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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Following a very successful conference in Vienna, we invite you to submit and attend Conf-IRM 2013 in sunny Natal, Brazil!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>International Conference on Information Resources Management 2013 (Conf-IRM)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Imirá Hotel, Natal, Brazil - May 22-24, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Conference Theme: Managing IT in a Consumerized IT world<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Academic Key-Note: Dr. Paulo Goes, University of Arizona, MIS Quarterly Incoming Editor-In-Chief<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Conference website: <u><a href="http://www.conf-irm2013.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.conf-irm2013.org</span></a></u><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>- Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/conf-irm2013"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.facebook.com/conf-irm2013</span></a> - Conf-IRM website<span style='color:#1F497D'>: </span><a href="http://www.conf-irm.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.conf-irm.org</span></a>) </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submission deadline: <b>December 10, 2012<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></b>(Submission System is now open! Check at conference´s website)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: <b>February 4, 2013<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Final Submission and Early Registration due date: <b>March 4, 2013</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many industry and academic reports are describing the combination of the availability of ready-to-use and easy-to-implement information technology (IT) solutions, many times in the form of cloud-computing services and applications, and the presence of a tech-savvy new workforce who is able and willing to acquire and use these services as a new trend called “consumerization of IT”. In this perspective, business executives will seek the IT solutions they need in the marketplace and rapidly put them to work, with or without the assistance and accordance of IT departments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Is this a revival of the decentralization of IT decisions that happened when mini and microcomputers were first introduced in organizations, or is it something entirely new? Is this new workforce, full of Millennials and their gadgets, entirely different from the previous ones? These are examples of questions that are surfacing, as this concept is fast developing and widening in scope. For instance, consumerization of IT could also be used to represent the fact that today in most organizations, it is consumers who represent the larger part of IT services´ users. Related to this, new questions may arise, like what are the challenges, risks and opportunities posed by this trend to IT strategy and IT management? How might These trends affect the competitive use of IT in companies?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The organizing committee invites you to submit to <b>Conf-IRM 2013</b> your research work, teaching cases, and proposals for panels and tutorials, dealing with the main topic of the conference or related to one of the several topics covered by the <b>15 tracks</b>, listed below. All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer reviewed. The review process will be handled by the track chairs and co-chairs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submission Types and Guidelines:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Full Length Submissions <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submissions must be no more than 5000 words, including references, appendices and title page, with a maximum of 5 figures/tables. Submissions must be original, and previously unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscripts for review. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety upon payment of registration fees. Papers accepted and presented at the conference will also be placed in the AIS e-Library. Papers not presented at the conference, for any reason, will not be included in the AIS e-Library. Highly rated papers by the reviewers will be considered for publications in selected Journals. Moreover, the paper that best represents, in terms of quality and suit ability, the theme and ideals of the conference will be awarded the "Best Paper Award" during the conference. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Research-in-Progress Submissions <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submissions of no more than 2000 words with a maximum of 3 figures/tables: All research-in-progress submissions will be published in the proceedings as short papers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Teaching Cases <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We welcome submissions of teaching cases. The cases should be based on real situations and targeted at specific learning objectives. Cases should be no more than 5000 words and must be accompanied by instructor teaching notes (not included in the 5000 words). The teaching notes will not be published.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Panel and Tutorial Submissions <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submissions of not more than 1000 words: Proposals should include the objectives, issues to be covered and full details of all presenters. Method of presentation is at the submitter's discretion; however, the submitter has the responsibility for providing his/her own panel members. All accepted proposals will appear in the conference proceedings (Please note that all panelists and tutorial presenters must register for the conference). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Important Announcements:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-14.2pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is strictly limited to a maximum of two submissions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-14.2pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per submission) and all panel members MUST register AND attend the conference. