The Lebanese Association for Information Systems

An official Chapter of the Association for Information Systems
serving Lebanon

The First Lebanese Conference of Information Systems will be organized in June 2016

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LAIS is the premier academic association for individuals and organizations who lead the research, teaching, practice, and study of information systems, e-business, e-commerce, and e-Marketing in Lebanon.

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AISD2019 conference

Artificial Intelligence in Security and Defence

26-29 March 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Computing, Blockchain, IoT/IoE, Big Data, and digital transformation are the most dramatic technological game changers of all time. These smart technologies are expected to have a disruptive impact on public and private sectors. Defence and security are not an exception (Sukman, 2015). Indeed, smart technologies are changing defence and security and will enable intelligent warfare in the decades to come (Sloan, 2015; Work and Brimley, 2014).

But how exactly will defence and security be affected?

But how exactly will defence and security be affected? Researchers argue that intelligent technologies may have a profound transformational impact on defence both on the strategic and on the operational levels. On the strategic level, defence was about armed force against armed force (A2A). Recently, defence is moving toward one “whole-of-government and whole-of-society” against another (D2G&2S) (De Spiegeleire, Maas, and Sweijs, 2017). On the operational level, AI can create a more intelligent and autonomous force, can enhance platforms, munitions while enabling faster operational decisions and better combat outcomes (Hoadley and Lucas2018).
On another level, cyber security is becoming a major challenge as government agencies, corporations and individuals have increasingly become victims of cyber-attacks. With global cyber spending expected to reach $170 billion by 2020, cybersecurity is becoming one of the major security challenges.
AISD2019: Under the high Patronage of His Excellency The President of the Lebanese Republic, General Michel AOUN, the Research and Strategic Studies Centre (RSSC) in the Lebanese Armed Forces jointly with the “Lebanese Association for Information Systems” (LAIS) in Beirut, the “Middle East and North Africa Association for Information Systems” (MENA-AIS), and the “Information and Communication Technologies in Organizations” (ICTO) in Paris organize a conference entitled “Artificial Intelligence in Security and Defence” (AISD 2019) that will be held in March 2019.
The AISD2019 conference is the first of its kind concerning smart technologies, shedding light on how these technologies were, are, and will be designed, adopted, and adapted by the defence sector. The main focus will be on the impact of these smart Systems on the strategic, operational, and technical levels.

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ICTO2019

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Business and Society

Today, Artificial Intelligence is shaping human activity in organizations and in society. But, what do we know about their design, their usage, and their impact?

This conference is concerned with these Information Systems, shedding light on how they are, and how they will be understood, adopted, implemented, adapted, and used within organizations and more generally, within the society as a whole.

The main focus will be on how actors understand the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support organizational activities and hence how they adopt and adapt these technologies to achieve their goals.

We are interested in different areas of the organization's strategy through new business models, competitive strategies, knowledge management, etc. Specific areas are concerned such as marketing, human resource management, project management, operation management, innovation management, etc.

ICTO2019 website

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ICTO2017 Conference proceedings

Six Chapters are proposed by members of the LAIS community : Chap 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, & 19

Chapter 2. “ A Pervasive IoT Scheme to Vehicle Overspeed Detection and Reporting Using MQTT Protocol ” by E. Nasr, E. Kfoury, and D. Khoury conveys an innovative, pervasive, effective, and adaptable IoT system to detect and report vehicle overspeed as well as issuing tickets and fines.

Chapter 5. “ Identifying Disguised Objectives of IT Deployment Through Action Research ” by P. B. Saba, M. Saba, and A. Harfouche delivers the results of a 4-year action research project conducted at a leading French federation of agriculture cooperatives. The study reveals that identifying contagion mechanisms at the very preliminary phases of implementation may be strategic for a successful IT deployment, despite the tool’s imperfections.

