This year the 15^th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS) and the 6^th Middle East & North Africa Conference on digital Information Systems (MENACIS) will be organized as a joint conference. MCIS and MENACIS 2023 will take place in Madrid, Spain, hosted by IE Business School, IE University, on September 6^th–9^th, 2023.

The theme of the conference is “Bridging Communities in a Digital World”. MCIS and MENACIS 2023 aims to bring together contributions from the Information Systems (IS) community that explore a wide array of topics around IS and their organizational and societal impacts, including issues of unity and inclusion in an increasingly digital global environment.

Submission Guidelines

The conference invites both (a) research full-length paper and (b) research-in-progress. Authors will have to use the conference template, available here, obscuring their name(s) and any non-anonymised information. The submission process will be handled on EasyChair.org and submissions will be evaluated through a standard double-blind review process.

Proceedings of the conference will be published in the AIS Library. A selection of best papers will be invited to be published in a Springer volume indexed on Scopus. We are also arranging agreements for fast access to journals.

Conference Tracks

• T01 – General Track
• T02 – AI Methodologies and Design-Science Research
• T03 — AI and Emerging Technologies in Practice
• T04 – Bridging the Digital Divide through Digital Learning/Education
• T05 – Digital Transformation for Social and Economic Development and Inclusion in Developing and Underexplored Contexts
• T06 – Cybersecurity and Privacy in the Era of Emerging Technologies
• T07 – Decentralized Finance, Cryptocurrencies and Fintech 
• T08 – Digital Logistics in Industry 4.0 
• T09 – Metaverse Research and Practice
• T10 – Digital Health and Digitalization in Healthcare
• T11 – Digital Technology Governance 
• T12 — Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) in the Digital Age

Conference Committees

Conference Co-Chairs

• [MCIS] Álvaro Arenas (IE Business School, ES)
• [MENACIS] Mohammad I. Merhi (Indiana University, USA)
• [MENACIS] Sana Skandrani (Karlstad University, SE)
• [MCIS] Jonathan Wareham (ESADE Business School, ES)

Program Committee Co-Chairs

• [MENACIS] Jihane Aayale (ISCAE, MA)
• [MENACIS] Abdullah Albizri (Montclair State University, USA)
• [MCIS] Petros Chamakiotis (ESCP Business School, ES)
• [MENACIS] Nizar Raissi (Umm Al-Qura University, SA)
• [MCIS] Konstantina Valogianni (IE Business School, ES)

General Track Co-Chairs

• [MENACIS] Alaa Nehme (Mississippi State University, USA)
• [MCIS] Laia Pujol (ESADE Business School, ES)
• [MCIS] Christoph Schneider (IESE Business School, ES)
• [MENACIS] Abbas Tarhini (Lebanese American University, LB)

Doctoral and Junior Faculty Consortium Co-Chairs

• [MENACIS] Neda Abdolvand (Alzahra University, IR)
• [MENACIS] Mousa Albashrawi (KFUPM, SA)
• [MCIS] Scott McCoy (William & Mary, USA)
• [MCIS] Manos Gkeredakis (IESE Business School, ES)

Communication Co-Chairs

• [MENACIS] Charbel Chedrawi (Saint Joseph University, LB)
• [MENACIS] Antoine Harfouche (Paris Nanterre Univ., FR)
• [MCIS] Robert Polding (IE University, ES)

CIO/Industry Forum Co-Chairs

• [MENACIS] Mohamed Akoum (Abu Dhabi Sch. of Mgt., UAE)
• [MENACIS] Nahil Kazoun (University of Nicosia, CY)
• [MCIS] Kiron Ravindran (IE Business School, ES)

Sponsor Co-Chairs

• [MCIS] Guillermo de Haro (IE University, ES)

Publication

MCIS and MENACIS 2023 proceedings will be published in the AIS Library. A selection of best papers will be invited to be published in a Springer volume indexed on Scopus. We are also arranging agreements for fast access to journals.

Venue

The conference will be held in Madrid, Spain, hosted by IE Business School, IE University, on September 6^th–9^th, 2023.

Important Dates

• Deadline for Paper Submission: May 15^th, 2023
• Notification of Acceptance: June 15^th, 2023
• Final Paper Submission: June 26^th, 2023
• Final Notification of Acceptance: July 3^rd, 2023
• Doctoral Consortium: September 6^th–7^th, 2023
• Main Conference: September 7^th–9^th, 2023

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to corresponding Track Chairs. General questions could be asked to the General Track Chairs.