Conference Co-Chairs

Joseph Bailey
Joe Bailey is research associate professor of Decision and Information Technologies and the director of the Center for Electronic Markets and Enterprises, Robert H. Smith School of Business. His research and teaching interest span issues in telecommunications, economics, and public policy with an emphasis on the economics of the Internet, particularly technologies and market opportunities that promote the benefits of interoperability. He is currently studying issues related to the economics of electronic commerce and how the Internet changes competition and supply chain management. He earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Hank Lucas
Professor Lucas is the Robert H. Smith Chair in Information Systems. His research interests include the impact of information technology on organizations, IT in organization design, electronic commerce, and the value of information technology. A prolific researcher, he has authored 11 books as well as monographs and more than 70 articles in professional periodicals on the impact of technology, information technology in organization design, the return on investments in technology, implementation of information technology, expert systems, decision-making for technology, and information technology and corporate strategy. His most recent books include Information Technology and the Productivity Paradox: Assessing the Value of Investing in IT (Oxford University Press, 1999) and The T-Form Organization: Using Technology to Design Organizations for the 21st Century (Jossey-Bass, 1996) and Strategies for E-Commerce and the Internet, (MIT Press. 2002).

He was the vice president of publications for the Association for Information Systems (AIS) from 1995-1998 and editor-in-chief of the AIS electronic journals, Communications of AIS and Journal of AIS from 1998-2002.

Alexander J. Triantis
Professor Triantis is the associate professor and interim department chair of Finance. His research focuses on corporate valuation and on the design of dynamic investment, financing, and risk management strategies for companies. His articles have been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Management Science, Review of Financial Studies, and other leading journals. He serves on several journal editorial boards, and recently completed two terms as editor of Financial Management. Triantis received the Smith School's Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence in 2000 and 2003.