MWAIS 2010 Student Project Expo

The Midwest United States Association for Information Systems (MWAIS) is organizing its Student Project Expo for its Annual Conference hosted by Minnesota State University Moorhead, Minnesota, May 21-22.

Eligibility- Bachelors and Masters level students currently enrolled in Information Systems and other related majors (such as Decision Sciences, Operations Management) are eligible to participate.

Nomination and deadline-Individuals or teams consisting of 2-3 people may be self nominated or be nominated by a faculty member. Nominations may be submitted electronically via email to mwais10@gmail.com.  The deadline for nomination is May 1^st 2010. This should include a) Name of student(s), b) School/College & University affiliation, c) Faculty Member "Sponsor", d) Project Title, e) Brief description of project (100 words) f) format of your presentation- poster or electronic (please note that you will need to bring your own laptop, if you choose to present electronically).  

Topics- The focus of this year’s competition will be on topics related, but not limited to: Project Management, Human-Computer Interaction, Business Process Management, Systems Analysis & Design, and applications in service industry (such as Healthcare). Students may submit any innovative project that addresses the real need and challenges of organizations and/or related to the general theme of the MWAIS 2010 conference ‘Emerging Technologies for Service Enterprises.’ For a complete list of topics, please see the topics listed under the Call for papers at http://web.mnstate.edu/schoolofbusiness/mwais2010/cfp.htm   

Students are encouraged to apply their educational and professional experiences to provide a solution for a business or organizational problem with information systems or technologies. Individuals or teams will present their project findings either in the format of a poster or demonstrate the project using laptop.

Award- Three best student projects (poster or laptop demo) will be selected by the MWAIS executive committee and MWAIS2010 conference and program co-chairs for recognition. First best student project award is $300, second best award is $200, and third best award is $100. These projects will be recognized at the conference and the award money will be given at the end of the conference. The awards are being sponsored by MWAIS.