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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Information Resources Management (Conf-IRM) is providing additional opportunities for participation in the conference by extending a call for research-in-progress papers. The conference will provide significant opportunity for interaction with senior business and IT leaders from both the private sector and government.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keynote speakers for the conference are:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mr. Eugene Roman, <span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senior Vice-President, Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Canadian Tire</span></strong> Corporation (one of Canada’s largest retailers)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dr. Jane Fedorowicz<b>,</b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> the Chester B. Slade Professor of Accounting and Information Systems, Bentley University, USA and Past President of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The CIO Symposium, held in conjunction with the conference, will feature CIOs and business leaders from some of Canada’s largest information technology users.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Call for Research-in-Progress Papers</span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:10.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Theme: Realizing the Digital Enterprise</span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:10.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>May 18-20, 2015</span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel</span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Ottawa, Ontario, Canada</span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Important Dates </span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Submission deadline: <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>February 28</span></strong>,<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> 2015 </span></strong></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>March 15, </span></strong></span><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>2015</span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Final Submission due date for accepted papers: <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>March 30, 2015</span></strong></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Early Registration deadline: </span><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>April 12, 2015</span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Conference Website: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.conf-irm.org/joomla/index.php/main-page">http://www.conf-irm.org/joomla/index.php/main-page</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:blue'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Submission website: </span></strong><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=18573">https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=18573</a></span></u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'>The paper template can be downloaded </span></b><span class=style5><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><a href="http://conf-irm2014.tdt.edu.vn/paper_template.doc">here</a></span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The organizing committee invites you to submit your research-in-progress papers to Conf-IRM 2015. This will provide you with the opportunity to get early feedback on your work. The review process will be handled by the track chairs and co-chairs. </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Research-in-Progress Submissions </span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Submissions of no more than 7 pages. All research-in-progress submissions will be published in the proceedings as short papers.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Important Announcements </span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#212121'><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:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'>The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is strictly limited to a maximum of two.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><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:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per submission) and all panel members and tutorial presenters MUST register AND attend the conference.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 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:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>While the primary language of the conferences is English, papers in French will also be accepted. The ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean track will accept papers in Portuguese and Spanish, as well as English.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 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:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety upon payment of registration fees. Papers accepted and presented at the conference will also be placed in the AIS e-Library. 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Green IS Strategies and Technologies </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Roman Brandtweiner, WU, Austria (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:Roman.Brandtweiner@wu.ac.at">Roman.Brandtweiner@wu.ac.at</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>ICT for Development </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Antonio Díaz Andrade, AUT University, New Zealand (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:antonio.diaz@aut.ac.nz">antonio.diaz@aut.ac.nz</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>)</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Information Security, Privacy, and Risk Management </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Shaobo Ji, Carleton University, Canada (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:shaobo_ji@carleton.ca">shaobo_ji@carleton.ca</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Yufei Yuan, McMaster University, Canada (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:yuanyuf@mcmaster.ca">yuanyuf@mcmaster.ca</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:avoid'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>ICT in Government</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:avoid'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Maria Alexandra Cunha, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Brazil (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:alexandra.cunha@fgv.br">alexandra.cunha@fgv.br</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Marie Anne Macadar, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:marie.macadar@pucrs.br">marie.macadar@pucrs.br</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Makoto Nakayama, DePaul University, USA (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:MNakayama@cdm.depaul.edu">MNakayama@cdm.depaul.edu</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>ICT in Healthcare</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Andy Igonor, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:andyi@nait.ca">andyi@nait.ca</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Joseph Tan, McMaster University, Canada (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:tanjosep@mcmaster.ca">tanjosep@mcmaster.ca</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Impacts of ICT on People, Organizations, and Society </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire, UK (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:jyoti.choudrie@btopenworld.com">jyoti.choudrie@btopenworld.com</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Fiona Nah, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:nahf@mst.edu">nahf@mst.edu</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Geneviève Bassellier, McGill University, Canada (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:genevieve.bassellier@mcgill.ca">genevieve.bassellier@mcgill.ca</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Management and Governance of ICT</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Tim McLaren, Ryerson University, Canada (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:tmclaren@ryerson.ca">tmclaren@ryerson.ca</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Frank Ulbrich, University of the Fraser Valley, Canada (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:Frank.Ulbrich@ufv.ca">Frank.Ulbrich@ufv.ca</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>E-Business, and Social and Mobile Apps</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Eusebio Scornavacca, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:escornavacca@ubalt.edu">escornavacca@ubalt.edu</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:avoid'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:avoid'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Gunjan Mansingh, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:gunjan.mansingh@uwimona.edu.jm">gunjan.mansingh@uwimona.edu.jm</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:avoid'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Jairo Gutierrez, AUT University, New Zealand (</span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'> <a href="mailto:jairo.gutierrez@aut.ac.nz">jairo.gutierrez@aut.ac.nz</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>) </span></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Organizing Committee</span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=633 style='width:474.75pt;margin-left:22.7pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=633 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;background:#99CCFF;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt;border-image: none'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Honorary Chair</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:white;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Izak Benbasat, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><em><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:izak.benbasat@sauder.ubc.ca">izak.benbasat@sauder.ubc.ca</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#99CCFF;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Conference Co-Chairs</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=302 valign=top style='width:3.15in;border-top:none;border-left:solid gray 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid gray 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><em><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:gerald.grant@carleton.ca">gerald.grant@carleton.ca</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=331 valign=top style='width:248.05pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Sherif Kamel, American University - Cairo, Egypt </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><em><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:skamel@aucegypt.edu">skamel@aucegypt.edu</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#99CCFF;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Program Co-Chairs</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=302 valign=top style='width:3.15in;border-top:none;border-left:solid gray 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid gray 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Cesar Alexandre de Souza, University of São Paulo, Brazil</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><em><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:calesou@usp.br">calesou@usp.br</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=331 valign=top style='width:248.05pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Khaled Hassanein, McMaster University. Canada</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><em><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:hassank@mcmaster.ca">hassank@mcmaster.ca</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=633 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#99CCFF;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Publications and Proceedings Co-Chair</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=302 valign=top style='width:3.15in;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Lech Janczewski, The University of Auckland, New Zealand</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><em><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;color:blue'><a href="mailto:lech@auckland.ac.nz">lech@auckland.ac.nz</a> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </span></u></em><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=331 valign=top style='width:248.05pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid gray 1.0pt;border-right:solid gray 1.0pt;padding:0in .5pt 0in .5pt'></td></tr><tr><td width=633 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:474.85pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#99CCFF;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Conf-IRM Executive Committee</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=302 valign=top style='width:3.15in;border:solid gray 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt 1.4pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada (co-chair)</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Jairo Gutierrez, AUT University, New Zealand </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>G. Harindranath, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=331 valign=top style='width:248.05pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid gray 1.0pt;border-right:solid gray 1.0pt;padding:0in .5pt 0in .5pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo, Egypt </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Felix B. Tan, AUT University, New Zealand (co-chair)</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We look forward to your submissions and seeing you in Ottawa, Canada in May 2015!!</span></strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:navy'>Gerald Grant, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Director, Ph.D. Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Director, Centre for Information Technology, Organizations, and People (CITOP)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Associate Professor – Information Systems</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Sprott School of Business</span></b><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Carleton University</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>1125 Colonel By Drive</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Canada</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>