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