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<br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>----<br>Dear ISWorld Listserv Members:<br>
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We are pleased to invite you to submit papers to the upcoming 15th
annual Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA)
conference to be held June 22-24, 2014 in Philadelphia, PA, USA.<br>
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The GITMA conference brings researchers, educators and practitioners
together from around the world and fosters an atmosphere conducive to
the supportive presentation of emerging and mature research ideas.
Internationally based collaborations, cross-disciplinary research
alliances, doctoral student connections and international data
collection efforts always result from the GITMA conference.<br>
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Our conference encourages the exchange of research on topics related to
international IT topics. We typically have representation of scholars
from many nations at our annual conference, and welcome you to join us
this year.<br>
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The tracks for the GITMA conference include the following:<br>
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- Information Technology in Europe: The development, adoption,
diffusion and use of IT in Europe (Track Chair, Pierluigi Rippa,
Università di Napoli Federico II)<br>
- Information Technology in Asia: The development, adoption, diffusion
and use of IT in Asia (Track Chair, Haji Afzaal Seyal, Institute
Technology Brunei)<br>
- Issues in Global Information Security: Developing and using measures
to improve information security (Track Chair, Humayun Zafar, Kennesaw
State University)<br>
- IT in the International Hospitality Industry: The development,
adoption, diffusion and deployment of IT in the hospitality industry
(Track Chairs, Naveed Baqir, University of Delaware, and Ajay Aluri,
West Virginia University)<br>
- IT for Social Benefit in Developing Countries: The development and
deployment of IT to advance social causes (Track Chair, Choton Basu,
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)<br>
- Cross Cultural Issues in International IT Deployment: The role of
culture in implementation of IT (Track Chairs, Amy Woszczynski, Kennesaw
State University and Tim Jacks, Southern Illinois University)<br>
- Global E-Commerce: The use of information technology in global
business (Track Chair, Praveen Pinjani, Delaware State University)<br>
- Global IT Innovation: Acceleration of commercialization and industry
through the use of innovative IT (Track Chair, Jaideep Ghosh, George
Mason University)<br>
- Strategic Applications of International IT Infrastructures:
Developing and deploying strategic applications of IT globally (Track
Chairs, Jerry Chang, UNLV, Mahesh Raisinghani, Texas Women’s University)<br>
- Health Information Systems IT: Utilization of Information technology
for health (Track Chair, Raj Sharman, SUNY Buffalo School of
Management)<br>
- Leadership in IT: Issues that pertain to leadership of organizations
in the IT industry and/or leadership of the IT function within
organizations (Track Chairs, Kevin Lowe, University of North Carolina-
Greensboro, and Oran Alston, West Virginia University)<br>
- Social Media: Issues pertaining to the value of social media in the
international context (Track Chair: Anil Kumar, Central Michigan
University)<br>
- ePolitics: The politics of using information systems (Track Chair, Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne State University)<br>
- Enterprise IT Management: This track focuses on (1) the IT
Deployment and Management, and (2) the Support of the Enterprise IT
Customers (Track Chairs, Kathy Hartzel, Duquesne University and Karen
Patten, University of South Carolina)<br>
- IS and Economics: Economics of Information Technologies (Track Chair, Virginia Kleist, West Virginia University)<br>
- Supply Chain Management: Managing global information flows for
production supply chains (Track Chairs, Martin Nunlee, Delaware State
University, Ednilson Bernardes, West Virginia University)<br>
- Global Big Data: Societal, legal and global issues of big data,
including privacy issues, comparative regulatory and legal structures,
and cultural differences (Track Chair: Bill Spangler, Duquesne
University)<br>
- Mobile IT: Communication and networking across mobile platforms (Track Chair, Nanda Surendra, West Virginia University)<br>
- Diversity and Inclusion in IS: Issues associated with inclusivity
and underrepresented groups in technology across cultures and nations
(Track Chairs, Lakshmi Iyer, University of North Carolina- Greensboro,
Meera Joseph, University of Johannesburg)<br>
- Student Research Colloquium: Graduate student research presentations
(Track Chairs, Dolphy Abraham, Alliance University- Bangalore, Mahesh
Raisinghani, Texas Women’s University)<br>
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Our keynote speakers include Paul A. Pavlou, Ph.D., Milton F. Stauffer
Professor of Information Technology and Strategy, at the Fox School of
Business at Temple University, and the CIO of Mattel, Inc., Mr. Paul
Rasmusson. More program information will become available on our web
site: <a href="http://worlditproject.com/2014-gitma-conference" target="_blank">http://worlditproject.com/2014-gitma-conference</a><br>
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Papers and papers/workshop proposals are to be submitted to the following link by 12 midnight, January 27, 2014: <a href="https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=gitma2014" target="_blank">https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=gitma2014</a><br>
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Submissions (full papers, work in progress or extended abstracts) are welcomed (format details here: <a href="http://worlditproject.com/2014-gitma-conference/call-for-papers-2014" target="_blank">http://worlditproject.com/2014-gitma-conference/call-for-papers-2014</a>
). Accepted submissions will be published in the conference
proceedings. Selected papers will be considered for journal publication
in JGITM, JITCAR and JIPS.<br>
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Thank you.<br>
<br>
Praveen Pinjani<br>
Associate Professor, MIS<br>
Delaware State University<br>
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Virginia Kleist, Ph.D.<br>
Associate Professor, MIS<br>
West Virginia University<br>
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