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Event Profile: ASTEX is aimed at planning and purchasing officials from public and private sector organisations responsible for all aspects of Saudi Arabia's security including ompany security, civil defence, border security, perimeter control, emergency planning, VIP protection, law enforcement, criminal investigation, the security of public buildings, utility installations, fire-fighting &public safety. Highlights: ASTEX is aimed at planning and purchasing officials from public and private sector organisations responsible for all aspects of Saudi Arabia?s security. Conferences and seminaars. Visitor's Profile: Trade Visitors only - Professionals related to the field of access control, security, emergency equipment, protective clothing & other related products. Exhibitor's Profile: Profile for exhibit include Access control, Warning systems, Barriers, Body armour and bullet proof clothing, CCTV and communications security, Crowd control management, Emergency equipment, Fire extinguishers, Observation & photographic equipment, Protective clothing, Screening equipment, Security control software, Security of computer systems, Special telecommunications equipment, Specialised fencing & training equipment, Transmitters, receivers, & transceivers, X-ray detection equipment. Organizer: Riyadh Exhibitions Co. Limited P.O.Box, 56010, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Tel: +(966)-(1)-4541448 Fax: +(966)-(1)-4544846

Event Profile: The National Franchise & Business Opportunities Show affords an unmatched opportunity for you to meet with, develop strategic partnerships & sell to thousands of small & emerging businesses-all under one roof. Visitor's Profile: Trade Visitors only - marketing & selling persons, franchisee & business opportunity companies, Consumer Commissions etc. Exhibitor's Profile: Profile for exhibit include Small Business Consulting, Legal Services, Financial Advisors, Banking Institutions, Web/Internet Solutions, Government Support, Marketing & Advertising Assistance, Business Associations, IT Support, Business Services, Furniture & Office Supplies, Printers, Accounting & Bookkeeping, Human Resources etc. Organizer: National Event Management, Inc. 60, Renfrew Drive, Suite 105, Markham, Canada. Tel: +(1)-(905)-4772677 Fax: +(1)-(905)-4777872

Event Profile: Pro-Dimex is the communication and order platform where Asian and East European suppliers will exclusively present promotional products and services to European buyers. Visitor's Profile: Buyers from Industrial or service companies, Wholesalers, Advertising agencies, Organisations and associations, All other buyers of promotional products and gift items are the target visitors. Exhibitor's Profile: Exhibitors include Manufacturers and traders of: Promotional products, Imprint techniques, Premiums, Promotions, Incentives from Asian and Eastern European manufacturers who are interested in direct export to customers. Organizer: Tarsus Exhibitions & Publishing Limited Office Duesseldorf, Project pro-dimex, Fuerstenwall 99, Duesseldorf, Germany. Tel: +(49)-(211)-412728 Fax: +(49)-(211)-6009585

Event Profile: Energy Technologies Forum, through its interactive platform for the industry, government & academics, attempts to create a technology exchange window, which gives the latest information on technologies available worldwide as well as creates business opportunities for the technology providers. From Energy Innovation to Energy Security, ETF has attempted to showcase the latest technologies and their role in achieving the objective of energy for all. Visitor's Profile: Professionals from the following companies can visit & participate: Oil & Gas Exploration, Oil & Gas Production, Oil Refineries, Natural Gas Producers, EPC Contractors, Pipeline & Transport, Power Generation, Power Transmission, Power Distribution, Power Equipment Manufacturers, Electricity Boards, Petrochemicals, Oil Field Chemicals & Instrument, Welding, Industry Analysts. Exhibitor's Profile: Profile for exhibit include Exploration & Production, Oil Field Equipment, Natural Gas, Pipeline Network, Oil Refining, Process Control Systems, Energy Conservation, Petroleum Products, Transport & Logistics, Consultants/Services, EPC & LSTK Services, Research & Development, Electric Utilities, Fuel Suppliers, Co-generators/Self Generators, Independent Power Producers, Project Developers, Power Plant Designers, Construction & Rigging, Interconnection Companies. Organizer: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry Federation House, 1, Tansen Marg, New Delhi, India. Tel: +(91)-(11)-23738760 -70 Fax: +(91)-(11)-23320714/23721504

Event Profile: Pro-Dimex USA is the communication and order platform where Asian and East European suppliers will exclusively present promotional products and services to European buyers. Visitor's Profile: Buyers from Industrial or service companies, Wholesalers, Advertising agencies, Organisations and associations, All other buyers of promotional products and gift items are the target visitors. Exhibitor's Profile: Exhibitors include Manufacturers and traders of: Promotional products, Imprint techniques, Premiums, Promotions, Incentives from Asian and Eastern European manufacturers who are interested in direct export to customers. Organizer: Tarsus Exhibitions & Publishing Limited Office Duesseldorf, Project pro-dimex, Fuerstenwall 99, Duesseldorf, Germany. Tel: +(49)-(211)-412728 Fax: +(49)-(211)-6009585

Event Profile: Prasent Service Institut (PSI 2008) stands for tradition, internationality, and quality however, also for its effective & successful for members only concept. Visitor's Profile: Trade Visitors only - numerous national and international associations, institutes and consultants, professionals related to promotional product portals & other related products. Exhibitor's Profile: Exhibitors include suppliers/importers covering the following product categories: the traditional promotional products, premiums, promotions, incentives, marking technologies for promotional products and, increasingly, service partners in the field of internet applications. Organizer: Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH Voelkinger Strasse 4, Duesseldorf, Germany. Tel: +(49)-(211)-90191/90202 Fax: +(49)-(211)-90191/90193

We scarcely need more evidence in support of the claim that sustainable development is one of the major challenges for human societies in the 21st century. Global warming, growing scarcity of non-renewable energy resources, loss of biodiversity, water supply shortages and the long-term degradation of ecosystems along with health and poverty problems are among the most important issues representing growing risks for human societies and their economies. In view of such developments, sciences in the field of sustainability are expected – in addition to the traditional scientific tasks of understanding and explaining the situation in question – to contribute analytically to the process of moving societies towards sustainable development. Following the outstanding success of the 1st International Sustainability Conference ISC 2005 in Basel, the organisers – the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland and the University of Basel – are organising a follow-up conference. The theme of this 2nd International Sustainability Conference is "Creating Values for Sustainable Development". From a socio-economic perspective we take this to be one of the major tasks and challenges with regard to the expected societal transformation processes toward sustainability. The ISC 2008 provides a platform for both interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary oriented social scientists working in the field of sustainable development. The conference is committed to promoting dialogue, especially among economists and other social scientists. Moreover, the conference aims to act as a meeting point for committed individuals from the political, corporate and academic worlds as well as for representatives from civil society. We are therefore delighted to invite you to attend the ISC 2008 in Basel. We look forward to offering researchers a platform for presenting papers and for exchanging and critically discussing new knowledge stemming from socio-economic oriented research on practical and theoretical issues in the domain of sustainable development.

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.

Proceedings published with assigned ISBN. Best paper prize. Best doctoral paper prize. Selected papers published in an edited book.

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