Get ready for another great collegial experience in sunny San Diego! The 2010 annual meeting, with the theme of Challenging the Status Quo--Breakthrough Innovations that Rejuvenate Organizations, marks the beginning of the next 40 years in which we expect to break new ground, try new ideas, and create new value for all participants. We invite basic, applied, theory, and case study research in the field of decision making, as well as proposals for panel discussions, symposia, workshops, and tutorials dealing with research or pedagogical issues. Check back soon in early January for online information on activities and submission.

See the current news publication for feature articles such DSI President's Ram Narasimhan's Update on Board Actions, President-elect Vision Statements by Krishna S. Dhir of Berry College and Marc J. Schniederjans of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Partnering with Industry—Easier Said Than Done: Ten Lessons Learned, by Douglas N. Hales and Shaw K. Chen, University of Rhode Island; The Dilemma of Trying to Understand the ‘Real World,’ by Mikko Ketokivi, Helsinki University of Technology; Enhancing Course Delivery in Operations Management: Integrating Web Technology and Face-to-Face Learning, by Arash Azadegan and Lisa McLain-Sharp, New Mexico State University; Trends and Differences of Perceptions among Web 2.0 Users: Lessons for the Future Use and Study of Web 2.0, by J. P. Shim, Mississippi State University; Kyung-Mo Ahn, Korea Culture & Content Agency and Kyung Hee University; and Juyeon Kim, International Tourism Strategy Institute and Kyung Hee University; The Times are Changing: A Call for Governing Boards of Universities to Awaken to Sarbanes-Oxley and Practice of Good Governance, by Jean Harris, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg; and Gary Cunningham, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden; and Essentials of Operations Management, by Keah Choon TanY, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The entire issue is also available as a pdf file. (Beginning with the July 2009 issue and until further notice, the publication will be available in electronic format only.)

Board Announces the Next Editor of the DSJ

The Board of Directors of the Decision Sciences Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Asoo Vakharia of the University of Florida as the next editor of the Decision Sciences Journal . Asoo has an extensive publication record and prior editorial experience including serving on the current editorial team of DSJ as associate editor. Asoo has a vision for the journal that would not only sustain DSJ 's quality but enhance it significantly in the coming years. The Board's decision to appoint Asoo Vakharia as the next editor of DSJ was unanimous. We wish him much success as he assumes this new leadership role in the Institute.

The editor's position is currently held by Vicki Smith-Daniels, who has been the editor of DSJ for the past seven years. Her term ends in June of this year. She has provided able stewardship for the journal during her tenure as editor. The most striking contribution that Vicki has made to the journal is improving the impact factor of DSJ vis-à-vis the other journals in our field. The ISI citation impact factor has increased from .764 in 2004 to 2.318 in 2008. According to the 2008 ISI and Thompson Reuters Journal Citation Report for management journals, DSJ has a rank of 21 and an impact factor of 2.318 compared to the Journal of Operations Management (rank, 17: impact factor, 2.42) and Management Science (rank, 20; impact factor, 2.354), and Information Systems Research (rank, 22; impact factor, 2.261). This is a significant accomplishment; Vicki and the current editorial team deserve our sincere thanks for this achievement.

2010 DSI Annual Meeting in San Diego

This year’s conference in San Diego will feature several changes from our conferences in the recent past. It will feature “interactive sessions,” where members can get feedback on papers that they are currently working on. It will feature plenary sessions with prominent academics and industry speakers, and special and invited sessions from prominent researchers. This year’s conference will also feature invited sessions under the rubric of three Specific Interest Groups (SIGs): Project Management (PM), Health Care Decision Making and Policy (HCDMP) and Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IE). These are intended to bring together researchers from overlapping fields to explore topics in cross-disciplinary research. These three SIGs are being led by Gary Klein (PM); Rachna Shah, Susan Meier Goldstein, and David Mendez (HCDMP); and Roger Calantone (IE). Please visit the conference website for the contact information for these individuals and express your interest in being part of these SIGs.