9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
KNOWLEDGE, ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT (ICKEM2011)
June 23rd-25th, 2011 - Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

 

ABOUT THE CONFERENCES
The International Conference on Knowledge, Economy and Management (ICKEM) brings together various researchers of the information revolution in academia and industry, engineers and social scientists or scholars and graduate students to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Knowledge Management, Knowledge Society and Knowledge Economy, and to discuss challenges encountered and solutions adopted. ICKEM2011 has a very special place as it is one of the very few continious conferences regularly held in this area. Conference languages are English and Turkish with translations.

PAPER SUBMISSION
All full paper submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contributions, and readability. The full paper submissions will be chosen based on technical merit, interest, applicability, and how well they fit a coherent and balanced technical program. The accepted full papers will be published in the refereed conference proceedings. Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit full text papers including results, tables, figures and references. Full text papers (doc only ) will be accepted only by electronic submission. E-mail:kongre@beykon.org beykon@gmail.com

TOPIC AREAS

The Knowledge Economy
The New Economy
Human Capital & Economic Growth
Labour Relations in Knowledge Society
Development of Emerging Economies
Place of Balkans in Knowledge Economy
Local Economy & Trading Systems and Barter
Globalisation and Impacts

E-Business & Management Information Systems
ICT Management and Standards
Electronic Commerce and Payment Systems
Electronic Banking and Finance
Security Issues and Standards
Enterprise Resource Planning
Research & Development

The Information Society
Social Networks and Societal Impact
E-Government & Knowledge Cities
Information, Politics and Democratisation
International Relations in the Information Age
Social Policy in Knowledge Society
Privacy Issues in the Information Age
Management of Education and Training

Knowledge Management
Content Management
Data Mining
Electronic Human Resources Management
Innovation Management
Technologic Growth
E-Learning and Distance Education

  Or similar related topics

        

DEADLINES
Submission of abstracts                                  15 April 2011
Notification of acceptance                             within 15 days
Submission of fulltexts of the papers             May 15, 2011
Payment of congress fees                               May 20, 2011
Notification of congress final programme      June 1, 2011

PROCEEDINGS
The Refereed Conference Proceedings reviewed and indexed by ASOS Academia will be distributed both in Electronic CD-ROM Format and Proceedings Book. The Refereed Conference Proceedings Book and CD-ROM will be included in each Conference Registrant's Packet.

SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE (The JKEM)
ICKEM2011 has teamed up with the International Journal of Knowledge Economy and Knowledge Management for publishing a Special Journal Issue on Advances in Knowledge Economy and Knowledge Management . All submitted papers will have opportunities for consideration for this Special Journal Issue. The selection will be carried out during the review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision will be made based on peer review reports by the guest editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly.
 
REGISTRATION FEES

 

Registration Fee

All Participations with Paper

EUR 200

Spouse or Parents of All Participations with Paper

EUR 150

Listener

EUR 250

Local Participants from BiH

EUR 100

Account Owner Name: IKTISADI ARASTIRMALAR VAKFI Bank Name: VAKIFBANK Branch: Sisli-Istanbul                           

Euro IBAN :TR84 0001 5001 5804 8000 3362 98 SWIFT CODE: TVBATR2AXXX

Registration fee includes accommodation (4 nights, 22 Jun-27 Jun 2011, double or triple room at the IUS Dormitory), conference kits (certificate of attendance, congress proceedings CD, bag etc.), gala diner&concert, meals and receptions banquet, morning and afternoon refreshment breaks and trip

REGISTRATION FORM: Please e-mail the form to kongre@beykon.org  by attaching

CONFERENCE VENUE:
International University of Sarajevo Campus - Ilidza, Sarajevo, BiH.
The campus is close to the airport. From Sarajevo International Airport you can either take a taxi to International University of Sarajevo or the nearby hotels which costs 10 Euros.

ACCOMMODATION:
We have been providing  accommodation in the dormitory for registered participants. Conference participants and accompanying people may make their hotel reservation through contacting directly local hotels from the following list below alternatively. Accommodation fee is between 30-80 Euros single room per person (Bed &Breakfast).
1. Hotel Hollywood (10 minutes walking distance from the university)
2. Hotel Terme (5 minutes walking distance from the university)
3. Hotel Radon Plaza
4. Hotel Sarajevo
5. Hotel Braća Mujić

PROGRAM

SPONSORS:
Scientific Sponsors: International University of Sarajevo, BIH, Yıldız Technical University Turkey, Istanbul Commerce University, Turkey, Cornell University, USA
Financial Sponsors: Istanbul Mayor Municipality, Turkey, Central Bank of The Republic of Turkey, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Turkish Airlines.

