Cochairs and Program Chairs to be advised:

Congress chair:
Dr Varuna Godara, Sydney College of Management, Australia

Program Chairs:
Dr Nasir Butrous, Founder Head of School of Business & Informatics, Previous PVC Australian Catholic University, Queensland, Australia (Session: Change management)

Dr. Mazen Kharbutli, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Jordan Univ. of Science and Tech., Irbid, Jordan (Session: Application-level security)Dr Nikos Komninos, Athens Information Technology, Greece (Session: Network Security)

Dr Vladimír Bureš, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic (Session: Information Management)

Dr. Vinod Kumar, Manufacturing Systems Center, Eric Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa(Session: Business process reengineering, Operations management and technology transfer)

Mr Eric Holm, School of Business, University of Ballarat, Vic, Australia

Dr. S. Akbar Z. Ali, Undergraduate Finance Program, Business School, The University of Adelaide, Australia( Session: Financial Services)

Dr Yaser M. Khamayseh, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Jordan (Session: Wireless networks and performance evaluation)

Dr Mei-Chih Hu, Graduate Instutute of Technology & Innovation Management, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan (Session: Innovation Management)

Dr Moayyed Gilitwala, Graduate School of Business, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand (Session: Management)

Dr Rodney.Arambewela, School of ManagementDeakin University, Australia (Session: Marketing)

Dr Raafat Roubi, Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business, Brock University, Ontario (Session: Accounting)

Dr Simeon Papadopoulos, University of Macedonia, Greece (Session: Banking and Finance)

Dr.José de Souza Rodrigues, Bauru College of Engineering, UNESP, Brazil (Session: Production Management)

Dr Rosalina Abdul Salam, School of ComputerPenang, Malaysia (Session: Software Engineering)

Dr Deepak Tripathi, Ministry of Railways, Mumbai, India (Session: Process Management)

Dr. Mohani Abdul, Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia (Marketing Management)

Dr Mona Chung, Bowater School of Management and Marketing, Deakin University, Australia (Session: Business Management)

Dr Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues, University of the Sacred Heart, Rua Irmã Arminda, 10-50Brazil (Session: Business Models and Structures)Jardim Brasil and Marketing, Sciences,

Dr Amalia Miliou, Department of Informatics, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (Session: Security) 17011-160 - Bauru, SP - BrasilIng.

Dr Vladimír Bureš, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic (Session: Information Management)

Dr. Yuserrie Zainuddin, Academic and Student's Affair, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia APEX, Malaysia (Session: Management)

Dr Nasir Butrous, Head of School of Business & Informatics, Australian Catholic University, Queensland, Australia (Session: Change management)

Dr. Mazen Kharbutli, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Jordan Univ. of Science and Tech., Irbid, Jordan (Session: Application-level security)Dr Nikos Komninos, Athens Information Technology, Greece (Session: Network Security)

Dr Janaka Balasooriya, School of Computing and Informatics, Arizona State University, USA (Session: Applications and Services)

Mr Jitesh Dundas, Edencore Technologies,US (Session: Pervasive Technologies)  

Congress Committee 2008
Congress chair:
Dr Varuna Godara, Sydney College of Business and Information Technology, Australia

Congress co-chairs:
Dr D.P. Vidyarthi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Dr Rajanish Das, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India

Convener:
Dr Rakesh Agrawal, Sydney College of Business and IT, Sydney, Australia

Program Chairs:
Dr Kanav Kahol , Human Machine Symbiosis Lab, Center for Decision Making and Cognition, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Arizona State University, US( Panel: Pervasive Healthcare)

Dr Emilios Galariotis,Durham Business School, Durham University, UK ( Session:  Finance Management)

Dr Hervé MATHE, Institute for Service Innovation and Strategy, ESSEC Business School. Paris-Singapore(Session: Innovation Management)

Dr. Vinod Kumar, Manufacturing Systems Center, Eric Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa(Session: Business process reengineering, Operations management and technology transfer)

Dr Martin Kornberger, University of Technology, Sydney, Afustralia (Session: Technology and Infrastructure)

Dr  Sanjay K. Jain, Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi,  INDIA(Session: Marketing)

