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<b>The International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB 2012 & 2013)</b></div>
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<b>Call for Hosts</b></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 106pt; "><font size="2">The<font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><b> </b></font><b>International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB)</b>, held annually in early summer, is the definitive
worldwide scholarly event bringing together academics, practitioners, and policy makers to debate ongoing developments in the field of mobile and wireless technologies, applications, and markets.</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 106pt; "><font size="2">ICMB focuses on debating the commercialization of new business models exploiting wireless and mobile technologies by presenting research results and future perspectives for
the development and sustainable deployment of mobile applications and services.<font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"> </font>The ICMB program comprises: </font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 178pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font face="Courier New, monospace" size="2">o<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="1"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Outstanding keynote speakers; </font></font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 178pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font face="Courier New, monospace" size="2">o<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="1"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Compelling parallel sessions for paper presentations; </font></font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 178pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font face="Courier New, monospace" size="2">o<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="1"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">A superior social program to enable further networking and exchange
of views between participants. </font></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 106pt; "><font size="2"><b>The ICMB Standing Committee warmly invites proposals to host the 11</b><font size="1"><sup><b>th</b></sup></font><b> or 12</b><font size="1"><sup><b>th</b></sup></font><b>
International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB 2012 or 2013)</b>. Prior conferences have taken place in:</font></div>
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<li>ICMB2002: Athens, Greece</li><li>ICMB2003: Vienna, Austria</li><li>ICMB2004: New York, USA</li><li>ICMB2005: Sydney, Australia</li><li>ICMB2006: Copenhagen, Denmark </li><li>ICMB2007: Toronto, Canada (<a href="http://www.mbusiness2007.org"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mbusiness2007.org</u></font></a>)</li><li>ICMB2008: Barcelona, Spain (<a href="http://www.mbusiness2008.org"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mbusiness2008.org</u></font></a>)</li><li>ICMB2009: Dalian, China (<a href="http://www.mbusiness2009.org"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mbusiness2009.org</u></font></a>)</li><li>ICMB2010: Athens, Greece (<a href="http://www.mbusiness2010.org"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mbusiness2010.org</u></font></a>)</li><li>ICMB2011: Como, Italy </li></font>
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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; padding-left: 106pt; "><font size="2">Academic institutions or research organisations with a proven track record of research in mBusiness interested in hosting ICMB in 2012 or 2013 should submit an application
to the chair of the Standing Committee,<font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><b> </b></font><b>Eusebio Scornavacca (</b><a href="mailto:Eusebio.Scornavacca@vuw.ac.nz"><font color="#0000FF"><u><b>Eusebio.Scornavacca@vuw.ac.nz</b></u></font></a><b>)</b>
by<font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><b> </b></font><b>December 1st, 2010</b>. The application should contain at least the following information: </font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 178pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font face="Courier New, monospace" size="2">o<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="1"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Proposed Venue (city, place, information about capacity, etc.) </font></font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 178pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font face="Courier New, monospace" size="2">o<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="1"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Proposed Dates (should be in June to ensure continuity of conferences)
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<div style="padding-left: 178pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font face="Courier New, monospace" size="2">o<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="1"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Proposed Theme (this can then be negotiated with the SC) </font></font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 178pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font face="Courier New, monospace" size="2">o<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="1"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Proposed Conference Structure (streams, tracks, etc.) </font></font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 178pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font face="Courier New, monospace" size="2">o<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="1"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Proposed Chairs. The following is the minimum set of roles: General
Chair, Program Chair, Research Track Chair. Attention should be paid to proper geographical distribution of chairs. Candidates need to justify proposals for governance structures other than those used in past conferences. </font></font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 178pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><font face="Courier New, monospace" size="2">o<font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="1"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Indicative Budget (containing at least expected number of participants,
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