Keynote Speaker

The Slippery Slope of MIS Academia: A Discussion of the Quest for Relevance in our Discipline

is President of AIS, is an AIS Fellow, and is Professor of Business Administration at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, where he has been since 1985. He obtained his doctorate in 1985 at the University of Minnesota (major advisor: Gordon B. Davis) with a major in management information systems and a minor in psychology. His specific research interests lie in the areas of end-user attitudes, behavior, and performance. He teaches Human-Computer Interaction to PhD, MBA, and undergraduate students, Information Systems to MBA students and executives, and Electronic Commerce to MBA students and executives.  He served as editor of SIGOIS Bulletin, the newsletter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Office Information Systems, and is, or has been, on the editorial boards of journals such as Information Systems Research (AE, 2006-present), Canadian Journal of Administrative Science (AE, 2006-present), Data Base,(AE 1993-1995; SE 1996-present), Journal of AIS (board member, 2005-present), International Journal of Information Systems and Management (2006-present), Information Systems and eBusiness Management (board member, 2003-present), Cycle Time Research (AE, 1996-present), and MIS Quarterly (AE, 1999-2002). ther journals and several conferences.

Keynote Speaker

Birger Hjørland
Professor in Knowledge Organization, The Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS) in Denmark. 

Prof. Hjørland was a Professor in Knowledge Organization at the University College in Borås, Sweden and External lecturer in the history and philosophy of psychology at the University of Copenhagen (Open University).  He was Head of Department of "Science and Humanities Information Studies" at RSLIS.  Prof. Hjørland has a degree in library science from RSLIS: Research librarians and documentalists, an a MA in psychology, the University of Copenhagen.  He is author of several academic publications.  His areas of expertise are Information literacy and learning, Information science, Information seeking and information behavior, Knowledge organization and information architecture and Research evaluation

Valdemar W. Setzer

Palestra "I.A.: Inteligência Artificial ou Imbecilidade Automática? As máquinas podem pensar e ter sentimentos?"

Dr.Eng., University of São Paulo (USP), 1967 Professor [Prof. Titular], Dept. of Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, USP Research Areas: Compilers, Databases (in Portuguese), Software Engineering, Computers in Education, and Social and Individual Impacts of Computers.   Prof. Setzer is fluent in English, German, Spanish, French and Italian. He is involved in other professional activities such as consultant on database modelling, software engineering and competency management and Lecture on Data Modelling, Databases, Programming Methodology, Object-Oriented Design, DP professional problems, organization of I.T. Competency Centers, social and individual impacts of computers, computers in education. Please see section Lists of lectures. His latest papers were:   An alternative view on why, when and how computers should be used in education with L.Monke. Published as a chapter of Education and Technology: Critical and Reflective Practices, Ed. Robert Muffoletto, Humpotn Press.   The risks to children using electronic games with G.Duckett. Los Medios Electrónicos en la Educación sobre TV, video juegos y computadoras publicada en Taller de Conciencia No. 27, (verano 2000), pp. 33-47, Barcelona.  La Misión de la Tecnología -  Contexto Educativo, No. 4, Febrero de 2000.  Computer und Kunst (Übersetzung der englischen Version).  Elektronische Medien und Erziehung: Fernsehen, elektronische Spiele und Computer
 

Felix B Tan

Panel "Research and Publication in Information Systems"

Dr. Felix B Tan is Professor of Information Systems, Director of Research Management and Head of the University Research Office at AUT University, New Zealand. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Information Management and is also the Editor of the EndNote Resources page on AISWorld Net. He served on the Council of the Association for Information Systems from 2003-2005 and is a Fellow of the Information Resources Management Association and the New Zealand Computer Society. Dr. Tan is internationally known for his work in the global IT field. Dr. Tan’s current research interests are in electronic commerce, global information management, business-IT alignment, and the management of IT. He actively uses cognitive mapping and narrative inquiry methods in his research. Dr. Tan has published in MIS Quarterly, Information & Management, Journal of Information Technology, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Information Systems Journal as well as other journals and refereed conference proceedings.

