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The conference, which is organized by Datamatix in association with our global partners, will explore innovative developments for Small and Medium Businesses in a global economy and provide delegates with the valuable opportunity to exchange ideas with international counterparts as to how a small and medium size business can best be positioned for local and global success. More than 500 business owners, entrepreneurs, economists, government and community leaders not just from the GCC region but also from Europe, North Africa and Asia are expected to attend the event, speakers and panelists will include leaders, sr. level executives from the Government and Private sector.

Welcome to the First International Conference on Economic and Management Perspectives organized by International Economic Society. This major international event will be held in Famagusta, North Cyprus from October 16-19, 2008. The conference will be held at Salamis Bay Hotel Congress Center. The conference will address a range of important topics. The conference will include numerous papers by academics and researchers from around the globe. The thematic contributions of this conference will be on new perspectives and developments in the fields of economics and management. Thus, this will provide opportunity to present and share papers with other colleagues from different countries. Conference participants are welcome to submit abstracts in the initial stage and full papers once their abstracts are accepted. All conference papers will be published in e-proceedings. On the other hand, full papers will undergo a peer review process and will be evaluated by a team of referees to be published in Conference Proceedings. Furthermore, papers accepted for Conference Proceedings will be considered for publication in the regular issues of International Journal of Economic Perspectives which is published by International Economic Society.

We kindly invite you to participate in the IXth conference in the series of: „Corporate Finance Management – Theory and Practice” organized by the Department of Corporate Finance and Value Management and the Department of Public and International Finance of Wroclaw University of Economics held on 19-21 May 2008 in Karpacz, Poland. Particularly we invite scientists and practitioners, whose fields of interests encompass the following issues: investment decisions of companies financial decisions of companies liquidity management in company risk management in company international finance in companies’ management real estate – financing and management Papers submitted for conference with the content of 20.000 signs maximum, after qualification process will be published in Wroclaw University of Economics Journal: 'Prace Naukowe Akademii Ekonomicznej we Wroclawiu'. Registration fee is 1100,00 z³ (about 400 €) and covers: costs of conference materials and publishing, two days full board and accommodation, barbeque party with life music and official dinner. Reception of participants starts on 19th of May 2008 at 12:00 p.m. The conference is over after closing session on 21st of May 2008, midday. The registration of participant for conference can be done by login on the conference web page (http://zafin.ae.wroc.pl/), The deadline for registration and turning in papers is 15th of October 2007. The book with conference materials will be published before the conference. The papers sent after the deadline will be published in the conference materials of next conference in 2009. The deadline for making conference fee payments is 1st of April 2008 for the account given below (the subject of payment must be indicated as ZAFIN 08). Please send the confirmation of payment by fax. The invoices will be sent right after posting the payments to the conference account. Conference account: Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. 17 Oddzia³ we Wroc³awiu SWIFT: WBKPPLPPAXXX PL 07 1090 2529 0000 0006 3400 0503 ZAFIN 08 Yours sincerely Prof. dr hab. in¿. Wies³aw Pluta Prof. dr hab. Bogumi³ Bernaœ

ISM serves as a forum for information systems & Management researchers, industry professionals, and academics interested in the latest development and design of information systems. In 2008, ISM will be held in Dalian, China. You are invited to submit papers in all areas of information systems & Management. All papers accepted will be included in IEEE Xplore and cited by EI. TOPIC: INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS SECURITY Theories of Information and Systems Security Organizational Issues of Information Security The Impact of Regulations on Information Security Economics of Information and Systems Security Decision Support Models and Systems Secure Information Systems Architecture Services Process Management Logistics and Supply Chain Management Supplier Relationship Management Services Marketing and Sustaining Software Agent Based Systems in Logistic Systems Integration Healthcare Information Systems INFORMATION SYSTEM APPLICATIONS Enterprise Information System Integration Web Services Model and Application The Social Aspects of Information Technology The Impact of MIS on Economic Development MIS Teaching Methodology MIS Curriculum Arrangement MIS Education and Occupations DATA MINING & E-COMMERCE Intelligence Related Knowledge Discovery Privacy Preserving Data Mining Data and Knowledge Visualization Electronic Commerce Diffusion of E-commerce E-Commerce Logistic Flows Mobile Commerce and Business Models Additional Information Tutorials Tutorials will be held at the conference area on September 21-23,2008. Speakers are invited to submit proposals to the Technical Program Chair. Tutorial proposals should include a brief summary and outline, statement of objectives,expected audience profile and a biographical sketch of speaker. Exhibition Manufacturers and developers of equipment, components ,software and services complementing the topics of the conference are invited to display their state-of-the-art products.The exhibition will be placed in the conference area. For further information,potential exhibitors can contact with: Email: ism@highsci.org

