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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB>We kindly inform you that due to numerous requests the paper submission deadline for the 11th European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS2014) (<a href="http://www.emcis.org">www.emcis.org</a>) has been extended to 30 August 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><a name="OLE_LINK8"></a><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>11<sup>th<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></sup>European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bauhaus 93";color:#E36C0A'>EMCIS2014</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>)</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:teal'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 27<sup>th</sup> – 28<sup>th</sup> October, 2014</span></i></b><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://cas.brunel.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=mp8VR1XfT0aR5Ej3WY0GaAA737oBKNBI2FfNtvgRBH37LoXcLQTfMxDCv3WU0p90fN8FtsqkZME.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.emcis.org" target="_blank"><b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>www.emcis.org</span></i></b></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>CONFERENCE THEME: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>‘Big Data in the Era of Cloud Computing and Social Media’</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>EMCIS committee and members are happy to invite you to attend its annual conference this year in Doha, Qatar. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>The European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS) a grade (B) conference, is one of the premier conferences in Europe and Middle Eastern region covering technical, organisational, business and social issues in the application of Information Technology. EMCIS 2014 will host several themes across parallel tracks covering a diverse breadth of current issues. Accepted papers will be published in the online conference proceedings with an ISBN number available through the EMCIS conference website ensuring knowledge sharing across the wider research community. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>The EMCIS conference committee takes this opportunity to extend an invitation to academics and practitioners in the field of IS and Business Management to submit your paper for its 11<sup>th</sup> conference held in Doha, Qatar. The emphasis of the conference as usual is on high quality, theoretical and/or applied research relating IS to the different disciplines of social, corporate and academic services in the global economy, highlighting the importance of change management in these fast transforming societies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=xstyle231><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>CONFERENCE TRACKS:</span></b></span><span class=xstyle231><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB 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level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Digital Services, Social Media and Digital Collaboration<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>E-Government and IT in Public Sector<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Enterprise Systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>General Topics on Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Healthcare Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Management and Organisational Issues in Information systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Security and Privacy Protection for Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Supply Chain Management</span></span><span class=xstyle231><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>IMPORTANT DATES:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB 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-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Electronic Submission Deadline:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a>Saturday 30<sup>th</sup> August, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Notification of Acceptance to Authors: Monday 8<sup>th</sup>, September, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Camera Ready Copy: Monday 15<sup>th</sup> September, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span 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Qatar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Dr. Ahmad Ghoneim, Brunel University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Associate Prof. Marinos Themistocleous, University of Piraeus, Greece<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>PROGRAM CHAIRS:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Dr. Muhammad Kamal, Brunel University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Associate Prof. Vicenzo Morabito, Bocconi University, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Dr. Paulo Rubino Cunha, University of Coimbra, Portugal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>PUBLICATIONS CHAIR:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB 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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Assistant Prof. Fletcher Glancy, Miami University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Assistant Prof. Manar Abu Talib, Zayed University, UAE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Dr. Demosthenis Kyriazis, University of Piraeus, Greece <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Dr. Wafi Al-Karaghouli, Brunel University, UK <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Dr. Vishanth Weerakkody, Brunel University, UK <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Dr. Sofiane Tebboune, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Dr. Ahmed Mouradi, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Dr. Piotr Soja, Cracow University of Economics, Poland <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Dr. May Seitanidi, University of Kent, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Dr. Sevgi Özkan, Middle East Technical University, Turkey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>--------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Marinos Themistocleous, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Department of Digital Systems <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>University of Piraeus, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>150 Androutsou Street, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>18532, Piraeus, Greece<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Tel: +30 210 414 2723<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Fax: +30 210 414 2753<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>