The Thirteenth Annual Global Information Technology Management Association
GITMA WORLD CONFERENCE 2012
Bangalore, India (http://www.gitma.org)
Conference Date: June 17 - 19, 2012

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 conductive 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 part of the world, including developed, developing, and under-developing nations.
• Educators, researchers, and practitioners doing work in all areas of Global IT Management

Alliance University

Alliance University is a Private University established in Karnataka State by Act No. 34 of year 2010 and is notified under the list of Private Universities maintained by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi.

Alliance University has multiple campuses in Bangalore. The university is located on an extensive state-of-the-art campus on the Chandapura-Anekal Main Road, Bangalore. Campus design and construction on additional land in Bangalore is underway. The city campus of the university is located in BTM Layout, Bangalore.

The University aspires to be among the best universities in the world by the year 2025 through a series of strategically-crafted moves, precisely calibrated action plans, and an unwavering commitment to the pursuit of excellence.

Alliance University is renowned for its offerings of a variety of degree courses. While its oldest professional school–the School of Business–is consistently ranked among the top ten B-schools in India by various ranking agencies, the University having already established the College of Commerce and the College of Engineering and Design is in the process of establishing many other prominent academic units, viz., College of Arts and Humanities; College of Sciences; College of Media and Communications; and School of Health Professions and Studies. Alliance University has extensive collaborative arrangements with leading institutions and universities worldwide.

Alliance University constantly strives to serve the areas and domains that have the potential to improve the quality of life for large sections of the society. These include among others:

• Sustainable Development
• Green Energy
• Holistic Medicine
• Vocational Training
• Traditional Arts and Crafts
• Science and the Humanities

In all these endeavors, Alliance University would relentlessly work towards equity, social justice, and fairness. Alliance University commits itself to providing a rare ambience for all of its stakeholders, and reaffirms to be the torchbearer for ethical and moral values. It will at all times subscribe to the doctrine of humanism, be a responsible and responsive institutional citizen, and uphold the highest values in its activities and programs. Above all, Alliance University pledges itself to be an extraordinary constituent that the society and the country would truly be proud of.

Representative Tracks

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

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

Anil Kumar	-	Central Michigan University
Ainin Sulaiman	-	University of Malaya, Malaysia
Aykut Turan	-	University of Namik Kemal, Turkey
Celia Romm Livermore	-	Wayne State University
Eric Ford	-	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Jaideep Ghosh	-	Ramanujan Fellow Scientist, CSIR - NISTADS
Lakshmi Iyer	-	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Nir Kshetri	-	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Prashant Palvia	-	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Pierluigi Rippa	-	University of Naples, Italy
Rahul De’	-	H-P Chair Professor, IIM-Bangalore
Shailendra Palvia	-	Long Island University
Venkat Iyer	-	University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Journal Publication

Selected papers from the conference will be considered by Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM), Journal of Information Technology Cases & Applications Research (JITCAR), or Journal of Information Privacy and Security (JIPS) for publication on an expedited basis.

Program Chair	:	Dr. Celia Romm Livermore, Wayne State University, USA, ak1667@wayne.edu
Program Co-Chairs	:	Dr. Dolphy Abraham, Alliance University, India, dolphy.abraham@alliance.edu.in Dr. Pierluigi Rippa, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, pierluigi.rippa@unina.it
Conference Chair	:	Dr. Prashant Palvia, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA, pcpalvia@uncg.edu
Local Chair	:	Dr. Sajan Mathew, Alliance University, India, sajan.mathew@alliance.edu.in