First Conference for Business Schools of

                        Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Universities

                                          Conference Theme: "The Role of Business Schools in

                                           the context of Contemporary Challenges and Issues"

                                                                           Organized by :

                                                             King Saud University, Riyadh

                                                             Sunday, 16/4/1435h 2/16/2014

The Conference Program:

The First Day:

• Conference opening and welcome remarks.
• The panel discussion: A panel discussion titled:

"Addressing Contemporary Challenges and Issues in

Finance and Business". The panel will consist of

distinguished policy makers of public and private

organizations in the GCC countries.

• The plenary sessions entitled: " Advancement of

Education System among Business Colleges in GCC"

• The plenary sessions will consist of the following tracks:

• Track (1): Employment Opportunities of Business
• School Graduates and Market Needs
• Track (2): Accreditation and total Quality
• Track (3): "Developing Cooperation among Gulf

Business Schools in the Areas of E-Learning"

The Second Day:

• Scientific research papers on business and economics

of GCC Countries

- First session:

• Addressing Challenges of Economic Integration
• Trends of Oil Markets
• Economic Diversification

- Second session:

• Financial Liquidity and Financial Market Activities
• Efficiency of Financial Markets
• Recent Trends of Financial Management among Corporations

- Third session:

• Role of Accounting Information in Financial Markets
• Compatibility of Accounting Standards in GCC with

International Accounting Standards

• Experiences of Gulf Universities in supporting Accounting

Professional Fellowships

- Fourth session:

• Strategic Planning
• Governance and Social Responsibility
• Talent Management and Human Resources Management
• Marketing Opportunities and Challenges in the Gulf Region

- Fifth session: Samples of graduate students research papers

  Panel Discussion and Workshop:

- Panel discussion: "Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises"

- Workshop: "Scientific Research and Publication Challenges and Strategies of   publishing in the ISI journals"

Evaluation Policy:

• The Conference Scientific Committee withhold the right to make final decision on the submitted papers.

• All research papers submitted will be peer reviewed by distinguished scientific members.
• Chairman of the Scientific Committee will communicate the acceptance/denial of paper to the author at an early date.

Publishing rules:

The accepted research papers which meet the following criteria will

be published in the conference proceeding:

• The paper has not been previously published.
• The paper must be within 25 pages limit including tables, figures, and references.

• The paper should be written in Arabic or English, with abstract in English.
• The paper must include an abstract of 250 words describing the objective and findings of the study.
• References:

In-text citations shall include the author and year of publication (in

parentheses); while the list of references should be classified in an

alphabetical order according to the author's name, year of

publication, title, name of publishing period, volume number, and

page numbers.

• Papers should be emailed to the Chairman of the Scientific Committee at

GS_CBA@KSU.EDU.SA

Web Site: http://cba.ksu.edu.sa/ar/gulf_community