World Association of Sustainable Development (WASD)
7th Annual International Conference
27-29 September 2009
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Creating and Sustaining Connections in a Globalizing World
The objective of this conference is to explore efforts to create and sustain the links vital in an interconnected world. Whether physical or virtual, these connections are the ties that bring the world together and their absence or failure can hamper the ability of a region or society to grow and prosper.
The conference seeks to understand the challenges each of these elements face in addressing the goal of sustainability.
Background
From a business perspective, globalization is based on creating connections between producers and consumers. The first element of the system is the producer who must create a product or service that meets the needs or wants of some group of near or distant consumers. The producer seeks to utilize available physical and human resources in such a way as to produce a product or service that can be competitive on the world market.
These producers must then locate consumers and deliver their good or service in a reliable and timely manner. While developing nations struggle to establish the transportation and communication networks necessary to achieve this objective, developed nations face the task of maintaining and upgrading systems created decades ago.
The second element is the consumer, whether another business or a final end user. Globalization has offered consumers a vast array of choices, created the potential for local products to gain global customers, and helped make producers from distant lands competitive with local providers.
Finally, over all of this structure sits an array of information and communication technologies (ICTs) that have become indispensable in the 21st century. ICT connects producers, suppliers, and customers while giving each the ability to manipulate growing volumes of data.
Each element of the system faces challenges to its ability to provide for the needs of the present without jeopardizing the needs of the future. This multidisciplinary conference seeks to bring together experts and scholars from around the world to explore how the above elements in different communities are addressing the creation and sustainability of the global system.
Call for Papers
Deadline for Abstract: 15 December 2008
Deadline for Full Paper Submission: 15 February 2009
Deadline for Revised Full Paper Submission: 1 April 2009
PAPERS AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE PROCEEDINGS.
ALL PAPERS WILL BE REVIEWED FOR POSSIBLE PUBLICATION IN WRSTSD, WREMSD, WRITR, AND IJFSNPH
Submissions of papers (No more than two papers per presenting author.) are invited in any of the conference different tracks, but need not limit their options to these themes/tracks. More details about each track can be found at WASD Research Tracks at the websites listed below.
Please submit your paper (s) directly to the track chairs with a copy to the Program Coordinator, Dr. Dawna L. Rhoades, rhoadesd@erau.edu
The different themes (or tracks), each with a listing of topics, have been formulated to aid the organizers of, and participants in, this conference in paper solicitations, review, and in assigning time slots for presentation.
The topics in each listing are typical examples and are not in any way exhaustive or even mutually exclusive. The aim is to include in this conference a wide variety of ideas and issues and not to exclude any scholarly input that is related to the major themes of this conference.
Authors who are uncertain of the appropriate track for their papers may consult with the Track or Program Chair, Dawna Rhoades, rhoadesd@erau.edu
Tracks and Chairs
Accounting and Information Systems
Dr. Norbert Zarb, zarbb@erau.edu
Economics and Finance
Dr. Sundar Raghavan, ragha8d6@erau.edu
E-Commerce
Dr. Michael Williams, williams@erau.edu
Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Development
Dr. Richard Snow, snow4fc@erau.edu
Climate Issues, Conservation, and Environmental Impacts
Dr. Mary Snow, snowm@erau.edu
Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Human Resource Management
Entrepreneurship Dr. Lucyna Kornecki, kornecki@erau.edu
Human Resources, Dr. <st1:personname w:st="on">Lee Hays</st1:personname>, haysl@erau.edu
Engineering and Manufacturing
Dr. Sathya N. Gangadharan, sathya@erau.edu
Food Nutrition and Public Health
Prof. Elaine Berkery, Elaine.berkery@ul.ie
Dr. Ihab Tewlik, I.Tewlik@westminster.ac.uk
Food Security & Indigenous Development
Dr. James D. Ramsay, ramsa301@erau.edu
Information Technology, e-Globalization, and Knowledge Management
Dr. Adil Abouzeedan, adil.abouzeedan@scanuniv.com
International Business and Trade
Dr. Beverlee B. Anderson, banderso@csusm.edu
Dr. <st1:personname w:st="on">Jorge Herrera</st1:personname>, herre923@erau.edu
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Dr. James Tannock, James.Tannock@nottingham.ac.uk
Dr. Angela Cheng-Jui Lu, angela.c.lu@usps.gov
Marketing
Prof. Tamilla Curtis, curtist@erau.edu
Michael Busler, Ph.D., Michael.Busler@stockton.edu
Occupational Health and Safety
Dr. Mark Friend, frien9b8@erau.edu
Organizational Behavior/Development and Corporate Governance
Dr. Anke Arnaud, arnauda@erau.edu
Public Policy & Higher Education
Dr. Mumtaj Begum, mumtajbegum@gmail.com
Real Estate for Economic Development
Michael Busler, Ph.D., Michael.Busler@stockton.edu
Renewable Energy Technologies
Dr. Hany K. Nakhla, hany.nakhla@erau.edu
Risk Management
Dr. Jyoti Navare, j.navare@mdx.ac.uk
Morrison Handley-Schachler, M.Handley-Schachler@tees.ac.uk
Services Marketing and Research
Prof. Ronald Borrieci, borriecr@erau.edu
Strategic Planning and Business Policy
Dr. Siobhan Tiernan, Siobhan.Tiernan@ul.ie
Sustainable Infrastructure Systems and Environmentally-Conscious Design
Dr. Darris L. White, darris.white@erau.edu
Technology and Innovation
Dr. Janet Tinoco, tinocoj@erau.edu
Traditional, Alternative, and Complementary Medicine
Dr. Sundus Tewlik, s.tewlik@londonmet.ac.uk
Transport Studies
Aviation
Dr. <st1:personname w:st="on">Ahmed Abdelghany</st1:personname>, abdel776@erau.edu
Dr. Angela Cheng-Jui Lu, angela.c.lu@usps.gov
Intermodal
Dr. Andrew Goetz, agoetz@du.edu
Rail
Dr. Evaristus M. Irandu, eirandu@yahoo.com
Sea
Prof. Henrik Sternberg, henrik.sternberg@web.de
Road
Dr. <st1:personname w:st="on">Ahmed Abdelghany</st1:personname>, abdel776@erau.edu
For more information about the conference, please visit the website at http://www.erau.edu/omni/db/academicorgs/dbcob/wasd.html.
For more information on WASD, visit http://www.worldsustainable.org.