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نع مكل نلعت نأ ادنلريإو ةدحتملا ةكلمملا يف نييدوعسلا ةبلطلا سرادمو ةيدنأ رسي ةيملعلا تاقصلملاو ةيملعلا قارولأا تاصخلم لابقتسلا لوبقلا باب حتف

ثلاثلا يلودلا يدوعسلا رمتؤملل

The 3rd Saudi International Conference - SIC 2009

نأب ًاملع زيزعلادبع كللما ةعماج نم ةيمرك ةياعرب و يرس ةعماج يف 2009 وينوي 6 و 5 يموي هدقع عمزلماو :يلاتلا عقولما قيرط نع نوكيس ةيملعلا تاقصللماو ةلوطلما ةيملعلا قارولأا تاصخلم لابقتسا

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:ةيملعلا تاقصللما و ةلوطلما تاصخللما يمدقتل ةماعلا طورشلاو تاصصختلا •

:يهو ةيسيئر عورف ةسمخ لمشت يتلاو تاصصختلا لك يف ةيملعلا تاقصللماو تاصخللما لابقتسا متيس .تلااصتلااو تامولعلما ةينقت ،ةسدنهلا ،ةيحصلاو ةيبطلا مولعلا ،ةيعيبطلا مولعلا ،ةيناسنلإا مولعلا

:ةلوطلما ةيملعلا تاصخللما : ًلاوأ

ةكلملما يف ايلعلا تاساردلا ةلحرم يف ينثحابلاو ين��سرادلا ينيدوعسلا تابلاطلاو بلاطلا نم اهلوبق متي��س 1500 دودح يف تاملكلا ددعو طقف ةيزيلنجلاا ةغللاب م ّدقُي ثحبلا ،ملاعلا لود عيمجو ادنلريأو ةد��حتلما اهدعب بلطُي نل ثيح طقف اه��ساسأ ىلع مييقتلا متي��سو عجارلما ةلما��ش تاحفص 6 وأ ىصقأ دحك ةملك ةيملعلا تّلاجملل اهيمدقت وأ رخآ رتمؤم يف ةقرولا هذهب كارت��شلاا ثحابلل حيتي امم ةلماكلا ةيملعلا قارولأا طقف تاصخللما كلت ن��م ثحبلا نع حضوأ ةروص ين��م ّكلمحا يطعي لّوطلما ص ّخللما نأ ا��مك ، ة��صصختلما ةعابط متيسو رتمؤلما يف اهعوضوم ضرعُيو ثحابلا اهب كراشيس يتلا يه ةلوبقلما ةلّوطلما تاص ّخللما ربتعتسو تاميلعتو طور��شلا فلم هيطب مكل قفرمو كمدر عجرم مقرب لج��سُيو باتك يف ةلّوطلما تا��صخللما هذ��ه .ليصفتلاب ميلستلا

:ةيملعلا تاقصللما :ًايناث

ةيملع ثا��حبأك ايلعلا تا��ساردلا ةلحرم ي��ف ينثحابلا ينيدوع��سلا تابلاطلاو بلا��طلا نم ا��هلوبق متي��س ةدحتلما ةكلملما نم تاكراشلما لابقتسا متيو جرختلا عيراشمك سويرولاكبلا ةلحرم يف ينسرادلا كلذكو .ةملك 500 براقي ابم ةيملعلا ةقصللما صخلم نوكتيو طقف ادنلريأو

:لوبقلاو ميكحتلا :ًاثلاث

هذه ىلع فرشيو ةيدوعسلاو ةيناطيربلا تاعمالجا ةذتاسأ لبق نم ةيملعلا تاقصللماو قارولأا ميكتح متي��س

ةنلج وضع زنوج رتيب روسيفوربلا ةسائربو ينيناطيربلا ينييمداكلأا نم ءاضعأ ة��سمخ نم ةنوكم ةنلج ةيلمعلا

نمو تاصصختلا لك ي��ف ينم ّكلمحا نم ةكب��ش عم لصاوتت��س اهرودب ةنجللا هذ��هو )

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ناونعو م��سا نودبو ينمكلمحا نم نانثإ لبق نم متي��س ميكحتلا نإف هيلعو ، ةيناطيربلا تاعمالجا ن��م دد��ع كلذكو ضفرلا وأ لوبقلاب تايصوتلا عضوت مث نم و ميكحتلا ةيقادصمو ةيفافش ديكأتل ثحابلا وأ بلاطلا ةيمهأ عيملجا ىلع دكؤن انه ن��مو .قصلم وأ ةقرو لضفأ ةزئاج ىلع قصللما وأ ص��خللما لو��صحب ةيصوتلا لبق نم مهثاحبأ مييقتل ينثحابلاو بلاطلا ىلع دوعت ةدئاف نم اهيف الم رتمؤلما يف ةزيمتلما مهثاحبأب ةكرا��شلما .اهضفر وأ اهلوبق نع رظنلا ضغب للها نذإب ةدئافلاو عفنلاب مهيلع دوعيس ابم و مهثحب لاجم يف ينصصختم

