-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Update/Special Tracks- 6th IBIMA Conf., Bonn, Germany June 19-21, 2006 Datum: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:16:29 -0500 Von: Dr. Khalid S.Soliman khalid.soliman@hofstra.edu An: Dr. Khalid S.Soliman khalid.soliman@hofstra.edu

The 6th IBIMA Conference General Theme: Managing Information in Digital Economy: E-Business, Supply Chain, and Business Processes

Bonn, Germany June 19 - 21, 2006

Website: http://www.ibima.org

Confirmed Keynote Speaker:

Brian Henderson-Sellers Director, Centre for Object Technology Applications and Research and Professor of Information Systems University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Other confirmations to follow

Four Special Tracks to address current IS issues:

1) Management of Data and Information Quality: http://www.ibima.org/Bonn2006/quality.html

Chair: Markus Helfert, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

2) Managing Information Security, Disaster Recovery, and Identity theft: http://www.ibima.org/Bonn2006/security.html

Chair: Najib Saylani, Hofstra University, New York, USA

Selected papers accepted and published in this track will be further considered for journal publication in a special issue

3) Section spéciale en français: http://www.ibima.org/Bonn2006/francais.html

Président: Imed Boughzala, GET / Institut National des Télécommunications, France

Les meilleurs papiers de la session française seront proposés pour être publiées dans une revue française en sciences de gestion. Nous donnerons plus d'information très prochainement sur la revue en question

4) Sección en español: http://www.ibima.org/Bonn2006/convocatoria.html

Preside: Susana de Juana Espinosa, Universidad de Alicante, España

Submission deadline: April 20, 2006 Notifications of Acceptance: 3 week from submission date in most cases

IMPORTANT: Four types of submissions:

1- Research papers: complete papers (5000 words max.) with complete references section.

2- Short papers or abstracts

3- Organized sessions: You can also submit a proposal to organize a session/workshop. A 100-word description of the topic of the session along with your information

4- Virtual presentation: Those who are unable to attend the conference in person but wish to participate in this major international event, virtual presentation is available. Virtual Presentation allow participants to submit papers for refereeing and publication in the conference proceedings, just like a regular paper. Virtual participants will receive a full copy of the conference proceedings. http://www.ibima.org/Bonn2006/virtual.html

Conference proceedings will be published as an e-book on a CD with an ISBN (0-9753393-5-4)

Visit the conference website for complete details: http://www.ibima.org

We look forward to meeting you in Bonn.

Sincerely, Khalid S. Soliman 6th IBIMA Conference Chair

-------------------------- Khalid S. Soliman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of MIS Hofstra University Hempstead, New York 11549 USA (516) 463-1549 http://www.people.hofstra.edu/faculty/khalid_soliman