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December 8, 2004
QualIT - 1st International Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research - held at Griffith University 24-26th November 2004.
QualIT was held at the tranquil Nathan Campus of Griffith University in Brisbane late last month, attracting 85 local and international guests from a variety of disciplines. QualIT provided a forum for the presentation of 42 research papers, 3 world-renowned keynote speakers and 4 topical panel sessions. Research presented covered topics including information technology, information systems, software engineering, business, social and health informatics, methodological challenges in qualitative research, innovative research studies and methods and the use and challenges of using software tools in qualitative research.
Keynote speakers Professor Michael Myers, Professor Eileen Trauth and Dr Tom Richards were a major contribution to the success of the event with interesting presentations on the current state of information systems research, the challenges in the use of software tools for qualitative inquiry and understanding the impact that qualitative software tools can have on qualitative research.
The panel sessions covered topics including: Gender issues in IT - What are we still doing wrong? Publishing in IS/IT journals, The impact of IT on qualitative research: What has software done to methods? and The qualitative researcher role re-examined.
The conference was preceded by informative workshops based around the use of Nvivo (a software tool) for qualitative research. The workshops were conducted by Lyn Richards, the Director of QSR - a Melbourne-based software development company and one of the major sponsors of QualIT. QualIT was also sponsored by the Institute of Integrated & Intelligent Systems (Griffith University), Smart Internet Technology CRC, Nokia, ThoughtWare & PivotSoftware.
The conference is deemed a huge success and will happen again in late 2005. Details will be posted at the address below as they become available.
Some comments from participants include: "Thank you so much for a wonderful, stimulating and enjoyable conference. I gained so much from the papers, the discussions and the networking". "Thanks for the very social and nice organisation, I enjoyed it, looking forward to the next one J". "Again, congrats, it was a very successful and thoroughly enjoyable conference". "You did a marvellous job with the conference - it was FANTASTIC!!!!"
For more information, please contact the Program Chair Jenine Beekhuyzen - jenine@griffith.edu.au or visit http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/qualit2004/
To order copies of the QUALIT 2004 conference proceedings (AUD$20 each, on CD) please contact:
QUALIT 2004 CONFERENCE
Institute for Integrated & Intelligent Systems
Griffith University
Kessels Road
NATHAN QLD 4111
AUSTRALIA
Fax: +61 7 3875 4066
Phone: +61 7 3875 3757
Payments can be accepted by cheque or credit card.
You are invited to participate in the first International Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research in the Southern Hemisphere, which will be hosted by the Institute for Intelligent Integrated System at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia on November 24-26, 2004. QualIT2004 - The Way Forward will attract qualitative researchers concerned with the analysis, design, development, application, usability and evaluation of information systems and information technologies.
Research papers are invited in the areas of information technology, information systems, software engineering, business, social and health informatics. Papers which critique and evaluate qualitative research software, and new and innovative methods in qualitative research in the above areas are particularly welcome. Specific tracks include (but are not limited to):
and the role, use and challenges of qualitative software tools in any of the above areas. Researchers are also invited to propose a discussion panel.
Papers are sought from researchers carrying out qualitative research employing methods such as: action research, case studies, ethnography, grounded theory within the disciplines of IT and IS, and using software tools expressly for the qualitative researcher.
Workshops are filling up fast. Register soon to avoid disappointment.
Two half-day workshops are scheduled for November 24, and will be run by Lyn Richards from QSR.
One workshop topic will be "Handling Qualitative Data" (previously advertised as "Introduction to Qualitative Research"), and the other "Introducing NVivo".
$80 registration fee for both half-day workshops includes lunch and both morning and afternoon tea.
$50 registration fee for one half-day workshop includes lunch and either morning or afternoon tea.
More information about the workshops and about Lyn Richards is available on the workshops page.
Brisbane is Australia's third largest city and the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is a lively, cosmopolitan city and is just 45 minutes from Gold Coast beaches and pristine rainforests in the hinterland. With its near-perfect climate year-round, Brisbane comes as a pleasant surprise to most visitors. The city is surrounded by some of the state's major tourist destinations, and there are plenty of options for daytrips.
For more information about the conference venue, please refer to the Conference Program page.The conference venue is located on the Nathan Campus of Griffith University, approximately 12 kilometers south of the city centre.
Guests may chose to stay in one of the city centre's Hotels. Buses from the city centre directly to Nathan Campus run half-hourly and the journey takes approximately 17 minutes. Information about Brisbane including accomodation and transport is available at ourbrisbane.com, and transport information is available at http://www.transinfo.com.au/. Some accomodation options closer to the venue are provided below.
Comfort Inn Roberston Gardens (4 star rating) is located in Kessels Road opposite the Nathan Campus of the University.