:تازيملماو زئاولجا:اعبار

لومحم رتويبمك زاهج ىلولأا ةزئالجا نوكت ثيحب صصخت لك يف ةيملع قاروأ 3 لضفلأ زئاوج دصر تم زاهج ةثلاثلاو ينيلرت��سإ هينج 250 غلبم و لو��محم رتويبمك زاهج ة��يناثلاو ينيلرت��سا هينج 500 غ��لبمو لك يف ةيملع تاقصلم 3 ل��ضفلأ زئاوج دصر ًاضيأ تمو .ينيلرت��سا هينج 100 غلبمو لو��محم ر��تويبمك 100 غلبم ةثلاثلاو ينيلرت��سا هينج 250 غلبم ةيناثلاو ينيلرت��سا هينج 500 غلبم ىلولأا ةز��ئالجا ص��صخت ةلوطلما تاصخللما باحصأ عيملج نكسلا ينمأت متيو تلاصاولما ةميق ضيوعت متي��س امك .ينيلرت��سا هينج ضيوعت اضيأ متي��سو ًايصخ��ش مهقاروأ ضرع نوونيو كلذك ةيملعلا مهتاقصلم تلبُق نم ًاضيأو ة��لوبقلما حتف متي��سو .ادنلريإو ةدحتلما ةكلملما لخاد نم رتمؤلما روضلح مهءام��سأ اول ّ ج��س نلم طقف تلاصاولما ةميق هنع نلعُي��سو ثوحبلا مييقت جئاتن رودص دعب رتمؤملل ينورتكللإا عقولما قيرط نع روضحلل ليج��ستلا باب .هنيح يف

:ةمهم خيراوت:ًاسماخ

دكأتلا عيملجا نم لمأن ميل��ستلل ةيئاهنلا ديعاولما و تاصخللما لابقت��سا ةيادب خيراوت حضوي يلاتلا لودلجا :اهب مازتللاا نم

11 February 2009 Call for Extended Abstracts/Posters Submission 30 March 2009 Extended Abstracts Submission Closes

15 April 2009 Posters Submission Closes

25 April 2009 Extended Abstracts and Posters Acceptance Notification 04 May 2009 Camera Ready

:يلاتلا ديربلا ىلع رتمؤلما ةيراتركس عم لصاوتلا مكناكمإب راسفتسلالو

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:يلاتلا ديربلا ىلع ةيملعلا تاقصللماو تاصخللما تاراسفتساو

[email protected]

دادسلاو قيفوتلا لك عيمجلل يننمتم

ريدقتلاو ةيحتلا رفاو انم اولبقتو

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Conference Information

Saudi Researchers and students are invited to join the SIC-2009 multidisciplinary conference from 5

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June 2009 at the University of Surrey in Guildford, Surrey, UK. The SIC-2009 is sponsored by King Abdulaziz University.

The SIC-2009 Conference covers subjects in Humanities, Natural Sciences, Biomedical & Health Sciences, Engineering, and

Information & Communication Technologies. The conference will be filled with informative refereed presentations, the latest research, exciting displays at the SIC-2009 Exhibition and lots of networking opportunities for members and guests to reconnect with educators, researchers and colleagues from the UK and Saudi Arabia.

We are confident that SIC-2009 will bring all the participants and attendants the best chance to discuss and exchange views among various areas of knowledge. The accepted extended abstracts/working papers will be published in conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference.

Submission Guidelines

Extended Abstracts and/or Working papers submissions are open to all Saudi postgraduate students worldwide. Please note that the poster submission is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK and the Republic of Ireland only.

Paper Review Process

Submissions are judged on their overall quality (design of the study,

development of the concept, etc), their significance of the contribution

to the discipline, and their interest to conference delegates. All

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submitted manuscripts must be original, follow academic writing, structure and methodology. All submissions for refereed extended abstracts and working papers are subject to a double blind review process. Papers judged to have outstanding merit by the Conference Paper Review Committees will receive a Best Paper designation in the conference program and will be recognised at a general session for all attendees.

Submission Guidelines

Refereed (Extended Abstracts and Working Papers) Submissions

Submissions of Extended Abstracts and Working Papers are required to be either conceptually or empirically based and will be submitted for a fifteen (15) minute stand-up presentation. Conceptually-based papers seek to develop a fuller understanding of the topic by building on existing knowledge. Empirically-based papers are original

research to test or develop a theory or make a new contribution to the knowledge base of the field. See Refereed Extended Abstract Submission Guidelines.

