Venue

St. Raphael Resort

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The St. Raphael Resort is located on one of the most renowned and largest beaches in Limassol, only a short coastal drive from the lively centre of town, approximately 10 minutes away. The Larnaca International Airport is 35 minutes away, and Paphos International Airport is 55 minutes away. There are shops, restaurants and bars within walking distance and a bus stop exactly outside the hotel.

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This carefully chosen, tranquil location with the calm sea at your doorstep and the town only a few moments away; has convenient access to the island’s motorway. Any other coastal town, mountain village or tourist attraction is hardly more than an hour’s drive away.

Conference Facilities

A variety of conference rooms offer facilities and space to cater for any type of event. Several conference rooms and halls are supported by audio-visual systems, secretarial assistance, and modern telecommunication facilities. The combination of space, service and facilities provided ensure St. Raphael Resort’s place as one of the leading conference hotels in Cyprus.

During the day, children are spoilt for choice with the separate shaded children’s pool, water slide and outdoor children’s play ground, all situated in the grounds of the new Executive Wing.

Apart from swimming in either one of the two outdoor or one indoor pools, the hotel also has a table tennis, , two tennis courts, beach volleyball and badminton courts, workout programs, darts, French bowls, Archery, a fully equipped gymnasium with the latest equipment, sauna, steam bath, Jacuzzi, scuba diving and all types of water sports. The St. Raphael Spa also offers all types of spa treatments using Thalgo products and is open seven days a week.

Distances

From the Hotel to City centre : 10 minutes

From the Hotel to Larnaca International Airport: 35 minutes

From the Hotel to Paphos International Airport: 55 minutes

From the Hotel to General Hospital: 20 minutes

From the Hotel to Cyprus Museum: 15 minutes

Transportation: City Bus Stop at hotel entrance/ Taxi stop within hotel premises

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European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS)

The European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS) is an annual research event addressing the IS discipline with regional as well as global perspective. EMCIS has successfully helped bringing together researchers from around the world in a friendly atmosphere conducted to free exchange of innovative ideas. EMCIS was founded in 2004 by Brunel University research Group ISEing and it is an annual event. A number of respected collaborations were made with different local universities across the destinations chosen each year and EMCIS still proves to attract many further partnerships.

EMCIS is one of the premier conferences in Europe and Middle Eastern region for Information Systems academics and professionals, covering technical, organisational, business and social issues in the application of Information Technology. EMCIS is dedicated to the definition and establishment of Information Systems as a discipline of high impact for the methodical community and IS professionals – focusing on approaches that facilitate the identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the IS discipline following sound research methodologies that lead to results of measurable impact.

Unique characteristics of the EMCIS conference include:

Conference proceedings will be published in a Springer Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing volume.
Conference proceedings are indexed by ISI Proceedings, DBLP, EI and Scopus.
Substantially extended versions of the 10% at most of EMCIS papers may be selected for publication in academic journals.
Distinctive Keynote addresses by distinguished international scholars from different disciplines, highlighting or discussing particularand generic global topics.
An international event that continues to attract attendees, academics, practitioners and junior researchers including PhD students from all over the world, enjoying the friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of innovative ideas.