- Welcome
- Call for Papers
- Conference Committee
- Conference Themes
- Accepted Papers
- Special Topics Sessions
- Important Dates
- Registration
- Conference Venue
Welcome
The 8th IBIMA conference on Information Management in the Networked Economy will address a range of important themes with respect to Information management its impact on organizations, governments, and societies.
The conference will include numerous papers and workshop presentations by academics and researchers from around the globe. Conference participants are welcome to submit full papers, short papers, extended abstracts, paper drafts, or invited session proposals. Please refer to call for papers.
The conference proceedings will be classified in
- EBSCO database
- Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) index
- CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) index
- InterDok
Submissions instructions: Submit 2 files (in Microsoft Word OR in pdf)
First file with just complete author(s) information and e-mail(s)
Second file with just the paper without author(s) information for review purposes
If you are submitting to a special track, please indicate that in your e-mail
Call for Papers
Interested academics and practitioners are invited to submit*:
- Research papers: complete papers (5000 words max.) with complete references section.
- Short papers: this could be research in progress, abstracts, ideas you would like to explore with audiance at the conference, or draft of papers for possible co-authorship: (max. 5 pages or 1000 words)
IBIMA focuses on real-world business applications. Therefore, submitted papers should highlight the benefits and applications of managing information in industry, government, and services. The idea of the conference is to discuss how to solve business problems or take advantage of new opportunities using IT. All papers will be directed to the appropriate theme and/or track. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and contribution. It is IBIMA policy to send complete papers to two reviewers for full blind peer review and to send a summary of review back to the author(s). Short papers/abstracts will be reviewed by reviewer and/or the editor. All review comments and suggestions should be addressed in the final submission. Submitted Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.
Conference proceedings will be published as an e-book on a CD (ISBN:0-9753393-7-0)
*IBIMA reserves the right to accept or reject any research/short paper proposal/submission. Reasons for rejection include, but are not limited to: topics not fitting the conference program main theme or panel subjects, insufficient space on the conference program, failure to meet professional obligations in prior IBIMA conferences (e.g., not completing a paper, not delivering a paper on time, failure to appear for a scheduled slot), failure to register for the conference, unprofessional conduct, or any other reason. In some cases, IBIMA reserve the right to request partial/full registration fee payement before processing the submission and sending it to reviewers.
Conference Committees
Conference Chair
Khalid S. Soliman International Business Information Management Association, USA Hofstra University, USA khalid.soliman@hofstra.edu
Program Chair
Regina Connolly Dublin City University, Ireland regina.connolly@dcu.ie
Advisory Committee
John F. Affisco, Hofstra University, USA
Hesham H. Ali, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Emad Bataineh, Zayed University, UAE
Az-Eddine Bennani, Reims Management School, France
Emil Boasson, Ithaca College School of Business, USA
Imed Boughzala, GET/ Institut National des Telecommunications, France
Reggie Davidrajuh, Stavanger University College, Norway
Susana de Juana Espinosa, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Xiuzhen Feng, Beijing University of Technology, China
Markus Helfert, Dublin City University, Ireland
Takao Ito, Ube National College of Technology, Japan
Mohammad Ayub Khan, Technologico de Monterrey, Mexico
Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Nabil Mzoughi, University of Sousse, Tunisia
Christiane E. Metzner, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
Roman Povalej, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
Alcina Prata, ESCE, Portugal
Muhammad Najib Razali, Universiti Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
Joseph Sarkis, Clark University, USA
Najib Saylani, Hofstra University, USA
Magdy Serour, University of Technology - Sydney, Australia
Mark Srite, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA
Salvador Treviño, Technologico de Monterrey, Mexico
Abraham G. van der Vyver, Monash University, South Africa
Dianne Wingham, Australia
Paul H.P. Yeow, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Shumaila Y. Yousafzai, Cardiff University, UK
Program Committee
(program committee member's name appears on this list only after reviewing at least one paper)
Abdulmohsen Abanumy, King Fahd Security College , KSA
Dhammika Abeysinghe, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Mohamed Aborizka, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt
Nasrin Shah Abushakra, University of Michigan, USA
Adel Ismail Al-Alawi, University College of Bahrain, Bahrain
Mohsen Akbari, University of Tehran, Iran
