{"id":5663,"date":"2017-10-12T12:29:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/?p=5663"},"modified":"2018-02-12T15:44:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:44:25","slug":"save-the-date-frontiers-2018-in-austin-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/save-the-date-frontiers-2018-in-austin-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontiers 2018 in Austin, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-11.30.50_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5664 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-11.30.50_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-11.30.50_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-11.30.50_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-11.30.50_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-11.30.50_1.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Save the Date!!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Frontiers in Service Conference, September 6-9, 2018, in Austin, Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Submission Deadline:<\/strong>\u00a0The submission deadline is February 1, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the 27th Annual Frontiers in Service Conference, will journey southwest to the live music capital of the universe, Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The main conference sessions and events will occur within the Hilton Austin Hotel, which is just one block\u00a0away from Austin&#8217;s famed 6th Street Entertainment District. The Frontiers Conference is co-sponsored by\u00a0SERVSIG and INFORMS. The host university in Texas is Texas State University.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 Frontiers in Service Conference will explore a wide variety of service topics, including service marketing, service management, service operations, service design, service engineering, service science, and service IT. You are invited, as a service academic or practitioner, to submit <strong>a 450-word abstract<\/strong> for possible presentation at the conference. The Frontiers in Service Conference routinely attracts submissions from over 40 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Case studies by business practitioners are encouraged, and a &#8220;Best Practitioner Presentation&#8221; will be awarded at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>The average number of attendees is around 300 scholars and practitioners. Fewer than half of the submitted abstracts are accepted for presentations.<\/p>\n<p>Abstracts may focus on any service topic, including (but not limited to) the topics below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Analytics and Service<\/li>\n<li>Big Data and Service<\/li>\n<li>Customer Relationship Management<\/li>\n<li>Digital Service &amp; Collaborative Economy<\/li>\n<li>E-Service &amp; E-Government<\/li>\n<li>Healthcare Service<\/li>\n<li>Internet of Everything and Service<\/li>\n<li>IT as a Service<\/li>\n<li>Public Sector Service<\/li>\n<li>Service Design<\/li>\n<li>Service Operations<\/li>\n<li>Service Management<\/li>\n<li>Service Marketing<\/li>\n<li>Service Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Service Productivity<\/li>\n<li>Service Innovation<\/li>\n<li>Servicescapes<\/li>\n<li>Service Science<\/li>\n<li>Service at the \u201cBottom of the Pyramid\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Social Networks and Service<\/li>\n<li>Smart Service Systems<\/li>\n<li>Technology-based Service (Apps)<\/li>\n<li>Theoretical Perspectives on Service<\/li>\n<li>Transformative Service Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Your Local Texas State Conference Hosts are:<\/strong>\u00a0Ray Fisk, Steven Rayburn,\u00a0Sid Anderson, and Linda Nasr<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-12.28.25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5665 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-12.28.25-1024x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-12.28.25-1024x325.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-12.28.25-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.servsig.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-12-at-12.28.25-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission Deadline:<\/strong>\u00a0The submission deadline is February 1, 2018.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/frontiers2018.exordo.com\/\">https:\/\/frontiers2018.exordo.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference Web Site:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frontiers2018.com\/\">www.frontiers2018.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:admin@frontiers2018.com\">admin@frontiers2018.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save the Date!!! 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