All submissions for SIC-2009 are required to be submitted electronically via the website:

http://www.sic09.org

The SIC-2009 Paper Review Committee is responsible for ensuring a high quality and reliable reviewing process. Each paper is assigned a number and the identity of the author(s) is not revealed; an

independent evaluation is completed by 2 (two) anonymous referees

who are experts in their field.

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Refereed Poster Presentations

Saudi postgraduate students in the UK and Ireland are

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welcome to submit conceptual or empirical works in progress as poster papers.

Saudi undergraduate students as well are highly encouraged to submit course project works as a poster presentation.

Initially abstracts of 500 words should be submitted for

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poster presentations.

The Paper Review Committee will conduct a double refereed

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screening of all posters’ abstracts.

Criteria for Acceptance

Papers will be judged on three criteria for acceptance at the SIC-2009 Conference. They are:

1. Overall quality (design of the study, development of the concept, rigor etc.),

2. Significance of the contribution to the discipline, and;

3. Interest to members and delegates

Best Paper Designation

Extended Abstracts, Working Papers and Posters in each field

are judged to have outstanding merit by the Refereed Scientific

Committee will receive a Best Paper designation in the conference

programme and will be recognized at a general session for all

attendees.

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IMPORTANT DATES:

Paper Submission Deadline:

Call for Extended Abstracts/Posters

Submission for UGs and PGs 11 February 2009 Extended Abstracts Submission Closes 30 March 2009

Posters Submission Closes 15 April 2009

Extended Abstracts and Posters

Acceptance Notification 25 April 2009

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Paper Submission Guidelines

How do I submit Abstracts, Working Papers?

All Abstracts, Working Papers must follow the paper submission guidelines as set out below.

Papers should be submitted via http://www.easychair.org/

conferences/?conf=sic2009 .

Specifications for submitting extended abstracts and working papers for presentation are available below:

General Text Requirements for Full Refereed manuscripts:

1- All manuscripts must be prepared in English and free of

grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation errors. Please make sure your paper is thoroughly edited and proof read before submission.

The editors are not responsible for correcting grammatical/spelling and general English language. Final papers that do not conform to these specifications will be rejected.

2- The lead paper author (or at least one of the co-authors in case of multiple authors) is required to register for the SIC-2009

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conference in order for papers to be included in the conference Proceedings as well as in the conference Programme. Papers submitted by authors not registered for the conference will be deleted from both the conference Proceedings and the conference Presentation schedule.

3- The length of the manuscripts

FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS and WORKING PAPERS must be around 1500 words or less and maximum of six (6) pages including REFERENCES. For posters UGs project abstract should not exceed 500 words.

4- Technical Specifications:

Prepare your paper using Microsoft Word for Windows 2003

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or higher only.

For authors in North America, make sure your paper is set

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at A4 size and NOT the 8 ½’ x 11’ letter-sizes.

Set the page margins to 1 inch (2.54 cm) all the way

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around.

Indent the first sentence of each paragraph with 1/2 inch

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(1.27 cm) and align text left.

Use “Times New Roman” font size 10, single spaced,

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including tables, figures and references.

Single spaced within each paragraph but double spaced

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between paragraphs.

Do not number the pages but make sure the pages are in

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the correct order. Pages will be numbered by the editors.

If the paper does not follow these specifications, it will not

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be reviewed and it be returned to it author(s)!

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5- All manuscripts must be accompanied by a short abstract of not more than 100 words and a list of no more than five key words, which define the subject matter. (See sample for the locations of the abstract and key words on the next page.)

6- The file must be created by Microsoft Word for Windows 2003 or higher and the format of the paper has to follow the guidelines provided above.

7- Please follow the instructions in the email as to how to name and label your file.

8- Papers that do not conform to all above specifications will not be reviewed and will be automatically rejected!

9- Please note that all manuscripts (extended abstracts and

working papers) will be reviewed by anonymous reviewers, and will be accepted only after their positive recommendation. In addition, authors should note that in a number of cases the acceptance of a paper may be provisional (i.e. authors may be asked to perform changes/improvements according to the comments of the anonymous reviewers).

10- For other details, please see the sample format below:

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Examples:

TITLE OF YOUR PAPER FLUSHED TO THE RIGHT Ahmed A. Alnaser

Your University/College/Company’sName City, Country e-mail: [email protected]

Fahd B. Alsalem

Your University/College/Company’s Name City, Country e-mail: [email protected]

Mahmoud A. Alharbi

Your University/College/Company’s Name City, Country e-mail: [email protected]

ABSTRACT

100 words max. Begin your copy here. Indent the first sentence of each paragraph with 1/2 inch (1.27 cm) and align text left. Single space within each paragraph; double space between paragraphs.