Chapter 8. “ Artificial Intelligence a Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education Accreditation Programs: Expert Systems and AACSB ” by C. Chedrawi and P. Howayeck proposes a model for the implementation of AI through expert systems (ES) within the AACSB accreditation programs. The chapter tried to answer two main questions: whether AI can be implemented through ES and how such systems can reshape the AACSB accreditation process. It concludes that in fact, ES will reshape such process while ensuring more reliable and efficient results and reducing time, cost, and errors.

Chapter 10. “ The E-Banking and the Adoption of Innovations from the Perspective of the Transactions Cost Theory: Case of the Largest Commercial Banks in Lebanon ” by C. Chedrawi, B. Harb, and M. Saleh studies the effects of the adoption of innovations on transactions costs and shows the key role played by ICT in organizations, especially at the cost level. Using a qualitative approach, the study reveals the complexity of this concept, particularly regarding the integration strategies of the latest technological innovations within the banking sector, which appear to be essential for the development and the continuity of the sector at the national and regional levels.

Chapter 12. “ Innovation, New Public Management and Digital Era Government, Towards a Better Public Sector Performance Through ICT: The Case of the Lebanese Ministry of Environment ” by N. M. Boustani and C. Chedrawi examines the existing literature and theory regarding innovation while focusing on the new public management, the new era government, ICT, and innovation theories. Using a qualitative approach, this chapter reveals the actions currently undertaken by the Lebanese government to innovate in public services using ICT that can set the scene for a better public sector performance.

Chapter 19. “ Big Data at the Service of Universities: Towards a Change in the Organizational Structure and the Decision-Making Processes ” by D. Sidani and M. Sayegh shows, through a qualitative study conducted in six universities, how the adoption of big data will transform the organizational structure and the decision-making processes within the universities of Lebanon.

Springer Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation

ICT for a Better Life and a Better World

CAM2018

AUB, Lebanon, Nov 28th - Dec 1st

Cognitive Analytics Management: Digital Disruption for Innovative Shared Values

is a new interdisciplinary field. It integrates concepts from artificial intelligence, business analytics, cognitive and behavioral science, big data analytics, data engineering, data science, information systems, operations research and management. It accelerates the digital transformation of every industry and every organization, disrupts traditional thinking and reinvents business models for boosting productivity and innovation, enhancing competitive advantage, creating shared values to stakeholders for the sustainable development of our society and the world.

The LAIS : An outstanding chapter 2016

Lakshmi Iyer

AIS Vice President, SIGs & Colleges

University of North Carolina Greensboro

Ryan Wright

AIS Vice President, Membership & Chapters

University of Virginia

Congratulations! The AIS Lebanon chapter is among the 12 AIS Chapters to earn the designation of Outstanding Chapter for 2016.

We thoroughly enjoyed reading your annual report and learning about your community's accomplishments in 2016. The communities receiving the Outstanding Chapter recognition excelled in operations, member communications, educational and/or professional development events, and research publications.

A news story will be shared with the entire AIS community in tomorrow's AIS InSider e-newsletter.

We look forward to celebrating your continued success in 2017!

Sincerely,

ELECTION

"Let us stand, hand in hand, for a strong LAIS"

1) President Elect: Antoine Harfouche

2) Treasurer: Elie Nasr

3) Secretary: Graziella Hobeika

won the election with 22 voices

Let us stand, hand in hand, for a strong LAIS

Dear members of the LAIS community,

Graziella, Elie, and me are filled of pride in our association as we look back at the achievements from the last three years. We would like to remember some of these achievements with you:

(1) The creation of a democratic academic association (three elections in three years since 2015);

(2) The organization of two conferences (with many lessons learned);

(3) The publication of a large number of articles and paper-in-progress;

(4) The gain of an international recognition (LAIS an Outstanding chapter 2016).

Of course these are only few examples of our association impressive work.

As we look towards the future, with all its challenges and many opportunities, we must be willing to change what must be changed and keep our traditional core values true. Therefore, over the last days, we’ve had with you a series of interviews to inform our plan and we would like to thank those who have taken the time to give thoughtful comments.