Fahim Akhter, Zayed University, UAE
Abdollah Aghaie, K N Toosi University of Technology, Iran
Fayez Albadri, ADMA-OPCO, UAE
Nedra Bahri, University of Bizerte/Tunis, Tunisia Excellent Constructive review
Cleopatra Bardaki, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Excellent Constructive review
Ozlem Bak, University of Greenwich, UK Excellent Constructive review
Josef Basl, Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic
Markus Bick, ESCP-EAP European School of Management, Germany
Djilali Benmahamed, INT Evry, France
Stefanie Betz, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Kalyan Bollampally, INT, France Excellent Constructive review
Bouchaïb Bounabat, ENSIAS, Mohammed V – Souissi, Morocco
Mohamed Salim Bouhlel, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Jacques Boulay, ESSCA, France
R.H. Barbour, Unitec, New Zealand
Ahmed BinSubaih, University of Sheffield, UK
Karim Bourouni, ENIT, Tunisia
Maria Helena Lima Baptista Braz, Instituto Superior Técnico, UTLisbon, Portugal
Liz Burley, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Guendalina Capece, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy
Luis V. Casaló, University of Zaragoza, Spain Excellent Constructive review
Bruce Cheek, University of Newcastle, Australia
Hsiao-Chi Chen, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, Excellent Constructive review
Raymond Chiong, Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia Excellent Constructive review
Rodney J. Clarke, The University of Wollongong, Australia
Jorge Valdés Conca, University of Alicante, Spain
Jan Mendoça Corrêa, University of Brasilia, Country: Brazil
Leonardo Cortez, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
Brian Cusack, AUT, New Zealand Excellent Constructive review
Sagarmay Deb, University of Ballarat, Australia
Sri Deviravana, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Soumaya Ben Dhaou, ESG-UQAM, Canada
Mounir Dhibi, ENSIETA, France
Andriana Dimakopoulou, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Excellent Constructive review
Basil Dudin, Applied Science Private University, Jordan
Amr Ali Eldin, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Alexander Elsas, Frankfurt, Germany
Atlam ElSayed, University of Tokushima, Japan
Jean-Louis Ermine, GET/INT (Institut National des Télécommunications), France
Mohammad Eyadat,California State University Dominguez Hills, USA
Davood Farajian, K. N. Toosi Univ. of Tech., Iran
José L. Fuertes, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Omar F. El-Gayar, Dakota State University, USA
Memon Abdul Ghafoor, University of Sindh, Pakistan
Norjihan bt Abdul Ghani, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Sami Gherib, University of Paris XII, France Excellent Constructive review
Robert Goodwin, Flinders University, Australia
Luis Borges Gouveia, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Huong Ha, Monash University, Australia Excellent Constructive review
Francesca Guerzoni, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy
Gayah Gulam Haidar, MSC Malaysia, Malaysia
Wadee Al Halabi, University of Miami, USA
Houssein Hallani, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Raija Halonen, University of Oulu, Finland
Kieth Hales, Bond University, Australia
Suraya Hamid,University of Malaya, Malaysia
Hassen Hamouda, Institut Supérieur de l’ Informatique et de Multimedia, Tunisia
Muzaffar Hamzah, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
Kevin K.W. Ho, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Excellent Constructive review
Richard Holmes, Universitit Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Ewa Huebner, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Nadeem Iftikhar, Aalborg University, Denmark
Joe Ilsever, Doug College, Canada Excellent Constructive review
Michael C. Jaeger, Berlin University of Technology, Germany Excellent Constructive review
Siavash Jandeh-Razmi, Razmitech Information Technology, New Zealand Excellent Constructive review
Sarabdeen Jawahitha, Prince Sultan University Country, KSA
Aida Matri Ben Jemaa, ISG Tunis, Tunisia Excellent Constructive review
Nie Jin, Wuhan University, China
Nazean Jomhari, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Ann Johansson, University West, Sweden Excellent Constructive review
Damir Kalpic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ismail Kassou, Mohammed V Souissi University, Morocco
Lami Kaya, Sharjah University, UAE
Pankaj Kamthan, Concordia University, Canada
Nihat Kasap, Sabanci Universty, Turkey
Mohammed Attya Khaliefa, University of Minia, Egypt
Ahmad Khasawneh, Hashemite University, Jordan
Khalid Khawaja, American University in Dubai, UAE
Lefteris Kioses, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Excellent Constructive review
Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Hana Klcova, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, The Czech Republic
Gerhard F. Knolmayer, University of Bern, Switzerland
Girija Krishnaswamy, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Stefan Luckner, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Jaiprakash T Lallchandani, DD University, India
Fotis Liarokapis,City University, UK
Keri Logan, Massey University-Wellington Campus, New Zealand
Maria Augusta Soares Machado, IBMEC-RJ, Brasil
