| Conference Executive W.B. Lee, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Doug Vogel, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Eric Chan, Knowledge Management Development Centre, Hong Kong Sam Chu, Centre for Information Technology in Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Eric Tsui, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Kathy Huang , Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Nicole Sy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Kimiz Dalkir, School of Information Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Kevin O’Sullivan New York Institute of Technology, USA John Girard, Minot State University, USA Paul Griffiths, The Birchman Group, Santiago, Chile Bernard Marr, The Advanced Performance Institute. UK. Rivadavia Correa Drummond de Alvarenga Neto, Fundação Dom Cabral , Brazil Mini Track Chairs Nima Fallah, University of Strasbourg, France Eduardo Rodriguez, IQAnalytics, Ottawa, Canada and UNAD Colombia Esra Bektas, Delft University of Technology, The Netherland Mary Adams, Trek Consulting, Massachusetts, USA Conference Committee The conference programme committee consists of key people in the research methods community, both from the UK and overseas. The following people have confirmed their participation: | Marie-Hélène Abel, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France | Michel Grundstein, Lamsade Paris Dauphine University, France | | El Sayed Abou-Zeid, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada | David Gurteen, Gurteen Associates, UK | | Dr. Pinar Acar, Middle east Technical University, Ankara, Turkey | Anne Hakansson, Uppsala University, Sweden | | Fida Afiouni, AUB,School of Business, Lebanon | Leila Halawi, Bethune Cookman University, USA | | Faisal Ahmed, Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, Indonesia | Igor Hawryszkiewycz, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia | | Joao Pedro Albino, UNESP, Brazil | Dawn Jutla, University of Halifax, Canada | | Mulhim Al-Doori, American University in Dubai, UAE | Silva Karkoulian, Lebanese American University Beirut Campus, Lebanon | | Tahseen Al-Doori, American University in Dubai, UAE | Aino Kianto, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland | | Alex Alexandropoulos, American University in Dubai, UAE | Dan Kirsch, KM Professional Society, Virginia, USA | | Luis Alvarado , Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile | Andrew Kok, University of Johannesburg, South Africa | | Rivadavia Correa Drummond de Alvarenga Neto, Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil | Rene Leveaux, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia | | Gil-ad Ariely, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC), Israel | Antti Lönnqvist, Tampere University of Technology, Finland | | Aurilla Arntzen, Hedmark University College, Norway | Ilidio Lopes, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém; University of Coimbra, Portugal, Portugal | | Yousif Asfour, Injazat Data Systems, Abu Dhabi, UAE | Bernard Marr, The Advanced Performance Institute, UK | | Derek Asoh, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA | Fergal McGrath, University of Limerick, Ireland | | Nagar Atulya, Liverpool Hope University College, Liverpool, UK | Ian Michael, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE | | Michael Banutu-Gomez, Rowan University, USA | Sandra Moffett, University of Ulster, UK | | Abdullah Bayat, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa | Pumela Msweli-Mbanga, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa | | Diana Belohlavek, The Unicist Research Institute, Argentina | Claudia Mueller, Innsbruck University School of Management, Austria | | Erica Berna, American University in Dubai, UAE | Maria Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada | | Imed Boughzala, National Institute of Telecommunications, Evry, France | Hein Oosthuizen, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa | | Sheryl Buckley, University of Johannesburg, South Africa | Ibrahim Osman, American University of Beirut, Lebanon | | Yolande Chan, School of Business, Queens University, Kingston, Canada | Haris Papoutsakis, TEI, Crete | | Ivy Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Republic of China | Shaun Pather, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa | | Benny Cheung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong | Tzu-Ju Ann Peng, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan | | Rashid Chowdhury, Independent University, Bangladesh, Chittagong, Bangladesh | Milly Perry, The Open University of Israel, Isreal | | Reet Cronk, Harding University, USA | Rajiv Phougat, IBM Corporation, UK | | Pablo da Silveira, Catholic University of Uruguay, Uruguay | John Politis, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE | | Raymond D'Amore, The Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA, USA | Agnieta Pretorius, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa | | Geoffrey Darnton, Bournemouth University, UK | Bilba Radu, George Bacovia University, Romania | | Basel Dayyani, American University in Dubai, UAE | Gillian Ragsdell, Information Science, Loughborough University, UK | | John Deary, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, UAE | Eduardo Rodriguez IQAnalytics Canada | | Michael D'Eredita, Syracuse University, New York, USA | Goran Roos, Cranfield University, UK | | Jamal El-Den, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon | Mustafa Sagsan, Baskent University, Ankora, Turkey | | Jean-Louis Ermine, Institut National des telecommunications, Evry, France | Randa Salamoun Sioufi , American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon | | Geoff Erwin, Cape Peninsular University of Technology, South Africa | Giovanni Schiuma, Universita dela Basilicata, Matera, Italy | | Mercy Escalante, Sao Paulo University, Brazil | Jeorge Secada, University of Virginia, USA | | Jorge Etkin, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina | Eon Smit, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa | | Tony Feghali, AUB school of Business, Lebanon | Edward Truch, Lancaster University Management School, UK | | Ines Friss de Kereki, ORT Uruguay University, Montevideo, Uruguay | Mathias Uslar, OFFIS, Oldenburg, Germany | | Syd Gilani, University of Dubai, UAE | Herman van Niekerk, Suritec Pty Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa | | John Girard, Minot State University, USA | Jose Maria Viedma, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain | | Andrew Goh, International Management Journals, Singapore | Lugkana Worasinchai Bangkok University, Thailand | | Sayed Mahdi Golestan-Hashemi, MA University, Iran | Roy Williams, University of Portsmouth, UK | | Fátima Gonçalves, ISCAC, Portugal | Les Worrall, University of Wolverhampton, UK | | Ken Grant, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada | Mohamad Zineddin, American University in Dubai, UAE | | | | |   W.B.Lee  Kimiz Dalkir  Kevin O’Sullivan  Bernard Marr  Rivadavia Correa Drummond de Alvarenga Neto  | |