Colleagues, As the 2006 Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) Eighth Annual International Conference, Moscow, Russia, June 27 - July 1, 2006, organized around the theme "Management and Technology in the Global Economy: Nurturing Innovations and National Heritage". Sponsored by: . State University of Management and Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia . IBM East Europe/Asia Ltd., Russia . St. John's University, New York, USA . Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa . Monash University, Australia . Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal . Fu Jen University, Taiwan . University of Richmond, USA GBATA features cutting-edge work and encourages multi-disciplinary as well as discipline-specific research. Many attendees have stated how much they have enjoyed the conferences and the collegiality they foster. Further background on GBATA, the call for papers, programs, and services are available on the website: http://www.gbata.com Due: March 31, 2006 For more information contact: Nejdet Delener, Ph.D. [log in to unmask] GBATA Conference Chair Executive Editor, JGBAT Tobin College of Business, St. John's University Queens, New York 11439 Phone: (718) 990-6764 Fax: (631) 462-9578