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GMR Conference 2008 – Call for Papers

The Global Mobility Roundtable (GMR) 2008 will run from 23 – 25 November 2008. It is an annual, international event which brings together experts and decision-makers from industry, academia and policy-making agencies. This year it is hosted by the Centre of Digital Enterprise (CODE) which is a research centre within the University of Auckland Business School in New Zealand. The theme of the conference encompasses the design and delivery of innovative services through mobile technologies.

The Global Mobility Roundtable (GMR) is an annual, international event which brings together experts and decision-makers from industry, academia and policy-making agencies. The conference provides an opportunity to build and support sustainable international networks of researchers and practitioners working in the mobile communications and wireless data industry. It also aims to enable the exchange of knowledge about best practices in this industry and facilitate communication and collaboration among global players.

The first Mobility Roundtable was held in 2002 in Tokyo. Over the years the GMR has also been hosted in Stockholm, Texas, Hong Kong, Finland and Los Angeles.

In November 2008 the GMR will be held in Auckland, New Zealand and hosted by the Centre of Digital Enterprise (CODE). CODE is a multi-disciplinary, research centre within The University of Auckland Business School.

Innovation Services through Mobile Technologies

The theme of the conference encompasses the design and delivery of innovative services through mobile technologies.

More specifically the theme includes, but is 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

Submissions are encouraged for both Academic and Industry related papers. We encourage plurality in research methods as well as industry experience papers.

Important Dates:

Submission Deadline: 31 July 2008

Notification of Acceptance: 15 September 2008

Conference Dates:

23 November – evening welcome drinks
24 – 25 November – GMR Auckland Conference

Conference Proceedings:

Conference proceedings will be published in an edited volume with an ISBN/ISSN number.

Journal Fast Tracking:

The best papers from the conference will invited to be fast-tracked in a special issue of JITTA (Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application – www.jitta.org).

Submissions:

Papers should not exceed 5,000 words in length – including references.

For more detailed instructions on formatting and submitting papers, please use the URL below:

Conference Committee:

Conference Co-Chairs:

Ananth Srinivasan – The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Margo Buchanan-Oliver – The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Program Co-Chairs:

Eusebio Scornavacca – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Tuure Tuunanen – The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Organizational Chair:

Lech Janczewski – The University of Auckland, New Zealand

General Inquiries and Local Arrangements:

Helen Lacey – The University of Auckland, New Zealand
phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 84518