Diary

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(2006), "Diary", Strategic Direction, Vol. 22 No. 7. https://doi.org/10.1108/sd.2006.05622gac.001

Diary

Contact: amc2006@mdx.ac.ukwebsite: mubs.mdx.ac.uk/AM2006

 Academy of Marketing ConferenceLondon, UK, 3-6 July 2006

Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor Jagdish Sheth (Emory University, USA) and Sir Robert Worcester (Founder and former Chairman of MORI, UK). As in previous years, we expect delegates at this conference to come from a wide range of countries, thus making it a truly international experience.

Website: www.academyofworldbusiness.com/conf2006.html

Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development 2006 ConferenceParis, France, 10-13 July 2006

Executive conference director and program chair: Associate Professor Gabriel Ogunmokun, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Associate program chair: Professor Philippe Coffre, Pole Universitaire Leonard de Vinci Paris La Defense Cedex, France

To be efficient, effective and competitive in this era of globalization, managers need to acquire and utilize multi-dimensional skills that are essential for managing and marketing business across borders. The Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development (AWBMAMD) aims to share research knowledge that exists in the world in various functional areas of business through AWBMAMD refereed conferences and publications. Manuscripts for the 2nd Biennial 2006 AWBMAMD conference are invited in terms of competitive papers, case studies, research in progress, special sessions and doctoral research papers in any of the 42 track areas which include marketing, management, finance, accounting, human resource management, organizational behavior, information technology and systems, foreign direct investment, e-business, e-commerce, e-marketing, economics, tourism and hospitality, transportations, health care, entrepreneurship, business law, international law, leadership style, computer engineering, privatization, etc.

Contact: John Pozoglou at john.pozoglou@terrapinn.comwebsite: www.terrapinn.com/2006/rfid%5Fau/

RFID World Australia 2006Sydney, Australia, 8-10 August 2006

RFID World Australia is an end-user focused event, showcasing all RFID systems and related services. It is where professionals and business strategists from across all industries come to learn best practice, see the latest technologies and meet with the most innovative companies.

Presenters and panelists will be leaders from the Australasian and international arena. There will be an accent on case studies, practical examples and interactive panel sessions.

2006 conference topics will include, but not be limited to the following:

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  building business cases for RFID;

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  unlocking ROI from RFID;

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  EPC and supply chain optimization;

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  update on EPC Gen 2 protocol;

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  results from global RFID pilot programs;

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  transforming the customer experience through RFID;

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  improving process efficiency;

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  RFID infrastructure and networking;

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  tracking perishables with RFID;

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  transforming the factory with RFID;

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  improving logistics;

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  RFID in the pharmaceutical industry;

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  RFID in healthcare;

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  RFID in the freight industry;

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  RFID and port security; and

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  contactless payment services and consumer applications.

Contact: AOM Program Coordinator, Tel: 914-923-2673, Fax: 914-923-261website: http://meetings.aomonline.org/2006/

2006 Academy of Management Annual Meeting: Knowledge, Action and the Public ConcernAtlanta, Georgia, August 11-16, 2006

In 2006, the Academy of Management will hold its 66th annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. We once again invite management scholars from around the globe to convene, consort and attend. Like every academy meeting, there will be excellent conversation, good friends and, of course, good cheer. Simultaneously, we gather to celebrate what we do best, namely, advancing management research while solving real-world problems.

This year’s theme, “knowledge, action and the public concern”, explores the linkages among organizational knowledge, managerial action and the major issues that face people in the global and knowledge economy.

First, we want to push the bounds of our current theories and research. Second, we want to highlight the concrete action-implications from our evidence-based knowledge. Third and perhaps most important, we want to focus our evidence-based and actionable knowledge on the great questions of the day.

At the 2006 AOM meetings in Atlanta, please join your friends and colleagues from around the world and engage in the discussion involving the interplay of knowledge, action and the public concern. In the words of the world famous, Professor Albus Dumbledore:

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we really are …

The Academy of Management Annual Meeting is comprised of two unique sections:

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   Professional Development Workshops (Friday-Sunday, August 11-13). The Academy meetings’ Professional Development Workshops (PDWs) are a platform for colleagues to share knowledge and expertise and foster the development of workshop participants. The PDW program is coordinated by the Academy’s many divisions, interest groups, and theme committees.

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   Refereed Scholarly Program (Monday-Wednesday, August 14-16). The scholarly program is the main attraction of the Academy Annual Meeting. It consists of a series of conventional paper sessions, visual paper sessions, interactive paper sessions and various symposium sessions such as all academy, showcase, and division that have been carefully selected and organized by the Academy’s 24 divisions and interest groups. Additionally there are Academy Caucuses that offer a convenient and informal setting for members with shared interests to meet.