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CALL FOR PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS (submission Deadline: March 30, 2006)

THE 11th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF ASIA-PACIFIC DECISION SCIENCE INSTITUTE (APDSI
2006)

Conference Theme: Innovation & Service Excellence for Competitive Advantage
in the Global Environment

CONFERENCE DATE: JUNE 14-18, 2006
Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel and Towers, Hong Kong

In the conference, we will invite speakers from the HKSAR government and local industry to present the opportunities and challenges facing Hong Kong and Mainland China. A two day optional program for visiting Chinese companies and discussing research on operations and supply chain management in China will also be provided. Please access

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ORGANIZER:
Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics
Faculty of Business Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Co-sponsored by: United College and Faculty of Business Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION:

1. To facilitate our blind review process, each submission must include a separate title page and indicate clearly: (1) author(s), (2) affiliation(s), (3) complete address, telephone/fax number, and email address of one author to whom all correspondence should be addressed, (4) title of the paper, and (5) selected topic area. Abstracts should be 3 pages at most. Panel proposals should include discussants list and are limited to 3 pages only. Full papers are limited to 20 pages (8000 words), not including tables and figures. All submissions will be blind refereed by independent reviewers on rolling basis.
2. All submissions, in MS Word format only, are to be sent to the contact address below (either by mail or email). All submissions must be received on or before March 30, 2006. Notification of acceptance will be sent within 2 weeks of submission receipt, or April 15, 2006, whichever is sooner.
3. Camera-ready full papers or abstracts for publication in the conference proceedings must be received by May 5, 2006.  Detailed paper format can be downloaded from .
4. Speaker’s online registration and conference payment in full (including authors, session chairs, and panel discussants) must be received on or before May 10, 2006 to validate one’s attendance as a speaker at APDSI 2006. Speakers who do not remit payment and online registration before May 10, 2006 will not be eligible to present papers and/or speak at the conference. Authors are required to personally attend the conference to present their papers.
5. Accepted papers/abstracts will be published in English in the conference proceedings in CD-ROM (with ISBN-1539-1191).

REGISTRATION FEE:
Regular rate:         US$310 (DSI member); US$350 (non-member)
Student rate:        US$120 (DSI member); US$135 (non-member)
Late Registration:    Additional US$50 for non-student and US$30 for
student

Contact Details:
Please send all correspondence regarding paper submission and other affairs to the following address:

Ms. Rosita Chan, APDSI 2006 Conference Secretariat
K.K Leung Building
Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T.
Hong Kong
Tel: +852-26098556; Fax: +852-26036840
E-mail: dse@cuhk.edu.hk
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