<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Dear Colleagues:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The 14th Global Information Technology Management Association's </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Conference will be held at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Malaysia from June 16 to 18, 2013. Please see </span><span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">GITMA</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> site for more </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">details </span><a href="http://www.gitma.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">www.<span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">gitma</span>.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The 14th </span><span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">GITMA</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> conference invites full </span><span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">paper</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> submission, extended </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">abstracts and panel and workshop proposals. Please submit your </span><span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">paper</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">abstract or proposal to the </span><span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">GITMA</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> 2013 Conference Management system by</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">December 1, 2012.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gitma2013" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gitma2013</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Conference registration and payment system will become available in </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">February 2013.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">This conference provides a unique opportunity to all IT educators, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">researchers, and practitioners from all countries to get together to </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">network, develop lasting relationships, and exchange ideas. The clear </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">strength is the international participation and the following people </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">should attend:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Educators, researchers, and practitioners from North America </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">(including US, Mexico, and Canada)</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Educators, researchers, and practitioners from all other parts of </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">the world, including developed, developing, and under-developed </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">nations.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Educators, researchers, and practitioners doing work in all areas of </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Global IT Management</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Representative Tracks: IT in Africa; IT in Asia; IT in Australian </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Region; Culture in Diffusion of IT; Customer Relationship Management; </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Decision Support & Knowledge Management; Doctoral Consortium; </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">eGovernance; Global IT Education; Global ERP & SCM Systems; IT in </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Europe; IT in Former Communist Countries; Global Business Processes; </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Global E-Commerce; Global IT Complex Networks; IT for Government & </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">National Development; Global IT Research Issues ; Global Software </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Development; Mobile Commerce; IT and Change Management; IT in Africa; </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">IT in Middle Eastern Countries; IT in Manufacturing; IT in </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Multinational Companies; IT in North America; IT in Newly </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Industrialized Countries; IT Outsourcing; IT in South America; Social </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Issues & Ethics in Global IT; Security & Privacy; IT in SMEs; </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Strategic Applications of IT; Global Hospitality IT. In addition, </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">there will be several panels, workshops, and keynote speakers.</span><div>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">JOURNAL PUBLICATION: </span><span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Papers</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> judged as high quality by the reviewers </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">will be further considered for publication on an expedited basis in </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">the Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM), </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Journal of Information Technology Cases & Applications Research </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">(JITCAR), and Journal of Information Privacy and Security (JIPS).</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">NOTE: Malaysia tourist visa is not required for citizens of United </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">States, United Kingdom and several other countries for a stay up to 90 </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">days. For passport holders from other countries, please check the </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">following website: </span><a href="http://malaysia.visahq.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">http://malaysia.visahq.com/</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Regards,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Program Co-Chair: Dr. Sulaiman Ainin, University of Malaya, </span><a href="mailto:ainins@um.edu.my" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">ainins@um.edu.my</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Program Co-Chair: Dr. Lakshmi Iyer, University of North Carolina at </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Greensboro, </span><a href="mailto:Lsiyer@uncg.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Lsiyer@uncg.edu</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Conference Chair: Dr. Prashant Palvia, University of North Carolina at </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Greensboro, </span><a href="mailto:pcpalvia@uncg.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">pcpalvia@uncg.edu</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Local Chair: Dr. Shamshul Bahri, University of Malaya, </span><a href="mailto:esbi@um.edu.my" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">esbi@um.edu.my</a></span><div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>Best Regards<br>Naveed<br><br>--<br>M. Naveed Baqir, PhD<br>Assistant Professor<br>Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management<br>Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics<br>
University of Delaware<br>Raub Hall<br>14 W. Main Street<br>Newark, DE 19716 USA<br>Phone: +1-302.533.8004<br><a href="mailto:mnbaqir@udel.edu">mnbaqir@udel.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.lerner.udel.edu/departments/hrim">http://www.lerner.udel.edu/departments/hrim</a></span><br>

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