Leadership Team

Conference Chairs

Eli Cohen & Andrzej J Zaliwski

Program Chair and Treasurer

Elizabeth Boyd

Steering Committee

Cormac Sreenan (Ireland)
Sherif Kamel (Egypt)
Khaled Wahba (Egypt)
Alex Koohang (USA)
ABJM Wijnhoven
(The Netherlands)

Local Organizing

Ann O'Brien, Local Affairs Director

Track Chairs

Ghazi Alkhatib (Saudi Arabia)
Telecommunication Issues in Informing Clients

Arunas Augustinaitis (Lithuania)
Communicating across Culture

Renay Buchanan (Australia)
Effective Communication for Effective Organization

Lech Janczewski (New Zealand)
Interpersonal Communications Skills

Sue Myburgh (Australia)
Informing and Communications Theory

David Robins (USA)
Informing Groups: Technologies and Techniques

Andrzej Zaliwski (US)
Effective Communication for Effective Organization

Thomas Benesch (Austria)
Politics and Informing Clientele

Janos Fustos (USA)
Global and Cultural Aspects of Informing Clientele

Abby Goodrum (USA)
Museum and Cultural Informatics

Sherif Kamel (Egypt)
IT Transfer to Developing Nations

Laszlo Pook (USA)
Societal Issues in Informing Clientele

Eugene Rathswohl (USA)
Community Informatics:
Local and Regional Perspectives

Charles Winer (USA)
Community Informatics:
Local and Regional Perspectives

Dennis Bialaszewski (USA)
Distance Education

Marsha Bialaszewski (USA)
Issues in Informing Special Students

Stephen Burgess (Australia)
Teaching IT to non-IT graduate students

Antonio Cartelli (Italy)
Web Technologies in Pedagogical
and Didactical Research

Dimitar Christozov (Bulgaria)
Teaching IT to non-IT undergraduate students

Chris Cope (Australia)
Teaching and Learning about Informing Systems

Bill Davey (Australia)
Online Education Issues for IT Courses

John Gorgone (USA)
IT Curriculum

Thomas Ho (USA)
Educating for E-commerce

Merry Joyce (Australia)
The Care and Feeding of Virtual Learning Communities

Vijay Kanabar (USA)
IT Curriculum

Prof. Kinshuk (New Zealand)
Educational and Learning Technologies

Wallace Koehler (USA)
Developing an e-Curriculum

Denisa Krbec (Croatia)
IT Higher Education as a Social Invention: Dilemmas & Solutions

Ida Mason (USA)
Informing Issues in High School Education

Zeynep Onay (Turkey)
Informing Students: Course Content Delivery

Mohini Singh (Australia)
Online Education Issues for IT Courses

Arthur Tatnall (Australia)
Teaching IT to non-IT graduate students

Hazel Taylor (New Zealand)
Informing Students: Course Content Delivery

Mary Burke (Ireland)
Issues in Information Science Education

Meliha Handzic (Australia)
Knowledge Management

Shaoyi He (USA)
Multilingual Access to Digital Libraries

Liaquat Hossain (Australia)
Information Economics

Amanda Spink (USA)
Measuring Success when Informing Clients

Khaled Wahba (Egypt)
Knowledge Management

Karen Weaver (USA)
Serving Patrons in Rural Communities

Elaine Yontz (USA)
Informing Library Patrons

William Schulte (USA)
Journalism and Informing

Justice, Law and Public Policy

Harald Mahrer (Austria)
E-Government

Janice Sipior (USA)
Law and Public Policy Issues in Informing the Public

Henry Wolfe (New Zealand)
Forensic Informing Systems

Antonio Cartelli (Italy)
History and Informing

Paul O'Brien (Australia)
Informing Systems for Tourism

George Benwell (New Zealand)
Digital Divide and Social Responsibility

Tom Butler (Ireland)
Digital Divide and Social Responsibility

Joao Alvaro Carvalho (Portugal)
Multidisciplinary Nature of Knowledge

Joyce Currie-Little (USA)
Professional Issues

Gurpreet Dhillon (USA)
Privacy Issues

Charlene Dykman (USA)
Privacy Issues

Brian Fitzgerald (Ireland)
Is IT Research Relevant?

