Doctoral Consortium

The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) and the Association for Information Systems (AIS) invite doctoral students (irrespective of stage in the program) to apply to become a HICSS Doctoral Fellow and participate in the HICSS Doctoral Consortium. The Consortium will be held on the day before the main conference on January 4, 2027. The Consortium is free, but all participants must register for the HICSS conference. HICSS is the longest running technology conference and will celebrate its 60th year with the 2027 conference.

Submit Your Application
The HICSS Doctoral Consortium will help each Doctoral Fellow develop one paper toward journal publication and open opportunities for new research partnerships. Almost all HICSS attendees are authors of accepted conference papers (about 95%). Many new research projects begin at HICSS with conversations about mutually interesting topics during research discussions, coffee breaks, and social events. We encourage the Fellows to propose new joint research projects with other Fellows, with their Mentors, and with other scholars at the conference who share their interests.

Further, the HICSS Doctoral Consortium builds a community of scholars. Those accepted will be inducted as HICSS Doctoral Fellows, and will begin to build life-long relationships with other Doctoral Fellows and with their Faculty Mentors to help them become leaders within the HICSS family and academia as a whole.

Application Instructions:

Students should submit a summary of a completed research project or one that is a work in progress (according to HICSS Final Specifications, but with a limit of 5 pages, inclusive of all items.). This summary should begin with the research question, and why it is important. The key reason for rejection at top journals is not because of problems with theory or method, but because the research question is not interesting. The summary should also include (where applicable) theory, methods, and results.

Schedule

8:30 Networking and Welcome
9:00 Group Discussions of Consortium Papers
10:15 Break
10:45 Meet the Mentors Activity
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Group Discussions of Consortium Papers
14:30 Break
15:00 Mentor Panel
18:00 Reception

Faculty Mentors

TBA

Important Dates
The deadline for submissions is TBD.
Students will be notified of acceptance by TBD.

Inquiries
For questions, please contact the HICSS Doctoral Fellows & Consortium Co-chairs:
Sue Brown, suebrown@arizona.edu
Viswanath Venkatesh, Vvenkatesh@vt.edu