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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Apologies for cross posting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:18.0pt'>Extended - CALL FOR PAPERS</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>9</span></b><b><sup><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt'>TH</span></sup></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt'> European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bauhaus 93";color:#E36C0A'>EMCIS2012</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt'>) <br>Munich, Germany, 7 – 8 June, 2012</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://cas.brunel.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=fe729576e9014ec3b2f260f3dbfd10d3&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.emcis.org" target="_blank"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "cas.brunel.ac.uk" claiming to be</b></font> <b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt'>www.emcis.org</span></b></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>‘Developing Scalable Information Systems in Turbulent Times’</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Keynote Speakers:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>Prof. Trevor Wood-Harper, Manchester Business School, UK <br>Prof. Sung Joo Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Prof. Dr. Michael Koch, UniBwM - Bundeswehr University Munich, Neubiberg, Germany</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>European and Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS2012) </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Annual Conference & Doctoral Consortium</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Conference</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>: June, 7-8, 2012</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>PhD Consortium:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> June, 8, 2012</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Venue:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski, Munich<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.kempinski.com/en/munich"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.kempinski.com/en/munich</span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.emcis"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.emcis</span></a><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>.org</span></u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The 9<sup>th</sup> European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS), will be held in Munich this year. Being one of the premier conferences in Europe and Middle Eastern region the conference theorises and discusses technical, organisational, business and social issues in the application, performance, and evaluation of Information Technology especially in current turbulent and challenging environments. EMCIS 2012 offers a number of presentations and workshops covering several themes across parallel tracks proposing a diverse breadth of discussions and possible solutions regarding current global concerns. Accepted papers will be fully refereed and electronically published in the online conference proceedings ensuring knowledge sharing across the wider research community. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Theme: ‘Developing Scalable Information Systems in Turbulent Times’</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The EMCIS conference committee takes this opportunity to extend an invitation to academics and practitioners in the field of IS and Business Management to submit their paper for its 9<sup>th</sup> annual conference held in Munich, Germany. The emphasis this year will be on theoretical and/or applied research relating IS to the different disciplines of corporate and academic services offering solutions and discussing challenges facing organisations and governments in the present and anticipated turbulent times. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Selected papers will be considered for publication in:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Journal of Enterprise Information Management (JEIM)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy (TG:PPP)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>International Journal of Value Chain Management (IJVCM)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>International Journal of Business Information Systems (IJBIS)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Conference Tracks:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Track – Enterprise Systems in Organisations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair: Dr. Ahmed Elragal, </span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>German University in Cairo, Egypt<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Track – Very Large Business Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair:<span style='color:black'> Holger Schrödl, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Track – Information Systems for Production & Supply Chain Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair:<span style='color:black'> </span>Dr. Christian Gahm, University of Augsburg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Track – Citizen Oriented eGovernment Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair: Dr. Habin Lee, Brunel University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Track – Service Oriented Architectures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair:<span style='color:black'> Dr. </span>Marinos Themistocleous, University of Piraeus, Greece<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair: <span style='color:black'>Dr. Sofiane Tebboune, Manchester University, UK</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Track – Management and Organisational Issues in Information systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair:<span style='color:black'> Dr. Vincenzo Morabito, Bocconi University, Italy</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Track – E-Business, E-commerce and E-Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair: <span style='color:black'>Dr. Hany Ismail, German University in Cairo, Egypt</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Track – E-learning and Knowledge Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair: Dr. Ahmed Mouradi, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Track – Accounting Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair: <span style='color:black'>Dr. Mohamed El-Baradie, Elhosn University, UAE</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Track – Sustainable Information systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chair: <span style='color:black'>Dr. Natasha Papazafeiropoulou, Brunel University, UK</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>“selected authors of the accepted papers from Citizen Oriented eGovernment Service track will be partially funded by EU FP7 project CEES (IAPP 230658)”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:red'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION DEADLINE: EXTENDED <u>February 7, 2012</u> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE TO AUTHORS: February 21, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>CAMERA READY COPY: March 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>HOTEL ROOM RESERVATION CUT-OFF DATES (ROOMS AT CONFERENCE RATE WILL BE RELEASED BACK TO HOTELS): March 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS: April 1, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION: May 25, 2012<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Submissions Guidelines:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For more information about the submission guidelines, format and templates please visit: </span><a href="http://www.emcis.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.emcis.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Communication:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:info@emcis.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>info@emcis.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Conference Foundation Chair:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Prof. Zahir Irani, Brunel University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Conference Chairs:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Prof. Ralf Klischewski, German University in Cairo, Egypt</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Holger Schrödl, Otto-von-Guericke in Magdeburg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Ahmad Ghoneim, Brunel University, UK</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Conference Executive Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Sarmad AlShawi, Brunel University, UK - (Arrangements Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Maged Ali, Brunel University, UK - (Program Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Inas Ezz, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences - SAMS, Egypt -</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> (Publications Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Muhammad Kamal, Brunel University, UK - (Website Coordinator)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Wafi Al-Karaghouli, Brunel University, UK - (Public Relations Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Doctoral Consortium<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Prof. Tony Elliman, Brunel University, UK <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>International Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Prof. Klaus Turowski, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdebeurg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Prof. Peter Love, Curtin University, Australia <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Prof. Kamel Ghorab, AlHosn University, United Arab Emirates</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Marinos Themistocleous, University of Piraeus, Greece <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Fletcher Glancy, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Alexander Richter, Universität der Bundewehr Munich, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Georg Wiedemann, Provanta AG, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Ahmed Mouradi, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Prof. Kathrin Moeslein, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Sevgi Özkan, Middle East Technical University, Turkey</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr. Manar Abu Talib, Zayed University, United Arab Emirate</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kindest regards <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ahmad <br> <br>Dr. Ahmad Ghoneim<br>Lecturer of eBusiness and Information Systems<br>Brunel Business School<br>Brunel University<br>Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH<br>United Kingdom<br>Tel: +44 (01895) 265 176<br>Fax: +44 (01895) 269 775 <br><br>E-Mail: <a href="mailto:Ahmad.Ghoneim@brunel.ac.uk"><span style='color:blue'>Ahmad.Ghoneim@brunel.ac.uk</span></a> <br>URL: <a href="http://www.iseing.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.iseing.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.emcis.org/"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=68 height=19 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01CCD629.0A58B290" alt="cid:image001.gif@01CACB54.922610A0"></span></a><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>2012<br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.emcis.org/"><span style='color:blue'>7-8, June</span><span style='color:blue'><br></span><span style='color:blue'>Munich, Germany</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>