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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=762 style='width:571.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=762 style='width:571.5pt;background:white;border:solid white 1.0pt'><tr><td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>International Information Systems Conference (iiSC) 2011<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Venue: Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Date: October 11-12, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>URL: www.squ.edu.om/iisc<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Information Technology (IT) is regarded as an enabler of economic development. Consequently GCC countries are putting increasing emphasis on the adoption of IT, hoping to accelerate development in all sectors of their industry, government and business. Realizing the importance of Information Systems for sustainable development, the Information Systems Department, part of the College of Commerce and Economics at Sultan Qaboos University, is organizing an International Conference on Information Systems. The main objectives of the conference are to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - Provide a forum to discuss the issues and challenges arising from IT/IS <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> adoption, as being faced by industry and government in Oman, and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> other countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - Bring together IT/IS Researchers and practitioners to learn from and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> share each other’s experiences.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - Promote research and collaboration in IT/IS by all stakeholders at local, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> regional and international levels.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>IMPORTANT DATES</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Full Paper Submission: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>March 30th, 2011</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Notification to Authors: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>April 30th, 2011</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Camera Ready Submission: <b><i>May 30th, 2011<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>CONFERENCE TRACKS (TENTATIVE)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The conference would to invite papers on following tracks but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - E-government issues and solutions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - E-commerce and E-business Challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - Knowledge Management & Business Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - Trends in Web technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - IS Security, Social Networking and Privacy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - Mobile Computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - Trends in IS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - IS industrial applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>For further Information please contact us at <a href="mailto:iisc@squ.edu.om">iisc@squ.edu.om</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>