Visiting speakers 2005

The 2005 research colloquia and visiting speaker series were held on Fridays between 11.00am - 1.00pm (except where specified).

Date

Speaker

Title of Presentation

Category

22 February Heads of Dept or Nominees Faculty of Business Research Expo  
1.30pm, 4 March
Prof Michael Brittain Health informatics and ageing in the context of cultural and economic factors:
  1. monitoring
  2. remote interventions
  3. quality control of internet based intervention for older persons
  4. medication administration compliance.
Visiting Speaker
12.00pm, 8 March Prof William Barker
Penn State Dickinson School of Law
Tax competition: an appropriate, economically efficient approach. Visiting Speaker
11.30am, 11 March Prof Peter Croll
Queensland University of Technology
QUiPS: a quality model for investigating risk exposure in e-health systems. Visiting Speaker
21 March Mr Yoshi Fujisawa
Niigata University of Health and Welfare
Japan
Ageing, aged care, health and informatics in Japan. Visiting Speaker
4.00pm, 5 April Mr Chris Lynton-Moll
Manager
Collaborative Centre for eHealth
University of Ballarat;
Executive Director
Australian Healthcare Messaging Laboratory
Why e-health messaging standards will change the world and how it will impact you. Visiting Speaker
11.30am, 24 June Dr James Mayanja
Senior Lecturer
Dept of Law
Do shareholders rank with unsecured creditors in the event of a corporate liquidation? Research colloquium
1 July Liqin Tan
Research Masters Student
Dept of Economics and Resources Management
Mapping interdependencies for operating theatre waiting list process. Research Masters
18 July Li Yuen Chua Critical success factors affecting the Australian red meat supply chain. Research Masters
19 July Mr Roland Spitty
Chief Information Officer
Visy Industries
Delivering business value by leveraging the internet: The Visy Industries experience. Visiting Speaker
21 July Khalid Abdalla
PhD Student
Dept of Economics and Resources Management
Critical success factors affecting technology transfer in developing countries. PhD proposal presentation
12 August Tiong Chee Ing
Research Masters Student
Dept of Information Systems
A study to investigate behavioural determinants for realising a security model using wireless technology in Australia. Research Masters
3.00pm, 17 August Sheila Iswariah
PhD Student
Dept of Marketing and Tourism
An exploratory study of strategic marketing planning and control practices of small business exporting firms in Australia. PhD proposal presentation
19 August Mark Silvester
Dept of Accounting

Mark Vallely
Dept of Accounting

Assoc Prof Julie Cotter
Dept of Accounting

  1. Overview of the forthcoming adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) by Australian firms, and identification of industries and firms expected to be most severely affected.
  2. Example of potential impacts: showcasing 'Fosters Group'.
  3. Overview of research into related issues currently being conducted by Department of Accounting Staff.
  4. DVD 'Pathway to adoption': produced by CPA Australia to explain the change to IFRSs.
Research colloquium
10.00am, 26 August Tieh-Shang Jin
PhD Student
Dept of Finance and Banking
The performance of venture-capital-backed initial public offerings (IPOs) of high-tech companies in Taiwan, China. PhD research in progress
26 August Dr Ann Tarca
Senior Lecturer (Accounting and Finance)
School of Economics and Commerce
University of Western Australia
Managerial incentives and the treatment of pre-production expenditure in the mining industry. Visiting Speaker
10.00am, 7 September Prof Iris Vessey
Indiana University's Kelley School of Business
Understanding conceptual schemes: exploring the role of application and IS domain knowledge. Visiting Speaker
7 September Dr Robert Glass
President of Computing Trends
Troubled software projects: war stories and lessons learned. Visiting Speaker
9 September Prof Christine Jubb
Professor of Accounting
Deakin Business School
Deakin University
Transition to IFRS: listed companies' expected accounting policy impacts as revealed by AASB 1047 disclosures. Visiting Speaker
3.00pm, 21 September Cheryl Crosthwaite
DBA Student
Dept of Management and Organisational Behaviour
Leadership and management competencies of heads of departments at Kerala (India) Universities. DBA work in progress presentation
22 September Gerhardine Foo
Bachelor of Business Honours Student
Dept of Economics and Resources Management
Towards reengineering the operating theatre waiting list (OTWL) management process of elective surgery. Honours presentation
14 October Ray Hingst
Lecturer (Administration Management)
Dept of Economics and Resources Management
Call centres: what are they and what are they up to? Research colloquium
17 October Troy Pullen
PhD Student
Dept of Economics and Resources Management
An examination of the effects of improved patient care and the complexities surrounding compliance upon the rate of adoption of shared electronic health records. PhD proposal presentation
20 October Aaron Bond
PhD Student
Dept of Information Systems
Mobile business: a framework and successful strategies for the transformation process. PhD proposal presentation
21 October Prof Ken Parry
Professor of Management
Graduate School of Management
Griffith University
The art science and drama of leadership. Visiting Speaker
4 November Prof Zane Swanson
UQ Business School
Impact of cash holdings on investment value. Visiting Speaker
7 November Prof Barbara Kitchenham
National ICT Australia Ltd
Evidence based software engineering and systematic literature reviews. Visiting Speaker
12.00pm, 18 November Senarath Seelanatha
PhD Student
Dept of Finance and Bankin
Productivity, efficiency, firm structure and competitiveness of the commercial banking industry in Sri Lanka. PhD research in progress
21 November Dr Fredric Kropp
Monterey Institute of International Studies
California
Technological Entrepreneurship. Visiting Speaker
30 November Hari Ravirala
MITR Student
Dept of Information Systems
Determining end user behaviour for wireless telecommunication services. MITR proposal presentation
5 December Manu Gunawardana
PhD Student
Dept of Information Systems
An evaluation of factors determining the usability of handhelds in the context of healthcare information systems. PhD proposal presentation
7 December Nik Abdullah
PhD Student
Dept of Economics and Resources Management
The influence of technology attributes, trust and dependency on e-procurement adoption decisions in supply chain relationships. PhD proposal presentation