The 2nd International Conference on eCommerce, ePayments and New Entrepreneurship (ICEP 2010) will be held at the exciting city of Gdańsk, Poland. The theme of the conference is ‘Improving dialog between the industry, academia, investors and governments’. The ICEP 2010 is a major international event for researchers, academics, industry and banking executives and experts, government policymakers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and graduate students interested in advance of eCommerce, ePayments and New Entrepreneurship.
Our scientific and practical conference will cover all the business and information management aspects of effectiveness, profitability, accountability and investment climate for eCommerce, eFinance and eGovernance. The conference subject and theme are especially vital and novel for Poland and the rest of the Central and Eastern Europe; hence we anticipate much interest from the fledging industrial, banking, academic and public sectors. In this critical geographic region, eCommerce, eFinance and eGovernance are often seen as the strategic engines of industrial and commercial innovation and social renewal.
Speakers are invited from the academic and research institutions, leading innovative corporations and government agencies to debate the most crucial contemporary issues related to various aspects of eCommerce, ePayments and New Entrepreneurship, with the particular stress on Poland, the EU and the emerging economies of the Central and Eastern Europe. Over a hundred advanced papers is expected to be presented and discussed.
High-quality papers in all areas of eCommerce, ePayments and New Entrepreneurship which, at the time of submission have not been published or accepted for publication or are welcome. All submitted papers will be blind reviewed on the basis of their technical quality, relevance, significance and clarity.

Topics for this conference include, but are not limited to:
eCommerce Applications
- eBusiness Applications & Software
- Security for enabling eCommerce
- Web based Information Systems
- Information Personalization
- Search Engines and Intelligent Agents
Regulatory & Policy Issues
- Social Issues in e-Commerce
- The Regulatory Environment of e-Commerce
- IT governance
- Trust & Security Issues in e-Commerce
Services & Applications
- eLogistics & Supply Chain Management
- eGovernment
- eProcurement
- Business-oriented eCommerce
- Retailing in e-Commerce
- Mobile Commerce
- Internet Banking & ePayment Systems
- eHealth
- eTourism
- eLearning
Global e-Commerce
- eCommerce in developing/emerging economies
- Barriers to e-Business Adoption
- Infrastructure for eCommerce
- Social Network & eCommunities
- IT Investment & Economic Performance
- IT Financing & Private Equity Industry
- IT & Financial markets
eBanking/ePayments
eCommerce & Management
- Managing Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- eCommerce Strategy & Implementation
- eCommerce Economics & Business Models
- Online Auctions & Optimal Pricing
- eMarketing
- eHuman Resource Management
eGovernance
New Entrepreneurship

Important Dates
Send abstract paper submissions (format doc, docx or pdf) in English to contact@icep2010.com no later than 30 April 2010
Notification to Authors: 15 May 2010
Early Registration: Until 15 June 2010
Final Camera-Ready Submission: 30 June 2010

Papers Standards
The Conference will be composed of several types of contributions (in English):
Full Papers – These include mainly accomplished research results and have 8-16 pages at the maximum (10,000 words).
Short Papers – These are mostly composed of work in progress reports or reflection papers (review recent literature to a particular problem or approach and provide suggestions) and have 4-8 pages at maximum (5,000 words).
Doctoral Consortium - A Doctoral Consortium will discuss in group, individual projects of PhD students. PhD students should send a report of their work so far with a maximum of 4 pages (2,500 words).
Papers will be published in the peer review journal: “Journal of Internet Banking & Commerce”.

Program Committee
General Conference Chairs
Prof. Bernard F. Kubiak, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Prof. Nahum Goldmann, JIBC Publisher, Canada
Scientific Committee Members (confirmed list)
Prof. Nikhil Agarwal, Europe Asia Business School, IN
Prof. Ursula Braun-Moser, Universitat Stettin, Szczecin, PL
Prof. Klaus Brunstein, IFIP President, Vienna, AL
Prof. Philippe Callot, ESCEM, Poitiers, FR
Prof. Witold Chmielarz, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL
Dr. Dionysios S. Demetis, London School of Economics, UK
Dr. Horst Gunther, Universitat Rostock, DE
Prof. Jerzy Korczak, Wrocław University of Economics, Wrocław, PL
Dr. Antoni Korowicki, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, PL
Prof. Dariusz Dziuba, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL
Eng. Wiesław Migdał, President of UNICO, Katowice, PL
Ireneusz Marganiec, President of Amadeus Poland, Warsaw, PL
Prof. Wojciech Molisz, University of Technology, Gdańsk, PL
Prof. Brian Morgan, UWIC, Caerdydd, UK
Prof. Marian Niedźwiedziński, University of Łódź, Łódź, PL
Prof. Celina Olszak, University of Economics, Katowice, PL
Prof. Leszek Pawłowicz, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, PL
Prof. Kazimierz Perechuda, University of Economics, Wrocław, PL
Prof. Edward Szczerbicki, University of Newcastle, AU
Dr. Ewa Szkic-Czech, Statistical Office, Opole, PL
Prof. Zdzisław Szyjewski, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, PL
Prof. Grzegorz Węgrzyn, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, PL
Prof. A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, AT
Dr. Janusz Wielki, University of Technology, Opole, PL
Prof. Stanisław Wrycza, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, PL
Dr. Ewa Ziemba, University of Economics, Katowice, PL


Contact
ICEP 2010 - International Conference on eCommerce, ePayments and New Entrepreneurship
E-mail: contact@icep2010.com
Phone: (48) 58 523 14 52
Fax: (48) 58 523 11 55
WWW: http://www.icep2010.com