Call for Papers

19th Annual Conference

International Information Management Association

13-15 October 2008

San Diego, California USA

 

Conference Hotel:  Ramada Plaza Hotel-San Diego

 

Conference Room Special $99 a room per night (single or double occupancy) including a full American Breakfast

and a free shuttle to and from the San Diego International Airport.

Call 800.405.9102 by 15 September 2008—tell them it is for the

International Information Management Association or give the Group Code of  CGAAKM

 

Download CFP

 

Theme: Convergence ~ People, Process and Technology

 

The International Information Management Association (IIMA) annual conferences promote the dynamic exchange of ideas among leading researchers, educators, developers and practitioners who share their research and disseminate innovations in education, business and government. The 19th Annual Conference of the IIMA is devoted to presenting and examining information technology issues in our global networked environment. 

 

Conference topics include, but are not limited to:

·          Distance learning and innovative teaching techniques

·          Artificial Intelligence-Decision Making

·          Supply Chain Management

·          Electronic commerce applications and innovations – public and private

·          Web issues, technology, and tools

·          ERP and manufacturing issues

·          Networks and wireless technologies

·          International, cultural and societal implications

·          Database and Intelligent systems

·          Organizational issues and case studies

·          Business Process Re-Engineering

·          Security, privacy, legal and ethical issues

·          Medical & Clinical Informatics

·          International Issues

·          Information Assurance

·          Assurance of Learning Topics

·          Outsourcing

·          Global Impacts on Economics

·          Mediate Communications

 

Submission of Papers:

Submissions to IIMA 2008 must not already have been published in a journal, presented at another conference, or be currently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere. All submissions will be reviewed by the track chairs, program committee and selected reviewers. All reviews are double blind.  The Conference Review Board will make the final determination whether the accepted papers are published in the IIMA 2008 Proceedings.  The best papers will be sent on to the Editors of the Communications of the IIMA  or the Journal of International Technology and Information Management (JITIM) for possible consideration.   The Communications of the IIMA is a double blind, refereed, serial publication of IIMA that is registered with the US Library of Congress (ISSN:  1543-5970).  See www.IIMA.org for the on-line version of past issues.  The Journal of International Technology and Information Management (JITIM) is a double blind, referred journal published four times a year that is registered with the US Library of Congress (ISSN: 1543-5962).  Each journal is listed in Cabell’s Publications and part of the Cengage Data Base (formerly Thompson Learning).

 

Format of Submitted Papers:

Papers should follow the style recommended by the American Psychological Associations (APA) Publication Manual.  The language of the conference and related publications is English.  Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference and be accompanied by paid registration. Each submitted paper must include an abstract and must conform to the following format: First Page: Title, authors, address, phone, fax, email address, abstract. Second and subsequent pages: Title, full manuscript (limited to 25 double-spaced pages). Accepted conference papers will be notified by June 1, 2008.

 

Please submit an electronic copy in MS Word format to the Program Chair, Dr. Joseph Chan Jchan@roosevelt.edu no later than May 1, 2008. Any submission that is received after the deadline, exceeds length requirements, or does not adhere to the format will be rejected without review.

 

Submission Panel or Workshop:

The conference will feature sessions on topics of special interest. To propose a panel, contact the program chair and provide the session topic and a list of 3-5 potential panelists. To propose a workshop, contact Dr. Frank Lin Flin@csusb.edu with a short description of the proposed workshop.

 

Submission Deadline: May 1, 2008

Conference Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2008

Final Version Due: July 1, 2008

CIIMA Journal Notification: Rolling Acceptance

For more information, style guidelines, and fee schedule: visit the IIMA website: www.iima.org

 

Conference Contacts

 

 

Program Chair:

Joseph  O. Chan, Ph.D.

Roosevelt University

jchan@roosevelt.edu

 

Conference Chair:

Xuedong Gao, Ph.D.

Univ of Science & Tech Beijing

gaoxuedong@263.net

 

IIMA President:

Chang T. Hsieh, Ph.D.

Univ. of Southern Mississippi

hsieh@cba.usm.edu

 

Editors: Communications of IIMA

Rob Harris, Ph.D.

rharris@brenau.edu

Jack Marchewka, Ph.D.

JTMarh@wpo.cso.niu.edu

 

Executive Director:

C. E. Tapie Rohm, Ph.D.

California State University-San Bernardino

trohm@csusb.edu

 

Local Arrangements:

Tony Coulson, Ph.D.

California State University San Bernardino

tcoulson@csusb.edu

 

Immediate Past President

Xin James He, Ph.D.

Fairfield University

Xhe@mail.fairfield.edu

Track Chair:

Teaching & Learning

Tanya Goette, Ph.D.

Georgia College & State University

Tanya.Goette@gcsu.edu

 

Track Chair:

Privacy

Don Moscato, Ph.D.

Iona College

dmoscato@iona.edu

 

Track Chair:

Management Support Systems

Xiaoxia Huang, Ph.D.

Univ of Science & Tech Beijing

hxiaoxia@manage.ustb.edu.cn

 

Track Chair:

Information Systems

Jack T. Marchewka, Ph.D.

Northern Illinois University

jmarchewka@niu.edu

 

Track Chair:

Information Assurance & Security

Dan Manson, Ph.D.

Cal Poly University-Pomona

Dmanson@csupomona.edu

 

Track Chair:

Medical & Clinical Informatics

Trevor Rohm, M.D.

University of New Mexico

Trohm@salud.unm.edu

 

Track Chair:

Electronic Commerce

Gerhard Steinke, Ph.D.

Seattle Pacific University

Gsteinke@spu.edu

 

Track Chair:

Workshop Proposals

Frank Lin, Ph.D.

California State University-SB

Flin@csusb.edu

 

Track Chair:

Business Processes

Tony Coulson, Ph.D.

California State University-SB

tcoulson@csusb.edu

 

Track Chair:

Asian Papers

Qun Zhang, Ph.D.

Univ of Science & Tech Beijing

zzmqun@yeah.net

 

Track Chair:

Software / Development/Mgmt

Ian Allison, Ph.D.

Robert Gordon University

i.allison@rgu.ac.uk

 

Track Chair:

Ethics

Emmanuel Opara, Ph.D.

Prairie View A&M University

 emmanuel_opara@pvamu.edu

Track Chair:

Networking Systems

Shaoyi He, Ph.D.

California State Univ-San Marcos

she@csum.edu

 

Track Chair:

CRM

Xin James He, Ph.D.

Fairfield University

Xhe@mail.fairfield.edu

 

Track Chair:

International Topics

Douglas Goings, Ph.D.

Georgia College & State University

 Douglas.Goings@gcsu.edu

 

Track Chair:

Database Technologies

Warren Adis, Ph.D.

Iona College

Wadis@iona.edu

 

Track Chair:

Web Design, Technologies Issues

Pascal Ravesteijn, MSc. Ing

Hogeschool Utrecht-Netherlands

pascal.ravesteijn@hu.nl

 

Track Chair:

AI-Decision Making-SCM

Harold Dyck, Ph.D.

California State University San Bernardino

hdyck@csusb.edu

 

Track Chair:

Assurance of Learning Topics

Jay Lightfoot

University of Northern Colorado

Jay.Lightfoot@unco.edu