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Program Co-Chairs:	Dr. Dawn Medlin, medlinbd@appstate.edu  Appalachian State University
	Dr. Subhasish Dasgupta, dasgupta@gwu.edu George Washington University
Conference Chair:	Dr. Prashant Palvia, pcpalvia@uncg.edu, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Local Chair:	Dr. Mary Granger, granger@gwu.edu George Washington University

GITMA Conference
" The GITMA conference started with a strong focus that continues today. It brings researchers, educators and practitioners together from around the world and fosters an atmosphere conducive to the supportive presentation of emerging and mature research ideas." (Barry Shore, Previous Program Chair)

This conference provides a unique opportunity to all IT educators, researchers, and practitioners from all countries to get together to network, develop lasting relationships, and exchange ideas. The clear strength is the international participation and the following people should attend:

- Educators, researchers, and practitioners from North America (including US, Mexico, and Canada.
- Educators, researchers, and practitioners from all other parts of the world, including developed, developing, and under-developed nations.
- Educators, researchers, and practitioners doing work in all areas of Global IT Management.

Representative Tracks

IT in Africa	Global IT Education
IT in Asia	Global ERP & SCM Systems
IT in Australian Region	IT in Europe
Culture in Diffusion of IT	IT in Former Communist Countries
Customer Relationship Management	Global Business Processes
Decision Support & Knowledge Management	Global E-Commerce
Doctoral Consortium	Global IT Complex Networks
eGovernance	IT for Government & National Development
Global IT Research Issues	IT in North America
Global Software Development	IT in Newly Industrialized Countries
Mobile Commerce	IT Outsourcing
IT and Change Management	IT in South America
Social Issues & Ethics in Global IT	Strategic Applications of IT
Security & Privacy	Global Hospitality IT
IT in SMEs	Electronic Health/Medical Records

In addition, there will be several panels, workshops, and keynote speakers.

Journal Publication
Papers judged as high quality by the reviewers will be further considered for publication on an expedited basis in the Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM), Journal of Information Technology Cases & Applications Research (JITCAR), and Journal of Information Privacy and Security (JIPS).

EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE
December 1, 2009.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please set your Word file as follows: A4 page (alternatively US Letter) with 2,54 cm margins (top, bottom, right, left); main text should be Times New Roman 12 pt, double spaced.

Proposals should be as long as follows:
- Full paper
approx 20-25 pages

- Extended abstracts
approx 2-4 pages

- Panel & Workshop
approx 1-2 pages

REVIEWING Papers will be peer-reviewed by a double-blind system (where authors do not know the reviewers).