ECIS 2017 TRACK. Maritime Informatics

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1 T22 Maritime Informatics Maritime Informatics studies the application of information systems to increase the efficiency, safety, and ecological sustainability of the world s shipping industry. According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), international shipping moves about 90 per cent of global trade and is the most efficient and cost-effective method for the international transportation of most goods. Hence, shipping is critical to future sustainable global economic growth. The industry can be characterized as many independent actors who engage in episodic tight coupling. It has, however, been a late starter to digitization, possibly because of the long history of autonomy and the lack of inexpensive high bandwidth communication when on the ocean. Indeed, some participants in the industry are still sharing information via fax. A lack of information sharing impedes collaboration and reduces efficiency and safety. As a result, there are many opportunities to apply IS theory and knowledge to a critical global industry. A group of scholars associated with Viktoria Swedish ICT formulated a new IS topic, namely Maritime Informatics, which studies the application of information systems to increasing the efficiency, safety, and ecological sustainability of the world s shipping industry. In mid 2014, the first scholarly post in Maritime Informatics was established within the Center for Digital Innovation, a cooperative effort of the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers. Since then Maritime Education & Training institutions started to show their interest in including Maritime Informatics in their training offer. For instance, the Portuguese ENIDH aims to develop in short a new course related to this topic focused on this new market needs. Maritime informatics track has been already present at last AMCIS and ECIS conferences, receiving important contributions to the Maritime Informatics development. The track seeks submissions that address some of the following questions or others related to the general notion of Maritime Informatics as defined in this call. How do you design an information sharing system for the shipping industry to enhance coordination and planning to increase efficiency, safety, and ecological sustainability? How do you design an information sharing system for an ecosystem constrained by a culture of limited cooperation? What are appropriate standards for data sharing within the shipping ecosystems? What is the role of real-time digital data streams in enhancing shipping efficiency? How can information systems increase the efficiency of episodic tight coupling? How does the shipping industry digitize its natural, human, and economic capital to improve efficiency, safety, and ecological sustainability? How can information systems contribute to effective sea traffic management? What theory bases can inform Maritime Informatics? What prior research can accelerate the development of Maritime Informatics? How can the application of information systems in other domains inspire the adoption of digitalization in the maritime sector? What value can be extracted from Marine Automatic Identification System (AIS) data? How can it be combined with other data streams to create additional value?

2 How can an effective Information Systems Interoperability Assessment increase information sharing in the maritime domain? What organizational, institutional and behavioural changes should be addressed in order to increase information sharing in the maritime industry? Publishing Opportunities in Leading Journals Maritime Informatics is a new field, and we have not yet established relationships with appropriate journals for the best papers submitted to the track. 1 Name Surname (primary contact) Track Co-Chairs Mikael Lind mikael.lind@viktoria.se Viktoria Swedish ICT & University of Gothenburg, Sweden Short Biography Associate professor Mikael Lind is with the Viktoria Swedish ICT and Chalmers University of Technology/Gothenburg University, Sweden. He is the research manager of the sustainable transports group at Viktoria Swedish ICT ( and heads and/or has initiated/is a substantive part of several open innovation initiatives related to ICT for sustainable transports of people and goods, as e.g. cross-industrial design of intelligent infrastructure for electric vehicles, ICT-enabled innovation for sustainable everyday travel, Future Airports, and MONALISA 2.0/Sea Traffic Management focusing sustainable people/goods flows based on ICT enabled multiorganizational collaboration throughout the door-to-door process. The research takes a pragmatic stance oriented towards open digital innovation, multi-organizational business innovation, and business process management. 2 Name Surname Olga Delgado olgadelgado@enautica.pt Escola Náutica Infante Dom Henrique (ENIDH) & Universidade

3 Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologia (ULHT), Portugal Short Biography International PhD at Nautical Sciences (Leadership in the Maritime). Bachelor of Engineering and Nautical Shipping and studies in Business Administration and Psychology. Researcher and (6 years) at several European Universities. She has been Head of Maritime Academy FNB, Social Media Strategist and Conference Organizer. Fields of interest: human factor, leadership, and communication. Opinion Columnist at Grupo Vocento. Organizational Development Consultant (10 years) Product Manager at Procter & Gamble (7 years) 3 Name - Surname Richard Watson Short Biography rwatson@terry.uga.edu University of Georgia Richard Watson is a Regents and the J. Rex Fuqua Distinguished Chair for Internet Strategy in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. He is the current Research Director for the Advanced Practices Council of the Society of Information Management and a former President of the Association for Information Systems. In 2011, he received the Association for Information Systems' LEO award, which is given for exceptional lifetime achievement in Information Systems.

4 Track Associate Editors 1 Name-Surname Michael Rosemann m.rosemann@qut.edu.au Queensland University of Technology and Viktoria Swedish ICT 2 Name-Surname Yao-Hua Tan y.tan@tudelft.nl Delft University of T echnology 3 Name-Surname Thomas Porathe thomas.porathe@mdh.se Norwegian University of Science and Technology 4 Name-Surname Victor Lobo vlobo@isegi.unl.pt ISEGI and the Naval Academy 5 Name-Surname Roger Skjetne roger.skjetne@ntnu.no Norwegian University of Science and T echnology 6 Name-Surname Pablo Gonzalez de Santos

5 CSIC 7 Name-Surname Joaquin Aranda jaranda@dia.uned.es UNED