ISD2022: 30th International Conference on Information Systems Development Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania, August 31-September 2, 2022

We welcome submissions for the 30th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD), which will be hosted by Babeș-Bolyai University, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

The conference promotes research of methodological and technological issues and ways in which the IS developers and operators are transforming organizations and society through information systems. This year, the conference focuses on how Artificial Intelligence can empower Information Systems and how this facilitates or impacts digital transformation in various aspects e.g. organizational structures, enterprise architectures, decision-making, business processes, business-IT alignment.

CONFERENCE THEME: AI FOR IS DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full research papers (up to 12 pages): describing original and unpublished results related to Information Systems development and/or operations including methodological, technological, economical or social aspects
• Short research papers (up to 8 pages): describing work in progress and emergent or partial research results
• New Ideas and Vision Papers (up to 5 pages + 1 page of references): introducing new ideas and directions for research by analysing the current state of the art, identifying the gaps that need to addressed, and introducing an approach as a means to bridge them.
• Posters (2-4 pages + 1 page of references): to present and discuss the most recent research achievements, practical experience, tools and challenges related to Information Systems development.
• Journal-first Papers: papers published recently in prestigious journals (accepted after 1 January 2021) and in the scope of the different conference tracks.

Authors should consult the conference authors' guidelines and use the proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, provided on the conference website. 

All submissions must be unpublished and not be under review elsewhere (except for the journal-first submissions).  Please remove any identifying information, such as authors' names or affiliations, from your paper/poster before submission.

Initial submissions should be made in PDF format using the EasyChair submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isd2022

Important Dates (AoE)

ISD2022 opens two rounds of submission:

• April 26 (HARD DEADLINE): Regular research paper submission (full or short)
• June 5: Research paper notification

• June 15: New ideas/vision/journal-first papers and poster submission
• July 10: New ideas/vision/journal-first papers and poster notification

List of Topics

ISD2022 is structured according the following tracks (please check the conference website for detailed track descriptions):

• Track 1: Managing IS Development and Operations
• Track 2: IS Methodologies and Education
• Track 3: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Representation in IS
• Track 4: AI Empowered IS
• Track 5: Usability, Trust and Sustainability in IS
• Track 6: Current Topics in IS Development

Committees

General Chairs

• Gheorghe Cosmin Silaghi, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Gabriela Czibula, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Program Chairs

• Robert Buchmann, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Virginia Niculescu, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Track Chairs

• T1: Managing IS Development and Operations:

  • Emilio Insfran, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

  • Alberto Rodrigues da Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal

• T2: IS Methodologies and Education:

  • Bjorn Johansson, Linkoping University, Sweden

  • Tomas Gustavsson, Karlstad University, Sweden

• T3: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Representation in IS:

  • Knut Hinkelmann, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW, Switzerland

  • Aurona Gerber, University of Pretoria, South Africa

• T4: AI Empowered IS:

  • Adrian Iftene, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania

  • Ioan Petri, Cardiff University, UK

• T5: Usability, Trust and Sustainability in IS:

  • Alvaro Arenas, IE Business School Madrid, Spain

  • Dorina Rajanen, University of Oulu, Finland

• T6: Current Topics in IS Development:

  • Alfred Zimmermann, Reutlingen University, Germany

  • Rainer Schmidt, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany

  • Rainer Alt, University of Leipzig, Germany

Steering Committee

• Chris Barry, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
• Michael Lang, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
• Henry Linger, Monash University, Australia
• Christoph Schneider, University of Navarra, Spain

Publication

The ISD Proceedings will be published in the Association for Information Systems (AIS) eLibrary. In addition, a selection of the best papers (by invitation) will be published Springer as a separate volume of the Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization series (indexed by Scopus; subject to final approval).

Selected papers from Track 6 will be invited for a fast track in Electronic Markets.

Venue

The conference will be held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, hosted by Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

ISD 2022 will he held in hybrid format, encouraging in-person presentations but also allowing remote presentations for those who will not be able to travel.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to isd2022.conference@ubbcluj.ro