Conference Chair/Co-Chair

(2005) European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS) on Exploiting Information Systems for Organizational Enhancement, 7-8 June, Cairo, Egypt

(2004) Conference on Information Science and Technology Management (CISTM), 8-9 July, Alexandria, Egypt

(1999) Middle East Alumni Conference of Maastricht School of Management on The Global Financial Crisis: Symptoms, Implications, Approaches and The Road Ahead, 5-7 December, Cairo, Egypt

(1999) Internet Conference and Exhibition on Internet for the Masses, 8-10 March, Cairo, Egypt

(1998) Internet Conference and Exhibition on Investing in the Future of Egypt, 22-24 March, Cairo, Egypt

(1997) Internet Conference and Exhibition on Internet Applications in Different Disciplines, 31 March–2 April, Cairo, Egypt

(1995) IFIPWG9.4 Conference on Information Technology and Socioeconomic Development: Challenges and Opportunities, 7-9 January, Cairo, Egypt

Program Chair/Co-Chair

(2004) Workshop on Theories of National IT Policy, 4 October, Cairo, Egypt

(2004) Forum on National IT Policy, 3 October, Cairo, Egypt

(2002) BITWorld Conference, 2-5 June, Guayaquil, Ecuador

(2002) ISOneWorld Conference & Convention, 4-5 April, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

(2001) BITWorld Conference, 4-6 June, Cairo, Egypt

(2000) The 1^st Annual Global Information Technology Management Conference (GITM) 11-13 June, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

(2000) BITWorld Conference, 1-3 June, Mexico City, Mexico

(1999) BITWorld Conference, 30 June - 2 July, Cape Town, South Africa

(1996) Internet and Information Superhighway Conference and Exhibition (Cainet) on Doing Business on the Internet, 25-27 March, Cairo, Egypt

Conference-Program/Advisory/Steering/Scientific/Technical Committee

(2007) Program Committee Member of the International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD) 29-31 August 2007, Galway, Ireland

(2007) Program Committee Member of the ICE-B International Conference on eBusiness, 28-31 July, Barcelona, Spain

(2007) Program Committee Member of the Systems Integration Conference on Informatics in Innovation and Globalization of Entrepreneurship, 10-12 June, Prague, Czech Republic

(2007) Program Committee Member of the LA Global Mobility Rountable on Niche Evolution in the Mobile Business Ecosystem, 1-2 June, Marina Del Rey, California, USA

(2007) Program Committee Member of the IFIP9.4 Conference on Taking Stock of e-development, 28-30 May, Sao Paulo, Brazil

(2007) Program Organizing Committee Member of the AUC Research Conference, 28-30 April, Cairo, Egypt

(2007) Technical Committee Member of the 5th Conference on eLearning Applications in Egypt, 14-15 January, Cairo, Egypt

(2007) Program Committee Member of the ISOneWorld Conference & Convention, 11-13 April, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

(2006) Program Committee Member of the IADIS International Conference on eCommerce, 9-11 December, Barcelona, Spain

(2006) Program Committee Member of the ICE-B International Conference on eBusiness, 7-10 August, Barcelona, Spain

(2006) Program Committee Member of the 14th Annual International Conference on Systems Integration, 11-13 June, Prague, Czech Republic

(2006) International Program Committee Member of the International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided Learning, 19-21 April, Amman, Jordan

(2006) Technical Committee Member of the 4th Conference on eLearning Applications in Egypt, 3-4 January, Cairo, Egypt

(2005) Program Committee Member of the IADIS International Conference on eCommerce, 14-16 December, Porto, Portugal

(2005) International Program Committee Member of the TC8 Working Conference on Mobile Information Systems (MOBIS) 5-6 December, Leeds, UK

(2005) 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT), 26-28 September, Dubai, UAE

(2005) Program Committee Member of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Mobile Multimedia (MoMM2004), 19-21 September, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

(2005) International Program Committee Member of the First European Mobile Conference, 11-12 July, Brighton, UK

(2005) Program Committee Member (co-Chair Publications Committee) of the 3rd Conference on eLearning Applications in Egypt, 15-16 January, Cairo, Egypt

(2005) Program Committee Member, the First International Workshop on Ubiquitous Smart Worlds, 28-30 March, Taipei, Taiwan

(2004) Conference Advisory Committee Member of the 3rd International Business Information Management (IBIMA) Conference on General Theme: E-Business & Organizations in the 21st Century, 14-16 December, Cozumel, Mexico

(2004) Scientific Committee Member of the IADIS International Conference on eCommerce, 14-16 December, Lisbon, Portugal

(2004) 1st International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT), 4-6 October, Dubai, UAE

(2004) International Research Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, 4-6 October, Cairo, Egypt

(2004) Organizing Committee Member of the Forum on National IT Policy, 3 October, Cairo, Egypt

(2004) Program Committee Member of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Mobile Multimedia (MoMM2004), 22-24 September, Bali, Indonesia

(2004) Program Committee Member of the 15th International IRMA Conference, 23-26 May, New Orleans, LA, USA

(2004) Program Committee Member (Chair Publications Committee) of the 2nd Conference on eLearning Applications in Egypt, 10-11 January, Cairo, Egypt

(2003) Conference Advisory Committee Member of the International Business Information Management Conference on eBusiness and organizations in the 21st Century, 16-18 December, Cairo, Egypt

