CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 2003 INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

(Submission Deadline: October 4, 2002)
Full-Length Papers, Research-in-Progress (Abstracts or Summaries), Panels, Workshops, Tutorials or Symposium Proposals
May 18-21, 2003, Radisson Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Release dated 09/20/2002

CONFERENCE THEME:
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONS: TRENDS,
ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

Check http://www.irma-international.org

IMPORTANT DATES:
Manuscript Submission Deadline: October 4, 2002
Notification of  Acceptance/Rejection: November 29, 2002
Final S ubmission Due: January 10, 2003
Early Registration Ends: April 4, 2003
Conference Period: May 18-21, 2003

LOCATION:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Join the IRMA 2003 international conference attendees in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, the City of Brotherly Love. Whether you favorite past
time is visiting museums, shopping, or strolling the streets of the
"Old City," you will enjoy your visit to this historic city. At
Independence National Historic Park you can v isit Independence
Hall and the Liberty Bell. Just a short walk from there is the U.S.
Mint and the Betsy Ross House. While in Old City you may want to
have a meal in one of the countless restaurants lining the streets.
Or, if shopping is your desire there are numerous outlets to visits.
Learn more about this exciting location by visiting the Greater
Philadelphia Tourism Web site at: <http:///www.gophila.org
>

TRACKS & T RAC K CHAIRS
Full-length papers, research-in-progress proposals (abstracts or
summaries), and panel, workshop, tutorial or symposium proposals
are invited in the following 45 tracks:

Accounting Information Systems, Ian Sims
Edith Cowan University, Australia, <I.sims@ecu.edu.au>

Computer Aided Software Engineering, Jana Dospisil
Monash Univ, Australia, <Jana.Dospisil@ info tech.monash,edu.au>

Computing History, John Impagliazzo
Hofstra University, USA, <cscjzi@Hofstra.edu>

Data Warehousing and Mining, Aryya Gangopadhyay
Univ of Maryland Baltimore County, USA, <gangopad@umbc.edu>

Database Management Technologies., Narasimhaiah Gorla
Wayne State University, USA, <ai2381@wayne.edu>

Decisio n Support Technologies, Mohammed Tafti
Hofstra University, USA, <Mohammed.H.Tafti@Hofstra.edu>

Distance Learning Technologies, Linda Wojnar
Duquesne University, USA, <wojnar0870@duq.edu>

e-Collaboration in Organizations, Ned Kock
Temple University, USA, <kock@joda.cis.temple.edu>

Electronic Commerce Techn ologies Mgmt, Mo Adam Mahmood
University of Texas El Paso, USA, <mmahmood@utep.edu>

End User Computing, Murray Jennex
San Diego State University, USA, <MurphJen@aol.com>

Enterprise Resource Planning, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, <fnah2@unlnotes.unl.edu>

Global IT Management, G Harindranath
Royal Ho lloway, Univ of London, UK, <g.harindranath@rhul.ac.uk>

Human Computer Interaction, Yuan Gao
Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA, <gaoy@hotmail.com>

The Human Side of IT, Anabela Sarmento
ISCAP-IPP, Portugal, <asarment@mail.telepac.pt>

Industry-Academia, Tom Bennett
U.S. Department of Defense, USA, marian.quigley@infotech.monash.edu.au>

Information Security Management, Binshan Lin
Louisiana State University, Shreveport, USA, <BLIN@LSUS.EDU>

Information Technology in Europe, Phil Seltsikas
Brunel University, UK, ggrant@sebastian.carlton.ca>

IT and Small Businesses, Stephen Burgess
Victoria Univ of Tech, Australia, <stephen.burgess@vu.edu.au>

IT Business Value, Alexander Osterwalder
Univ of Lausanne, Switzerland, eli_cohen@acm.org>

Intelligent Information Systems, In Lee
Western Illinois University, USA, <I-Lee@wiu.edu>

IT Evaluation Methods and Management, Abhijit Chaudhury
Bryant College, USA, <achaudhu@bryant.edu >

IT Management in Asia Pacific Countries, Rumel Atienza
De La Salle University, Philippines, <coerva@idsu.edu.ph>

IT Management in Developing Countries, Sherif Kamel
The American University of Cairo, Egypt, <skamel@aucegypt.edu>

IT Management in Healthcare, Don Caputo
Robert Morris University, USA, <Caputo@rmu.edu>
IT Teac hing Cases, Y. Mustafa
Central Missouri State Univ, USA, <MUSTAFA@cmsu1.cmsu.edu>

Knowledge Management, Steven Walczak
Univ of Colorado, Denver, USA, <swalczak@carbon.cudenver.edu>

Medical Information Technology, Amanda Spink
Penn State University, USA, <spink@ist.psu.edu>

Minorities in Information Technol ogy, Julie Mariga
Purdue University, USA, <jrmariga@tech.purdue.edu>

Mobile Computing & Commerce, Leslie Leong
Central Connecticut State University, USA, <LeongL@ccsu.edu>

Multimedia Information Management, George Ditsa
University of Wollongong, Australia, <georged@uow.edu.au>

Object Oriented Technology, Robert J. Skovira
Robert Morris College, USA, <rjskovira@worldnet.att.net>

Open Source Technologies and Systems, Alan Rea
Western Michigan University, USA, <jrea@wmich.edu>

Project Management & Infor. Technologies, Bardo J. Fraunholz
Deakin University, Australia, <bardo@deakin.edu.au>

Social Responsibility in the Information Age, Helen Partridge< BR>Queensland Univ
of Tech, Australia, <helenp90@hotmail.com>