For the next three years, if elected, we will continue to focus on areas that have distinguished us on the past and we will add new areas to position us for thought leadership, enacting our mission and modeling our values.

Goal 1 Institutionalization, inclusion and diversity

Our first goal is to continue Pr Aoun’s project of institutionalizing the LAIS, to continue Dr Badr’s project of extending the LAIS to new members and new universities, and to continue Pr Osman’s project of bridging the LAIS with other academic associations in Lebanon.

In the space of three years from now, we will introduce new scenarios to attract new members from 42 universities in Lebanon. We want also the LAIS to become a model of commitment for other local associations.

Goal 2 Excellence in research

We heard from you that although we have done great work, we can keep pushing the boundaries to improve the level of our publication. To model excellence, we must all share ideas and contribute to an environment that fosters creativity and innovation. Therefore, our aim is to help each other perform at our highest level.

In the space of three years from now, we want the LAIS to become a center of excellence with high scientific indicators. We also aim to prepare future generations to be the very best so they can shine in publishing breakthrough theories and papers. A new organization of our meetings and a new structure of the LCIS conference will be presented soon.

Goal 3 Strategic international alliances with AIS chapters from region 2

While the LAIS is now internationally recognized, we know we still have far to go in building connection with other LAIS chapters. We only get better at what we do if we continue to connect with the international community and interact with them.

In the space of three years from now, we will develop an new structure that can make the LAIS to become the heart of the MENA-AIS chapter. We will also develop alliances with many AIS chapters from the region 2 (such as MENA-AIS, itAIS, French chapter, etc.). For each of our future meetings, a leader from region 2 will be invited to make a presentation about his chapter and their research.

Goal 4 Values of respect and accountability

The LAIS community was created based on a number of values. But we cannot take it for granted. We cannot stand on the sidelines and just hope that things work out. We need to create a deep sense of belonging to our community.

In the space of three years from now, we want to inject fresh enthusiasm, apply wholeheartedly our proactive desire to do things, share our story, care for one another, thus stimulating you all to get involved.

We will carry out our long-term commitment to implement a highly enthusiastic approach to encourage inclusion, diversity, and collaboration, to improve our research and academic levels, to develop strategic alliances with other chapters from region 2, and to create a deep sense of belonging to our community, with the main aim of enabling everyone to grow, especially the youngsters.

Each of you, past presidents, presidents, vice presidents, officers, and members can play an important part in helping the LAIS chapter assert its leadership in supporting high-impact research in Lebanon and in the MENA region.

Graziella, Elie, and me are immensely honored to be counted among you all as members of the LAIS community.

Sincerely

Antoine Harfouche

ICTO 2018

Information and Communication Technologies in Organizations and Society

Information and Communication Technologies for an inclusive world

University Paris Nanterre, March 22d and 23d, 2018

ICTO2018 is the fourth version of ICTO international conference that attracts multidisciplinary contributions on information systems from the areas of business and management, strategy, marketing, human resources, accounting, logistics, finance, supply chain, economics, computer science, and information engineering mainly submitted by international scholars.

Deadlines

Deadline for submission: Nov 30, 2017

Application for the Doctoral Consortium Nov 30, 2017

Doctoral Consortium: March 22, 2018

Conference: March 22-23, 2018

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LCIS2017

THE LEBANESE CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2017

Advancing business innovations, competitiveness, and progressiveness: the role of ICT towards smart organizations

NEW YORK / BEIRUT April 27, 28, and 29, 2017

Register

The Association for Information Systems (AIS: http://aisnet.org) chapter in Lebanon LAIS: https://www.lebaneseais.com), together with the Lebanese American University (LAU: www.lau.edu.lb) is organizing the Lebanese Conference on Information Systems (LCIS 2017) at LAU NY Headquarters in New York and at LAU campus in Beirut.