Do not number the pages but make sure the pages are in the correct order. Pages will be numbered by the editors. Authors must use “Times New Roman”, font size 10.

Key Words: identify and list key words (maximum of 5) which represent the content of your paper.

INTRODUCTION

The paper title, author names (full names only; titles, e.g.

Assistant Professor and degrees, e.g. Ph.D. should not be

included), and authors’ names and affiliations must be flushed to the right as shown above.

BODY

The paper must be written in the third person and all submissions must be in English and authors should seek to use straightforward declarative sentences, making every effort to help the reader understand the concepts presented.

Note: Your entire paper must not exceed 10 pages in total, this is a firm limit.

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TABLES AND FIGURES

These must appear within the text (not at the end of the text).

Tables and figures should be numbered sequentially – e.g.

Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, etc., and they should bear a title (with appropriate upper and lower case letters) which explains their contents.

APPENDICES

If any – should appear at the end of the article after the list of references.

REFERENCES

In text references are cited using the author/date style following the APA Publication Manual, e.g. for single authors (Haig, 2002) or multiple authors (Butler and Lambert, 2000; Walker et al. 2004).

Direct citations should always be placed in the text and followed by the exact reference and page number. For example “the French trade and industry ministers ... announced new financing to develop Web sites that will encourage exports and to help small and medium-sized companies participate online” (Johnson 1998:213).

The reference list, placed at the end of the text, must be single- spaced in alphabetical order of authors and 10 point font size.

A referenced article should contain all authors’ names, title of article, name of publication, volume and number, inclusive page numbers and year of publication. Note the use of italics rather than underlining. A referenced book should list author name(s), title of the book, publisher, place of publication, year of publication.

References must be listed immediately following the CONCLUSION of the paper. List the authors’ names exactly as written in the source cited. Use no abbreviations. See examples below:

For single-author books:

Bernstein, T.M. (1986). The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage. New York: Athennum.

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For books with more than one author:

Werthner, H. and Klein, S. (1999). Information Technology and Tourism - A Challenging Relationship. New York : Springer-Verlag.

For single-author journal papers:

Christou, E. (2003). Guest loyalty likelihood in relation to hotels’

corporate image and reputation: a study of three countries in Europe. Journal of Hospitality & Leisure Marketing, 10(4): 85-107.

For journal papers with more than one author:

Christou, E. & Kassianidis, P. (2003). Consumers perception and adoption of online buying for travel products. Journal of Travel &

Tourism Marketing, 12(4): 93-109.

For chapters in edited books:

Rozenblit, J. and Zeigler, B.P. (1986). Entity-based structures for modeling and experimental frame construction. In M. S. Elzas, T. I. Ören, and B. P. Zeigler (Eds.), Modeling and Simulation Methodology in the Artificial Intelligence Era (pp. 195-210).

Amsterdam : North-Holland.

For Internet (online) articles:

Johanes, T.F. (2004). The adoption of hospitality innovations; http://

www.tourismabstracts.org/marketing/papers-authors/id3456 [Accessed the 12th of January 2005, 14:55]

Poster Submission Guidelines:

1. Posters will be represented in the conference proceedings by a referenced, extended abstract of 500 words.

2. As with other manuscripts must be prepared in English and free of grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation errors. Please make sure your paper is thoroughly edited and proof read before submission. The editors are not responsible for correcting grammatical/spelling and general English language. Final papers that do not conform to these specifications will be rejected.

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3. The lead author (or at least one of the co-authors in case of multiple authors) is required to register for the SIC-2009 conference in order for papers to be included in the Congress Proceedings as well as in the Congress Program. Papers submitted by authors not registered for the conference will be deleted from both the Congress Proceedings and the Congress Presentation schedule.

Poster Presentation Guidelines

• A poster is a graph approach to presenting research.

• In presenting with a poster, you should aim to use the poster as a means for generating active discussion of the research.

• Limit the text to about one-fourth of the poster space, and use

“visuals” (graphs, photographs, schematics, tables, maps, etc.) to tell your “story.”

Design and layout specifications

•The poster should either

A. Be presented on a card or paper not exceed 1.2 metres high x 1 metre (A1 paper size). A banner heading displaying your poster title should be positioned at top-centre of the board The board must be oriented in the “landscape” position

B. Be presented on a “pop up/roll-out” banner not exceeding 1.2 metres wide x 2.2 meters high.

• The poster does not necessarily have to fill the entire working area.

This is the only acceptable format available for the submission of Refereed Extended Abstract, Working Papers or Poster manuscripts

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For additional and enquiries: