Call for Papers

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Important Dates

Submission of abstracts - 10 August 2001
Notification of acceptance - 31 August 2001
Submission of all papers - 19 October 2001
Conference Date - 17-20 February 2002

The conference organisers encourage broad participation in the conference by those involved in the management of quality, innovation and knowledge. The basis for acceptance of papers is that they are coherent, relevant, and make a contribution to the literature.

Abstracts of 500 words or less should be submitted to the conference secretariat at the address below. Each abstract should have a separate title page that includes paper title; author name/s; affiliation/s; addresses; including fax, phone and email.
Please indicate to whom correspondence should be sent. Authors must register for and attend the conference if their submission is accepted.

Papers must be submitted by the indicated deadlines
(See important dates) in order to be included in the conference proceedings. Papers must conform to the editorial and layout guidelines. Click here for further instructions and guidelines for submitting your abstract. .

Papers will only be accepted on condition that the manuscript has not been copyrighted, published, presented or accepted for presentation at another professional meeting.The conference organisers will accept three levels of papers.

Refereed papers will be subject to a rigorous blind review process and there will be time available for authors to make any changes before final submission (please refer to important dates).

Non-refereed papers will be subject to editorial consideration to ensure that they meet the normal standards for working papers.

Forum papers need not be fully written but rather longer outlines that seek to ignite debate and discussion around key conference themes.