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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>Dear colleague:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>We invite you to submit a contribution to the mini track "KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT", to be held under the auspices of the ECIME 2012 - European Conference on Information Management Evaluation (</FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecime/ecime2012/ecime12-home.htm"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri>http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecime/ecime2012/ecime12-home.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>), on September 13-14, 2012, in Cork, Ireland.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>Topics include, but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>Product development methodologies;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>Information management;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>Decision support;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>Quality management;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol" lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>Collaborative development.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>The submissions deadline is February 23, 2012.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>(Please, check the conference web site for notification to authors and camera ready deadlines, as well as for possible extensions).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration. The proceedings have an ISBN and details of the proceedings accreditations are listed on the conference website.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>Selected papers from the conference will be considered for a special issue of the Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation (</FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.ejise.com/"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT color=#0000ff face=Calibri>http://www.ejise.com</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><U><FONT color=#0000ff>)</FONT></U></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>. The journal is listed in several international lists. Full details are available on the conference website.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT face=Calibri>Sincerely yours,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Joćo Manuel R. S. Tavares - University of Porto, PORTUGAL<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Isa Santos - University of Porto, PORTUGAL<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>(Track Co-Chairs)<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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