Curitiba, Brazil May 01-03, 2014
Dr. Carlo Bellini, Dr. Valter Moreno and the doctoral candidate Pedro Jácome presented papers at the 1st Information Systems in Latin America (ISLA) Conference (ISLA 2014), held in Curitiba, Brazil. The papers were “Paradigms in Information Systems Research: The Deinstitutionalization of Terminological Tradition in the Field’s Discourse“ (Mota, De Moura Jr. & Bellini), “Relevância de Sistemas de Informação na Formação do Administrador Brasileiro“ (Moreno Jr., Graeml & Bellini) and “Mensuração na Pesquisa Qualitativa: Avaliando Possibilidades Criticamente“ (De Moura Jr.).
The conference was an idea of Dr. Alexandre Graeml (UTFPR), who is an enthusiast of the IS field in Brazil. Starting with this first edition, the conference is expected to be held annually in a different city in Latin America. In 2014, the participants discussed the role of IS research in society and the ways the discipline has evolved over the years, with special attention given to the idiosyncrasies of IS in Latin America. Please visit http://bit.do/ISLA2014 to know more about ISLA 2014. The 2nd ISLA Conference (ISLA 2015) will be in João Pessoa, Brazil (the Easternmost city of the three Americas), April 18-20, 2015. Please be sure to schedule your participation.
Dr. Bellini (center) and Pedro (right) during an informal meeting with ISLA participants