Submissions

Submissions are encouraged for both academic and industry related papers. The conference encourages plurality in research methods as well as industry experience papers and cases. The sessions will include full-length and research-in-progress papers. Papers should not exceed 5,000 words in length, including references.

Moreover, the conference organizers encourage industry experts and practitioners to submit panel proposals containing the title of the panel, name of possible participants, overview, and motivation for the proposed panel. Panel proposals should not exceed one page in length.

Please email your paper to gmr2009@aucegypt.edu .

 

Conference Proceedings

Conference proceedings will be published in an edited volume with an ISBN/ISSN number.

 

Submission Types and Guidelines

Full Length Submissions
Submissions of no more than 5000 words, including references, appendices and title page, with a maximum of 5 figures/tables. Submissions have to be original, and previously unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscript for review. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety. Highly rated papers by the reviewers will be considered for publications in the selected Journals below. Moreover, the best paper in terms of quality and suitability to the theme of the conference will be awarded the "Best Paper" Award during the conference.

 

Research-in-Progress Submissions
Submissions of no more than 2000 words with a maximum of 3 figures/tables. All research-in-progress submissions will be published in the proceedings as short papers

 

Important Announcements
- The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is strictly limited to a maximum of two submissions.
- Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per submission) and all panel members MUST register and attend the conference.

 

All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer reviewed. The review process will be handled by the track chairs and co-chairs. Submissions of all types must be received by 15 August 2009.

 

The conference sessions will include full length papers, research-in-progress papers and panels.

  

Important Dates
15 August 2009                           Paper submission due
31 August 2009                      Reviews from PC members due and notification of acceptance
30 September 2009                Camera-ready final paper submission due
1 November 2009                   Conference dinner and opening
2-3 November 2009                Cairo Mobility Roundtable Conference

  

Journal Fast Tracking
The best papers from the conference will be invited to be fast-tracked in regular as well as special issues in the following journals:

 

- International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA)
- International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications (IJMCMC)
- Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC)
- International Journal of Mobile Information Systems (IJMIS)