Dear Colleague:
I will appreciate it if you please distribute the following message to
your colleagues who are involved in research or implementation of
innovation and technology management with specific emphasis on
e-economy. Please excuse multiple postings.
PICMET '01 (Portland International Conference on Management of
Engineering and Technology) will be held in Portland, Oregon on
July 29-August 2 ,2001. The theme of this conference on the 10th
anniversary of PICMET is "Technology Management in the Knowledge Era:
Life in the e-World".
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*** 50-word abstracts are due September 1, 2000***
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A wide span of topics on technology management will be covered
including information/knowledge management; innovation;
entrepreneurship; collaboration; technology planning, evaluation,
acquisition and transfer; new product development;
e-commerce (B2B, B2C, C2C); wireless communication; educational
issues; collaborative issues; international issues; organizational
issues;and people issues among others.
The conference will have about ten workshops, four plenary sessions,
about 400 papers and 15-20 panel discussions. Papers will be
in two categories.
1. "Research Papers" will discuss on-going or completed research
on technology management
2. "Industry Applications" will present examples from
industry, and discuss best practices.
Based on previous PICMETs, it is expected that the participants will
represent more than 200 universities and 100 industrial companies,
research organizations and government agencies from 40-45 countries.
Papers will be subjected to the peer review process, and will be
published in a 2-volume proceedings: Volume-1 will be a book of
summaries, Volume-2 will be a CD-ROM of full-length papers. In
addition, there will be a book of select papers representing the field
in 2001.
Following are the submission deadlines:
*** Sept. 1, 2000: 50-word abstract for initial evaluation.
*** Nov. 1, 2000: Full manuscript (up to 30 pages) of Research Papers
and either full manuscript OR copies of
Power Point slides for Industry
Applications for the review process.
*** March 1, 2001: Final Research Paper and Industry Applications (OR
final copies of the Industry
Applications presentation)
On-line submissions can be made by visiting the PICMET web page at
www.picmet.org and clicking "Author Center".
We hope to receive your abstract soon, and see you and your
colleagues at PICMET '01 in July 2001.
Sincerely,
Dundar F. Kocaoglu
Conference Chair
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Dr. Dundar F. Kocaoglu Tel: 1-503-725-4660
Professor and Chairman Fax: 1-503-725-4667
Engineering & Technology Mgmt. Dept. E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
Portland State University IEEE: [log in to unmask]
Portland, OR 97207-0751, USA http://www.emp.pdx.edu
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