(2003) Program Committee Member of the 11th Annual International Conference on Systems Integration, 16-17 June, Prague, Czech Republic

(2003) Program Committee Member of the 14th International IRMA Conference, 18-21 May, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

(2003) International Program Committee Member of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 19-21 June, Naples, Italy

(2002) Steering and Program Committee Member of the Informing Science Conference, 19-21 June, Cork, Ireland

(2002) Program Committee Member of the 10th Annual International Conference on Systems Integration, 10-11 June, Prague, Czech Republic

(2002) Program Committee Member of the 13th International IRMA Conference, 19-22 May,  Seattle, Washington, USA

(2002) International Program Committee Member of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 6-8 June, Gdansk, Poland

(2001) Doctoral Symposium Facilitator, the 4th BITWorld Conference, 4-6 June, Cairo, Egypt

(2001) International Program Committee Member of the 10th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD) 5-7 September, Royal Holloway College, University of London, London, UK

(2001) Steering Committee Member of the Informing Science Conference, 19-22 June, Krakow, Poland

(2001) Program Committee Member of the 4^th BITWorld Conference, Cairo, Egypt

(1999) Program Committee Member of the 3^rd BITWorld Conference, Cape Town, South Africa

(1999) International Program Committee Member of the Institute of Higher Learning Forum (Sapphire), 5-7 September, Singapore

(1998) International Advisory Committee Member of the Euro-Med Net Conference, Role of Internet and the World Wide Web in developing the Euro-Mediterranean Information Society, 4-7 March, Nicosia, Cyprus

Track/Mini-Track Chair/Co-Chair

(2007) Distributed Decision-Making in the Global Economy (mini-track) of the America’s Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 9-12 August, Keystone, Colorado, USA (with Anil Aggarwal and Pekka Makkonen)

(2007) IT Management in Developing Countries Track of the 18th International IRMA Conference, 19-23 May, Vancouver, Canada

(2006) IT Management in Developing Countries Track of the 17th International IRMA Conference, 20-24, May, Washington DC, USA

(2005) Mobile Computing and Commerce Track of the 16th International IRMA Conference, San Diego, California, USA

(2004) Research in Progress Track of the ISOneWorld Conference, 14-16 April, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

(2003) IT Management in Developing Countries Track of the 14th International IRMA Conference, 18-21 May, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

(2003) Research in Progress Track of the ISOneWorld Conference, 23-25 April, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

(2002) IT Transfer to Developing Nations Track of the Informing Science Conference, 19-21 June, Cork, Ireland

(2002) IT Management in Developing Countries Track of the 13^th International IRMA Conference, 19-22 May, Seattle, Washington, USA

(2001) IT Management in Developing Countries Track of the 12^th International IRMA Conference, 20-23 May, Toronto, Canada

(2000) IT in Government Track of the 1^st Annual Global Information Technology Management Conference (GITM), 11-13 June, Memphis, Tennessee, USA


Session Chair

(2006) Electronic Government Research of the 17th International IRMA Conference, 21-24 May, Washington, D.C, USA

(2005) European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS) on Exploiting Information Systems for Organizational Enhancement, 7-8 June, Cairo, Egypt

(2005) IT Management in Developing Countries of the 16th International IRMA Conference, 15-18 May, San Diego, California, USA

(2004) Final Plenary Session of the Conference on Information Science and Technology Management (CISTM), 8-9 July, Alexandria, Egypt (with Ashok Ranchhod)

(2004) Keynote Speech on "What can (can can not) be Done with Knowledge in Organizations" by Larry Prusak (Babson College, USA) of the Conference on Information Science and Technology Management (CISTM), 8-9 July, Alexandria, Egypt

(2004) Keynote Speech on "Knowledge Management in Large, Global Corporations: A Field-based Investigation" by Joseph Davis (University of Sydney, Australia) of the Conference on Information Science and Technology Management (CISTM), 8-9 July, Alexandria, Egypt

(2004) Supply Chain Management of the International Business Information Management Association Conference, 4-6 July 2004, Amman, Jordan

(2003) Information Systems Development and Adoption of the IFIP 8.2 Workshop on Information Systems and Organizations - the Organizations and Society in Information Systems (OASIS) Workshop, Pre-ICIS Event, 14 December 2003, Seattle, Washington, USA

(2003) Information Society and eGovernance of the International Research Foundation for Development Forum, Pre-Word Summit on the Information Society Summit, 8-9 December 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

(2003) IT Management in Developing Countries of the 14th International IRMA Conference, 18-21 May, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

(2002) Hospital Management Information Systems of the 2nd Annual Conference for Hospital Administration, 18-19 December, Cairo, Egypt

(2002) IT Management in Developing Countries of the 13^th International IRMA Conference, 19-22 May, Seattle, Washington, USA

(2001) eLearning/Education/Training of the 4^th BITWorld Conference, 4-6 June, Cairo, Egypt

(2001) IT Management in Developing Countries of the 12^th International IRMA Conference, 20-23 May, Toronto, Canada

(2000) IT in Government Session of the 1^st Annual Global Information Technology Management Conference (GITM), 11-13 June, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

(2000) IT in Developing Countries Session of the 11^th International IRMA Conference, 21-24 May, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

(1999) IS Solutions Session of the 9^th BIT Conference, 3-4 November, Manchester, UK

(1999) Electronic Commerce Session of the 10^th International IRMA Conference, 16-19 May, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

Panel Chair/Moderator