Matjaž Mulej (Slovenia)
Systems Approach to Informing Science

Marius Povilas Saulauskas (Lithuania)
Informing Science Philosophy

Majed Al-Mashari (Saudi Arabia)
Building Infrastructure for Informing Clientele

Shirley Becker (USA)
E-Commerce

Charles Davis (USA)
Wireless Technology and Informing Systems

Tae-Dong Han (USA)
Technologies and Practices for Managing Content on the Web

Joseph Nour (Egypt)
Information and Communications Technologies

Sandeep Purao (USA)
Technologies and Practices for Managing Content on the Web

Peter Rittgen (Germany)
Issues in Modeling Informing Systems

Jeimy Cano (Columbia)
Human and Organizational Issues in Informing Clients

Vojko Potocan (Slovenia)
Issues in Informing in Virtual Organizations

Carol Saunders (USA)
Virtual teams/Organizations/Workers

Reviewers

Carl Adams, University of Portsmouth (UK)

Ana Afonso, University of Coimbra (Portugal)

Marvin Albin, University of Southern Indiana (USA)

Irena Ali, Department of Defence (Australia)

Louise Allsopp, Adelaide University (Australia)

Solomon Antony, Texas Tech University (USA)

Labib Arafeh, Al-Quds University (Palestine)

Norm Archer, McMaster University (Canada)

Clare Atkins, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (New Zealand)

Paris Avgeriou, National Technical University of Athens (Greece)

Youcef Baghdadi, United Arab Emirates University (United Arab Emirates)

David Banks, University of South Australia (Australia)

Joao Batista, ISCA-UA (Portugal)

Shirley Becker, Florida Institute of Technology (USA)

John Bigelow, Boise State University (USA)

Kevin Bowyer, Computer Science & Engineering (USA)

Ilona Box, University of Western Sydney (Australia)

Gerald (Jerry) Braun, Xavier University (USA)

Joe Brooks, Western Connecticut State University (USA)

Renay Buchanan, Central Queensland University (Australia)

William H. (Bill) Burkett, Palm Beach Atlantic College (USA)

Tom Butler, University College Cork (Ireland)

Angela Carbone, Monash University (Australia)

Antonio Cartelli, University of Cassino (Italy)

Janet Carter, Computing Laboratory (UK)

Teresa Castelao-Lawless, Grand Valley State University (USA)

Elena Castro, University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain)

Simona Cerrato , International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) (Italy)

Derek Cheung, City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR)

Bishwajit Choudhary, Norwegian Bank Payments' Central (Nor way)

Steve Clarke, University of Luton Business School (England)

Shimon Cohen, You-niversity.com (Israel)

Jo Coldwell, Deakin University (Australia)

Frank Connolly, American University (USA)

Chris Cope, La Trobe University (Australia)

Tara Coste, University of Southern Maine (USA)

Sally Jo Cunningham, University of Waikato (New Zealand)

Peta Darke, Monash University (Australia)

Marvin Darter, Rider University (USA)

Elizabeth Davidson, University of Hawaii Manoa (USA)

Carina de Villiers, University of Pretoria (South Africa)

Malbran Marφa del Carmen, Universidad Nacional de La PLata (Argentina)

Aziz Deraman, Universiti Kebangsaan (Malaysia)

Paloma Diaz, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)

Thomas Dillon, James Madison University (USA)

Jana Dospisil, Monash University (Australia)

Offer Drori, Hebrew University of Jerusalem / SHAAM Information Systems (Israel)

Lauren Eder, Rider University (USA)

Rick Edgeman, University of Maryland (USA)

Kathy Egea, Central Queensland University (Australia)

Shirley Fedorovich, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (USA)

Laura Felice, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Peter Fenrich, British Columbia Institute of Technology (Canada)

Eugenia Fernandez, IUPUI (USA)

Brian Fitzgerald, University of Limerick (Ireland)

Chiara Francalanci, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

Dirk Frosch-Wilke, University of Applied Sciences Kiel (Germany)

Giovanni Fulantelli, Italian National Research Council - ITDF (Italy)

Lesley Gardner, University of Auckland (New Zealand)

Stuart Garner, Edith Cowan University (Australia)

Michael Gerrard, Adelaide University (Australia)

Andreas Geyer-Schulz, UniversitΣt Karlsruhe (Germany)

Julia Alpert Gladstone, Bryant College (USA)

Thomas Goeller, Teledyne Brown Engineering (USA)

Abby Goodrum, Syracuse University (USA)

Anatoliy Gordonov, College of Staten Island/CUNY (USA)

John Gorgone, Bentley Collge (USA)

Tom Gough, School of Computing, University of Leeds (UK)

Kevin Grant, Glasgow Caledonian University (Scotland)

Wayne Haga, Metro State College of Denver (USA)

Meliha Handzic, University of New South Wales (Australia)

Sue Holwell, Cranfield University (UK)

Pat Horan, La Trobe University, Bendigo (Australia)

Ti Hsu, Da Yeh University (Taiwan, R. O. C.)