Second International Training Workshop on Econometric Modeling and Data Analysis 2008 (SITWEMDA 2008) is organized by International Economic Society (IES) for academicians as well as professionals from public and private sectors. After completing the first International Training Workshop on Econometric Modeling and Data Analysis 2007 (which attracted participants from Malaysia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria), IES is now proud of offering this second event. Econometric modeling and data analysis preserves its prior importance in academic sector to publish high quality papers in top ranked international peer reviewed journals and to contribute to research related courses as well as theses in graduate levels. Econometric analysis is also important in public and private sectors for forecasting and estimation about future trends. Having the importance of econometric modelling and data analysis, IES now organizes the second ITWEMDA Series to train and improve the skills of academicians in publishing high quality papers and train professionals to do forecasting in their job markets through the latest econometric and statistical modeling techniques. By attending this training program, participants will also be able to collaborate in publishing joint papers for high quality and international peer reviewed journals such as the ones in Social Science Citation Index. Econometric Views (EVIEWS) 6.0 statistical software will be used during this workshop. Furthermore, the book of "Applied Econometric Time Series (Walter Enders, 1995)" and the article of "Bounds testing approaches to the analysis of level relationships (Pesaran, Shin and Smith, 2001)" will be the major references of this international training workshop.

Increasingly the baby boomer generation (those born 1947 to 1964) presents a sizable and lucrative market. Financially buoyant with an insatiable appetite for new mid-life challenges, the 45 to 65 segment is a dynamic consumer with strong spending power. There is no time like now to tap the silver market in Singapore through a diverse range of lifestyle products and services designed for the mature community. This bustle forms the backdrop of Silver Industry Conference and Exhibition (SICEX) 2008, designed to harness the opportunities of the silver market, as well as to position Singapore as a regional leader in the emerging silver industry in Asia. Additional Information Conference Theme: “Turning Silver into Gold: Opportunities in Asia” Organised in conjunction the Exhibition, the Conference boasts internationally renowned speakers including: • Nobel Prize Winner Prof Robert Merton, Harvard Business School • Prof Williem van Gelder, Global Director Research of Numico • Dr Joseph Coughlin, founder and Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab • And many others Who Should Attend • Policy Makers • Government Officers • Academia • Researchers • Industry Consultants • Marketing Professionals • Healthcare / Rehabilitation Providers and Administrators • Financial Planners • Leisure / Travel / Wellness Providers • Assistive Technology Consultants • Voluntary Welfare Officers • Owners, Operators, Managers and Developers for the mature industry

Internal employee communications, the web, logos, brand experiences and much more to create, build and maintain a successful brand. The GCC National Branding Strategies Summit will address the regional industry trends and the latest branding issues to help today's GCC corporate leaders compete more successfully in the battle for customers.

Various GCC stock markets have attracted large investments as many GCC countries decided to open their capital markets to GCC citizens and in some cases to foreign investors. At the same time, the regional stock markets are showing massive fluctuations and it affected the investor’s confidende and trust in the regional stocks. In this regard, this conference addresses major issues, risks and opportunities for investors in the GCC stock markets.

• Find out the latest status on legislative issues and initiatives • Join a panel discussion about the revised Form 990 • Learn what has happened in the private foundation arena • Receive an update about international activities • Learn the latest thinking on governance issues and concerns

The Middle Eastern IPO market has grown and, as a result of recent regulatory developments, is maturing at a fast and steady pace. Listing companies, investment banks, financial institutions and investors have become much more discerning, and sustainable outcomes are much more common. Nowadays, there is only room for quality operating companies where investors will invest based on fundamentals. However, critical challenges exist which still need to be dealt with in order to ensure further growth: Companies seeking to go public are still unaware of who the most suitable partners to help them through this process are There remains a lack of confidence in reaching the new regulatory benchmarks to allow companies to list Companies still wonder where to turn for help when their providers of choice turn them down