http://www.kmis.or.kr/english_1/KraisEvent.asp

Dear Korean IS Scholars,

The Korean Association for Information Systems (KrAIS) was founded in 2004 as one of Chapters in AIS serving Korean members of AIS. Since the KrAIS was founded, various activities have been conducted. KrAIS already organized two formal meetings at ICIS2004 last year and at KMIS Spring Conference on June 2005. KrAIS will continue to provide numerous services and activities that can encourage Korean scholars to collaborate each other and with both non-Korean scholars and industry practitioners.

As one of the KrAIS’s activities this year, the 2nd KrAIS international meeting will be held during ICIS 2005, by inviting all Korean IS Scholars, to discuss the future direction of KrAIS and to share ideas on how to promote the KrAIS (http://www.kmis.or.kr/english_1/KraisEvent.asp). We are expecting to have many Korean IS academics this year. The meeting would be more fruitful if you could join. Also, if you know any Korean IS Scholars, please forward this email to them

If you want to attend the meeting, please let me know your intention to attend the meeting using the email (isjnlee@kookmin.ac.kr) by Dec. 4. It is necessary to know how many attendees we will have. We are looking forward to seeing you. Thanks.


Meeting Schedule (Dinner will be served)

- Theme: "How to Create an Opportunity for Korean IS Scholars"
- Place : Harrahs Las Vegas Hotel (http://www.harrahs.com/), Elko and Ely Room (Working distance from the ICIS Conference Venue)
- Date and Time: Dec 12, 2005 (Mon), 19:00-21:00 (Dinner will be served)

** Hosted by the Korean Association for Information Systems (KrAIS)
** Sponsored by SK Telecom and Korea Society of MIS


Purpose of the Meeting

… We expect, through the meeting at ICIS 2005

- To promote KrAIS to the IS world society

- To improve the visibility of KrAIS and to its members to IS world members

- To provide an opportunity for networking with leading IS academics and professionals all over the world to KrAIS members

- To increase the cohesion and affinity among Korean IS professionals

- To improve the intellectual contributions to the Korean academic and IT industry


Tentative Agenda for the Meeting

- Welcome speech

- Introduction of KrAIS (Background, current status, and future direction of KrAIS)

- Discussion Issues

... Research Activities

Possible research forums on Korea specific topics

Possible special issues on Korea specific topics

... Collaboration Plan

Efficient Co-works between Korean Scholars

Efficient Collaboration between Korean and non-Korean scholars

... Next KrAIS meeting schedule and plan

- Closing


Meeting Committees

- Prof. Jaemin Han (jaemin@korea.ac.kr), Korea University
- Prof. Jinsoo Park (jinsoo@snu.ac.kr) , Seoul National University
- Prof. Youngjin Yoo (yyoo@case.edu), Case Western Reserve University
- Prof. Jae-Nam LEE (isjnlee@kookmin.ac.kr), Kookmin University
- Prof. Taedong Han (than@unlv.nevada.edu), University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Prof. Byung Joon Yoo (byoo@korea.ac.kr), Korea University


Best Regards,