CONGRESS CO-CHAIR AND  IMDA  PRESIDENT

Dr. Richard Nelson, Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, 220 Johnson Hall, Fieldhouse Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7202, USA, Tel: (225) 578-6686, Fax: (225) 578-2125, E-mail: rnelson@lsu.edu

 

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. 

 

IMDA CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF REGIONAL DIRECTORS

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.