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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Reminder:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The deadline for submitting abstracts/papers for the 43<sup>rd</sup> SWDSI Conference, February 29-March 3, 2012 in New Orleans has been extended through <b><i>October 20, 2011</i></b>. Submissions should be made at </span><a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swdsi2012" target="_blank">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swdsi2012</a><span style='color:black'> with a second copy emailed to </span><a href="mailto:drjanetbailey@live.com">drjanetbailey@live.com</a><span style='color:black'>. Please contact me at </span><a href="mailto:drjanetbailey@live.com">drjanetbailey@live.com</a><span style='color:black'> if you have problems with the EasyChair website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Please note that <b><i>this is the final extension possible</i></b> for this conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Even if you are unable to attend this year yourself, you can still help by mailing all your friends and colleagues and let them know it is not too late to submit to one of the best and most economical conferences in our region. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The top student papers will receive monetary awards. In addition, outstanding papers will be recommended to a number of journal editors for fast track reviews and possible publication. <b><i>At the moment we only have 2 student papers – please encourage your students to submit. This is an excellent conference and group for students to start at.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>In addition to competitive papers and abstracts <b><i>there will be a special workshop on Phone 7 Development and teaching your students to make money in the Marketplace. The workshop will be taught by leading Microsoft professionals.</i></b> You won’t want to miss this opportunity. Please email me with your desire to attend this workshop as I need to make sure to request a room large enough for everyone who wants to attend. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>There will also be a Graduate Student/New Faculty Workshop and a Not-So-New Faculty Workshop (well hey, those of us who have been around for a while want a chance to learn from each other too. </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>J</span><span style='color:black'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The SWDSI 2012 conference website is located at </span><a href="http://www.swdsi.org/swdsi2012/">http://www.swdsi.org/swdsi2012/</a><span style='color:black'>. Formatting instructions are also located on the conference site. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black'>Remember – There’s a track for Everyone!!! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Accounting,</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> Erick Valentine, Grambling State University, </span><a href="mailto:valentinee@gram.edu"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>valentinee@gram.edu</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Business Environment, Law, Ethics and Cross-Cultural Studies, </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Khaled Al-Share, Qatar University, </span><a href="mailto:kalshare@qu.edu.qa">kalshare@qu.edu.qa</a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Economics,</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> <b>Health Care and Quality</b>, Barbara Hewitt, </span><a href="mailto:bhewitt@tamusa.tamus.edu"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>bhewitt@tamusa.tamus.edu</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>E-Commerce, </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>June Lu </span><span style='color:black'>University of Houston – Victoria, </span><a href="mailto:luj@uhv.edu">luj@uhv.edu</a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:KO'>Entrepreneurship and Finance, </span></b><span style='color:black'>Melissa Melancon, The Univerisity of Louisiana at Monroe, </span><a href="mailto:melancon@ulm.edu">melancon@ulm.edu</a><span style='color:black'> <br></span><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>DSS/ES/KM </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Richard Woolridge, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, </span><a href="mailto:rwwoolridge@ualr.edu"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>rwwoolridge@ualr.edu</span></a><b><span style='background:lime;mso-highlight:lime;mso-fareast-language:KO'><br></span></b><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>International</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> <b>Business, </b> Bradley K. Jensen, Microsoft, </span><a href="mailto:bjensen@microsoft.com"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>bjensen@microsoft.com</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> <b><br>Innovative Education, </b>Fred Kitchens, Ball State University, </span><a href="mailto:fkitchens@bsu.edu"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>fkitchens@bsu.edu</span></a><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'><br>Online Learning, </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Shoreh Hashemi, University of Houston Downtown, </span><a href="mailto:HashemiS@uhd.edu"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>HashemiS@uhd.edu</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Information Security & Privacy, </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Joseph Schuessler, Tarleton State University, </span><a href="mailto:SCHUESSLER@tarleton.edu"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>SCHUESSLER@tarleton.edu</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Management</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> <b>Information Systems, </b>Mark McMurtrey, University of Central Arkansas</span>, <a href="mailto:markmc@uca.edu">markmc@uca.edu</a> <br><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Management and Organizational Behavior </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Clay Posey, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, </span><a href="mailto:mcposey@ualr.edu"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>mcposey@ualr.edu</span></a><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> <br>Marketing,</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> Susan Chinburg, Rogers State University, </span><a href="mailto:schinloc@yahoo.com"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>schinloc@yahoo.com</span></a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Operations & Supply Chain Management, </span></b>Hong Qin, University of Texas Pan American,<b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> </span></b><a href="mailto:hqin@utpa.edu"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>hqin@utpa.edu</span></a><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'><br>E-Government/Non-Profit, </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>James Parrish, Nova Southeastern University, </span><a href="mailto:jlparrish@nova.edu"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>jlparrish@nova.edu</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> <b><br>Quantitative Methods & Quality, </b></span>Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, University of Texas Pan American, <a href="mailto:andohbaidoof@utpa.edu">andohbaidoof@utpa.edu</a> <b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Special Panels, </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Brian Reithel, The University of Mississippi, </span><a href="mailto:breithel@bus.olemiss.edu"><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>breithel@bus.olemiss.edu</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:KO'>Student Track, </span></b><span style='color:black'>Nalini Govindarajulu, Creighton University, </span><a href="mailto:NaliniGovindarajulu@creighton.edu">NaliniGovindarajulu@creighton.edu</a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>I look forward to your submissions and seeing you at the conference!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Janet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Janet L. Bailey, PhD <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Assoc Professor of MIS University of Arkansas at Little Rock<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dept of Management <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jlbailey@ualr.edu"><span style='color:blue'>jlbailey@ualr.edu</span></a> | <a href="mailto:drjanetbailey@live.com"><span style='color:blue'>drjanetbailey@live.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>The College of Business serves as a catalyst to advance education and economic development in the State of Arkansas<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>The beauty of life does not depend on how happy you are<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>but on how happy others can be because of you<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>