LCIS2017 conference will be organized at the LAU

LCIS2017 scope

Underdevelopment, insecurity, poverty, inequality, and immigration are major problems faced by developing countries. Since 2000, international donor agencies have been encouraging the usage of ICT in order to reduce the impact of these complex social problems. Today, much has been done. Some researchers have reported practices that could lead to socio-economic development, improve people’s life, and install a kind of a new emerging democracy. Indeed, according to some scholars, when correctly implemented, these technologies transform governments by boosting transparency and accountability (Subhajit Basu, 2004), cutting out the middleman, connecting the excluded (Heeks, 2010), and helping the agency of women which is of strong effect on development through entrepreneurship (Heeks and Shoba, 2010). The introduction of the digital production is known to enable collective power and crowdvoicing by allowing the growth of social outsourcing and social enterprises and leading towards smarter organizations, smarter cities and smarter countries.

The aim of LCIS 2017 is to illustrate some of the issues related to ICT for development and advancing business innovations, competitiveness, and progressiveness towards smarter cities, while keeping in mind the differences and similarities among developing countries. We also encourage multi- or inter-disciplinary research.

LCIS 2017 important dates

Deadline Abstract submission: Mar 10, 2017

Notification of acceptance: Mar 20, 2017

Full paper submission: Apr 10, 2017

LCIS2017 Conference: Apr 27-29, 2017

Doctoral Consortium

Proposal submission: Mar 27, 2017

Doctoral Consortium: Apr 27, 2017

LCIS2017 call for papers

ICTO2017

Information and Communication Technologies in Organizations and Society

ICT for a better life and a better world

University Paris Nanterre, March 16th and 17th, 2017

The following papers have been accepted for presentation in the ICTO2017 conference and for inclusion in the conference proceedings:

Paper 11. Sidani Dina and Sayegh May. BIG DATA AT THE SERVICE OF UNIVERSITIES TOWARDS A CHANGE IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES

Paper 14. Charbel Chedrawi, Bissane Harb and Mariam Saleh. L’E-BANKING ET L’ADOPTION DES INNOVATIONS DANS UNE PERSPECTIVE DES COUTS DES TRANSACTIONS: CAS DES PLUS GRANDES BANQUES COMMERCIALES AU LIBAN

Paper 23. Nada Mallah Boustani and Charbel Chedrawi. INNOVATION, NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL ERA GOVERNMENT, TOWARDS A BETTER PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE THROUGH ICT: THE CASE OF THE LEBANESE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT

Paper 24. Charbel Chedrawi and Souheir Osta. LES TIC ET LA RESPONSABILITE SOCIALE DANS LE SECTEUR BANCAIRE AU LIBAN; VERS UNE RECONQUETE DE LA CONFIANCE AUPRES DES PARTIES PRENANTES : CAS DE LA BANQUE AUDI

Paper 25. Elie Nasr, Elie Kfoury and David Khoury. A Pervasive IoT Scheme to Vehicle Overspeed Detection and Reporting

Paper 31. Antoine Harfouche and Soraya Ezzeddine, Culture affecting adoption of e-ticketing: the case of Lebanon

Paper 50. Peter Bou Saba and Mario Saba. “There must be a reason why many of them are rejecting the IT tool”

Paper 54. Amal Dabbous and Abdallah Nassereddine. The Impact of ICT on Financial Inclusion: Evidence from Arab Countries

Paper 69. Sélim Mekdessi, Danie Khawaja and Nadine Dubruc. Appartenance aux réseaux : élément-clé de la RSE pour les PME libanaises ?

ICTO 2017 is the third version of ICTO international conference organized at Paris. ICTO2017 attracts multidisciplinary contributions on information systems from the areas of organization, management, marketing, human resources, accounting, and supply chain mainly submitted by international scholars.

Springer Book
Lecturer Notes in Information Systems and Organisation

ICT for greater development impact

co-edited by Antoine Harfouche, Georges Aoun, and Karine Barakat.

