Organizing Committee

• Prof. Suliman Hawamdeh (General Chair): Provide consultations to the Conference Co-Chairs to help ensure the conference will run in a similar manner carrying the good traditions from past ICKM conferences.

• Dr. Samuel K. W. Chu (Conference Co-Chair in Academic): Ensure that the conference will be participated actively by high quality academics from around the world.

• Ms. Waltraut Ritter (Conference Co-Chair in Business): Ensure that the conference will be participated actively by high quality professionals from the industry.

• Prof. Patrick Y. K. Chau (Program Co-Chair in Academic): Ensure that the conference contains relevant papers that are of academic excellence.

• Prof. Eric Tsui (Program Co-Chair in Academic): Ensure that the conference contains relevant papers that are of academic excellence.

• Prof. Christian Wagner (Program Co-Chair in Academic): Ensure that the conference contains relevant papers that are of academic excellence.

• Mr. Eric Chan (Program Co-Chair in Business): Ensure that the conference contains presentations that carry themes and topics that are of interests to non-academic practitioners.

• Mr. Geoff Trotter (Program Co-Chair in Business): Ensure that the conference contains presentations that carry themes and topics that are of interests to non-academic practitioners.

• Mr. Sanjiv Varma (Program Co-Chair in Business): Ensure that the conference contains presentations that carry themes and topics that are of interests to non-academic practitioners.

• Mr. Trevor Lui (Workshop Co-Chair): Help create creative workshops in KM.

• Mr. Mark Pixley (Workshop Co-Chair): Help create creative workshops in KM.

Possible Tracks

Tracks cover both academic papers and presentations from practitioners

• Industry Track
• Technical
• Behavioral
• Knowledge Management Systems
• KM education
• Others

Possible Track chairs (by regions)

• Australia & New Zealand
• China
  • Tsing Hua, IS Dept
  • Fu Dan
• Europe
• Hong Kong
  • Maggie Wang, HKU, Faculty of Education (E-learning)
• Japan
• Korea
• Singapore
• Taiwan
• U.K.
  • University of Sheffield –Dr. Miguel Nunes (E-learning) {Sam has sent an invitation to him}
  • University of Greenwich
• USA 

Program Track Chairs & Committee Members (Reviewers)

• The following people have agreed to be members

• • Aftab, Syed Mohannad ( "I would like to review the following tracks: Knowledge Management and Collaboration, Collaborative Technologies and Cultures, Collaboration 2.0")

  • Burstein, Frada (Director of Knowledge Management Research Program. Associate Professor, School of Information Management & Systems, Monash University, Australia - "I would rather be a track chair for your conference.")

  • Chang, Wei-Lun (Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Tamkang University, Taiwan - "It's my pleasure to contribute to the committee. The following topics most likely close to my expertise: (1) Knowledge Management and Collaboration (2) Collaborative Technologies and Cultures, Collaboration 2.0 (3) Social and Value Networks in Business and Non-profit Environments. Since my background is technology oriented, you could assign any track embracing technologies to me.")

  • Chang, Yun-ke (Assistant Professor, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore -"I am interested in the following topics, Knowledge Management and Collaboration, New Models of Virtual Real-Time Collaboration, 3-D Collaborate Environments, Collaborative Technologies and Cultures, Collaboration 2.0, KM in universities: Interdisciplinary Research and Scholarly Collaboration, From e-Government to Participatory Government.")

  • Chen, JiangPing (Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Sciences, College of Information, Library Science and Technologies, University of North Texas, US - "I would be happy to help on the following tracks: Knowledge Management and Collaboration, KM in universities: Interdisciplinary Research and Scholarly Collaboration, Human Interpersonal and Group Communication")

  • Cheuk, Bonnie (Global Head of Knowledge & Information, Environmental Resouces Management, U.K. - "Happy to help, and review some papers. Topics: (1) Knowledge Management and Collaboration (2) Collaborative Technologies and Cultures, Collaboration 2.0.")

  • Dalkir, Kimiz (Professor, McGill University Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. President, Glashaus Consulting, Canada, kimizdalkir.com/)

  • Davison, Robert M (Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong - "I am comfortable a track chair...... I'd like to suggest a track that focuses on KM applications in China - so as to pull together China-based work.")