SARAJEVO - ISTANBUL FLIGHTS :
Outbound: Istanbul - Sarajevo  08.00-08.50  and 12.35-13.25 Turkish Airlines 1:50
Return: Sarajevo - Istanbul     14.25-17.15 and 18.30-21.20 Turkish Airlines 1:50

WEATHER IN SARAJEVO:
Generally in June the weather in Sarajevo is quite warm and temperature is around 20 degree celcius day time, but pretty cool during nights. Nowadays there weather is mostly rainy and at nights pretty cool. Therefore you are recommended to take your umbrella and convenient clothings for chilly evenings, such as a cardigan. You may make use of some swimming pool and spa, hot spring facilities of hotels in Ilidza. (such as Hotel Terme, Hotel Hollywood or Termalna Riviera). You had better take your swimsuit with you.
 
SHOPPING & MONEY EXCHANGING in BiH
Money in BiH is called Konvertibl Mark (KM pronounced as ka-ehm). 1 Euro(€) equals 1,95KM and currency is fixed to Euro. You can change Euro banknotes in banks and post offices.

VISA FOR BiH Citizens of  the Republic of Turkey are exempted from the visa requirement when entering, exiting or travelling through Bosnia and Herzegovina to 90 days. Please contact for citizens of other country: Ministry of Foreign Affairs BiH  

SOCIAL PROGRAM:

  1. 501th Ajvatovica Festival Jun 26th, 2011Ajvatovica is the largest traditional, religious and cultural Islamic event in Europe; moreover, it is also the greatest surviving traditional, cultural and religious Bosnian Muslim festival. The beginning of the festival is marked by various religious, cultural and sport activities. Ajvaz-dedo, for whom a spring and its surroundings have been named (Ajvatovica), was a devout Muslim who arrived in Prusac after the Ottomans had conquered Bosnian lands. Ajvaz Dedo was an enlightened man who worked tirelessly to educate the native people of his new homeland and who made great progress in so doing.
  2. A trip to Mostar June 25th 2011.  Mostar is a medieval city strategicly located in the Herzegovina region of the country with the world famous Ottoman bridge on the Drina river connecting the Mediterranean and the continental climates and sections of the country. Mostar enjoys several historic monuments and mosques as well as a lively tourist and hospitality industry. Divided between Catholic and Muslim quarters the city is proud of its own culture and ways as the third largest urban area in Bosnia after Sarajevo and Banja Luka.

Looking forward to seeing you in Sarajevo…


CONTACT: www.beykon.org twitter:@beykon kongre@beykon.org beykon@gmail.com

Official Transportation Sponsor ( Discount ? percent )

According to the agreement between The General Secretary of Congress and Turkish Airlines
 1. Turkish Airlines will provide ? % discount for the participants with paper of the congress.
 2. In order to benefit from this discount, participants have to make reservation - purchasing ONLY FROM Turkish Airlines Offices or Call Center.
 3. After the reservation participants have to inform their Ticket PNR number to us. e-mail: gsekreter@beykon.org
 4. Later on we will inform these PNR to Turkish Airlines
 5. After Participants will be able to buy their reserved tickets with 15% discount.
 6. Not only participants but also families of participants will benefit from this discount. 
 7. This discount is no combinative with each other promotion.

Turkish Airlines Sales Offices Worlwide

Tam boyutlu görseli göster GALA DINNER & CONCERT

TRIP

Weather Forecast for Sarajevo 15 Day Forecast

EXCHANGE RATES

REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESENTATION

  1. The papers will be included in the congress programme according to their conformity with the abstract, style guidelines and number of the sessions.
  2. The sessions consisting of 4 or 5 presentations will be performed within 90 minutes. A computer and a projection tool will be available.
  3. The sessions will include English, English&Turkish and Turkish presentations, and there will be simultaneous translation for the one including English&Turkish presentations.
  4. The proceedings will include presented papers, selected poster papers and the abstracts of the remaining poster papers.
  5. Some costs of the foreign academics with papers will be paid by executive committee. These costs are: full board accomodation for 3 nights, proceedings, trip.

 

 

 


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