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The Hosts
About MeRC
In 2000, McMaster University established the
McMaster eBusiness Research Centre
(MeRC) within the DeGroote School of Business to provide
leadership and infrastructure support for innovative eBusiness
research to academic and industry partners. MeRC's focus centres on
three main activities: Research: To identify and undertake
important areas of cross-disciplinary eBusiness research, and secure
the resources to support them. Education: To provide
eBusiness training and knowledge to current and future academic and
business leaders. Outreach: To provide an interface and
enhance the dialogue between the business community and academia.
MeRC is a member of the Ontario Research Network for Electronic
Commerce (ORNEC).
Housed in the new AIC Wing of the DeGroote
School of Business in Hamilton, Ontario, MeRC has administrative and
researcher offices, usability labs, research and teaching labs,
decision centres, and a PhD centre for eBusiness research. MeRC's
administrative and research activities are supported by the DeGroote
School of Business and McMaster University in conjunction with
corporate partners through sponsored projects, MeRC memberships and
donations, matched whenever possible by government grants.
MeRC research groups have developed expertise
in areas of mobile commerce, eHealth, portals, identity theft,
online negotiation, supply chain management, interface design,
online trust and privacy, eLearning, knowledge management, and
change management, among others. Details about MeRC researchers and
the growing list of their publications, presentations and working
papers is maintained on the MeRC web site
Event Management Contact (MeRC):
Dr. Elkafi Hassini, DeGroote School of Business
Tel. 905-525-9140 Ext.27467, Email:
hassini@mcmaster.ca
About PMAC
The Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) is the
leading professional association in Canada for supply chain
management professionals.
With more than 40,000 members and program participants working in
all sectors of the Canadian economy, PMAC is the principal source of
training, education and professional development for supply chain
management professionals in Canada.
Education and member development programs are delivered through the
provincial and territorial institutes, supported by the PMAC
National office. The highest achievement in professional supply
chain management education in Canada is the PMAC Certified
Professional Purchaser (C.P.P.) designation.
Among its academic contributions, PMAC sponsors a
Purchasing Management Association of Canada Chair at the
Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western
Ontario and a similar Chair at École des Hautes Études
Commerciales de Montréal, affiliated with Université de
Montréal.
Event Management Contact (PMAC):
Sharon Ferriss, BJ, MBA
Director, Public Affairs and Communications
Tel: 416-542-9129, Email:
sferriss@pmac.ca
About ORNEC
The Universities of Carleton, McMaster, Ottawa and
Queen's, together with the Ontario Research Development
Challenge Fund (ORDCF) and forty leading corporate partners,
large and small, have established the
Ontario Research Network in Electronic
Commerce (ORNEC) as the focal point and driving force for
electronic commerce research in Ontario. The continuing and growing
importance of e-commerce cannot be overemphasized, as it is having
an impact on individuals and organizations everywhere. Companies of
all sizes are being forced to consider the creative use of
electronic commerce to find new markets, improve market share,
reduce costs or to satisfy the requirements of their business
partners. In many cases this is necessary for business firms to
prosper and even to survive in the emerging global marketplace.
Building upon existing strengths
and expertise in information technology, business and law, ORNEC
intends to be at the forefront of innovative, interdisciplinary,
e-commerce research and training, and economic development. Its
initial focus will be on three broad and interrelated research
clusters including communications technologies, business and
administration research and legal and ethical issues. A good example
of this approach is a flagship collaborative project on identity
theft that will explore all aspects of the problem: business,
economic, legal and technological to provide innovative new models
to counteract ID theft.
Expansion of the membership of
the Network is envisaged, and the integration of new institutional
members as well as corporate partners is part of the ORNEC's
long-term strategy for optimum impact and sustainability. The role
and interest of corporate partnership goes well beyond financial
sponsorship, as is evident through research collaborations and the
management structure which includes the private sector within
ORNEC's governance.
Event Management Contact (ORNEC):
Dr. Robert J. H. Crawhall, Executive Director
Tel: 613-998-5237, Email:
crawhall@ornec.ca
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