Garth MacKenzie, University of Maryland University College, USA
Muhammad Amir Malik, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan
Settapong Malisuwan, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Thailand
Amanda Mead, Macquarie University GSM, Australia
Mujeeb-u-Rehman Maree, University of Sindh Jamshoro, Pakistan
Ra’ed Masa’deh, The University of Nottingham, U.K. Excellent Constructive review
Wilfred S. Manuela Jr., University of the Philippines, Philippines
Karen Neville, University College, Ireland
Diaa Eldin M. Nassar, Intel, USA
Tahir Naeem, COMSATS IIT, Pakistan
Eetu Niemi, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Ahmad Shukri Mohd Noor, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
Azah Anir Bt Norman, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Khamis Omar, PSUT, Jordan
Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud omira, Menia University, Egypt
Adrian Munteanu, University of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Romania
Shastri L Nimmagadda, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Asem Omari, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany
Roslina Othman, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Roberto Paiano, University of Salento, Italy
Tania Pavlou, Technological Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece Excellent Constructive review
Wayne Pease, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Excellent Constructive review
Krassie Petrova, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Excellent Constructive review
Maurizio Pighin, University of Udine, Italy
Jacek Plodzien, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Catalin Popescu, Petroleum and Gas from Ploiesti, Romania
M Abdul Qadir, MAJU, Pakistan
Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, ÉTS – University of Quebec, Canada
Gianmarco Radice, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Leif Bloch Rasmussen,Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Suhas Raut, Motorola India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
Muhammad Najib Razali, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia,Malaysia
Hajo A. Reijers, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Petteri Repo, National Consumer Research Centre, Finland Excellent Constructive review
João Rocha, University: Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Suhas Raut, Motorola India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
Medahalli V. Ramakrishna, Monash University, Australia
Hans Roeck, University: University of Rostock, Germany
Laura Anna Ripamonti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Excellent Constructive review
Katerina Pramatari, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Excellent Constructive review
Hasan Al-Saedy, Skyline College, UAE
Maytham Safar, University: Kuwait University, Kuwait
Mohammed Samaka, Qatar University, Qatar
Albert Henry Seymour Scott, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong
Maha Shakir, Zayed University, UAE Excellent Constructive review
Greg Skulmoski, Zayed University, UAE
Iryna Skrypnyk, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Ali N. Al-Solbi, King Faisal Air Academy, KSA
Suresh Subramoniam, Prince Sultan University, KSA
Radwan Tahboub, Palestine Polytechnic University, Palestine
Amine Nehari -Talet, KFUPM, KSA
Abdullah A. Al-Tameem, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University , KSA Excellent Constructive review
Lau Bee Theng, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia
Hamid Tohidi, Islamic Azad University-South Tehran Branch, Iran
Gustavo A. Santana Torrellas, Mexican Oil Institute, Mexico
Elissar Toufaily, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Alexei Tretiakov, Massey University, New Zealand
Hanene Trichili, Sfax university (ISBS), Tunisia
Juan Pedro Caraça-Valente, University Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Danie van der Westhuizen, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Viacheslav Wolfengagen, Institute “JurInfoR-MSU”, Russia
David W. Wilson, Universit of London, UK Excellent Constructive review
Chiou-Pirng Wang, Albany State University, USA
Jorge A. Wise, ITESM–Campus Monterrey, Mexico Excellent Constructive review
Anil R. Yardi, Walchand College of Engineering, India
Ameena Zafar, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan
Gregor Zellner, University of Regemsburg, Germany
Jia Zhou, Massey University, New Zealand
Lisandro Curia, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina
Ian Beeson, University of the West of England, UK
Houssein Hallani, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Conference Themes
Possible conference topics of interest
Two New Themes:
Privacy Issues in the Digital Age
Business Informatics
E-Business and Internet Computing May include issues in
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E-government Applications
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M-Commerce Applications May include issues in
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Privacy Issues in the Digital Age May include issues in
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Business Informatics May include issues in
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Information Systems May include issues in
