the speakers and conference participants.
• Registration fees: Registration fees will be reduced to 150 euro only for this year.
• Best paper awards will be announced during the conference and the awards will be posted to the winners.  

If you have any questions regarding the organizing of the 18th EMCIS conference, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The 18th EMCIS 2021 Chairs

European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS)

European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS) is an annual research event addressing the IS discipline with regional as well as global perspective. EMCIS has successfully helped bringing together researchers from around the world in a friendly atmosphere conducted to free exchange of innovative ideas. EMCIS was founded in 2004 by Brunel University research Group ISEing and it is an annual event. A number of respected collaborations were made with different local universities across the destinations chosen each year and EMCIS still proves to attract many further partnerships.

EMCIS is one of the premier conferences in Europe and Middle Eastern region for Information Systems academics and professionals, covering technical, organisational, business and social issues in the application of Information Technology. EMCIS is dedicated to the definition and establishment of Information Systems as a discipline of high impact for the methodical community and IS professionals – focusing on approaches that facilitate the identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the IS discipline following sound research methodologies that lead to results of measurable impact.

Unique characteristics of the EMCIS conference include:

• Conference proceedings will be published in a Springer Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing volume.
• Conference proceedings are indexed by ISI Proceedings, DBLP, EI and Scopus.
• Substantially extended versions of the 10% at most of EMCIS papers may be selected for publication in academic journals.
• Distinctive Keynote addresses by distinguished international scholars from different disciplines, highlighting or discussing particularand generic global topics.
• An international event that continues to attract attendees, academics, practitioners and junior researchers including PhD students from all over the world, enjoying the friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of innovative ideas.

Important Dates

Electronic Submission Deadline: 31 Jul, 2021 10 Sept, 2021 – 03 Oct. 2021 NEW

Notification of Acceptance to Authors: 15 Sep, 2021 10 Oct, 2021 – 03 Nov. 2021 NEW

Camera Ready Submission Deadline: 25 Sep, 2021 15 Oct, 2021 – 08 Nov. 2021 14 Nov. 2021 NEW

Author Registration Deadline: 15 Oct, 2021 – 08 Nov. 2021 14 Nov. 2021 NEW

EMCIS Organisation

The following committee members are responsible for ensuring the ongoing success of the EMCIS conference.

International Committee

• Dr. Aggeliki Tsohou, Ionian University, Greece
• Dr. Alan Serrano, Brunel University, UK
• Prof. Andriana Prentza, University of Piraeus, Greece
• Prof. Angeliki Kokkinaki University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Prof. António Trigo, Coimbra Business School, Portugal
• Dr. Aurelio Ravarini, Universitario Carlo Cattaneo, Italy
• Dr. Carsten Brockmann, Capgemini, Germany
• Prof. Catarina Ferreira da Silva, University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
• Prof. Celina M. Olszak, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
• Dr. Charalampos Alexopoulos, University of Aegean, Greece
• Dr. Chinello Francesco, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Dr. Demosthenis Kyriazis, University of Piraeus, Greece
• Dr. Elias Iosif, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Dr. Ella Kolkowska, Örebro University, Sweden
• Prof. Euripidis N. Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece
• Dr. Federico Pigni, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
• Dr. Fletcher Glancy, Miami University, USA
• Prof. Flora Malamateniou, University of Athens, Greece
• Prof. Gail Corbitt, California State University, USA
• Dr. Gianluigi Viscusi, Imperial College Business School, London, UK
• Dr. Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz, Cracow University of Economics, Poland
• Dr. hab. Paweł Wołoszyn, Cracow University of Economics, Poland
• Dr. Heidi Gautschi, IMD Lausanne, Switzerland
• Prof. Heinz Roland Weistroffer, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
• Prof. Hemin Jiang, University of Science and Technology of China
• Prof. Horst Treiblmaier, Modul University, Vienna, Austria
• Prof. Ibrahim Osman, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
• Prof. Inas Ezz, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences – SAMS, Egypt
• Prof. Janice Sipior, Villanova University, USA
• Dr. Janusz Stal, Cracow University of Economics, Poland
• Prof. Kamel Ghorab, Alhosn University, UAE
• Dr. Karim Al-Yafi, Qatar University, Qatar
• Dr. Klitos Christodoulou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Dr. Koumaditis Konstantinos, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Prof. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
• Dr. Leonidas Katelaris, University of Nicosia
• Prof. Luning Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
• Prof. Małgorzata Pańkowska, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
• Dr. Manar Abu Talib, Zayed University, UAE
• Prof. Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, Holland
• Prof. Mariusz Grabowski, Cracow University of Economics, Poland
• Dr. May Seitanidi, University of Kent, UK
• Prof. Miguel Mira da Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Dr. Milena Krumova, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
• Prof. Mohamed Sellami, Telecom SudParis, France
• Dr. Muhammad Kamal Coventry University, UK
• Dr. Pacchierotti Claudio, University of Rennes, France
• Dr. Paulo Henrique de Souza Bermejo, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil
• Dr. Paulo Melo, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Prof. Paulo Rupino Cunha, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Prof. Peter Love, Curtin University, Australia
• Prof. Piotr Soja, Cracow University of Economics, Poland
• Dr. Przemysław Lech, University of Gdańsk, Poland
• Dr. Ricardo Jimenes Peris, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain
• Dr. Sevgi Özkan, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• Prof. Slim Kallel, University of Sfax, Tunisia
• Dr. Sofiane Tebboune, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
• Prof. Soulla Louca, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Prof. Stanisław Wrycza, University of Gdansk, Poland
• Dr. Steve Jones, Conwy County Borough, UK
• Dr. Tillal Eldabi, Ahlia University, Bahrain
• Prof. Vishanth Weerakkody, University of Bradford, UK
• Dr. Wafi Al-Karaghouli, Brunel University, UK
• Prof. Walid Gaaloul, Telecom SudParis, France
• Prof. Yannis Charalabidis, University of Aegean, Greece

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