MTMI - TRU 2010 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

What

MTMI-TRU 2010 International Conference
Emerging Paradigms and Practices in Business Management and Technology

When

June 12 & 13, 2010

Topics

• Business Strategy

Acquisitions and Mergers
International Strategies
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Governance
Balanced Score Card and Triple Bottom Line

• Entrepreneurship

Small Businesses and National Economies
Entrepreneurship as Growth Engine for National Economies
Economic Recession and Effect on Small Businesses

• Marketing

Marketing Research
Services Marketing
International Marketing
Customer Relationship Management
Search Engine Marketing / Online Marketing
Comparative Marketing Practices - East vs. West

• Information Tech/Computing Science

E-Commerce
E-Commerce Security and Encryption
Cyber Security / Cyberlaw / Cyber Forensics
Enterprise System Architecture
Applied IT Issues and Applications
E-Governance
Digital Divide
Open Source Architecture
IT Project Management

• Human Resources Management

Knowledge Management
Intellectual Property Rights
Managing Technically Skilled Resources
Compensation Management in Multinational Organizations
Training and Development in International Organizations

• Finance

Rise of China
Asset-Backed Security
Rating Firms
Government Debts
Alternatives to Stock Markets
Financial Markets
Corporate Finance – Best Practices
Executive Compensation

• Accounting

New International Accounting Standards
Bank Regulation
Financial Reporting
Activity-Based Costing

• Economics

Microeconomic Issues
Macroeconomic Issues
Public Economic Issues
Environmental Economics
Financial Economics (Financial Crisis)
Economic Policies for National Competitiveness

• Open Learning / Distance Education

Online Education
Issues in Delivering Business and Technology Education through Open Learning
Enhancing Effectiveness of Virtual Teams in Open Learning
Technology as a Facilitator

• Tourism Management

Economic Diversification through Tourism
Tourism Product Development and Innovation
Destination Marketing Organizations
Tourism and the Experience Economy
Local Tourism and the Partnership Imperative

• Operations and Supply Chain Management and Decision Sciences (Operations Research)

Quantitative Methods/Mathematical Programming
Operations Management
Total Quality Management
Supply Chain Management (including green supply chains)
Innovations

Where

Thompson Rivers University
900 McGill Road, Kamloops, BC
Canada, V2C 0C8
Phone: 1.250.828.5000

View the 2010 MTMI Conference Brochure (PDF)

Conference Advisors and Track Chairs

Conference Advisors

Dr. Murray Young, Chief Advisor
Dean, School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Dr. Namrata Agrawal Professor and Head (IT) National Institute of Financial Management Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India Faridabad, Haryana, India	Dr. Andrew Mckay Academic Director Business Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning Kamloops, BC, Canada
Dr. Julius A. Alade Professor and Dean School of Business and Technology University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD, USA	Dr. Michael Monahan Chair Department of Management Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA
Dr. Robert Androkovich Department of Economics School of Business and Economics Thompson Rivers University Kamloops, BC, Canada	Dr. Daniel Okunbor Professor and Associate Dean Mathematics/Computer Science Fayetteville University Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Dr. Jeanann S. Boyce Professor and Chair Montgomery College Montgomery County, MD, USA	Prof. M. Othman Faculty of Computer Science and IT University Putra Malaysia Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Dr. Kate Brown Chair Dept. of Business, Management and Accounting University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD, USA	Dr. RD Pathak Professor and Associate Dean University of South Pacific Suva, Fiji
Dr. Albert Y. Chi Dept. of Math and Computer Science University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD, USA	Dr. B.A. Prajapati Vice Chancellor South Gujarat University Surat, Gujarat, India
Dr. Rajni Goel Associate Professor Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences Howard University Washington, DC, USA	Dr. Hafiz Rahman Chair, Department of Economics School of Business and Economics Thompson Rivers University Kamloops, BC, Canada
Dr. Robert Hood Chair, Tourism Management Department Thompson Rivers University Kamloops, BC, Canada	Dr. Sadanand Srivastava Professor and Chair Department of Computer Science Bowie State University Bowie, MD, USA
Dr. Gurdeep Singh Hura Professor and Chair Dept. of Math and Computer Science University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD, USA	Prof. Dan Thompson School of Business and Economics Thompson Rivers University Kamloops, BC, Canada
Dr. Mike Ivanof School of Business and Economics Thompson Rivers University Kamloops, BC, Canada	Dr. Ahmad Tootoonchi Professor and Interim Dean Department of Management Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA
Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain Associate Dean - Research Symbiosis International University Pune, Maharashtra, India	Dr. M. A. Zahir Chairman Synetic Business School Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Prof. Bernie Kirkey Chair, Faculty Council School of Business and Economics Thompson Rivers University Kamloops, BC, Canada

Chairs of Conference Tracks

Accounting

Chair: Prof. Ivan Desjardins
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Business Strategy

Chair: Prof. Roger Collins
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Economics

Chair Session 1:
Dr. Belayat Hussain
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Chair Session 2:
Dr. Hasnat Dewan
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Chair Session 3:
Dr. Ehsan Latif
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Chair Session 4:
Dr. Peter Tsigaris
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Entrepreneurship

Chair: Prof. Liberatore Giuseppe
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Finance

Chair: Dr. Shahriar Hasan
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Human Resource Management

Co Chair: Dr. Rajendra Singh
Indore Institute of Science and Technology
Rau, Indore, India

Information Technology/Computer Science

Chair: Prof. Bernie Warren
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Marketing

Chair: Dr. Wei Song
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Open Learning

Chair: Dr. Andrew Mckay
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Chair: Dr. Avninder Gill
School of Business and Economics
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada

Tourism Management

Chair: Dr. Robert Hood
Tourism Management
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC, Canada