  • Doug, Vogel (Chair Professor, Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong -" I could help out on Collaborative Technologies and Cultures, Collaboration 2.0")

  • Ekionea, Jean-Pierre Booto (Professor, Faculty of administration, University De Moncton, Canada - "I could be interested in your proposal to  be a track chair or Committee member for a track of the conference in the following topics: (1) Inter-organizational Knowledge and Information Flows between Organizations (2) Knowledge Management and Collaboration (3) KM in universities: Interdisciplinary Research and Scholarly Collaboration") 

  • Fuchs, Christian (Associate Professor, eTheory Research Group, ICT&S Center - Advanced Studies and Research in Information and Communication Technologies & Society, University of Salzburg, Austria - "The panels that I am most interested in are "collaborative technologies and cultures, collaboration 2.0" and "From e-Government to Participatory Government".)

  • Fuchs-Kittowski, Frank (Head of a research group, Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, Germany - "It's a pleasure and honour to assisst you as a reviewer.I am interested in the following topics: Knowledge Management and Collaboration, Collaborative Technologies and Cultures, Collaboration 2.0, KM in Synchronous and Asynchronous Collaborative Environments, Social and Value Networks in Business and Non-profit Environments" )

  • Kankanhalli, Atreyi (Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Information Systems Research Lab, School of Computing, National University of Singapore -"I am ok to serve on the track for eGovernment to Participatory Government." )

  • Khuprasert, Veerachai (Director, Knowledge Enhancement and Development for SMEs Project, Thailand - "I am pleased to accept your invitation as a Committee member for "Knowledge Management and Collaboration" track.")

  • Kinghorn, Johann (Chair: Information Science Centre for Knowledge Dynamics and Decision Making, Stellenbosch University, South Africa - "I am really honoured by your invitation and will gladly accept to act as track chair.  I will feel comfortable with any of the following (but others are also a possibility): (1)Knowledge Networks and Ecologies, (2) Inter-organizational Knowledge and Information Flows between Organizations, (3) From e-Government to Participatory Government")

  • Lee, Chien Sing (Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Technology, Multimedia university, Malaysia - "I am honored to be able to serve as one of the track chairs.")

  • Lee, Matthew Ko (Chair Professor of Information Systems and Electronic Commerce,City University of Hong Kong - "I will be glad to chair a track for the conference around the theme of "Knowledge Management in the context of Web 2.0".)

  • Lim, Kwang Kok (Deputy Director, Knowledge & Quality Management, National Library Board, Singapore- "I would be interested to help in the areas of Knowledge Management and Collaboration, Collaborative Technologies and Cultures, Collaboration 2.0 ")

  • Leitner, Karl-Heinz (Research scientist, Austrian Research Centers, Department of Technology Policy, Austrian Research Centers, Austria - "I can support you as Committee member in the areas of: (1) KM in universities: Interdisciplinary Research and Scholarly Collaboration (2) Measuring the Intangible Value of Collaboration)

  • McInerney, Claire R. ( Associate professor, School of Communication, Information & Library Studies, Department of Library & Information  Science, Rutgers University, U.S.- "I would be willing to be a chair of the "Social and Ethical Issues" track.")
  • Mohannak, Kavoos (Lecturer, School of Management, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Australia - "I would be happy to be a committee member of the ICKM2009 conference and would be interested in the following topics: (1) Knowledge Management and Collaboration (2) Inter-organizational knowledge and Information Flows between Organizations")

  • Niknejad, Amir (Hewlett-Packard Development Company, Global IT, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Data Warehouse, Austria -"I would be glad to support you as part of the Committee to review papers and workshops in the following tracks of the conference: Knowledge Management and Collaboration, New Models of Virtual Real-Time Collaboration, 3-D Collaborate Environments, Collaborative Technologies and Cultures, Collaboration 2.0, Strengthening School Collaboration through KM, KM in universities: Interdisciplinary Research and Scholarly Collaboration, The Impact of Creative Commons on Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing, Convergence of Audio, Video and Web Conferencing, Social and Ethical issues of (Virtual) Collaboration, Human Interpersonal and Group Communication")

