<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">* Apologies for cross-posting </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">*** CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS ***</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">29th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2021)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Valencia, Spain</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">September 8-10, 2021</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(22, 123, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://isd2021.webs.upv.es/" class="">http://isd2021.webs.upv.es/</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">ISD is a venue for the exchange of innovative ideas and experiences in information systems development. Since 1988, ISD has provided a broad forum for reporting scientific progress on different challenges in the ISD field, to bridging the gaps between industry, academia and society. This is an affiliated conference of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) that has raised a good international reputation (it is ranked as A by the CORE conference ranking).</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The ISD2021 theme is "Crossing boundaries between Development and Operations (DevOps) in Information Systems".</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The conference focuses on influences among information systems, organizational structures, and processes and people from its conception to its operation. 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. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">We invite submissions from researchers and practitioners in all topics on IS development and particularly aligned with the main theme of the conference. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">PREPAREDNESS PLANS FOR COVID-19 SCENARIOS:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- If travel is not possible for some regions, we will be flexible and allow virtual presentations for affected speakers</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- If travel is possible but some of you prefer not to make the journey, we will be flexible and allow virtual presentations</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- If the situation is very much as it is today, ISD2021 will go virtual</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. "DevOps: Evolution or Revolution?"</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Jean Vanderdonckt, Louvain Interaction Laboratory, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. "Gesture-based information systems: from DesignOps to DevOps"</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">IMPORTANT DATES:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Full paper submission: April 1, 2021</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Full paper notification: June 3, 2021</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- New Ideas/Vision paper and Poster submission: June 17, 2021</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- New Ideas/Vision paper and Poster notification: July 14, 2021</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Early bird registration: July 21, 2021</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">CONFERENCE TRACKS:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- T1: Managing IS Development and Operations</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- T2: IS Methodologies and Education</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- T3: Security, Privacy and Trust in IS</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- T4: Incorporating Human-Computer Interaction into IS</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- T5: Green and Sustainable IS</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- T6: Current Topics in IS Development</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">FULL PAPER AND SHORT PAPER SUBMISSION::</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">We invite submissions of technical research papers describing original and unpublished results related to Information Systems development and/or operations including methodological, technological, economical or social aspects. The maximum length for full paper submissions is 12 pages, including references and appendices.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">We also solicit short papers that present new ideas and visions. Papers on new ideas may describe new, non-conventional research positions or approaches of information systems development that depart from standard practice. We also welcome vision papers which will be on long-term challenges and opportunities in information systems development research that are outside of current mainstream topics of the field. New Ideas/Vision papers must not exceed 5 pages for the main text, including all figures, tables, appendices, etc. One more page containing only references is permitted.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Submissions will undergo a double-blind peer-review process. All papers must be submitted via EasyChair to any of the tracks for the conference: <a href="https://www.easychair.org/my/conference?conf=isd2021" class=""><span style="color: rgb(22, 123, 255);" class="">https://www.easychair.org/my/conference?conf=isd2021</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The ISD Proceedings will be published in the AIS eLibrary. In addition, a selection of the best full papers (by invitation) will be published by Springer as a separate volume of the Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization series (indexed by Scopus, DBLP, etc.).</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">POSTER SUBMISSION:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Posters provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss their most recent research achievements, practical experience, tools and challenges related to Information Systems development.We encourage submissions on early-stage and ongoing work, as well as on innovative applications of existing tools and ideas in practice. We also encourage submissions of EU project results or ideas for proposals, early work (e.g., starting PhD work), work on information systems development education. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Such submissions consist of two parts:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">1. An extended abstract of the presented contribution. The length for poster submissions is 2 to 4 pages plus one page for references. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">2. The actual poster to be posted and presented at the conference (only for accepted extended abstracts)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The main evaluation criteria for poster submissions are the quality of the proposed poster in terms of novelty, relevance for the ISD audience, technical soundness and its ability to stimulate discussions. Posters should be submitted via EasyChair: <a href="%22" class=""><span style="color: rgb(22, 123, 255);" class="">https://www.easychair.org/my/conference?conf=isd2021</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">More detailed information about submission and venue is available at the conference web site: <a href="http://isd2021.webs.upv.es/" class=""><span style="color: rgb(22, 123, 255);" class="">http://isd2021.webs.upv.es/</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">General Chairs:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Emilio Insfran, ITI-Universitat Politècnica de València</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Fernando González, DOE-Universitat Politècnica de València</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Program Chairs:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Silvia Abrahão, ITI-Universitat Politècnica de València</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Marta Fernández, DOE-Universitat Politècnica de València</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Virtualization Chair:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Abel Gómez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Track Chairs:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">T1: Managing IS Development and Operations </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Ana Moreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- João Araújo, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">T2: IS Methodologies and Education</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Alfred Zimmermann, Reutlingen University, Germany</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Giuseppe Scanniello, University of Basilicata, Italy</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">T3: Security, Privacy and Trust in IS</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Alberto Rodrigues Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Daniela S. Cruzes, SINTEF Digital, Norway</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">T4: Incorporating Human-Computer Interaction into IS</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Jean Vanderdonckt, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Mikko Rajanen, University of Oulu, Finland</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">T5: Green and Sustainable IS</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Coral Calero, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Dorina Rajanen, University of Oulu, Finland</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">T6: Current Topics in IS Development</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Vaclav Repa, University of Economics Prague, Czech Republic</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Malgorzata Pankowska, University of Economics Katowice, Poland</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Panel Chair:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Isidro Ramos, Universitat Politècnica de València</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Web Chair:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Carlos Cano, Universitat Politècnica de València</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Proceedings Chair:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Julio Sandobalín, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Local Arrangement Chairs:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Ximena Guerron, Universitat Politècnica de València</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">- Geovanny Conrado, Universitat Politècnica de València</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">CONTACT:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Questions and inquiries should be sent to: <a href="mailto:isd2021@upv.es" class=""><span style="color: rgb(22, 123, 255);" class="">isd2021@upv.es</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">BR, Fernando González</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Universitat Politècnica de València</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>