Henri Isaac,  (France)

Carmen Joham, University of South Australia (Australia)

Wojciech Jurkowski, University of Szczecin (Poland)

Damir Kalpic, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (Croatia)

Vijay Kanabar, Boston University (USA)

Karlheinz Kautz, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)

Limbie Kelegai, QUT (Australia)

Prof. Kinshuk, Massey University (New Zealand)

Barbara Klein, University of Michigan-Dearborn (USA)

Stefan Klein, University of Muenster (Germany)

Denisa Krbec, Faculty of Economics and Tourism (Croatia)

Nir Kshetri, University of Rhode Island (USA)

Michael Lang, National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland)

Aaron LaSota, Indiana University (USA)

Mary Last, St. Edward's University (USA)

Michael Lawrence-Slater, University of Melbourne (Australia)

Choong Kwon Lee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)

Dusan Lesjak, University of Maribor (Slovenia)

Susan K. Lippert, Drexel University (USA)

Geoffrey Liu, San Jose State University, SLIS (USA)

Zhen Lu, Ryerson University (Canada)

Maria Mach, University of Economics, Wroclaw (Poland)

Harald Mahrer, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administraiton (Austria)

S.  P. Maj, Edith Cowan University (Australia)

Paul Marsden, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)

VijayKumar Matta, WSU (USA)

Richard McCarthy, Quinnipiac University (USA)

Nina McGarry, George Washington University (USA)

Denise McGinnis, Mesa State College (USA)

Elsepth McKay, RMIT University (Australia)

Gerry McKean, Illinois State University (USA)

Dheeraj Mehrotra, City Montessori School & College, (India)

Helen Mitchell, Unitec (School of Applied Management) (New Zealand)

Ann Monday, University of South Australia (Australia)

Tony Moynihan, Dublin City University (Ireland)

Arup Mukherjee, University of West Florida (USA)

Nader Naghshineh, ISIS Research (Iran)

Ian Newman, Loughborough University (United Kingdom)

Eugenia M. W. Ng, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (Hong Kong SAR)

Peter Nuernberg, Aalborg Univeristy Esbjerg (Denmark)

Kenneth Nwachukwu, ENPLAN GROUP (South Africa)

Rodolfo Osers, Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Scott Overmyer, Massey University (New Zealand)

Mieczyslaw L. Owoc, Wroclaw University of Economics (Poland)

John Palmer, Curtin University of Technology (Australia)

Sanjeev Phukan, Bemidji State University (USA)

Göran Pulkkis, Arcada Polytechnic (Finland)

Eugene Rathswohl, University of San Diego (USA)

Alan Rea, Western Michigan University (USA)

Herb Rebhun, University of Houston-Downtown (USA)

Symeon Retalis, University of Cypres (Cyprus)

John Rettenmayer, University of Louisiana at Monroe (USA)

John Rice, University of South Australia (Australia)

Joan Richardson, RMIT University (Australia)

Javier Ríos, Universidad Metropolitana (Venezuela)

Kenneth G. (Ken) Rossi, Hawaii Pacific University (USA)

Amit Rudra, Curtin University (Australia)

Gerry Santoro, Penn State University (USA)

Anabela Sarmento, Institute of Accountability and Administration (ISCAP/IPP) (Portugal)

Lee Schlenker, ESC Grenoble (France)

Anthony Scime, State University of New York College at Brockport (USA)

Tom Seymour, Minot State University (USA)

Murali Shanker, Kent State University (USA)

Nalin Sharda, Victoria University (Australia)

Janice Sipior, Villanova University (USA)

Donna Slovensky, University of Alabama at Birmingham (USA)

Ruth Small, Syracuse University (USA)

Derek SMITH, University of Cape Town (South Africa)

Ramamurti Sridar, IBM (USA)

Anongnart Srivihok, Kasetsart University (Thailand)

Lorraine Staehr, La Trobe University (Australia)

Theresa Steinbach, DePaul University (USA)

Girish Subramanian, Penn State Harrisburg (USA)

Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University (Australia)

Janusz Swierzowicz, Rzeszow University of Technology (Poland)

Rhonda Syler, Auburn University (USA)

Mohan Tanniru, Oakland University (USA)

Hazel Taylor,  (New Zealand)

Winston Tellis, Fairfield University (USA)

Leonie Thomas, University of Tasmania (Australia)

Teresa Torres, Rovira i Virgili University (Spain)

Noam Tractinsky, Ben Gurion University (Israel)

Rodney Turner, Victoria University of Technology (Australia)

Anne Venables, Victoria University of Technology (Australia)

June Verner, Drexel University (USA)

Dick Vestdijk, Hogeschool van Utrecht (Netherlands)

Dennis Viehland, Massey University (New Zealand)

Claudia M. Villar, National Scientific and Technical Research Council/ National Univ (Argentina)

Aurora Vizcaino, Escuela Superior de Informatica (Spain)

Rowan E. Wagner, American Red Cross/IFRC (Kyrgyzstan)

Teh Ying Wah, University of Malaya (Malaysia)

Khaled Wahba, Regional IT Institute (Egypt)

Diane Walz, University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)

Andrew Ward, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)

Matt Warren, Deakin University (Australia)

Michael Whitman, Kennesaw State University (USA)

Fons Wijnhoven, University of Twente (Netherlands)

Joseph Williams, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (USA)

Vicky Wilson, Edith Cowan University (Australia)

Kalina Yacef, University of Sydney (Australia)

Fahri Yetim, New Jersey Insitute of Technology (USA)

Youlong Zhuang, Unversity of Missouri-Columbia (USA)