Hello Everyone:

My name is Christian Wagner, and I am with the City University of Hong
Kong. I was very intrigued by Miltiades call, because for a long
while now I have been bothered about the closed nature of IS research,
which, in my belief, really stifles innovation. When reserach is kept
"hidden" for years until it finally appears in printed journals, it is
frequently obsolete. So the publications just help to "keep score",
but do not drive the search for truth.

So my hope for this group would be to promote new ways to open up
research and thus improve research innovativeness and relevance. My
own interest is in the use of wikis to support collaborative knowledge
creation through open web systems. If you have not heard about wikis
and want to learn more, please ask me. Now that I have introduced
myself, I hope other group members will do the same. I am intrigued
by the international nature of this group.

Miltiades, thanks again for this call to action!