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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='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This posting is on behalf of John Affisco, Hofstra University, USA - Program Chairperson 2013 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Attached is a call for papers for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Northeast Region of the Decision Sciences Institute will be held April 5-7, 2013 at the NY Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge Hotel in New York. <a href="http://www.nedsi.org/">http://www.nedsi.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>John F. Affisco, 2013 NEDSI Program Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>Dept. of IT/QM, Zarb School of Business <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>Hofstra <a name="_GoBack"></a>University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>Hempstead, NY 11549-1340<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>516-463-5362 (voice mail) 516-463-4834 (FAX)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:nedsi13@conferencemgt.com">nedsi13@conferencemgt.com</a><br></span><a href="mailto:John.F.Affisco@hofstra.edu">John.F.Affisco@hofstra.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>Dr. Khalid S. Soliman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>IBIMA Publishing, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'><a href="http://www.ibimapublishing.com/">http://www.ibimapublishing.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>International Business Information Management Association, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'><a href="http://www.ibima.org/">http://www.ibima.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'><a href="http://www.ksoliman.com/">http://www.ksoliman.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>facebook: <a href="http://clicky.me/ksoliman">http://clicky.me/ksoliman</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>