Participation & Information: E-mail your paper or abstract as a MS Word file attachment, or send a copy along with a MS Word diskette and/or your request to serve as a workshop leader, paper discussant, session chair, student case competition judge, or conference sponsor before November 21, 2005 to

Evaluation: Competitive papers or abstracts will be anonymously evaluated by a selection committee based on relevance, innovation, creativity, and scholarship. Paper length should not exceed fifteen typewritten, double-spaced pages. Abstracts should include title, authors, objective, outline, methodology, and importance. Author identification, including mailing address and telephone number, should appear only on the cover page. Please state on the front page: "Paper for the 2005 SAM International Conference." A nonrefundable conference registration fee is due and payable within two weeks of notification of acceptance. Authors who have abstracts accepted are required to submit their paper by February 17, 2006.
For other workshops, contact the Conference Chair at the address listed above. Priority will be given to early submissions.
Student Paper Track: Graduate and undergraduate student papers are invited. This track is held exclusively for students. Papers authored jointly by faculty and students 

may be presented in other areas. Please state clearly on the cover sheet: "Student Paper Track," and identify graduate or undergraduate student status.
Publications: Papers selected and presented will be published in the 2006 SAM Conference Proceedings and will be considered for publication in the SAM Advanced Management Journal or Management In Practice.