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The Springer format - template (download)

Papers presented at LCIS2016 and accepted for publication in the Springer Lecturer Note (indexed Scopus)

- Rabab Rassi and Georges Aoun, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: CASE OF A LEBANESE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

- Maurizio Cavallari, Francesco Tornieri and Marco De Marco. Organisational and Practical Controls to Prevent Cyber Attacks to HCE Mobile Payment on Android OS

- Elie Nasr, Elie Kfoury, Maya Kfoury and Liliane Karam. An Analytical Approach to Psychological Behavior of Hackers’ Motives

- Kassem Danach, Shahin Gelareh, Wissam Khalil and Anwar Tarhini. Metaheuristic vs Reinforcement Learning Based Hyperheuristic applied to Capacitated Single Allocation p-Hub Location Problem

- Abdallah Nassereddine and Amal Dabbous. Urban concentration in Lebanon: the need for urban observatories
After trsanltation

- Charbel Chedrawi, Graziella Hobeika and Antioione Harfouche. ICT for Democracy - Toward a Redefinition of the Role of Citizens: The Citizensourcing in the Lebanese Parliament

Golden Medal Award (LCIS2016)

During the LCIS2016 conference, Prof. Salim Daccache, S.J. Rector of the Saint Joseph University received the LAIS Golden Medal.

Distinguished Career Achievement Award (LCIS2016)

During LCIS2016 conference, three scholars were awarded the Distinguished Career Achievement Award

- Prof Marco de Marco

- Prof Ibrahim Osman

- Prof Georges Aoun

Distinguished Career Achievement Award for Prof Marco De Marco

Distinguished Career Achievement Award for Prof Ibrahim Osman

Distinguished Career Achievement Award for Prof Georges Aoun

LAIS Leadership Award (LCIS2016)

During LCIS2016 conference, four scholars were awarded the LAIS Leadership Award: Prof. Sélim Mekdessi, Prof. Rizkallah Freifer, Prof. Abdallah Farhat, and Prof. Wael Jab

LAIS Leadership Award for Prof Sélim Mekdessi

LAIS Leadership Award for Prof Rizkallah Freifer

LAIS Leadership Award for Prof Abdallah Farhat

LAIS Leadership Award for Prof Wael Jabr

LCIS 2016 conference

The LAIS organized its first conference LCIS 2016

LCIS is the annual conference of the Lebanese Association for Information Systems. It attracts multidisciplinary contributions on information systems from the areas of organization, management, marketing, human resources, accounting, and supply chain mainly submitted by lebanese and international scholars.

LCIS 2016 was organized from June 2nd till June 4th, 2016 in Beirut, Lebanon.

cfp LCIS2016

Best Paper Award LCIS2016 (English Session)

Four papers were selected by the reviewers:

- Paper 8. Mario Saba and Peter Bou Saba. For every bad there is a good. IT deployment through action research.

- Ppaer 9. Maurizio Cavallari, Francesco Tornieri and Marco De Marco. Organisational and Practical Controls to Prevent Cyber Attacks to HCE Mobile Payment on Android OS

- Paper 21. Jihan Tarhini, Abbas Tarhini and Anwar Tarhini. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION

- Paper 29. Elie Nasr, Elie Kfoury, Maya Kfoury and Liliane Karam. An Analytical Approach to Psychological Behavior of Hackers’ Motives

and the winner was :

- Paper 8. Mario Saba and Peter Bou Saba. For every bad there is a good. IT deployment through action research.

Best DC Paper Award LCIS2016

The best DC paper award was given to:

Hasan Mallah. Towards Effective Health Information System in Lebanon: Impact of Medical Coding

Best Review Award LCIS2016

Best Review Award LCIS2016 (English Session)

The best review was awarded to Prof Dina Sidani

Best Review Award LCIS2016 (French Session)

The best review was awarded to Prof Nasri Messarra

LCIS2016

Opening session

Friday June 3, 2016 Morning (09:00AM-11:00AM)

Welcome speech (5')

