CONGRESS CO-CHAIR AND IMDA PRESIDENT
Richard is responsible for coordinating the track co-chairs, special awards and presentations. He will also be responsible for fund raising activities in the USA, arrangement of publisher/company displays and for the smooth running of the congress. He is also responsible for the organization of a one-day Doctoral Research Seminar in cooperation with Dr. Dragan Nikolik of Maastricht School of Management E-mail: nikolik@msm.nl on July 4, 2007.
CONGRESS CO-CHAIR AND DEAN/DIRECTOR OF MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Dr. Ronald S.J. Tuninga, Director Dean, Maastricht School of Management, Endepolsdomein 150, 6229 EP Maastricht, The Netherlands, Tel: +31-43-3870820, Fax: +31-43-3617237, E-mail: tuninga@msm.nl
Ronald will attend to all local details, including keynote speakers, local business panels, handles special awards, recruitment of local participation from the Netherlands and other European countries, social activities, receptions, and fundraising activities in the Netherlands and elsewhere.
CONGRESS PROGRAM CHAIR, PROCEEDINGS CO-EDITOR AND IMDA EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR
Dr. Erdener Kaynak, School of Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057, USA, Tel: (717) 566-3054, Fax: (717) 566-1191, E-mail: ek9@comcast.net
Erdener co-edits the congress proceedings, including assuring that authors have registered for the congress, verifying that reviewer feedback has been incorporated into the paper, checking to see that the guidelines have been followed, and coordinating the arrangement of the manuscripts with the program of the congress. He is responsible for congress registration, publicity, and preparing awards, and assists with the development of the congress program. He also assists in the publication of the congress proceedings and subsequent book and special journal issue publication efforts.
Dr. Jan Napoleon Saykiewicz, School of Business Administration, Duquesne University, Rockwell Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15282-0180, USA, Tel: (412) 396-6234, Fax: (412) 396-4764, E-mail: saykiewicz@duq.edu
Jan assists in the development of the Congress program, presides over the pleanery sessions, and handles special awards and presentations.
He also provides support in coordinating the arrangements with the Board of Country Directors to create interest in the Association and the congress. He also develops special panels and sessions with participation of Country Directors of IMDA. Contact Jan directly for information concerning IMDA Global Network or learning more about the IMDA Country/Region Board of Directors’ activities.
CONGRESS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTORS IN THE NETHERLANDS
Dr. Dragan Nikolik, Maastricht School of Management, Endepolsdomein 150, 6229 EP Maastricht, The Netherlands, Tel: +31-43-3870837, Fax: +31-43-3870800, E-mail: nikolik@msm.nl and Fer J. Somogyi, Corporate Communications and Operations ManagerMaastricht School of Management, Endepolsdomein 150, 6229 EP Maastricht, The Netherlands, Tel: +31-43-3870862, Cell: +31-6-53448456, Fax: +31-43-3870800, E-mail: somogyi@msm.nl.
Dragan and Fer will be responsible for all of the on-site details in preparation for the congress. During the congress, they will assist in making all program and local arrangements decisions and provide supervision to the Local Arrangements Committee. They will also oversee the smooth handling of the congresss arrangements. Visa related queries must be made to Fer Somogyi.
CONGRESS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR IN THE USA
Dr. Talha D. Harcar, Department of Business Administration, Penn State University at Beaver, 100 University Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, USA, Tel: (724) 773-3892, Fax: (724) 773-3557, E-mail: tdh13@psu.edu.
Talha co-edits the Congress proceedings and will be responsible for finalizing both the congress program and the proceedings. He will contact contributors to make it sure that their papers comply with the proceedings style guidelines and the papers are scheduled for presentation at appropriate times. He will also form effective relationships with Dutch Local Arrangements Co-chairs and Congress and Program Co-chairs.