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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Apologies for cross postings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#3B3B3B;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:37.5pt 0in 37.5pt 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:22.5pt 15.0pt 22.5pt 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="98%" style='width:98.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.mdx.ac/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D52B1E;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=80 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D038BD.485E7A30" alt="Description: C:\Users\Ziad Alkhouri\Desktop\Middlesex University\Email templates\ERPBSS\images\logo.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.75pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3B3B3B'><img border=0 width=111 height=90 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D038BD.485E7A30" alt="Description: C:\Users\Ziad Alkhouri\Desktop\Middlesex University\Email templates\ERPBSS\images\10year.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.mdx.ac/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#D52B1E;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=264 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D038BD.485E7A30" alt="Description: C:\Users\Ziad Alkhouri\Desktop\Middlesex University\Email templates\ERPBSS\images\main.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #E24851 1.0pt;background:white;padding:9.0pt 0in 9.0pt 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>Middlesex University Dubai takes great pleasure in announcing the Third International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Sciences (ERPBSS-2015). For the nearly 200 delegates representing about 100 international academic institutions the First (2011) and Second (2013) International Conference on ERPBSS provided a forum for inter-disciplinary dialogue and forms of scholastic communication that transcended disciplinary and subject-specific boundaries. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>In the Third International Conference ERPBSS 2015 we seek to explore “What’s Next?”. The world faces incredibly complex changes that shape our collective futures. We live in a time of increased mobility and connectedness, as forces of globalization and technological change are redefining the economic, social, political, and physical systems of the world. Inevitably, ideas and knowledge are transcending their traditional disciplinary and geographic boundaries. While this transformation offers increasing opportunities for innovation, it also contributes to increasingly complex global and local challenges that must be met with increasing attention to a more sustainable future.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>The eight tracks of the ERPBSS 2015 Conference are: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>1) Accounting, Finance and Economics<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>2) Contemporary Psychology<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>3) Education Training and Development<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>4) Information and Communication Technology<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>5) International Law and International Relations<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>6) Management and Marketing<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>7) Media, Journalism, and Communication<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>8) Tourism and Hospitality<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'>Through these tracks the conference intention is to bring together perspectives from multiple disciplinary and epistemological perspectives. The design of the conference will provide wider opportunities for dialogue than conferences with narrower scopes. Additionally, this year we are launching the “Research Matters” visual paper session, which offers delegates an opportunity to engage more in-depth with presenters. We also invite delegates to submit proposals for Organised Symposium around a specific topic.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:24.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1B1B1B;font-weight:normal'>Track 4: Information and Communication Technology<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The information and communication technology track of this conference aims to examine emerging paradigms and innovative practices, particularly those related to the adoption, use and implications of information and communication technology. We are seeking papers that engage theoretically with the subject area and/or signify pioneering applications and developments. 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style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please <u><span style='color:#002060'><a href="http://www.mdx.ac/conference-2/"><span style='color:#002060'>click here</span></a></span></u> for more details and guidelines for submissions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red;font-weight:normal'>Important Deadlines</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Extended Abstract Submission: June 1st, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Early Bird Registration: July 21st, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Normal Registration: July 22nd</span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>to 31st October 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 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Paper Submission (Optional): 31st</span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>October 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'>Conference Email</span>: <a href="mailto:erpbss2015@mdx.ac">erpbss2015@mdx.ac</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'>Conference Email: <a href="http://www.mdx.ac/conference">www.mdx.ac/conference</a> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0pt'><td valign=top style='padding:6.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 3.0pt;height:1.0pt'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 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