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TWO MORE DAYS TO SEND YOUR PAPERS IN ALL AREAS OF IS/IT.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:3.75in">GITMA 2012, <a href="http://www.gitma.org/">http://www.gitma.org</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>June 17, 18 and 19, 2012 in Bangalore, India.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:3.75in">Extended SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 1,
2011.<br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:3.75in">THE FIRST GITMA IS/IT CONFERENCE IN
INDIA.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:3.75in">The extended submission deadline is December 1, 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Full papers, short papers,
extended abstracts, and panel/workshop proposals may be submitted.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:3.75in">The 13th Annual Global Information
Technology Management Association (GITMA) World conference will be held in Bangalore,
India on June 17, 18, and 19, 2012. Bangalore is known as the software
capital of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Besides the
academic program, field trips and fun trips are planned.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For further information about GITMA and the
conference, please go to our web site: <a href="http://www.gitma.org/">http://www.gitma.org</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You can also directly go the conference
management system to make a submission: <a href="https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=gitma2012">https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=gitma2012</a></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="color:windowtext">THE GITMA WORLD CONFERENCE IS
BY DESIGN FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL IS/IT RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND
PROFESSIONALS. The 12th annual GITMA conference was held in Las Vegas, USA in June
2011. It was a huge success, with excellent papers, research forums,
panels, workshops and keynote speakers. We are a truly international IS
conference and we attract participants from all parts of the world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">CONFERENCE
OFFICERS:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><br>
<u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Program Chair</span></u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">: </span>Dr. Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne
State University, USA, <a href="mailto:ak1667@wayne.edu">ak1667@wayne.edu</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Program Co-Chairs</span></u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">Dr.
Dolphy Abraham, Alliance University, India, <a href="mailto:dolphy.abraham@alliance.edu.in">dolphy.abraham@alliance.edu.in</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">Dr.
Pierluigi Rippa, University of Naples Federico II, Italy,
<a href="mailto:pierluigi.rippa@unina.it">pierluigi.rippa@unina.it</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Conference Chair</span></u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">: </span>Dr. Prashant Palvia, University of
North Carolina at Greensboro, USA, <a href="mailto:pcpalvia@uncg.edu">pcpalvia@uncg.edu</a></p><u><span style="color:windowtext;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Local
Chair</span></u><span style="color:windowtext;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">: </span><span style="color:windowtext">Dr. Sajan Mathew, Alliance University, India,
<a href="mailto:sajan.mathew@alliance.edu.in">sajan.mathew@alliance.edu.in</a></span>
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<p class="Default"><span style="color:windowtext">This conference provides a
unique opportunity to all IT educators, researchers, and practitioners from all
countries to get together to network, develop lasting relationships, and
exchange ideas. The clear strength is the international participation and the</span>
following people should attend: </p>
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</span></span>Educators, researchers, and practitioners from North
America (including US, Mexico, and Canada) </p><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Given the location of the conference, we encourage educators,
researchers, and practitioners from Asia and Europe.
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</span></span>Educators, researchers, and practitioners from all
other parts of the world, including developed, developing, and under-developed
nations. </p>
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</span></span>We encourage educators, researchers, and practitioners
doing work in all areas of Global IT Management </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Representative
Tracks</span></u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">: </span>IT in Africa;
IT in Asia; IT in Australian Region; Culture in Diffusion of IT; Customer
Relationship Management; Decision Support & Knowledge Management; Doctoral
Consortium; eGovernance; Global IT Education; Global ERP & SCM Systems; IT
in Europe; IT in For-mer Communist Countries; Global Business Processes; Global
E-Commerce; Global IT Complex Networks; IT for Government & National
Development; Global IT Research Issues ; Global Software Development; Mobile
Commerce; IT and Change Management; IT in Africa; IT in Middle Eastern
Countries; IT in Manufacturing; IT in Multinational Companies; IT in North
America; IT in Newly Industrialized Countries; IT Outsourcing; IT in South
America; Social Issues & Ethics in Global IT; Security & Privacy; IT in
SMEs; Strategic Applications of IT; Global Hospitality IT. In addition, there
will be several panels, workshops, and keynote speakers.<br>
<br>
JOURNAL PUBLICATION: Submissions accepted as full papers will be given an
opportunity for publication consideration in the journal: Communications of
Global Information Technology (COGIT).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Paper judged as higher quality by the reviewers will be further
considered for publication on an expedited basis in the Journal of Global
Information Technology Management (JGITM), Journal of Information Technology
Cases & Applications Research (JITCAR), and Journal of Information Privacy
and Security (JIPS).<br></p><br>