13th Asian-Pacific Decision Sciences Conference 2008

We are delighted to announce a special issue of the Journal of Operations Management titled “Culture, Development, and OM Viewpoints in Asia”. This exciting special issue offers an opportunity to include and showcase empirical research focused on a dynamic part of the global business community. We encourage you to consider developing work for consideration for this special issue, details of which are given below. We will be announcing one or two additional special issues in the coming 2-4 months. We feel that specialissues offer an opportunity to showcase research in focused and emerging areas. Thank you for your continued interest in the Journal of Operations Management.

The International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences has graciously offered select papers a chance at being in it's journal. If you are thinking about submitting a paper please note that your paper may be selected. Thank you to Professor John Wang for presenting us with this opportunity. to find out more about the journal please visit it's website at http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijids to learn more.

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Conference Team

Please note we have extended the conference submission date until the 15th of April.

Regards

Conference Team

We have just added the program for the APDSI 08. We are excited to announce that included with the registration fee of $350 USD is a trip to the Australian Outback Spectacular and Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. Please navigate to our program page to learn more

All papers must be written in English. Please follow the instructions below to complete the submission.

1. To facilitate our double-blind review process, each submission must enter the paper information and abstract online:
   1. author(s),
   2. affiliation(s),
   3. complete addresses, telephone/fax numbers, and email address of one author to whom all correspondence should be addressed,
   4. title of the paper, and
   5. selected topic area.
   Then, you must upload the file your abstract or full paper in PDF format. Your abstract or full paper must NOT contain any author information.
2. Abstracts should be 2 pages at most. Panel proposals are treated as abstracts; it must include a list of panelists and are limited to 3 pages. Full papers are limited to 20 pages (8000 words), not including tables or figures. All submissions will be double-blind refereed by independent reviewers on rolling basis.
3. All submissions, in PDF format only, must be submitted via the Online Submission hyperlink option available at this homepage. All submissions must be received on or before March 31, 2008. Notification of acceptance will be sent within 4-6 weeks of submission receipt, or May 1, 2008, whichever is sooner.
4. Camera-ready full papers or abstracts for publication in the conference proceedings must be in the PDF format and must be received by May 15, 2008. Each registered author can publish only 8 pages in the proceedings. Extra pages will be charged for additional cost. Author with multiple papers must pay for the total number of pages beyond the 8-page limit. Detailed paper format can be downloaded from the hyperlink below.
   Format Instructions for Camera-Ready Copy (Word document)
5. Paper presenter's online registration and conference payment in full (including authors, session chairs, and panelists) must be received on or before May 15, 2008 to validate one's attendance as a presenter at APDSI 2008. Presenters who do not remit payment and online registration before May 15, 2008 will not be eligible to orally present papers. Authors are required to personally attend the conference to present their papers.
6. Accepted papers/abstracts will be published in English in the conference proceedings in CD-ROM.

IMPORTANT DATES

All Submission Deadline: March 31, 2008

Date Extended until the 15th of April

CONTACT DETAILS

Please submit all correspondence regarding paper submission and other affairs to the following address; e-mail is preferred.

Don Kerr
Department of Management
Griffith Business School
Griffith University, Logan Campus
University Drive, Meadowbrook 4131,
Queensland, Australia
Phone 07 33821258, Fax 07 33821408 International Code (+61)
e-mail apdsi08(at)@griffith.edu.au

The conference invites researchers and practitioners to submit papers and proposals for themes of panel discussions in the following areas.

I would like to invite you to Brisbane, Australia to attend the 13th APSDI conference. This conference will be hosted by Griffith University through the Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems research centre and the Griffith Business School.

The conference will be staged at the SouthBank campus of Griffith University which is right beside the city’s central business district. The conference organisers will closely work with Brisbane Marketing to help with the social side of the conference.

Tracks will follow usual APDSI conventions namely the following areas: