You are invited to participate in the 8th Australian Conference on Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support (ACKMIDS 2005) to be held at Rydge's Hotel, Melbourne, Australia on December 5 and 6, 2005.

This year the conference theme is:

"Why Culture Matters: the Local and Global in Knowledge Management."

The conference will provide a forum to explore why culture is an important factor in the implementation of knowledge management strategies. Of particular significance is the interaction between local factors and overarching global concerns within the organization. The spectrum of interest ranges from cross cultural factors to systems implementation. The conference provides an opportunity to explore team, organizational and societal issues as they impact on knowledge management initiatives.

Keynotes:

The conference will have two invited keynote speakers. We are pleased to announce that Larry Prusak has confirmed that he will open the conference with his keynote address.

Instructions for authors:

Authors are invited to submit full research papers as well as application examples representing original, previously unpublished work. The official language of the conference is English.

Conference URL: http://www.sims.monash.edu.au/research/km/ackmids2005/index.html

Important dates:

Paper submission (5000 words maximum) - 1 August 2005

Notification of acceptance - 12 September 2005

Submission of paper revised per reviewers comments- 10 October 2005

Review Procedures:

All submitted papers will be blind peer reviewed by at least two members of the International Program Committee. The review criteria are based on originality, rigor, and relevance of content. We seek contributions that report on completed or ongoing research.

No paper, which has been previously accepted, published, or presented at another meeting, or submitted for review elsewhere, may be submitted.

Accepted papers will be published only if at least one of the authors is registered in due time. Accepted papers with at least one registered author will appear in the conference proceedings which will appear as a monograph with an ISBN number and published by Australian Scholars Publishing.

Authors must attach their paper in Word format to an email addressed to: jill.owen@sims.monash.edu.au

OR contact the conference organizers - Jill Owen or Suzanne Zyngier School of Information Management and Systems Monash University Tel: (+61) 9903 2208; Fax: (+61) 9903 2005 email: ackmids@sims.monash.edu.au mailto:ackmids2004@sims.monash.edu.au We look forward to your participation, Frada Burstein and Henry Linger, ACKMIDS2005 Conference Chairs