Rates available to conference guests (who need to mention that they are attending a conference at Griffith University) are:
Comfort Inn Roberston Gardens can be contacted on +61 7 3875 1999 or freecall within Australia 1800 77 7374.
Fax +61 7 3274 1428.
On-Campus accomodation at the Nathan Campus is availabe for $47.30 per person per night, including
breakfast. Guests are accomodated in sinlge rooms which are carpeted and have telephones. Guests share bathroom facilities and common rooms with televisions. Laundries and clothes driers are available to guests free of charge.
Please contact Natalie Dunstan +61 7 3875 3757 or email cit-qualit@griffith.edu.au if you are interested in booking on-campus accomodation.
The Travelodge Hotel Garden City (3.5 star rating) is also conveniently located adjacent to Garden City Shopping Centre (the centre of the southside business district) at Upper Mt Gravatt, 15 kilometres from the City centre. The hotel is only a few minutes walk from the Upper Mt Gravatt bus interchange, from which buses regularly travel to Griffith University's Nathan Campus (as well as the city centre and southside suburbs).
The Travelodge Hotel Garden City can be contacted on +61 7 3347 7400 or 1300 886 886. Rates are approximately $95 - $139 for standard rooms. No special conference rates are available.
QSR Training
N6 November 15 & 16; NVivo November 17 & 18
http://www.qsr.com.au/events/event_details.asp?event_id=66
ACIS (Australasian Conference on Information Systems) 2004
December 1 - 3
http://acis2004.infosys.utas.edu.au/
Australian Women in IT 2004 Conference (in conjuction with ACIS)
November 29 & 30
OZCHI 2004
November 22 - 24
http://www.dsl.uow.edu.au/ozchi2004/
Research Papers and Research in Progress papers are invited. All submissions are limited to 5000 words and must be formatted according to the paper submission template.
Please submit full papers by 1 August at the paper submission site.
Full papers will be peer-reviewed (E1 Standard) by national and/or international experts. The proceedings will be published with an ISBN number and will be available to non-attendees.
Selected papers will be invited for journal publication in the Australasian Journal of Information Systems in May 2005.
The Updated Registration Form can be downoaded here.
The deadline for registration is 1 November. Early-Bird Registrations must be recieved by 8 October.
One of the authors of each paper must register by 1 November for the paper to be included in the conference
Conference Registration includes one copy of the proceeding per registration but does not include the Conference Dinner.
Conference Dinner Tickets and Additional Proceedings can be ordered on the registration form. Workshop registrations are also on the registration form.
Registration Fees (not including conference dinner):
Conference Dinner - AUD$80 per person
Additional Proceedings (on CD) - AUD$20 each
Registration forms can be returned via mail or fax to:.
QUALIT 2004 CONFERENCE
Institute for Integrated & Intelligent Systems
Griffith University
Kessels Road
NATHAN QLD 4111
AUSTRALIA
Fax: +61 7 3875 4066
The following organisations are sponsors of the QualIT2004 Conference:
Any enquiries can be sent to conference organisers at cit-qualit@griffith.edu.au
Liisa von Hellens - School of CIT, Griffith University
Jenine Beekhuyzen - School of CIT, Griffith University
Vanessa Freke - School of CIT, Griffith University
Jonna Hakkila - Nokia Research Centre, Finland
Juhani Iivari - University of Oulu, Finland
Anita Greenhill - UMIST, Manchester, UK
Jose Estevez - Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Joan Pastor - Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Al Harris - Appalachian State University, USA
Jackie Harris - Appalachian State University, USA
Mike Metcalfe - University of South Australia, Australia
Bernd Carsten Stahl - De Montfort University, UK
Jens Nielsen - London School of Economics, UK
Cathy Urquhart - University of Auckland Business School, NZ
Supriya Singh - RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Paul Turner - University of Tasmania, Australia
Stella Stevens - Griffith University, Australia
Julie Fisher, Monash University, Melbourne Australia
Linda Dawson - Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Annamieke Craig - Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Michael Rosemann - Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Carol Pollard - University of Tasmania, Australia
Gunela Astbrink - Griffith University, Australia
Rosio Alvarez - University of Massachusetts, USA
Shazia Sadiq - University of Queensland, Australia
Sue Nielsen - School of CIT, Griffith University
John Gammack - School of Management, Griffith University
John Campbell - Business School, Griffith University
Jenny Gasston - School of CIT, Griffith University
Pat Halloran - School of CIT, Griffith University
Bruce Rowlands - School of CIT, Griffith University
Michelle Morley - School of CIT, Griffith University
Craig Chatfield - School of CIT, Griffith University
Dale Gartshore - Business School, Griffith University
Don Kerr - Business School, Griffith University
Lyn Richards - Director, Qualitative Solutions and Research (QSR), Melbourne
Karen Guest - School of CIT, Griffith University