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Subject: Submission extension (Nov. 30) - the 2002 GITM World Conference in New York Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:07:35 -0500 From: "Khalid S. Soliman" Khalid.Soliman@HOFSTRA.EDU To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

Dear Colleagues The GITM'02 organizing committee has received several requests for extension for the Nov. 15th submission deadline for the 3rd Annual Global Information Technology Management (GITM) World Conference in New York, June 23-25, 2002. . In order to give a chance to many more IS researchers and practitioners to participate in this major global IS event, the GITM'02 organizing committee has decided to extend the submission deadline to November 30, 2001. For more information about the conference please visit http://www.uncg.edu/bae/isom/gitma/gitma3.htm

Below is a quick look at the conference tracks.

Third Annual Global Information Technology Management (GITM) World Conference on June 23, 24, 25, 2002 in New York, USA ** The Conference for All "International" IS/IT Researchers**

IMPORTANT DATES: Extended Submission Deadline: November 30, 2001 (to be received by this date) Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 2001 Final Submission Due: January 31, 2002 Registration Deadline for authors (at least one author must register): February 15, 2002 Early Registration Deadline: April 30, 2002 (at least one author must register) Conference Dates: June 23, 24, 25, 2002

TRACKS AND TRACK CHAIRS: Papers (completed or in-progress: about 20 double spaced pages), extended abstracts (completed or in-progress research: about 4-6 pages), panel and workshop proposals (2-4 pages) dealing with (but not limited to) the following track topics are invited. Please note the name of this track on the cover page (if no such track exists or you do not know the track name, simply state so on the cover page).

1. Customer Resource & Supply Chain Management, Barry Shore, bshore@christa.unh.edu 2. Decision Support & Knowledge Management, Hamid Nemati, nemati@uncg.edu 3. Enterprise Telecommunications & Networking, Al Salam, AMSalam@uncg.edu 4. Global Business Process Management, Choton Basu, sbasu@nmu.edu 5. Global Electronic Commerce, Lakshmi Iyer, lsiyer@uncg.edu 6. Global ERP Systems, Steve Simon, simon_sj@mercer.edu 7. Global E-sourcing and Application Service Providers (ASP), Leida Chen, lchen@creighton.edu 8. Global IT Cases & Applications, David Paper, James Rodger, Robert Mill, dpaper@b202.usu.edu 9. Global IT Education, Joan Mann, jmann@odu.edu 10. Global IT Outsourcing, Olayele Adelakun, yele@cs.depaul.edu 11. Global IT Research Strategies, Sharm Manwani, sharmm@henleymc.ac.uk 12. Global Software Development, Anthony Wensley, wensley@home.com 13. Internet and Web Related Issues, Anil Kumar, kumara@uwwvax.uww.edu 14. IT for Government and National Development, Paul Licker, plicker@commerce.uct.ac.za 15. IT in Africa, Paul Licker, plicker@commerce.uct.ac.za and Rinette Roets 16. IT in Asia, En Mao, enmao@uwm.edu 17. IT in Australia Region, Vijay Khandelwal, v.khandelwal@uws.edu.au 18. IT in Ex-Communist & Transition Countries, Kalle Kangas, Kalle.Kangas@tukkk.fi 19. IT in Japan, Toru Sakaguchi, sakaguch@nku.edu 20. IT in Middle Eastern Countries, Abdulwahed Khalfan, khalfan@comp.leeds.ac.uk 21. IT in Multinational Companies , Celia Romm, c.romm@cqu.edu.au 22. IT in Newly Industrialized Countries, Chechen Liao, ccliao@im2.im.tku.edu.tw 23. IT in North America, Alice Kienholz, alicekienholz@nucleus.com 24. IT in Small & Medium Sized Enterprises, Hargo Utomo, Hargo.Utomo@anu.edu.au 25. IT in South & Central America, Nicolau Reinhard, reinhard@usp.br 26. IT Management in Europe, Kalle Kangas, Kalle.Kangas@tukkk.fi 27. Mobile Computing & Commerce, Jussi Puhakainen, Jussi.Puhakainen@tukkk.fi 28. Societal Impacts of Global IT, Fuatai Purcell, PurcellT@anz.com 29. Strategic Applications of Global IT, Mike Raisinghani, mraising@gsm.udallas.edu 30. Transborder Data Flows and Privacy Laws, David Douglas, douglas@walton.uark.edu

EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 30, 2001 (to be received by this date). Please submit directly to the Conference Chair: Prashant Palvia. We have an all-electronic review process. Please send your submission electronically (email: pcpalvia@uncg.edu) as a Microsoft Word attachment. If you do not have access to email, mail 4 copies to the following address and make sure it arrives by the deadline.

Dr. Prashant Palvia, Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor ISOM Department , Bryan School of Business & Economics University of North Carolina - Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA Email: pcpalvia@uncg.edu, Ph: 336-334-5666 Fax: 336-334-4083 http://www.uncg.edu/bae/people/palvia/

JOURNAL PUBLICATION: Papers recommended as high quality by the reviewers will be further considered for publication on an expedited basis in the Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) and the Journal of Information Technology Cases & Applications (JITCA).

INQUIRIES: For additional information, please contact the conference chair, local chair, program co-chairs or the track chairs Conference Chair: Prashant Palvia, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, USA, pcpalvia@uncg.edu Local Chair: Khalid S. Soliman, Hofstra University, New York, 11549, USA, Email: khalid.soliman@hofstra.edu Program Co-Chairs: Abdullah H. A. Gader, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, agader@kfupm.edu.sa Candace Deans, Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management, deansc@t-bird.edu Kalle Kangas, Pori School of Technology and Economics, Finland. Kalle.Kangas@tukkk.fi Shailendra Palvia, Long Island University, USA, spalvia@liu.edu Celia Romm, Central Queensland University, Australia, celia_romm@altavista.com

Khalid S. Soliman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of MIS BCIS/QM Dept., Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549 (516) 463-1549

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