  • Obermayer-Kovacs, Nora (Assistant Professor, Department of Management, University of Pannonia, Hungary - "I am pleased to say yes to your invitation in case the Department of Management can support me. I am interested in the following topics: (1) Knowledge Management and Collaboration (2) The Impact of Creative Commons on Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing (3) Knowledge Management and Organizational Culture")

  • Oyarce, Guillermo (Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of North Texas, U.S. - "I will be happy to help. Here is a list of topics I would be interested: (1) Knowledge Management and Collaboration (2) Knowledge Networks and Ecologies (3) Human Interpersonal and Group Communication")

  • Remondino, Marco (Post-doc researcher and contract professor, Computer Science Department, University of Turin, Italy - "I am working on computational models of social phenomenon, including knowledge formation and transmission, innovation diffusion, social networks and I can be a Commitee member for the track: Knowledge Management and Game Theory")

  • Richards, Debbie (Associate Professor, Department of Computing, Macquarie University, Australia - "These topics are of interest: Knowledge Management and Collaboration, Collaborative Technologies and Cultures, Collaboration 2.0, Knowledge Networks and Ecologies, Social and Ethical issues of (Virtual) Collaboration, Inter-organizational Knowledge and Information Flows between Organizations, Social and Value Networks in Business and Non-profit Environments, Measuring the Intangible Value of Collaboration")

  • Rogel, Rosario (Professor, Faculty of Political and Social Science, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México -"The topics in winch I will be intereseted are: Strengthening School Collaboration through KM, Knowledge Networks and Ecologies, KM in universities: Interdisciplinary Research and Scholarly Collaboration, The Impact of Creative Commons on Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing")

  • Siegfried Neubauer (CEO, acm quadrat gmbh, Austria - "I can offer you to help review papers as well workshop/ presentation proposals which has a clear reference to utilization and practice of business in topics like Knowledge Management and Collaboration, Inter-organizational Knowledge and Information Flows between Organizations, Measuring the Intangible Value of Collaboration")

  • Srikantaiah, T. Kanti (Professor, Center for Knowledge Management,Dominican University, U.S. - "I would be delighted to chair or work as a committee member for the track for the conference.")

  • Watanabe, Toyohide (Nagoya University, Japan -"My interesting fields are: Knowledge Management and Collaboration, New Models of Virtual Real-Time Collaboration, 3-D Collaborate Environments, The Impact of Creative Commons on Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing, KM in Synchronous and Asynchronous Collaborative Environments, Social and Ethical issues of (Virtual) Collaboration, Inter-organizational Knowledge and Information Flows between Organizations, Knowledge Management and Game Theory, Human Interpersonal and Group Communicatio")

  • Wilkesmann, Uwe (Professor of Continuing Education, Scoial and Organizational Management,University of Dortmund, Germany - "I could help you organizing a track. I can provide support for tracks about the following topics: KM in Universities, and Knowledge transfer and knowledge sharing")

  • Wu, Jiangning (Associate Professor. Institute of Systems and Engineering, School of Management, Dalian University of Technology, China - "It's my pleasure to do something for this conference.")

  • Yearwood, John (Professor of informatics and director, University of Ballarat, Australia- "Knowledge Management and Collaboration, Knowledge Networks and Ecologies") 

  • Zyngier, Suzanne (Executive Director, School of Management, La Trobe University, Australia - "I am pleased to accept. I am most interested and able to assist with Inter-organizational Knowledge and Information Flows between Organizations")

