A Paper Development Workshop (PDW) is being planned. This will be in a round-table format. Selected papers from the conference will be invited to participate in the PDW. So far, a number of senior scholars will be serving as mentors, including:
- Professor Anol Bhattacherjee, University of South Florida, USA
- Professor Fred Niederman, Saint Louis University, USA
- Professor Patrick Chau, University of Hong Kong, China
- Professor Alexandre Reis Graeml, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Papers selected for the PDW will be channelled to the following journals that are supporting Conf-IRM 2017: - Electronic Journal of IS in Developing Countries
- Journal of Global Information Management
- Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
- Revista Eletrônica de Sistemas de Informação (Portuguese)
- Revista Latinoamericana Y Del Caribe De La (Spanish)