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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Hello <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>We are delighted to announce that the response to the call for papers for the </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>inaugural</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> <b><u><span style='color:red'>International Conference on Analytics Driven Solutions ICAS 2014 </span></u></b><span style='color:black'>which is being held at the </span></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Telfer School Centre of Business Analytics and Performance, University of Ottawa, Canada on the 29-30 September 2014 </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>has<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>been excellent. However due to a number of requests for extensions, we are keeping the call open until the <b>25<sup>th</sup> of March 2014. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>For more information please go to: </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="http://academic-conferences.org/icas/icas2014/icas14-call-papers.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/icas/icas2014/icas14-call-papers.htm</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Academic research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, Masters Research, proposals for roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> Please feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Following a double-blind peer review process, those Papers accepted for presentation will be published in the conference proceedings subject to author registration and payment. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Selected papers that have been presented at the conference will also be considered for publication in a number of high quality journals.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Papers presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings with an ISSN and ISBN, subject to author registration and payment. Selected papers that have been presented at the conference will also be considered for publication in a special issue of the Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management. The latest issue is now available on the journal website. The conference proceedings are indexed in the ISI World of Science.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Follow the conference on </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/International-Conference-on-Analytics-Driven-6563837?home=&gid=6563837">LinkedIn </a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/ICAS-International-Conference-on-Analytics-Driven-Solutions/523271884435421">Facebook</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> and </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/ICAS_conf">Twitter</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Sue Nugus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Conferences Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="http://111.academic-conferences.org/">http://www.academic-conferences.org</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="mailto:sue@academic-conferences.org">sue@academic-conferences.org</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/suenugus">Follow me on Twitter</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sue-nugus/7/616/1b4">Connect with me on LinkedIn</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=167 height=250 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF3D28.09917EB0" alt="Ethics Protocols and Research Ethics Committees"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Available from our Bookshop at: </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="http://www.academic-bookshop.com/">http://www.academic-bookshop.com/</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><br clear="both">
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