| Conference Executive Dr George Allan, University of Portsmouth, UK Dr Joseph Azzopardi, University of Malta Dr Joan Ballantine, Queens University Belfast , UK Dr Frank Bannister, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Dr Frank Bezzina, University of Malta Dr Carole Brooke, University of Lincoln, UK Dr Ann Brown, CASS Business School, London, UK Dr David Douglas, Staffordshire University, UK Dr Martin Rich, CASS Business School, London, UK Dr Peter Sharp, Regent’s College, London, UK 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: | Gisela Schulte Agyeman, Learning Services, Hull City Council, UK | Habibul Khondker, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE | | George Allan, University of Portsmouth, UK | Reinford Khumalo, North West University, South Africa | | Andrew Armitage, Anglia Ruskin University, UK | Cyril Kirwan, Cyril Kirwan Associates, Ireland | | Marie Ashwin, University of Hertfordshire, UK | Ela Klecun, London School of Economics, UK | | Gabriela Avram, University of Limerick, Ireland | Rembrandt Klopper, University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa | | Joseph Azzopardi, University of Malta | Karl Knox, Nottingham Trent University, UK | | Sue Balint, Westminster Business School, London, UK | Branka Krivokapic Skoko, Charles Sturt University, Australia | | Joan Ballantine, University of Ulster, UK | Denise Leahy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | | Frank Bannister, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | Leitão João, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal | | Edward Barratt, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK | Ann Marie Logue, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ireland | | Andrew Basden, University of Salford, UK | Sam Lubbe, University of South Africa, South Africa | | Peter Bednar, University of Portsmouth, UK | Sandy MacDonald, University College Northampton, UK | | Lau Bee-Theng, Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia | Bob Macklin, Charles Sturt University, Australia | | Diane Benjamin, NHS, UK | Marie Macklin, Charles Sturt University, Australia | | Angela Benson, University of Brighton, UK | Tom Macnamara, London South Bank University, UK | | Egon Berghout, University of Groningen, The Netherlands | Pete Mann, University of Manchester, UK | | Frank Bezzina, University of Malta | Garance Marechal, University of Liverpool, UK | | Milena Bobeva, University of Bournmouth, UK | Maria do Rosário O. Martins, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal | | Carole Brooke, University of Lincoln, UK | Rachel McLean, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK | | Ann Brown,, CASS Business School, UK | Lisa McNeill, University of Otego, Dunedin, New Zealand | | Cathal Brugha, University College Dublin, Ireland | Kersti Nogeste, RMIT Universiity, Melbourne, Australia | | Sven Carlsson, Lund University, Sweden | Miguel Nunes, Sheffield University, UK | | Jyoti Choudrie,, University of Hertfordshire, UK | Teemu Paavola, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland | | Aileen Corley, Liverpool John Moores University, UK | Steve Page, University College Chester, UK | | Baggy Cox, Imperial College London, UK | Joan Pastor Collado, Technical University of Catalunya, Spain | | Ronald Crawford, University of Greenwich, UK | Ganesh Prabhu, Indian Institute of Management at Bangalore, India | | Marguerite Cronk, Harding University, USA | Furqan Qamar, Jamia Millisa Islamia Central University, India | | Barbara Crump,, Massey university, Wellington, New Zealand | Sarah Quinton, Oxford Brookes University, UK | | Linda Dawson,, Monash University, Caulfield East, Austalia | Diana Rajendran, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia | | David De Vaus, La Trobe University, Australia | Thurasamy Ramayah, Universiti Sains Malaysia | | Dudley Dolan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | Theo Renkema, The Netherlands | | Verena Dorner, University of Passau, Germany | Martin Rich, CASS Business School, UK | | David Douglas, Staffordshire University, UK | Kristina Risom, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark | | Eileen Drew, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | Bob Ritchie, Lancashire Business School, UK | | Stephen Drew, University of East Anglia, UK | Juan Rodon Mòdol, Universitat Ramón Llull, Spain | | Ken D’Silva, London South Bank University, UK | Katherine Sang,, Loughborough University, United Kingdom | | Robert Edwards, University of Wolverhampton, UK | Mark Saunders, Oxford Brookes University, UK | | Jose Esteves, Instituto de Empresa, Spain | Susan Sayce, University of East Anglia, UK | | Mahmoud Fakhra, College of Business Studies, Kuwait | Junaid Shaikh, Curtin University, Malaysia | | Jason Ferdinand,, University of Liverpool, UK | Mohini Singh, RMIT University, Australia | | Goran Goldkuhl, Linkoping University, Sweden | Ibrahim Sirkeci, European Business School London, UK | | Karuna Gomanee, Regent’s College, UK | Teresa Smallbone, Oxford Brookes University, UK | | Roz Graham, University of Winchester, UK | Kerstin Thomson, Stockholm University, Sweden | | Gillian Green, University of Bolton, UK | Claudine Toffolon, University of Lemans, France | | Ray Hackney, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom | Maryann Valiuis, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | | Alex Hiller,, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom | Ana Vasconcelos, University of Sheffield, UK | | Alan Hirst, South Bank University, United Kingdom | Kevin Voges,, University of Canterbury, New Zealand | | Clive Holtham, CASS Business School, UK | David Wainwright, University of Northumbria, UK | | Bob Hughes, University of Brighton, UK | Teresa Waring, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK | | Gordon Hunter, University of Lethbridge, Canada | Christine Welch, University of Portsmouth, UK | | Kristina Jesperson, Aarhus University, Denmark | Roy Williams, University of Portsmouth, UK | | Bev Jones, Wolverhampton Business School, UK | Diana Wilson, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | | Patricia Joubert, University of Swaziland, Swaziland | Michael Wood, University of Portsmouth, UK | | Govindan Kannan, University of Southern Denmark | Brent Work, UK | | Diane Keeble Allan, Anglia Ruskin University, UK | Les Worrall, Wolverhampton Business School, UK. | |  George Allan  Joan Ballantine  Frank Bannister  Carole Brooke  Ann Brown  David Douglas  Martin Rich  Peter Sharp |