Prof. Antoine Harfouche
Past president of the LAIS

Inaugural speech I

Père Salim Daccache, SJ
SJU Rector

Inaugural speech II

HE Nabil de Freige
OMSAR Minister

Plenary Session welcome speech

LCIS 2016 Keynote speakers

Prof. Tony Gibeily
Saint Joseph University, Lebanon

Prof. Hervé Sabourin
AUF

Prof. Marco de Marco
Uninettuno University, Italy

Prof. Wael Jabr
Georgia State University
USA

LCIS 2016 accepted papers

LCIS2016 Golden Partners

The following papers have been accepted for presentation in the LCIS 2016 conference and for inclusion in the conference proceedings.(so far)

Soraya Ezzeddine. Piratage numérique, religiosité et effet modérateur du climat moral et éthique

Nasri Messarra. RETHINKING MARKETING STRATEGIES ON FACEBOOK

Rayane Mazeh, Maysam Ayoub, Ayat Fneish, Manal Yunis and Abbas Tarhini. ERP IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS FACTORS IN LEBANESE MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES: TRAINING AND USER-INVOLVEMENT

Claude Chammaa and Leina Haddad. FINANCE COMPORTEMENTALE : RATIONALITE DES INVESTISSEURS LIBANAIS ET ROLE DES S.I.A.D. DANS LEUR PRISE DE DECISION

Elie Nasr, Elie Kfoury, Maya Kfoury and Liliane Karam. An Analytical Approach to Psychological Behavior of Hackers’ Motives

Soraya Ezzeddine. Piratage numérique, religiosité et effet modérateur du climat moral et éthique

Mary Ann El Rassi. E-READINESS FACTORS IN E-BUSINESS ADOPTION AMONG SMES AND LARGE ENTERPRISES : A DEVELOPING WORLD PERSPECTIVE.

Sélim Mekdessi and Danie Khawaja. La sensibilisation des PME libanaises aux questions de Performance Globale

Dina Sidani and May Sayegh. LES ENJEUX DU BIG DATA - NOUVELLES FORMES STRUCTURELLES, NOUVELLES DÉMARCHES DÉCISIONNELLES ET PERSPECTIVES UNIVERSITAIRES

Heba Tannous. Generating Creative Characters

Jihan Tarhini, Abbas Tarhini and Anwar Tarhini. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Claude Chammaa. GOUVERNANCE ET SUCCESSION : QUELS ENJEUX POUR LES ENTREPRISES FAMILIALES LIBANAISES ?

Manal Abdel Samad. UNE BONNE ORGANISATION ET GESTION DES INFORMATIONS POUR UN MEILLEUR CIVISME FISCAL

Nada Mallah Boustani. the impact of Management Information Systems in organizations with founders syndrome

Nabil Badr and Michèle Kosremelli Asmar. What is the impact of data quality on health IT ecosystem?

Randa Salamoun. How identity shapes enactment of mobile ICT affordances: The case of constantly connected consultants

Karim Saikali, Nicole Boutros Saikali and Celine Boutros Saab. PLATEFORME IOT DE CONNECTED HEALTH

Abdallah Nassereddine and Amal Dabbous. URBAN CONCENTRATION IN LEBANON: THE NEED FOR URBAN OBSERVATORIES

Kassem Danach, Shahin Gelareh, Wissam Khalil and Anwar Tarhini. Metaheuristic vs Reinforcement Learning Based Hyperheuristic applied to Capacitated Single Allocation p-Hub Location Problem

Mario Saba and Peter Bou Saba. For every bad there is a good. IT deployment through action research.

Maurizio Cavallari, Francesco Tornieri and Marco De Marco. Organisational and Practical Controls to Prevent Cyber Attacks to HCE Mobile Payment on Android OS

Jeanne Kaspard, Sylvie Gerbaix and Philippe Chapellier. PME et TIC: de l’appropriation à l’utilisation pour une meilleure performance - Une revue de la littérature

Rabab Rassi and Georges Aoun, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: CASE OF A LEBANESE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Nabil Badr. COULD ICT BE HARNESSED FOR PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES? THE CASE OF THE LEBANESE RED CROSS