Associated Event:

Information Systems PhD Supervisors' Workshop

Date: Saturday June 14, 2003 (Full Date Event)
Venue: Athens University of Economics & Business
(Immmediately preceeding the IFIP WG 8.2 + 9.4 Conference on IS Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization)

Welcome to the First IS PhD Supervisors’ Workshop

Athens, Greece, May 2003

Dear prospective workshop delegates,

I wish to welcome you at the First IS PhD Supervisors’ Workshop. The event will immediately precede the IFIP WG 8.2 + 9.4 Conference on IS Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization. Below, you will find some practical information about the workshop.

Workshop Program and Fee

The workshop will start at 08:00 in the morning, with the registration process. There is a nominal participation fee of Euro 30, payable at the door. Please fill-in the attached registration form and make your payment now, or at the door on the day. Receipts will be issued for everyone. Payments can be made in cash, or by credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express).
The workshop is a full day event and it will last by 17:30. We are planning an informal dinner in downtown Athens, for all workshop delegates.. Details about the dinner venue will be circulated on the day. The workshop programme details are available in the conference web site and at the end of this text.

Download Workshop Registration Form

Workshop location

The workshop will take place in the Postgraduate Studies Building of the AUEB, also known to the locals as Louzitania Building, which is located at Evelpidon 47A & Lefkados 33 Streets, 5 mins walking distance from the main AUEB building at Patission 76 (where the main conference will be held). The workshop secretariat (and hence the registration) will be located at the 8th floor of this building. The map below outlines your walking route from the three conference hotels to the workshop venue.

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Date: Saturday 14, June 2003 (Full Date Event) Venue: Athens University of Economics & Business, Postgraduate Studies Building Location: Evelpidon 47A & Lefkados 33, 8th & 9nth Floor	AUEB Postgraduate Studies Building (Louzitania Building) Go to 8th floor

Arriving at the Workshop Venue
For information about your route from the airport to your hotel, please visit the Travel Information section. Below, you can find information about your route from the hotel to the Workshop’s Venue.

Route from PARK Hotel to Workshop’s Venue (5-7 mins walk)
Cross Alexandras Avenue and take Mavromateon Street till the first traffic lights. Turn right into Kodrigtonos Street (which further up is called Evelpidon Street). At the traffic lights with Lefkados Street, cross Evelpidon, and you are there! Alternatively, take a taxi and ask the driver to take you at Evelpidon 47A & Lefkados 33 (Louzitania Building), approximate cost Euro 1.50.

Route from ZAFOLIA Hotel to Workshop’s Venue (10-15 mins walk)
Take Trolley Bus No 14, and get off in OTE PEDIOU AREOS. Then, please find your way by the map. You can also use a taxi, and ask the driver to get you at Evelpidon 47A & Lefkados 33 (Louzitania Building), approximate cost 2 Euro.

Route from ATHENS ACROPOL Hotel to Workshop’s Venue
From OMONOIA, take Trolley Bus No 3 or 5 or 11 or 13, and get off in OTE PEDIOU AREOS. You can also take Trolley Bus No 2 or 4 and get off in PANELLINIOS. Moreover, you can also use the underground, and get off to VICTORIA station. Then, find your way by the map. You can also use a taxi, and ask the driver to get you at Evelpidon 47A & Lefkados 33 (Louzitania Building).

Workshop Facilities

We can provide overhead and video projectors should the delegates need them, however, please notify us in advance. Workshop room have white boards. There will be 3 machines available for Internet access for workshop delegates.

Download Program Details: doc & pdf

We are looking forward to greeting you in Greece!
Dr. Angeliki Poulymenakou
Organizing Chair of ISGLOB 2003

Workshop Scope

There are a number of Ph.D. consortia that have proven excellent fora for research students to discuss their work with eminent scholars.

The focus of the Supervisors Workshop is very different: it is to discuss the supervision process and the role of the supervisor. It is expected that both experienced research supervisors and less experienced academics will participate.

The day’s activities will be discussion oriented, fully participative. There will be panel sessions that look at different views on major issues. There will also be smaller discussion groups looking at particular issues for presenting to the group as a whole.

Everyone intending to attend should express one item that they feel strongly about in the form of a one-page position statement. These expressions will together be used to form the panels and discussion groups. Each discussion group will present a plenary statement based on the work of the group.

These plenary statements and panel responses will be used as the basis of chapters in a book which will aim at providing a handbook of good practice for supervisors of doctoral students in Information Systems and for doctoral students themselves. The book will be edited by ourselves, with invited chapters from authors participating in the workshop

Potential topics for discussion in panels and working groups might include (but should not be limited to) the following:

• Factory vs. apprentice models of supervision
• Regional differences
• How to advise on research methods
• Supervisor’s relationship with students
• How to combine an externally funded project with a Ph.D.
• Rules on publishing together
• Time management
• Examining process
• Useful materials

Send position statements to David Avison (avison@essec.fr) and Jan Pries-Heje (jph@itu.dk)

The cost of the workshop will be minimal – in the range of US $20-30. The cost will cover expenses for room bookings, coffee breaks, etc.

David Avison and Jan Pries-Heje