<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear AISWorld friends and colleagues,<br><br>Less than a week left!<br><br>The annual
Global Information Technology Management Association conference will be
held from June 22 to June 24, 2014 at the Radisson Hotel in Valley
Forge, Philadelphia. You can register for the conference by going to our
web site: <a href="http://www.gitma.org" target="_blank">http://www.gitma.org</a>. As a courtesy, we are waiving the late registration fee.<br>
<br>Here are some of the highlights of the conference:<br>
<br>1. We have a wonderful research program planned, and will have two
top keynote speakers- one a CIO from a Fortune 50 firm, Mr. Dale
Danilewitz and another a senior researcher in MIS at Temple University,
Dr. Paul Pavlou. <br>
<br>2. We will have workshops on current topics such as qualitative
analysis methods, social network analysis, and visual data analytics. <br><br>3.
There will be an editors’ workshop, with the editors-in-chief of
several journals available to discuss placement strategies, the research
paper iteration process, and MIS research publication quality issues. <br>
<br>4. There will be a mentoring session, where junior faculty and
graduate students will have an opportunity to receive direct one-on-one
advice from senior scholars. <br><br>5. There will be a special forum on
the World IT Project. Researchers from all over the world will have an
opportunity to join this landmark research project. <a href="http://www.uncg.edu/bae/people/palvia/TheWorldITProject.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.uncg.edu/bae/people/palvia/TheWorldITProject.pdf</a><br>
<br>6. We have an aggressive research agenda planned, with about 40
papers to be presented from our colleagues, many of whom will be coming
from overseas, including Brazil, India, Italy, China, Poland and South
Africa.<br>
<br>7. We have a wonderful social event and bus tour of historic locations planned, too. <br><br></div><div>8.
There is an opportunity to network with strong faculty from all over
the world. Many of our past attendees have initiated collaborative
projects and published their research in quality journals. <br>
</div><br></div><div>Best regards,<br><br></div>Prashant Palvia<br></div>Conference Chair<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>