Edson Luiz Riccio

Dr Riccio is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of São Paulo (USP) at São Paulo, Brazil, where he also serves as Chairman at the  International Cooperation Office   FEA/USP, and Director of TECSI - Laboratory of Technology and Information System. Dr Riccio holds a PhD and Master of Science degree in Business and Associate professorship in Information Systems from the University of São Paulo, at São Paulo, Brazil, and SEP from Stanford University, USA.  His recent research focuses the use of Information Technology, such as ERP, in different corporate settings. He carries out research work on Education in Latin America, Brazil and Europe.  Dr Riccio has contributed with articles to several academic conferences in United States and Europe.  He is an Advisory Committee Member for the Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues. Riccio´s past experience includes his position as CIO for JI Case Company Brazil and Cummins Diesel Company, Brazil and other large multinational companies in Brazil.

Miklos A. Vasarhely (http://raw.rutgers.edu/Miklos) is KPMG Professor of Accounting Information Systems, Graduate School of Management,  Rutgers University; and Technology Consultant, E-Commerce Solutions  Group AT&T Laboratories.He has his BS degrees from the State University of Guanabara (Economics) and Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Electrical Engineering) his MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Management and his Ph.D from the University of California, Los Angeles (Management Information Systems).Prof. Vasarhelyi's current research interests deal with the area of continuous auditing/ control monitoring, electronization of business, and agents in electronic commerce. He has taught in accounting and system topics both at the graduate and executive programs in the US, Europe and South America. Has consulted on accounting and computer matters for the government and major firms in the US, Europe, and Brazil. He received research grants from the FASB, the Touche Ross Foundation, the Peat, Marwick and Mitchell Foundation, the American Accounting Association, the Accounting Education Change Commission, the Institute of Internal Auditors, Ernst & Young, and others.Prof. Vasarhelyi is the Director of the Rutgers Accounting Research Center as well of the Continuous Audit and Reporting Laboratory (CARLAB). Prof. Vasarhelyi visited at the Theseus Institute in France and is “Professeur Vacataire” at that institution. Professor Vasarhelyi is also professor at the University of Southern Europe in Monaco. He was Associate Professor and Director of the Accounting Research Center of the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University and Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Southern California. Creator and coordinator of the MBA program at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, as well as Executive Director of the Rio Data Center. Prof. Vasarhelyi has been associated with the AT&T (Bell) Laboratories since 1985. Author of several books on Accounting (Pensions and Inflation), Computer Related Topics (Electronic Commerce, Internet, APL language, Microcomputers, and Advanced Auditing, Expert Systems) and Research (Literature Directory), and over 110 articles in journals and publications such as the Journal of Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Journal of Accountancy, Decision Sciences, Accounting, Organizations & Society and other journals.

Extensible Business Reporting Language - XBRL

The Galileo Disclosure Model (GDM): Reengineering Business Reporting (Visite o site)

Professeur des Universités - Université du SUD Toulon-Var, França, Visiting Professor at FEA USP.  Luc Quoniam, Doctor in Information and Communication Science from the Université Aix Marseille III (France) in 1988 and “Habilité à Diriger des Recherches” in 1996.  Currently he is professor in the Université du Sud Toulon-Var (France) and visiting professor of the University of São Paulo (Brazil). He published 67 articles in specialized journals and 28 works in annals of events. He co-oriented 12 doctorate theses and oriented 10 doctorate theses in the area of Information Science. He acts in this area with emphasis in Competitive Intelligence. In his professional activities, he interacted with 90 collaborators visible through co-authors of scientific works. The most frequent terms of the scientific production are: Competitive Intelligence, Bibliometric-analysis.

Armando Barreiros Malheiro da Silva.

Associated Professor of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto and member of the coordinating committee of the Information Science degree taught by the Arts and Engineering Faculties of the University of Porto.  Born in Braga, he graduated in Philosophy by Philosophy Faculty of the Catholic University of Braga and in History by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto. He obtained the diploma of the course of Librarian-Archivist of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra. In 17 of May of 1999 defended his doctorate degree in Contemporary History in the University of Minho. He was from 1990 until 2000 collaborator of the course of Documental Science Specialization of the Literature of Arts of Coimbra. Is member of the Center for Studies in Technology, Arts and Communication Sciences (CETAC.Media). Collaborates also in other investigation unities and is associated to several scientific and cultural entities. He shares his researches and individual and in collaboration publications in areas such as the archivist and information science; the metanalysis; political and ideological History in Portugal in the XIX-XX century; Family history and local studies.