Call for Symposium, Workshop, Tutorial Proposals
Dear Prospective Minitrack Chairs,
As we celebrate the 60th Annual Hawaiʻi International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), we invite proposals for Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials (SWTs)—a hallmark of HICSS that promotes in-depth intellectual exchange, active engagement, and scholarly community building.
In addition to its high-quality peer-reviewed papers, HICSS is known for the rich discussions and interactions fostered through SWTs held on the conference’s opening day. At a time of rapid advancement in the digital economy and sociotechnical systems, we invite your leadership and expertise to help participants critically examine emerging technologies and their organizational, economic, and societal implications.
SWTs are half-day sessions designed to explore ideas in development, fostering collaboration, and help shape future research agendas. We warmly invite you to contribute to this milestone conference and help define the next chapter of HICSS—where ideas meet and science speaks.
We look forward to receiving your proposals and celebrating HICSS 60 together.
Conference Chair
hicss@hawaii.edu
Symposia, workshops, and tutorials present an opportunity to explore, discuss, document, and/or add to the literature base on a topic, to which invited authors may present papers that are still in development and not ready for publication. Sessions should be half-day in length.
Symposium:
A Symposium is a meeting at which several specialists may deliver short talks on the title topic. The session consists primarily of presentations by persons distinguished in the area of research. Also, there may be panel discussions to summarize or encourage a particular research area. A symposium will have a well-defined agenda, specifically allowing for questions and discussion toward the end of the session.
Workshop:
A Workshop, as the name implies, involves “work” by those who attend. The structure may include a few paper presentations, talks, or panels, but, will primarily involve a collaborative activity that will advance thinking and discover new insights, often about a relatively immature area of research. Workshop leaders may structure their session as they desire, which may include inviting specific contributors, or a more general call for contributions. The goal should be specifically defined in the description of the workshop. The output could be a state-of-the-art report, a taxonomy, a research framework, a survey, a research agenda, or some other study that in some way advances the field.
Tutorial:
A tutorial is a gathering that is cross-disciplinary in nature and that aims to give participants a brief overview of the subject matter. Some tutorials may be actually advanced seminars that are an in-depth survey of the topic for those who already have significant background in the area under discussion.
Your proposal should include the following information:
- Type of proposal (symposium, workshop, or tutorial)
- Title of symposium, workshop, or tutorial
- Description of symposium, workshop, or tutorial including:
- What will be covered?
- What will participants learn upon completion of the SWT?
- How are you planning to execute your SWT?
- How have these topics been covered addressed in other conferences and publications?
- Name, affiliation, and contact information of SWT leader(s)
- Each symposium, workshop, or tutorial can have up to 3 SWT leaders.
- Please specify SWT leader who will be the primary contact.
- Short bio-sketch of each SWT leader.
- Confirmation that your organization endorses your involvement and will pay for your travel and registration cost to attend HICSS.
Important dates:
February 28: Deadline for SWT proposal submission (11:59 pm HST)
March 28: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
Note that the offer is contingent upon number of SWT registrations. Please check with HICSS Conference Office if your SWT will take place sometime in October.