• Has sent out an invitation:
  • Aftab, Syed Mohannad
  • Ajila, Samuel A (Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University)
  • Arijit Sikdar
  • Bedi, SP (Professor, Department of Education and Educational Management, National institute of Technical Teachers’ Training & Research, India)
  • Barachini, Franz (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
  • Busch, Peter (Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing, Macquarie University, Australia)
  • Chen, Quan (Professor and Director, The National Key Laboratory of Biomembrane, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
  • Eddie Kips
  • Fayard, Pierre (Director, LABCIS, ICOMTEC, University of Poitiers, France)
  • Fernandez Fernand
  • Fink, Kerstin (Head, Department of Information Systems, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
  • Forrest, Carla M. (Ph.D, Department of Educational Leadership and Organization Learning, University of New Mexico, USA)
  • Fuchs-Kittowski, Frank (Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, Germany)
  • Gaal, Zoltan (Professor, Department of Management, University of Pannonia)
  • Garner, Brian J (Professor, School of Engineering and Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia)
  • Gemunden, Hans Georg (Professor, Institute for Technnology and Management, Technical University of Berlin)
  • Gupta, Akshey (Microsoft Operations Pte Ltd, Singapore)
  • Hofer-Alfeis, Josef (Corporate Technology, Siemens AG, Munich)
  • Hutchings, Kate (Associate Professor, Department of Management, Monash University, Australia)
  • Katopol, Patricia (Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, The University of Iowa Iowa City, U.S.)
  • Koenig, Michael E.D. (College of Information & Computer Science, Long Island University, U.S.)
  • Kolbitsch, Josef (Head, Business Solutions and Information Services, Graz University of Technology, Austria)
  • Kraines, Steven (Assistant Professor, Department of Frontier Science and Science Integration, University of Tokyo )
  • Kukherji, Sourav (Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India)

  • Lambe, Patrick (Principal Consultant, Straits Knowledge, Singapore and Adjunct Professor, Knowledge Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

  • Lee, Keon-Hyung (Associate Professor, Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University)

  • Li, Wei (Assistant Professor of Accountancy, Department of Accountancy,University of Illinois, USA)

  • Makolm, Josef

  • Martens, Betsy Van der Veer (Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Oklahoma,US)

  • Maier, Ronald (Head, School of Management, Information Systems, University of Innsbruck, Austria)

  • Nazem, Fattah (Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University- Roudehen Branch, Iran)
  • Michailova, Snejina (Professor, Center for Knowledge Governance and Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
  • Mitra, Amit (Leturer, Department of Information Systems, Cranfield University, U.K)
  • Muller, Johannes (Security Systems Division, Building Technologies Group, Siemens Switzerland Ltd.)
  • Noll, Margit (Scientists, Austrian Research Centers)
  • Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan, Junaiza Jarjis (Director, Center for Collaborative Technology, Faculty if ICT, Dept og Lib. & Information Science, Faculty of ICT International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia.)
  • Othman, Roslina (Deputy Dean (Postgraduate & Research), Faculty of ICT, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia)
  • Pauleen, David J (Senior lecturer, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
  • Ploder, Christian (Scientific Assistant, Information Systems, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
  • Quiroga, Luz M. (Assistant Professor, Library and Information Science Program, Department of Information and Computer Science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawaii)
  • Randeree, Ebrahim (Ph.D, Faculty at the College of Information, Florida State University)
  • Rankl, Stefan ( Head of Institute for Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Applied Sciences) - wrong email
  • Rathi, Dinesh (Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, Univeristy of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
  • Saad, Ines (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information System, Amiens School of Management, France)
  • Siegfried Neubauer (CEO acm quadrat, Austria)
  • Stary, Christian (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)
  • Stuass, Kim (Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Arkansas)
  • Swain, Deborah E. (School of Library and Information Sciences, North Carolina Central University, U.S. www.nccuslis.org/people/faculty/swain/index.htm)
  • Trezzini, Bruno (Vice President, of Information and Knowledge Management Society. Professor of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
  • Wecht, Christoph (co-founder and managing partner, BGW Management Advisory Group, Singapore)
  • Weinberger, David (Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School, U.S.)
  • Wheeler, Simone
  • Zhang, Qiping (Assistant Professor, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University, U.S.)
• Will Invite the following:
  • Dr. Soumit Sain (Fachhochschule für Oekonomie und Management, University for Applied Sciences for Economics and Management, Germany)
  • Mark Aakhus (Associate Professor, Department og Communication, School og Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA)
  • Ambrose G. Corray (Vice President, Exploration & Production at Interlink Petroleum Limited

    Southern Cross University, Australia)

  • Raymond A Hackney (Professor of Business Systems and Director of Doctoral Programme, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
  • NTU---5 names (Waltraut)
  • SMU (Thomas Menkhoff--Waltraut)
  • India (Waltraut)
  • Taiwan
  • Korea
  • Ivy Chan
  • Karen Lee
  • UST
  • China