<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><font>Dear colleagues,</font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>The 13^{<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.1" style class="">th</span>}<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">
</span><span style="color:black">(Pre-ICIS) Workshop on e-Business (<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.2" style class="">WeB</span>) will be held on Dec 13, 2014 (Sat.) at Auckland University, New Zealand. The theme of <span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.4" style class="">WeB</span> 2014 is "Big Data: Implications on Business." Please find the conference
 information at the WeB2014 web site, <a href="http://web2014.ust.hk/index.php" target="_blank">
http://web2014.<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.5" style class="">ust</span>.<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.6" style class="">hk</span>/index.<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.7" style class="">php</span></a></span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span style="color:black">As you know, <span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.8" style class="">WeB</span> is the premier annual conference on e-Business and e-Commerce. <span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.9" style class="">Hong</span> Kong University of Science and Technology and AIS <span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.10" style class="">SIGeBIZ</span> are the primary sponsoring organizations
 this year.</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span style="color:black">The deadline for paper submission is October 10, 2014. The call-for-papers information is available at
<a href="http://web2014.ust.hk/papers.php" target="_blank">http://web2014.<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.11" style class="">ust</span>.<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.12" style class="">hk</span>/papers.<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.13" style class="">php</span></a> We would like to invite you to submit your best research work</span> addressing issues related to e-Business<span style="color:black">/ e-Commerce</span>
 in general and/ or Big Data in particular<span style="color:black">. </span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span style="color:black">Among the
</span>conference <span style="color:black">
features, we especially would like to highlight the excellent Program Committee</span> and the<span style="color:black"> distinguished keynote speakers</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">
</span>(<span style="color:black">including Professors Paulo Goes, Sandra Slaughter, and <span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.14" style class="">Arun</span> <span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.15" style class="">Rai</span>
</span>(<span style="color:black"><a href="http://web2014.ust.hk/keynotes.php" target="_blank">http://web2014.<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.16" style class="">ust</span>.<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.17" style class="">hk</span>/keynotes.<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.18" style class="">php</span></a></span>)).
<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span>Professor Andy <span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.19" style class="">Whinston</span> is the Honorary Chair of the Organizing Committee.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span style="color:black">There will be forums and social events. In addition, we also plan to organize
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</span><span style="color:black">panels on research opportunities and</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">
</span><span style="color:black">program development focusing on the current trends and future directions concerning
</span>Big Data.</font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>Online registration for attending  WeB2014 is now open and available at the <span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.20" style class="">ICIS</span> 2014 conference registration site (<a href="http://icis2014.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">http://icis2014.<span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.21" style class="">aisnet</span>.org/</a>).<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">
</span><span style="color:black">We look forward to seeing you at WeB2014 in Auckland, New Zealand this December.</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span style="color:black">Sincerely,</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>
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</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span style="color:black"><span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.22" style class="">Kar</span> <span tabindex="-1" id=":13c.23" style class="">Yan</span> Tam and Mike Shaw</span></font></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>
</font></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span style="color:black">Co-Chairs of </span></font><font>WeB 2014</font><span style="color:black"></span></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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