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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The final program of the 24<sup>th</sup> IBIMA conference in Milan, Italy 6-7 November 2014 is now online. <a href="http://www.ibima.org/ITALY2014/program.html">http://www.ibima.org/ITALY2014/program.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Conference proceedings including a total of 227 research paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Keynote Speaker</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Professor</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Carlo Batini, Recipient of 2013 Peter P. Chen Global Award<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IBIMA conference proceedings are indexed</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> by ISI-Thomson Reuters Index, Scopus -Elsevier and Ranked by the prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Missed this Int’l event? The announcement for the 25<sup>th</sup> IBIMA in May 2015 will be made in 2 weeks and will be held in one of the following cities:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1- Amsterdam, Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2- Vienna, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3- Barcelona, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Khalid S. Soliman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>24th IBIMA Conference Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>--------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Khalid S. Soliman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>International Business Information Management Association, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ibima.org">http://www.ibima.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ksoliman.com">http://www.ksoliman.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>