Conference Program

Wednesday July 11, 2007
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration
Ballroom 3
Thursday July 12, 2007
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration
Ballroom 3
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Opening Ceremony
Ballroom 3 Anumongkol Sirivedhin
  NIDA Council Member and DPU President, Conference Chair
Norma Harrison
International DSI Representative
Tae Hyun Kim
APDSI President
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 p.m. Keynote Speech
Ballroom 3 Mechai Viravaidya
Chairman and Founder
Population and Community Development Association (PDA)
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 p.m. Coffee Break
Ballroom 3
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Panel Session
Ballroom 3 Prong Kongsubto
Spansion Thailand, Limited
Bordin Wijarn
Co CEO ADLI Co., Ltd.
Anon Sirisaengtaksin
Senior Executive Vice President,
Corporate Strategy & Development
PTT Public Company Limited
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
La Tache
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. KM Tutorial Session
Ballroom 3 Vichita Ractham
College of Management, Mahidol University
Ratanakosin 1 e-Business/e-Learning
Chair: Don Kerr
Ratanakosin 2 Management Information Systems
Chair: Anitesh Barua
Chiangmai 1 Decision Support Systems/Operations Research
Chair: Kevin F. R. Liu
Chiangmai 2 e-Business/e-Learning/Quantitative Methods/Statistics/ Management Information Systems/Demography
Chair: Duanpen Theerawanviwat
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
 
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. KM Tutorial Session
Ballroom 3 Decha Dechawatanapaisal
Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy
Chulalongkorn University
Ratanakosin 1 e-Business/e-Learning
Chair: Eldon Li 
Ratanakosin 2 Management Information Systems/Computer Science/ Information Technology
Chair: Nithinant Thammakoranonta
Chiangmai 1 Quantitative Methods/Statistics
Chair: Pachitjanut Siripanich
Chiangmai 2 Marketing/Accounting/Business Administration
Chair: Tyrone Carlin
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Welcome Dinner (Cruise)
Friday July 13, 2007
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Panel Session
Ratanakosin 1 The Resurgence of Japanese Manufacturing Companies
Michiya Morita
Gakushuin University, Japan
Iomoaki Shimada
Kobe University, Japan
Ratanakosin 2 e-Business/e-Learning/International Business
Chair: Brendan McCarthy
Thonburi 1 Decision Support Systems/Finance
Chair: Hamid Ahmadi
Thonburi 2 Human Resource Management/Management Information Systems
Chair: Jung-Hoon Lee
Ayuthaya 1 Manufacturing/Operations Research/Management Information Systems/Strategic Management
Chair: Mehdi Asgarkhani
Ayuthaya 2 Quantitative Methods/Statistics/Operations Research/Public Sector Applications
Chair: Prachoom Suwattee
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Panel Session
Ratanakosin 1 Enlargement of the EU: Opportunities and Issues
Minoo Tehrani
Roger William University, USA
Ratanakosin 2 Management of Service Industry/Operations Research
Chair: Christopher White
Thonburi 1 Management Information Systems
Chair: Man Kit Chang
Thonburi 2 Strategic Management/Quantitative Methods/Statistics
Chair: Norma Harrison
Ayuthaya 1 Operations Research/Manufacturing/Management Information Systems
Chair: Somboonwan Satyarakwit
Ayuthaya 2 International Business/Finance
Chair: Keatkhamjorn Meekanon
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
La Tache
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Ph.D. Workshop
Ratanakosin 1 Charles S. Newton
Dhurakij Pundit University
Ratanakosin 2 Quantitative Methods/Statistics/Operations Research
Chair: Patcharaporn Neammanee
Thonburi 1 Operations Research/Management of Service Industry
Chair: Chirasil Chayawan
Thonburi 2 Manufacturing/Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Operations Research/Quantiative Methods/Statistics
Chair: Rattakorn Poonsuph
Ayuthaya 1 Management Information Systems/Computer Science/ Information Technology
Chair: Nithinant Thammakoranonta
Ayuthaya 2 Management Information Systems/Finance/Marketing
Chair: Edward Bernroider
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Publication Workshop
Ratanakosin 1 David Lamond
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Australia
Ratanakosin 2 Manufacturing/Operations Research
Chair: Xiande Zhao
Thonburi 1 Computer Science/Information Technology/Decision Support Systems/e-Business/e-Learning
Chair: Tin Myat Htwe
Thonburi 2 Strategic Management/Economics
Chair: Chanchai Tangpong
Ayuthaya 1 Quantitative Methods/Statistics/Manufacturing/Business Administration/Decision Support Systems
Chair: Xia Pan
Saturday July 14, 2007
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Study Visit on the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy
Sunday July 15, 2007
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Study Visit on Traditional Thai Business