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-14.2pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submissions of ALL TYPES must be received by the above deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-14.2pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All submissions must be written in English (except for the ICT and Latin American Track, which accepts also papers in Spanish and Portuguese)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:14.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-14.2pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US 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 lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submission System is now open: <a href="http://edas.info/N13347">http://edas.info/N13347</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tracks and Chairs <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1 <u>IT Control, Evaluation, and Decision Making</u> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Edward Bernroider, WU Wien, Austria: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:edward.bernroider@wu.ac.at"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>edward.bernroider@wu.ac.at</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Konradin Maier, WU Wien, Austria: <a href="mailto:konradin.maier@wu.ac.at">konradin.maier@wu.ac.at</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2 <u>IT Service Management, Service Computing and Engineering<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Yong Jin Kim, Sogang University, South Korea: <a href="mailto:yongjkim@sogang.ac.kr">yongjkim@sogang.ac.kr</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rob Benyon, Rhodes Univ., South Africa: <a href="mailto:r.v.benyon@ru.ac.za">r.v.benyon@ru.ac.za</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3 <u>Green IS/IT Strategies and Technologies</u> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Roman Brandtweiner, WU Wien, Austria: <a href="mailto:roman.brandtweiner@wu.ac.at">roman.brandtweiner@wu.ac.at</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Alemayehu Molla, RMIT Univ<span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span>, Australia: </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:alemayehu.molla@rmit.edu.au"><span lang=EN-US>alemayehu.molla@rmit.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Roya Gholami, Aston Business School, UK: <a href="mailto:r.gholami@aston.ac.uk">r.gholami@aston.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4 <u>Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Annette Mills, UC, New Zealand: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:annette.mills@canterbury.ac.nz"><span lang=EN-US>annette.mills@canterbury.ac.nz</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pramila Gupta, CQU, Australia: <a href="mailto:p.gupta@mel.cqu.edu.au">p.gupta@mel.cqu.edu.au</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Carlos Quandt, PUCPR, Brazil: <a href="mailto:carlos.quandt@pucpr.br">carlos.quandt@pucpr.br</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5 <u>ICT for Development <o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Antonio Díaz Andrade, AUT University, New Zealand: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:antonio.diaz@aut.ac.nz"><span lang=EN-US>antonio.diaz@aut.ac.nz</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Leiser Silva, University of Houston: <a href="mailto:lsilva@uh.edu">lsilva@uh.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Marlei Pozzebon, HEC, Canada: <a href="mailto:marlei.pozzebon@hec.ca">marlei.pozzebon@hec.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6 <u>ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>(<i>including submissions in Spanish and Portuguese</i>)<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Renata Araújo, UNIRIO, Brazil: <a href="mailto:renata.araujo@uniriotec.br">renata.araujo@uniriotec.br</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Carlo Bellini, UFPB, Brazil: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:bellini@ccsa.ufpb.br"><span lang=FR>bellini@ccsa.ufpb.br</span></a> </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ariel La Paz, Universidad de Chile: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:lapaz@fen.uchile.cl"><span lang=FR>lapaz@fen.uchile.cl</span></a> </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Alexander García Dávalos, Univ. Autónoma de Occidente, Cali, Colombia: <a href="mailto:agdavalos@uao.edu.co">agdavalos@uao.edu.co</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7 <u>Information Security, Privacy, and Risk Management<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gurpreet Dhillon, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA: <a href="mailto:gdhillon@vcu.edu">gdhillon@vcu.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Shaobo Ji, Carleton University, Canada: <a href="mailto:shaobo_ji@carleton.ca">shaobo_ji@carleton.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Matthew N. Kreeger, Univ of London & Thales IT Security: <a href="mailto:matthew.kreeger@thales-esecurity.com">matthew.kreeger@thales-esecurity.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brian Cusack, AUT University, New Zealand: <a href="mailto:brian.cusack@aut.ac.nz">brian.cusack@aut.ac.nz</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>8 <u>ICT in Government, Education, and Healthcare<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Andy Igonor, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada: <a href="mailto:andyi@nait.ca">andyi@nait.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Marie Anne Macadar, PUCRS, Brazil: <a href="mailto:marie.macadar@pucrs.br">marie.macadar@pucrs.br</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9 <u>Electronic Business and Corporate Strategies<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Zhang Cheng, Fudan University, China: <a href="mailto:zhangche@fudan.edu.cn">zhangche@fudan.edu.cn</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Maria Madlberger, Webster Univ<span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span>, Austria: <a href="mailto:madlberger@webster.ac.at">madlberger@webster.ac.at</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Eusebio Scornavacca, Victoria Univ<span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span> of Wellington, New Zealand: <a href="mailto:eusebio.scornavacca@vuw.ac.nz">eusebio.scornavacca@vuw.ac.nz</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10 <u>Cloud Computing and Virtualization<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Daniel Beimborn, University of Bamberg, Germany: <a href="mailto:daniel.beimborn@uni-bamberg.de">daniel.beimborn@uni-bamberg.de</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rui Manuel Dinis, Universidade do Minho, Portugal: <a href="mailto:rds@dsi.uminho.pt">rds@dsi.uminho.pt</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jairo Simião Dornelas, UFPE, Brazil: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:jairo@ufpe.br"><span lang=PT-BR>jairo@ufpe.br</span></a> </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11 <u>Impacts of ICT on People, Organizations, and Society<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jyoti Choudrie, Univ. of Hertfordshire, UK<span style='color:#1F497D'>, <a href="mailto:jyoti.choudrie@btopenworld.com">jyoti.choudrie@btopenworld.