Dr. Biplab K. Sarker, R & D, Innovatia Infc.,Canada  (Session: Data mining, E-Business, E-Learning, Semantic Web and Distributed Knowledge Management)

Dr Jeffrey Soar, Collaboration for Ageing and Aged-Care Informatics Research, University of South Queensland, Australia(Session:Assistive technology for independent living and healthcare)

Dr. Alok Singh, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Hyderabad (Session: Human-computer interaction)

Dr. Nasir Butrous, School of Business and Informatics, Australian Catholic University(Session: Applications and services)

Dr G.P. Sahu, M.N. National Institute of Technology, Allahabad (Session: Applications and services)

Dr Reima Suomi, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland(Session: Busines Models and Structures)

Dr. Rameshwar Dubey, College of Management & Economic Studies, University of Petroleum & Energy studies, Dehradun, India(Session: Supply Chain Management)

Dr. Gaya Prasad, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University (Session: Pervasive computing in scientific research and production)

Dr T.V. Vijay Kumar, Jawaharlal Univeristy, New Delhi, India (Session: Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management)

Dr Grace Li, Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney (Session: Privacy, security, Integrity, ethics and Legal issues)

Dr R.K. Agrawal, Jawaharlal Univeristy, New Delhi, India (Session: Privacy, security, Integrity, ethics and Legal issues)

Dr Doug Davies , Faculty of Business and Government, University of Canberra(Session: Project Management, Auditing, Feasibility Study, E-business, etc)

Dr B.K. Mangaraj, XLRI, Jamshedpur (Session: Project Management, Auditing, Feasibility Study, E-business, etc)

Mr Amandeep Dhir, University College of Engineering, Punjabi University , Patiala, India (Workshop on Academic Writing and Research Skills)

International Advisory board

Dr Aaron Chia Eng Seng, National University of Singapore and Defence Science and Technology Agency, Singapore

Dr Aino Kianto, School of Business, Lappeenranta University of Technology,Finland

Dr A.K. Tripathi, Department of Computer Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University,India

Dr Abhik Roychoudhury, School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Dr Anthony Cox, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Canada

Dr Bala K.R. Balachandran,Stern School of Business, New York University, New York

Dr B.H. Jajoo, IIM Ahmedabad, India

Dr B.K. Mangaraj, XLRI, Jamshedpur ,India                 

Dr Bassil Yaghi, School of Management, Cranfield University, UK

Dr Boris Tušek, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Zagreb, Hrvatska

Dr Cameron Gordon, Faculty of Business and Government, University of Canberra,Australia

Dr Chris Robinson,Victoria Graduate School of Business, Victoria University, Australia

Dr. Dawn Jutla, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Canada

Dr Debashis Saha,Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta,India

Mr Domagoj Hruška, Faculty of Economics and Business,  University of Zagreb, Hrvatska

Dr Doug Davies , Faculty of Business and Government, University of Canberra,Australia

Dr Drago Jakovčević, Faculty of Economics and Business,  University of Zagreb, Hrvatska

Dr Effie Kesidou, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, UK

Dr Emilios Galariotis,Durham Business School, Durham University, UK

Dr. Hai Wang, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Canada

Dr Hannu Kärkkäinen, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

Dr. Hasan Krad, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar

Dr. Hend A. M. Jolo, Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business & Economics, Qatar University, Qatar

Dr Hervé Mathe, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, UK

Mr Eric Holm, School of Business, University of Ballarat, Vic, Australia

Mr Ioannis P. Ivrissimtzis, Department of Computer Science, Durham University, UK

Dr Ivana Mamić Sačer, Faculty of Economics and Business,  University of Zagreb, Hrvatska

Dr. Jacob Slonim, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Canada

Dr Jan Seruga, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Australia

Dr Jeffrey Soar, Collaboration for Ageing and Aged-Care Informatics Research, University of South Queensland, Australia

Dr Johnson Kuruvila, SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada

Dr Jihad Mohamad Alj'am, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, QatarDr Josef Zelenka, Department of Information Technologies, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Czech

Dr Jyrki Wallenius, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland

Dr Jon Timmis, Department of Electronics, University of York, UK

Dr Kavitha Ranganathan, IIM Ahmedabad, India

Dr Katalin Balla, Department of Control Engineering and Information Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary.