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Organizational Transformation May include issues in
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Enterprise Systems Integration and ERP May include issues in
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Decision Support Systems and Artificial Intelligence May include issues in
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Software Engineering and Technologies May include issues in
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List of Accepted Papers
Research Papers
- Guiding the Implementation of Service Delivery Strategy in an e-Government Environment
- The Circular Synergic Benchmark (CSB) Graph: A Project Management Tool for Climate Change Adapted Sustainable Companies
- Patients at Home: Lessons from a French Case Study
- Cooperative Framework for e-Government
- The Web Transaction Security Dilemma for New SME e-Businesses
- Assessing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Success: An Empirical Study
- Assessing Implementation of ICT among Property Management Companies in Malaysia
- A South African Case Study into the Use of Public Internet Facilities for Participation in e-Democracy and e-Governance
- SMS News Alerts: Assessment of Alternate Subscription Models
- Acceptability of Open Source Software in both Public and Private Sectors in Oman
- The Impact of Internet on Real-Estate Market in Oman
- People Management Skills of Information Systems Managers
- An Investigation of Information Systems Quality Perspectives: An Empirical Study
- IT/IS Outsourcing in Oman: Vendors Perspectives
- A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating Participation in Online Collaborative Learning
- An Integrated Framework for Assessing Human Resources Management Information Systems Success
- RADaR: A Model for the Organizational Transformation to E-business: An Ongoing Empirical Validation in Australia
- A Comparative Study of Web Content Accessibility of Public and Private Organizations in Australia
- Adopting M-Government Services in Oman: Challenges and Opportunities
- Implementation of ICT among Small and Medium Entrepreneurs: A Malaysian Survey
- Comparative Investigation of Applying Transformational Leadership in Jordanian and American Financial Institutions
- The Critical Success Factors of Web-Based Supply Chain Collaboration
- The Confidentiality – Integrity – Accessibility Triad into the Mobile Commerce and Business
- Customer Knowledge Management and Customer Lifetime Value in Loyalty Management
- RFID Technology Applications in Mobile Payment
- Considering the Demographic Structure as an Impact on Business Planning
- ERP Systems Implementation: Characteristics and Critical Success Factors. A Case Study of Electrolux
- Developing an Inventory Management System for Aircraft Operations Support
- A Study of the Determinants Influencing the Information Systems (IS) Outsourcing in Taiwan
- The Elusive Nature of User Needs in Information Systems Literature
- Selection of ERP Implementation Strategy in SMEs – Preliminary Findings
- Using Information Technologies in Financial Audit for Risk Related Accounting Evaluation: Romania Case Study
- The HGLFN: M-commerce, Theoretical and Practical ICT Support for Haggling
- The Impact of Brand Trust on Consumer Online Behaviour
- An Integrated Model for Knowledge Management and Customer Relationship Management
- Value Creation through the Utilisation of Information Technology
- IT/IS Outsourcing Contracts, Case of Oman
- E-Government Initiative in the Sultanate of Oman
- Factors Influencing Technology Adoption: A Review
- Customers’ Privacy Concerns and Responses toward a Request for Personal Data on the Internet: An Experimental Study
- A Supply Chain Position Based Analysis of the Strategy-Performance Linkage in Organizations
- The Evaluation of the Trading Society Patrimony
- The Governance of Internet-Based Supply Chain Relationships: Evidences from Italy
- Indexation des Bases de Données Mobiles avec l’Analyse Formelle des Concepts
- Heading Towards Continual Performance Improvement: Safety Management Issues
- Temporal Object-Oriented Databases Applied to Petroleum Distribution
- Taxonomy to Categorise ICT Certifications
- Les Enjeux de l’Informatisation du Système de Santé lors de la Mise en Place du Dossier Médical Personnel
- Virtual Organization – Students Preparing Instrument, in the Networked and Multicultural Economy of the 21st Century
- Usage of Modern ICT in the Product/Component Distribution System
- Reflections on Critical Successful Factors of ERP Implementation in China
- The Web Site Management in an E-Business Strategy: A Spanish Case Study
- Electronic Payment System Initiatives in Selected Countries in the World: A Brief Comparison
- Cadre de Référence pour l’Ingénierie des Systèmes d’Information Institutionnels
- Positivism and Interpretivism Research Methods and their Application in the Business Process Management (BPM) Context
- La Sensibilité du Consommateur au Rendement de la Fonction Logistique: Le Cas des Grandes et Moyennes Surfaces en Tunisie
- Measuring Returns on Investments in ERP Systems
- Security Policy: The Case of Australian Banks
- Development of a Computer-Aided Learning Package of Mathematics for Standard 4 Students
- An Investigation of the Value of e-Business Adoption: The Case of Selected Firms in Kenya
