The Trends in IS/IT Research for AMCIS Conferences: 1995 to 2004 (The Early Years): Research in Progress

The Americas Conference for Information Systems (AMCIS) celebrates its 10 anniversary in New York City. Already AMCIS is viewed as one of the leading conferences for presenting the broadest variety of research done by and for IS/IT academicians in the Western Hemisphere. This research-in-progress article presents the beginning stage of an initiative to provide a systematic examination of the composition of each of the first ten AMCIS programs. Furthermore, it intends to provide a “living history” of the decisions and events that shaped each program, based on both the written and oral commentaries of the members of past and present conference committees. If there is any truth to the adage that research in proceedings proceeds research in IS journals, then there should be a sharp increase in Ecommerce publications at the expense of IS management research.