First Scandinavian Conference on IS & The 33rd IRIS Seminar

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Gitte Tjørnehøj, Hanne Westh Nicolajsen, John Persson, Karl Kautz, Lise Heeager, Peter Axel Nielsen
SCIS+IRIS organisers

Information on how to prepare for the IRIS working groups will be available on Monday 8th August.

The SCIS+IRIS features the following distinguished scholars as keynote speakers.

Brian Fitzgerald, professor, Limerick University

Title: Lost in Translation: The Academe-Industry Gap

Abstract: The communication difficulties inherent in academic industry collaboration are well known. The situation is exacerbated as the need for industry engagement with research is becoming even more pressing as governments and funding agencies seek to demonstrate a tangible and visible return on their research investment – the quest for the so called ‘research with consequences’. The stereotypes customarily presented do not capture the nuances and complexities of the industry academic relationship. Drawing on personal experience of trying to bride this gap, the issue is characterised and some strategies for mitigating proposed.

Suprateek Sarker, professor, Copenhagen Business School

Title: Co-Creating Value By Engaging with Practice: Some Models and Implications for IS Academics

Abstract: The need to engage with practice has long been recognized in the IS academic community. Yet many would argue that when confronted with the issue of having inadequate collaborative linkages with practice, we tend to revert back to our familiar rigor-relevance arguments, rather than focus on a way forward. Perhaps, this explains why we have not seen much progress in conceptualizing ways in which IS academic-practitioner engagement may be enabled. In the presentation, using real examples, I will attempt to outline three different modes through which IS academics may co-create value with their partners in the industry. I will also highlight the some of the challenges and potential pitfalls associated with the different modes of engagement.

Jan Pries-Heje, professor, Roskilde University

Title: Engaged Research in Process Improvement

Abstract: This keynote initiates from an example of engaged research; a Danish software house that made it from maturity level 1 to 5 in eight years. The organizational change implied at each step is discussed and a design theory of process improvement and change derived.

The programme for ICIS & IRIS. The conference will start on Friday 20th August and end on Tuesday 24th August.