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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"<b><i>Innovation in the Age of the Big Data Revolution</i>”</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The National Knowledge Management Conference and the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>International Conference on Knowledge Management for Space Missions</span></strong> jointly host this year’s Knowledge Management Conference, in cooperation with the United States White House’s open government initiative, Data.Gov. We are accepting proposals to present at this year's event (June 12 - 14, 2013) at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. The conference theme is "<b>Innovation in the Age of the Big Data Revolution"</b> and will focus on how information technology and business executives can innovate by delivering business value from digital information. <a href="http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/events/knowledge-management-conference/">http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/events/knowledge-management-conference/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We invite researchers to explore the implications of big data for management strategies and practices, with an emphasis on how it can influence knowledge management practices. The objective is to share research on new business opportunities and management challenges resulting from substantial and growing volumes of structured and unstructured data, generated both internal and external to the enterprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a name=topics></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467C'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467C'>Topics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submissions viewed most favorably will be those that provide interesting frameworks, rich illustrations and examples of practices that can be applied by other executives. Papers addressing topics related to business intelligence, business analytics, data management or big data, could focus on (but are not limited to) the following themes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Knowledge management as a strategic tool for the organization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Innovative business uses of open data and big data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Governance practices contributing to delivering value through data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cultural and behavioral issues raised by big data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deriving business value from social media data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Special challenges associated with non-traditional forms of data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Data strategy development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Implications of mobility for accessing and exploiting big data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Organizational approaches to developing and sustaining big data skills and capabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Implications for individual and organizational decision-making processes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467C'><br><a name=targetaudience></a>Target Audience<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467C'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The target audience includes both practitioners and researchers in the fields of knowledge management, information systems, and information technology, as well as business executives who wish to incorporate such practices into business strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a name=submissions></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467C'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467C'>Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All submissions will go through either an open or a double-blind review process. Authors will be invited to attend the conference and will be entirely responsible for all travel, transportation, and lodging fees. The conference does not pay speaker fees. All submissions or questions should be sent to conference organizer, Dr. Mark Chun at <a href="mailto:mark.chun@pepperdine.edu" target="_blank"><span style='color:#DD6B1C'>mark.chun@pepperdine.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please send a cover letter with your submission that includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Names, institutions, and e-mail addresses of all authors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Authors' preference for review format, either open or double blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Additional information can be found at: <a href="http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/events/knowledge-management-conference/call-for-papers.htm">http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/events/knowledge-management-conference/call-for-papers.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467C'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a name=importantdates></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00467C'>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submission deadline: <b>April 1, 2013</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Acceptance decisions and invitations sent to authors: <b>April 25, 2013</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>To Your Success,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:5.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:5.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Dr. Mark W.S. 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