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Greetings!!
GITMA 2012, http://www.gitma.org. Â June 17,
18 and 19, 2012 in Bangalore, India.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 15, 2011.
THE FIRST MAJOR INTERNATIONAL IS/IT ACADEMIC CONFERENCE IN INDIA.
The submission deadline is November 15, 2011. Â Full papers, short
papers, extended abstracts, and panel/workshop proposals may be
submitted.
The 13th Annual Global Information Technology Management Association
(GITMA) World conference will be held in Bangalore, India on June
17, 18, and 19, 2012. Â Bangalore is known as the software capital
of the world. Â Besides the academic program, field trips and fun
trips are planned. Â For further information about GITMA and the
conference, please go to our web site: http://www.gitma.org. Â You can
also directly go the conference management system to make a
submission: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=gitma2012
In this call, submissions are invited to the following track:
TRACK: Global IT Networks
TRACK CHAIR: Cristina Ponsiglione, Dongyu Chen, and Eric Lu
DESCRIPTION: Examination of management, culture, and technology
impacts of global IT networks and social media
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Â Agent-based applications, Complex Adaptive
Systems, Distributed cognition for Knowledge Management, Emerging
properties in complex firms networks, Information and Knowledge
Management in complex networks, Information Technology management
and Complexity Theory, Inter-organizational firms cluster, Knowledge
Management in Virtual and Extended Enterprise, Social Simulation,
Management of global supply chain.
THE GITMA WORLD CONFERENCE IS BY DESIGN FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL IS/IT
RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND PROFESSIONALS. The 12th annual GITMA
conference was held in Las Vegas, USA in June 2011. Â It was a huge
success, with excellent papers, research forums, panels, workshops
and keynote speakers. We are a truly international IS conference and
we attract participants from all parts of the world.
CONFERENCE OFFICERS:
Program Chair: Dr. Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne State University,
USA, ak1667@wayne.edu
Program Co-Chairs:
Dr. Dolphy Abraham, Alliance University, India, dolphy.abraham@alliance.edu.in
Dr. Pierluigi Rippa, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, pierluigi.rippa@unina.it
Conference Chair: Dr. Prashant Palvia, University of North Carolina
at Greensboro, USA, pcpalvia@uncg.edu
Local Chair: Dr. Sajan Mathew, Alliance University, India, sajan.mathew@alliance.edu.in
This conference provides a unique opportunity to all IT educators,
researchers, and practitioners from all countries to get together to
network, develop lasting relationships, and exchange ideas. The
clear strength is the international participation and the following
people should attend:
 Educators, researchers, and practitioners from North America
(including US, Mexico, and Canada)
 Given the location of the conference, we encourage educators,
researchers, and practitioners from Asia and Europe.
 Educators, researchers, and practitioners from all other parts
of the world, including developed, developing, and under-developed
nations. We encourage
 Educators, researchers, and practitioners doing work in all
areas of Global IT Management
Representative Tracks: IT in Africa; IT in Asia; IT in Australian
Region; Culture in Diffusion of IT; Customer Relationship
Management; Decision Support & Knowledge Management; Doctoral
Consortium; eGovernance; Global IT Education; Global ERP & SCM
Systems; IT in Europe; IT in For-mer Communist Countries; Global
Business Processes; Global E-Commerce; Global IT Complex Networks;
IT for Government & National Development; Global IT Research
Issues ; Global Software Development; Mobile Commerce; IT and Change
Management; IT in Africa; IT in Middle Eastern Countries; IT in
Manufacturing; IT in Multinational Companies; IT in North America;
IT in Newly Industrialized Countries; IT Outsourcing; IT in South
America; Social Issues & Ethics in Global IT; Security &
Privacy; IT in SMEs; Strategic Applications of IT; Global
Hospitality IT. In addition, there will be several panels,
workshops, and keynote speakers.
JOURNAL PUBLICATION: Submissions accepted as full papers will be
given an opportunity for publication consideration in the journal:
Communications of Global Information Technology (COGIT). Â Paper
judged as higher quality by the reviewers will be further considered
for publication on an expedited basis in the Journal of Global
Information Technology Management (JGITM), Journal of Information
Technology Cases & Applications Research (JITCAR), and Journal
of Information Privacy and Security (JIPS).
Eric Lu
Assistant Professor
Information Sciences & Technology
Penn State University