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<BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma">CALL FOR PARTICIPATION<BR> <BR>2010 International Conference on Information Resources Management <BR>Rose Hall Resort and Spa, A Hilton Hotel, Montego Bay, Jamaica<BR>May 16-18, 2010<BR> <BR>Conf-IRM is an AIS Affiliated Conference - <A href="http://www.conf-irm.org">www.conf-irm.org</A> <BR> <BR>Theme: Collaboration and Community in a Global World<BR>Details of the conference program will follow. <BR> <BR>Keynote Speakers<BR> <BR>Dr. Yolande Chan, Queens University, Canada<BR>Dr. Chan is Professor and E. Marie Shantz Fellow of Management Information Systems as well as Director of the Monieson Centre at Queens Business School, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.<BR> <BR>Mr. Wendyl Smith<BR>Assistant General Manager, Operations and MIS<BR>Jamaica National Building Society<BR> <BR>REGISTRATION<BR> <BR>For details of the schedule of registration fees and how to register,<BR>please click: <A href="http://www.conf-irm.org/drupal/?q=node/17">http://www.conf-irm.org/drupal/?q=node/17</A> <BR> <BR>Early registration by 31st March 2010.<BR> <BR>DEVELOPMENTAL WORKSHOPS<BR>(Sunday 16 May 2010: Open to all registered participants)<BR> <BR>One of the key features of Conf-IRM conferences is the development workshops for emerging and mid-career academics. The workshops comprise the first day of the conference and is viewed as an integral part of the conference activities. We encourage registered delegates to participate in the workshops. There are no additional fees as this is included in the overall conference fee.<BR> <BR>Workshop 1: 8.30am-12.30pm<BR>Servitizing IS/IT Curricula: Don't Obliterate, Innovate <BR>Dr. Sue Conger, University of Dallas, USA<BR> <BR>Workshop 2: 10am-12.30pm<BR>Building IS Research Scholarship with Relevance to the Caribbean and Latin America <BR>Dr. Yolande Chan, Queens University, Canada<BR>Dr. Evan Duggan, University of the West Indies, Jamaica<BR>Dr. Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada<BR>Dr. Norman Johnson, University of Houston, USA<BR>Dr. Felix B.Tan, AUT University, New Zealand<BR> <BR>Workshop 3: 1.30pm-3.15pm<BR>Building a Program of Research - User-Company Communications in Electronic Commerce <BR>Dr. Izak Benbasat, University of British Columbia, Canada.<BR> <BR>Workshop 4: 3.30pm-5.30pm<BR>An Overview of Partial Least Squares Path Modeling<BR>Dr. Wynne Chin, University of Houston, USA.<BR> <BR>Looking forward to seeing you at Conf-IRM 2010.<BR> <BR>Warm regards<BR> <BR>Felix B Tan<BR>on behalf of Conf-IRM Conference Committee</BODY></HTML>