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IAMOT 2008 - Hosted by The British University in Dubai

Overview of the Conference

The 2008 Conference will focus on the MOT in knowledge economy.  Economies around the world are looking at diversification and one of the sectors that figures quite prominently in most of these national diversification strategies is diversifying into knowledge sector.  The Conference will give special attention to innovations, opportunities and threats in creating and managing knowledge economy.  Best practices in technology management in order to support a knowledge economy and the role of academic institutions in preparing the needed human resources for the technological environment of the 21st century will be presented. 

Who Should Participate

 

  • Presidents and Vice-Presidents of Corporations

  • Policy Makers

  • R&D Managers

  • Entrepreneurs and Technology Innovators

  • Engineers in areas of Design, Production, Manufacturing, Quality, Marketing and Sales

  • Managers in the areas of Services, Finance, Marketing, Economics and Public Policy

  • Project and Operations Managers

  • Educators involved in Technology, Innovations, Engineering, Management, Industrial Administration, Management of Productivity and Quality, Business Administration and Economics

 

Tracks

 

Track 1.          Knowledge Management

Track 2.          Green Technologies - Special session 1

Track 3.          Social impact of technology development

Track 4.          MOT Education and Research / Corporate Universities

Track 5.          New Product/Service Development

Track 6.          National and Regional Systems of Innovation

Track 7.          Small and Medium Enterprises

Track 8.          Emerging Technologies

Track 9.          Technology Transfer, Marketing and Commercialization

Track 10.        Technology Foresight and Forecasting

Track 11.        Information and Communication Technology Management

Track 12.        The Integration of Technology and Business Strategies

Track 13.        R&D Management

Track 14.        Project and Program Management

Track 15.        Industrial and Manufacturing System Technologies / Supply Chain Management

Track 16.        Management of Technology in Developing Countries

Track 17.        Technological Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions

Track 18.        Theory of Technology

Track 19.        Sustainable Innovation and Technology Incubation

Track 20.        Management of Technology for the Knowledge Economy / Education for the Creation of KE

Track 21         Special Topics in IT Management: e-Government, Health Informatics, e-commerce

Track 22         Innovation and Management of Renewable Resources

Track 23         Technology in the Financial / Services Sector

Track 24         Management of Nuclear / Energy Technologies - Special session 1

Track 25         Water Desalination / Traditional and Nuclear - Special session 1

 

Submissions should indicate whether they should be considered for presentations only or for both a presentation and a paper. The paper should clearly indicate the complete postal and electronic mailing addresses, as well as the phone and fax numbers of the corresponding author.

For conference details and abstract submission visit www.iamot.org or www.buid.ac.ae/iamot2008