Software Engineering, Michael Payne
Purdue University, USA, <mjpayne@tech.purdue.edu>

Software Process Improvement, Susan Lisack
Purdue University, USA, <sklisack@tech.purdue.edu>

Strategic IT Management, Mahesh Raisinghani
University of Dallas, USA, < mike_rai@yahoo.com>

Text Databases & Document Mgmt., Richard Chbeir
INSA de LYON, France, <richard.chbeir@ieee.org>

Telecommunications and Networking Technologies, Ali Salehnia
S Dakota State Univ, USA, <ALI_SALEHNIA@SDSTATE.EDU>

Unified Modeling Language and Unified Process, Keng Siau
University of N ebraska, Lincoln , USA, <ksiau@unl.edu>

Virtual Organizations and Society, Violina Ratcheva
Univ of Nottingham, UK, <Violina.Ratcheva@nottingham.ac.uk>

Web-Based Learning & Teaching, Anil Aggarwal
University of Baltimore, USA, <aaggarwal@ubmail.ubalt.edu>

IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE SENT
ELECT RONICALLY TO <irmaconf@irma-international.org>

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES & GUIDELINES:

Submissions for the 2003 IRMA International Conference may be submitted
in the following categories (All submissions will undergo a peer blind
review.)

FULL LENGTH SUBMISSIONS
Those individuals interested may submit a full length (not to exceed 3500
words with a maximum of 3 figures/tables), original, and previously
unpublished, conc eptual or empirical or applied research manuscript for
review and decision. Accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings in their entirety or as a 1500-2000 word mini-paper, as
recommended by the reviewers. High quality papers will be considered for
further review and possible inclusion in the follow official journals of
IRMA:

Information Resources Management Journal
Journal of End User Computing
Journal of Database Management
Journal of Global Information Management
Annals of Cases on Information Technology
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies
International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research
Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations

In addition, the best papers in terms of quality and suitability to the
theme of the conference will be awarded the "Best Paper" Awards.

RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS SUBMISSIONS
Those individuals interested may submit research-in-progress proposals
(abstracts) or a summary of tentative results of the study to date in
500-1000 words by October 4, 2002. Authors of  accepted  proposals
are asked to forward a 1500-2000 word paper with a maximum of 2
figures/tables by January 10, 2003 for inclusion in the conference
proceedings.

PANEL, WORKSHOP, TUTORIAL, AND SYMPOSIUM SUBMISSIONS
Individuals interested in conducting a panel, workshop, symposium
or tutorial dealing with tech nological, manageria l, professional,
teaching, societal, national or international issues of information
technology management are invited to submit  a 500-1000 word
proposal covering the objectives, issues to be covered, and the
names/addresses of any other panel, workshop, tutorial/symposium
members. Method of presentation is at the submitter's discretion,
however the submitter has the responsibility for providing his/her
own participants (such as panel members). A ll accepted proposa ls
will appear in the conference proceedings. (Note: All panel, workshop,
and tutorial/symposium members must register and pay for the
conference.)

All presenters should know that during the conference, an LCD
projector and screen will be provided by the association for each
presentation, and it is the responsibility of each presenter to bring
his/her compatible laptop computer to be connected to the LCD
projector. Any additional equipment needed for the panel, work shop,
tutorial or symposium is at the discretion of the presenter and it will
be his/her responsibility to provide the extra equipment.

Submissions in all categories must follow the following guidelines:
(All submissions must be received by October 4, 2002).

1. Manuscript must not exceed 3500 words for full length submissions;
500-1000  words for  research -in-progress summary/proposal; and
500-1000 words for panel, workshop, tutorial and symposium propos als.

2. Must be accompanied by a separate cover letter with every author(s)
name, address, phone & fax numbers, e-mail, full affiliation and the track
to which it is submitted. All correspondence will be sent to the first
author unless otherwise specified.

3. Submitted papers must not currently be under review by any other
publication or conference.

4. The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship)
is strictly l imited to a maximum of t wo submissions.

5. All submissions should be submitted electronically in either MS
Word, rich text format (RTF) or PDF.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgment
within two weeks after your electronic submissions, please contact the
program chair immediately.)

Send all inquiries and submissions to:
E-mail: <irmaconf@irma-international.org>

Authors of accepted manuscripts and proposals will be asked to provide
the final copy of the submission in MS Word or RTF format on diskette.
Authors of accepted papers (at least one person), panel/workshop/tutorial
session chairs and panel members must REGISTER and ATTEND the
IRMA2003 International Conference.

VOLUNTEERS REVIEWERS NEEDED
If you wish to volunteer your expertise as a paper reviewer for the 2003
IRMA International Conference, please send an e-mail with a list of 3
possible
tracks to th e Program Chair <irmaconf@irma-international.org> before
September 11, 2002.  Conference reviewers will be asked to review 2-3
manuscripts electronically in 2-3 weeks period for IRMA2003 International.

IRMA MEMBERSHIP
To learn more about IRMA membership benefits and services or to join
IRMA, please visit  <
http://www.irma-international .org>

SITE, HOTEL & ACCOMMODATIONS INFORMATION
The 2003 IRMA International Conference will be held at the Radisson
Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA. For more
information on the hotel and conference, please visit the IRMA Web site.

For further information about the conference:
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A.
Program Chair, IRMA2003
Information Resources Management Association
<irmaconf@irma -international.org>

_____________________________________________________________________
Sherif Kamel
IRMA VP for Communications