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Peijian Song, Nanjing University, China: <a href="mailto:songpeijian@nju.edu.cn">songpeijian@nju.edu.cn</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Eduardo Henrique Diniz, EAESP/FGV, Brazil: <a href="mailto:eduardo.diniz@fgv.br">eduardo.diniz@fgv.br</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>12 <u>Strategic IT Management, Governance and Consumerization of IT<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tim McLaren, Ryerson University, Canada: <a href="mailto:tmclaren@ryerson.ca">tmclaren@ryerson.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Antonio Carlos G. Maçada, UFRGS, Brazil: <a href="mailto:acgmacada@ea.ufrgs.br">acgmacada@ea.ufrgs.br</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Guillermo Rodríguez Abitia, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico: <a href="mailto:grdrz@unam.mx">grdrz@unam.mx</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>13 <u>Design Thinking in Information Systems Development<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Marko Forsell<span style='color:black'>, Centria University of Applied Sciences, Finland</span>: <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:marko.forsell@centria.fi">marko.forsell@centria.fi</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Geoffery Seaver, NDU, USA: <a href="mailto:seaverg@ndu.edu">seaverg@ndu.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>14 <u>Web 2.0 and Social Networks<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Amarolinda Zanella Saccol, UNISINOS, Brazil: <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:amaroklein@gmail.com">amaroklein@gmail.com</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mohini Singh, RMIT University, Australia: <a href="mailto:mohini.singh@rmit.edu.au">mohini.singh@rmit.edu.au</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>15 <u>IS Research Methods<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Frantisek Sudzina, Aarhus University, Denmark: <a href="mailto:fransu@asb.dk">fransu@asb.dk</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PT <u>Panels and Tutorials<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Anatália Saraiva Ramos, UFRN, Brazil, <a href="mailto:anataliaramos@gmail.com">anataliaramos@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand: <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:lech@auckland.ac.nz">lech@auckland.ac.nz</a> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Conference Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Manoel Veras, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:manoel.veras@uol.com.br"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>manoel.veras@uol.com.br</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cesar Alexandre de Souza, University of São Paulo, Brazil: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:calesou@usp.br"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>calesou@usp.br</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:gerald_grant@carleton.ca"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>gerald_grant@carleton.ca</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Program Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Maria Alexandra Cunha, Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:alexandra.cunha@pucpr.br"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>alexandra.cunha@pucpr.br</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jairo Gutierrez, AUT University, New Zealand: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:jairo.gutierrez@aut.ac.nz"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>jairo.gutierrez@aut.ac.nz</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Local Organizing Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Luiz Mendes Filho, UNI-RN, Brazil: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:luiz.mendesfilho@gmail.com"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>luiz.mendesfilho@gmail.com</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Claudio Mendonça, Potiguar University, Brazil: <a href="mailto:cmarcio@gmail.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>cmarcio@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Publications and Proceedings</span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <u>Chair </u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lech Janczewski , University of Auckland, New Zealand: <a href="mailto:lech@auckland.ac.nz"><span style='color:windowtext'>lech@auckland.ac.nz</span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>International Co-Chairs <o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Felix B Tan, AUT University, New Zealand: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:felix.tan@aut.ac.nz"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>felix.tan@aut.ac.nz</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sherif Kamel, American University in Cairo, Egypt: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:skamel@aucegypt.edu"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>skamel@aucegypt.edu</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>G. Harindranath, Royal Holloway University of London, UK: </span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:G.Harindranath@rhul.ac.uk"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>G.Harindranath@rhul.ac.uk</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We look forward to seeing you in sunny Natal, Brazil, in May 2013!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>