- Reconsidering Financial Flows in Supply Chain Management
- A Study of the Impact of ICT on Technological Gatekeepers: A Research in Progress
- Quality Improvement in CRM System using QFD
- Outsource or Not: A Preliminary Study of Omani Organizations
- An Empirical Study to Measure ATM Usage in Egypt
- The Prospects of m-Commerce Implementation: Issues and Trends
- Towards a Semi-Automatic Description of the Multimedia Image Documents
- The Impacts of Knowledge Sharing on Employees’ Job Satisfactions: Literature Review and Research Framework
- Integrating the Information Flow: Measuring Deficiencies in Supply Chain Models and its Impact on IT
- Trainings Courses in eGovernment for Civil Servants in Croatia: The EU Project eGovCRO – An Actual Overview
- From DNS to IDNS: The Impact on Developing Economies
- Change Management: The Role of Standards
- Research Design to Evaluate Information Quality Effects on Decision Making
- Technology Readiness in Ireland: The Influence of Technical Skill
- A Quality Assurance Framework for e-Business Web Sites
- Irish Internet Users’ Information Privacy Concerns: An Empirical Study
- Online Privacy Concerns: Some Considerations
- Being Mobile: Phantasms, Fears, Attraction and Ambiguity in Young Adults' Subjectivity
- The Influence of National Culture on e-Commerce Trust Beliefs
- Business Intelligence: Framework and State-of-the-Art of Empirical Research
- Prerequisites of Electronic Documentation Management System (EDMS) Success
- Emerging Internet Business Models in the Virtual Worlds
- Towards Content Integration in Document Production
- Proposed Framework to Manage the Change to e-Government (Lessons from Libya)
- A Comparative Analysis of the MTG (Mobile Tourist Guide for Mauritius) with other Mobile Tourist Guide Systems
- Positivism and Interpretivism in Social Research and their Application in the Business Process Management (BPM) Context
- User Acceptance of ATM and Transit Applications Embedded in Malaysia’s National Identity Smartcard
- Utilizing Behaviour History to Fight Malicious Nodes in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks
- ERP in Banking Expectations of and Goal Achievements by the World’s Biggest Banks
- Cost Benefit Toolbox for Information Security
- Information System Structure for Managing Environmental Information
- Factors Encourage e-Commerce Adoption among Small and Medium Scale Tour and Travel Agencies in Malaysia
- A Father/Foster Security Protocol for Mobile Agent Code
- Marketing Qualitative Research of the Romanian Advertising Market – A Starting Point for Well Based Management Decision in the Process of Designing and Implementing Promotional Programs
- Logistics Assets that Payoff the Competitive Advantage
- The Effect of Technology, Organization, and Environment Related Factors on the Intention of Firms to Use Remote Application Hosting
- Challenges in Current Health Information Systems
- M-Democracy: A Disruptive Innovation for Democracy-hungry Groups
- Wearable M-Health Systems
Special Topics Sessions
The efforts of the Special Topics Sessions' Organizers will be recognized as follows:
- The registration fee of the session organizer will be waived if at least 4 authors of invited papers register at the conference.
- Session organizers names will appear on the conference proceedings as Associate Editors
You can also submit a proposal to organize a special topics session, workshop, and/or tutorial. The of organizing a special topic session is that it brings together researchers and audience together to discuss a specific research question of interest and/or share your research efforts with others who have worked in the same area. These sessions could result in joint research efforts and/or co-authorship of journal articles. Special topics session are highly beneficial if they are well organized.
Proposals to organize a special topic session should include the following information: name and address, e-mail of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, and a short description on how the session will be advertised. Usually, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer. E-mail proposal to the conference chair.
Each special topic session will have at least 3 paper. The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, etc. The review process for invited sessions will strictly follow the review process for regular submission. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and contribution. Each paper will be exposed to a full blind peer review by two reviewers in the topical area. Final camera-ready papers will be reviewed by one reviewer. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.
Important Dates
Important note: Please be advised to send your paper the earliest possible to allow us to receive the reviews in a timely fashion. The review time tends to increase if you submit your paper right on the deadline date due to large number of submissions around deadlines.
- 2nd Phase Paper Submission: closed
- Notification of Acceptance: Within 3 week from submission date (in most cases)
- 2nd Phase Paper submission deadline: May 11, 2007
- 2nd Phase Camera ready submission: May 30, 2007
- 2nd Phase Registration fee deadline: May 30, 2007
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