15th IMDA Annual World Business Congress

18 - 21 June 2006
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The International Management Development Association (IMDA) was formed in 1987 in the State of Pennsylvania to provide an interdisciplinary and global platform for the exchange of ideas in the pursuit of professional growth and opportunities for academics, practitioners and public policy makers at all levels. The organisation is dedicated to offering member benefits and privileges through the development of worldwide personal networks and relationships. Management scholars, researchers, business practitioners and public policy makers representing a wide variety of disciplines, sectors, and industries from five continents have shown great interest and desire in the establishment of this non-profit organisation. The association’s mission concerns management development through the transfer of information and knowledge, learning, cooperation and exchange of personnel. The association is involved with all of the functional areas of business, namely management, finance, accounting, marketing, information systems, etc.
For more information: www.imda.cc

LISA Global Strategies Summit

26 - 30 June, 2006
The Roosevelt Hotel, New York, USA

For more than 15 years LISA has helped business leaders acquire the practical knowledge and skills it takes to implement their global vision and make it a reality. It has also introduced them to the business partners who play a key role. The increasing integration of the global economy has made it vital for even smaller businesses in industries such as automotive, medical services, law, and manufacturing to understand how to access global markets and to respond effectively to challenges that may come from halfway around the world. Global business leaders have been participating at the LISA Global Strategies Summits to learn what their peers are doing and to meet with others like themselves who are responding to global challenges with clear vision and a determination to do things right. They come to learn about the language, the culture and the local business practices of other markets, to learn how to implement standards to reduce time to market and costs while raising quality and sales, and to understand how to support their customers around the world. They come away with a clearer picture of what it takes to meet new global challenges and to be successful in markets around the world.
For more information: www.lisa.org or email events@lisa.org

International Conference on Information communication technologies

6 – 8 July, 2006
University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece

ICICTE 2006 aims to address the many challenges and new directions presented by technological innovations in educational settings. With the keynote speaker, plenary sessions, workshops, and forums examining the integration of technology into all facets of education, the conference will provide participants with a forum for intensive interdisciplinary interaction and collegial debate. Those attending ICICTE 2006 will leave with an excellent overview of current thinking and practices in applications of technology in education. Thematic streams will include alternative processes, procedures, techniques and tools for creating learning environments appropriate for the 21st century.
For more information: www.icicte.com or email nancy@icicte.com

European conference on IT management leadership and governance

12 – 13 July, 2006
Ministry of Research, Paris, France

The conference committee welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and research in practice are welcomed approaches. Work-in-progress, panel discussion, proposals for workshops and tutorials are also welcome. Topics include: The relationship between leadership; management and bureaucracy; The nature of IS governance; Critical success factors for a CIO; Measuring the performance of the CIO; Creating sustainable IS leadership; Justifying IT Investments at boardroom level; Influence of mergers and acquisitions on IT; Effect of the board of directors and shareholders on IT policy; Best practices in executive leadership for IT
For more information: email hazel@academic-conferences.org

Retail IT Summit

4 – 6 September, 2006
The Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel and Resorts, Monaco

In its second year the Retail IT Summit focuses on the critical issues facing IT in the retail sector. The event is designed for and led by CIOs and other senior IT professionals. They will provide in depth case studies on not only traditional and new retail technological issues but also on the impact of other inter-departmental concerns such as RFID, CPFR and demand management. In the retail sector, IT spending is certainly on the increase. The pressure to continue to realise cost savings from supply chain efficiencies and at the same time improve customer service has forced retailers to accelerate their technology investments. The array of technologies is becoming increasingly more complex to manage. At the same time, the IT executive has to administer his capital spending carefully with store-based technology hardware, network communication technology and IT training among some of the biggest growth areas. Furthermore, with the EU enlargement, many of the leading retailers are expanding into new markets and this is resulting in the challenge of integrating old and new IT infrastructures.
For more information: www.retailit-summit.com or email SabahK@marcusevanscy.com

2nd annual European Six Sigma Summit

24 – 27 October, 2006
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tom Johnstone, CEO of SKF, will be the keynote at this year’s European Six Sigma Summit. SKF, the world’s leading supplier of products, customer solutions, and services in the business of rolling bearings and seals, adopted Six Sigma to meet and exceed constantly increasing customer demands. Using Six Sigma as a major part of its continuous improvement toolkit, SKF has achieved excellence in all its new and existing processes. Carol James, Event Director of six sigma IQ, said: “We are absolutely delighted that Tom will be speaking this year. SKF is just the right sort of example people should be showing to their own team to say ‘This is what Six Sigma can do for you’. Tom can now give the audience a current view from a CEO who is actively involved in Six Sigma in his own company”
For more information: www.sixsigmasummit/2591a or email enquire@sixsigmaiq.com

Leading CFO Summit

28 – 29 November, 2006
Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The summit aims to enhance the development of finance in the EAME region and help CFOs and other financial leaders identify their important role in business and government organisations. CFOs and other financial leaders from government and business organisations are taking on more responsibility for ensuring that operating performance is measured and managed efficiently – and that the corporate-level financial information used to build plans, set targets, and manage performance risks is of the highest quality. This new area of responsibility is, of course, in addition to the traditional CFO role, managing financial performance. What does it take to step up? What are the unforeseen consequences? Are the experts right in predicting that the CFOs job is now so broad that CFOs will soon have and equal role played by the CEO? The summit will provide a unique opportunity for financial leaders in the regional countries together with the global financial executives to review actions to strengthen financial institutions in the region and broaden and deepen their understanding on critical issues.
For more information: www.datamatixgroup.com or email info@datamatixgroup.com

Cebit 2007

15 –21 March, 2007
Hanover, Germany

The figures speak for themselves: the ICT industry worldwide is on the up. Willingness to invest, especially by professional users and SMEs, has risen dramatically, and ICT is once again the prime generator of added value. This exciting upturn is due in part to CeBIT. As the world’s leading B2B platform it provides a highly visible impetus to sales – and thanks to a large media presence at the show, that positive message gets maximum exposure worldwide.
2006’s event saw more than 1,700 lectures held at 36 special displays and forums, 33 conferences and 84 corporate. CeBIT also underscored its value as a major knowledge-sharing platform, and one which puts the spotlight on all the latest ICT products, processes, solutions and market trends.
For more information: www.cebit.de