Information systems research in Germany has a long tradition. Numerous researchers and institutions are working in the area. Presently the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft funds a research initiative ?Distributed Information Systems in Business and Management? that serves as a focus for many research activities. The panel aims to provide an overview about the Information Systems Research in Germany. The panellists will discuss various aspects of Information Systems Research and Practice in Germany such as: -The National German Science Foundation's Research Program on "Distributed - Information Systems in Business and Management", -Empirical Research on Information Systems in Germany, -Parallel Processing and Business applications, -Research on Petri Nets, -Teaching Information Systems Development in Germany, and -The influence of German IS research on industry.
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