MeRCMcMaster eBusiness Research Centre

Outreach, seminars and events

Channels

  • Distribution of research papers and reports.
  • Annual research reviews.
  • Research and consulting contracts.
  • Meetings and consultations with faculty researchers.
  • On-site executive eBusiness training programs.
  • Seminar series on current and important topics in eBusiness.
  • Annual eBusiness conference.
  • Annual Symposium on Supply Chain Management.
  • eBusiness related workshops/short courses.
  • 2008 extras: an Annual eCase Competition and online eBusiness courses.
  • A one-day annual research review for the business consortium was planned.

Events, 2007–2009

DateEvent
Jul 9–11, 20076th International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB 2007)
Jul 11–13, 20078th World Congress on the Management of e-Business (WCMeB 2007)
Oct 17–19, 20075th International Symposium on Supply Chain Management (SCM 2007)
Nov 6, 2007Dr. Douglas Peebles: Key Success Factors in Implementing ERP Systems
Nov 20, 2007Shir Kalmanson: Wired Canadians and Their Love for Search
Dec 6, 2007Seminar: Dr. Zhenhui (Jack) Jiang
Mar 13, 2008Seminar: Gary Halyk, I.S.P.
Oct 2–3, 2008Dr. Maryam Alavi: Multimodal Knowledge Sharing Networks; Learning to Lead
Oct 15, 2008Sixth International Symposium on Supply Chain Management
Nov 18, 2008eHealth Technology Showcase
Aug 25–27, 2009World Congress on Privacy, Security, Trust and the Management of eBusiness, Saint John, NB
Oct 2009Seventh Supply Chain Management Symposium, Toronto

Details

  • Alavi was Hooker Visiting Professor and Cook Chair at Emory's Goizueta school.
  • Showcase audience: IT, health administrators and professionals, students, device firms, entrepreneurs.
  • 2009 congress partners: UNB's PST conference and NRC-IIT.
  • 2009 themes: privacy, security, trust, eHealth, HCI, eInnovation, eGovernment.
  • Proceedings: IEEE.
  • SCM 2009: two days on global supply chain networks in uncertain times.
  • Selected symposium papers went to special journal issues.

MeRC organised the World Congress on the Management of eBusiness.

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