Paper-a-Thon

The Paper-a-Thon was piloted at ICIS 2017 and—based on positive feedback from participants, mentors, and journal editors—has been refined and repeated at every ICIS since. The goal of this “paper hackathon” is to facilitate new research collaborations, help scholars develop their research ideas while making new professional connections, and—for the most promising projects—to accelerate a publication review process.

The Paper-a-Thon begins with an intense two-day working session where researchers are organized into interest-related project teams to collaborate under the mentorship of prominent IS scholars. This initial two-day workshop phase concludes with each group pitching their research projects to a panel of journal editors, who will select up to three papers to be presented on the last day of ICIS. After ICIS concludes, one or more of the presented papers may be invited for a fast-tracked review process for possible publication in a top journal.

Paper-a-Thon Co-Chairs;
Feng Juan, Ph.D., Tsinghua University
Ramiro Montealegre, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Felix Ter Chian Tan, Ph.D., University of New South Wales
Manuel Wiesche, Ph.D., TU Dortmund University