GMR 2008 call for papers deadline extended

CALL FOR PAPERS

7th Global Mobility Roundtable (GMR) Conference from 23 – 25 November 2008

 
The Centre of Digital Enterprise (CODE) are hosting the Global Mobility Roundtable (GMR) Conference at the University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand. The theme for the Conference is Innovative Services through Mobile Technologies.

Keynote speakers for the Conference include:

Dr Paul Maglio - Senior Manager of Service Systems Research at the IBM Almaden Research Center in California
Dr Kalle Lyytinen - Professor of Information Systems at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and an adjunct professor at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland
T V Ramachandran – Director General for Cellular Operators Association (COAI) in India

Register now at:  http://www.gmr2008.org/registration.asp

 

Important Dates:

19 August 2008 – Paper Submission Deadline (**Extended**)

15 September 2008 – Notification of Paper Acceptance

30 September 2008 – Early Bird Registration Closes

 

Call For Paper Themes:

The themes for the conference include, but are not limited to the following topics:

Mobile Business and the Enterprise
Business Models for Mobile Commerce
Consumer Information Systems
Effectiveness of SMS campaigns in the Retail Markets
Mobile Information Systems in the Workforce
Location based Social Networking
Cases in Mobile Business
GIS and Mobile Services
Globalization through Mobility
Emerging M-Business Research and the Development of Theory in this Field of Inquiry
Innovation in Mobile Business and Technologies
Mobile Consumer Services
Mobile-Government and the development of mobile services
Social Networks and Mobility
The New Frontier: M-Business in the Developing World
ICT and Social Inclusion: bridging the gap with mobile technologies
Understanding Mobile Users and Social Contexts
Mobile Information Systems in the Health Sector
 

How to Submit Your Paper:

We are pleased to announce that the paper submission site is now open.  To find out more information about submitting a paper you can visit our website:

http://www.gmr2008.org/submit_papers.asp

 

Industry Panels:

We are also looking to create industry panels at the conference and  encourage interest in these.  More information on how to submit a proposal for panels can be found at:

http://www.gmr2008.org/documents/Industry%20Call%20For%20Papers%20-%20GMR2008.doc

 

Further Information:

For further information about the conference visit our website www.gmr2008.org

For information regarding paper submission, please contact the Programme Chairs:

 

Tuure Tuunanen
Email: t.tuunanen@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 84622

 

Eusebio Scornavacca
Email: eusebio.Scornavacca@vuw.ac.nz
Phone: +64 4 463 6697

 

Remember:  Paper submission deadline is 19 August 2008.