Dr Kenneth P. Birman, Dept. of Computer Science, Cornell University, New York

Dr Khaled Khan, School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Dr Kulwant S Pawar, Operations Management Division, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, UK

Dr Loványi István, Department of Control Engineering and Information Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Dr Marc Andre Armand, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Dr Maryanne Fisher, Department of Psychology, Saint Mary's University, Canada

Dr Marc Andre Armand, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Lappeenranta University,Finland

Dr Mehreen Saeed, FAST National University of Computer & Emerging Science, Pakistan

Dr Minna Martikainen, Lappeenranta School of Business, Lappeenranta Univeristy of Technology, Finland

Dr Mona Chung, Bowater School of Management and Marketing, Deakin University, Australia

Dr. Mohamed Salah Hamdi, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar

Dr. Moutaz Saleh, Department of Computer Science & Engineering,College of Engineering, University of Qatar, Qatar

Dr Muthucumaru Maheswaran, School of Computer Science, McGill University, Canada

Dr Noria Foukia, Department of Information Science, University of Otago, New Zealand

Dr N V M Rao, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India

Dr Oliver K. Burmeister, School of Computing and Mathematics, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Dr Pavel Cech, Department of Information Technologies, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech

Dr Paul Andrew Dudley, Business School, Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley Campus, UK

Dr Paul Ezhilchelvan, School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, UK

Dr Péter Arato, Department of Control Engineering and Information Technology,Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Mr. Petr Tucník , Department of Information Technologies, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Czech

Dr Puneet Prakash, Snead Hall - School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University, US

Dr Olli-Pekka Hilmola, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

Dr. Qigang Gao, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Canada

Dr. Rana Sobh, Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business and Economics, Qatar University, Qatar

Dr Reima Suomi, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland

Dr Rodney.Arambewela, School of Management and Marketing, Deakin University, Australia

Dr. Sajid Hussain, Jodrey School of Computer Science, Acadia University, Canada

Dr. Salaheldin Ismail, Department of Management & Marketing, College of Business & Economics, Qatar University, Qatar

Ms Sanja Sever,  Faculty of Economics and Business,  University of Zagreb, Hrvatska

Dr Sanjay Verma, IIM Ahmedabad,India

Ms Siew Mee Barton, Bowater School of Management and Marketing, Deakin University, Australia

Dr.Srinivas Sampalli, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University,Canada

Dr Subhashini Kaul, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad,India

Dr Suresh Manandhar, Computer Science, University of York, UK

Dr Te Fu Chen, Department of International Business, Ching Yun University, Taiwan

Mr Tony Buon, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, UK

Dr Usha Manjunath, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, India

Dr. Vasant Honavar, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, IA

Dr. Vladimír Bureš, Department of Economics and Management, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Czech

Dr. William Wei Song, Computer Science, Durham University, UK

Mr Wilson Irvine, Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University, UK

Ms Xiaofeng Gong, School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, UK

Dr D.P. Vidyarthi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Dr Martin Kornberger, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Dr. Alok Singh, Department of Computer Science, University of Hyderabad,India

Dr. D.K.Lobiyal,Jawaharlal Nehru University,India

Dr. Gaya Prasad, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University,India

Dr. Nasir Butrous, School of Business and Informatics, Australian Catholic University,Australia

Dr. R.K.Agarwal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,India

Dr. Rajanish Das, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India

Dr. Sanjay K. Jain, Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi ,India

Dr. T.V.Vijay Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,India

Mr. Md Sumon Shahriar, University of South Australia

Dr Sami Kajalo, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland

Ms. Grace Li, Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney ,Australia

Dr. Aditi Sharan,Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,India

Dr. Zahid Raza, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,India

Dr.  S.Balasundaram, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,India

Dr. Biplab K. Sarker, Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Dr Steven Li, University of South Australia,Australia

Dr Seppo Villa, School of Business, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

Dr. Ramesh Singh, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi, India

Dr Taina Savolainen, University of Joensuu, Finland

Dr Adel Cherif, Computer Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar