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Mr Ahmed Imran


MSc in IT (UNSW), MACS

 
Research Fellow and PhD Candidate
School of Accounting and Business Information Systems
 
Office Location
Room 2044, PAP Moran Building 26B

Mailing Address
School of Accounting and Business Information Systems
Hanna Neumann Building 021
Australian National University
ACT 0200 Australia
 
Telephone  +61 2 612 59466
alternate 0423098662
Fax  +61 2 612 55005
Email  ahmed.imran@anu.edu.au

   
  Disciplines
  Research Focus

      ICT Adoption,  Implementation and Strategy in Public Sector

      ICT in Least Developed Countries (LDC)

      eGovernment

  Professional Activities
  • Member, Australian Computer Society
  • Member, Association for Information Systems
  • Member, IEEE
  • Member, AIS Special Interest Group for e-government and South Asia  
  • EC Member, Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Student Network (APRU DSN)
  Publications
Books

eGovernment for Bangladesh: A Strategic Pathway for Success. Imran, A, Turner, T. and Gregor, S. (2008)Canberra, Australia: National Centre for Information Systems Research. ISBN 978-0-9805777-0-9.

ICT Management Handbook, A Guide for Government Officers in Bangladesh. Gregor, S., Imran, A., and Turner, T. (2008) (Eds) Canberra, Australia: National Centre for Information Systems Research ISBN: 978-0-9805777-1-6.

Journal Papers

Imran, A. and Gregor, S. (2007). A Comparative Analysis of Strategies for eGovernment in Developing Countries. Journal of Business Systems, Governance and Ethics (JBSGE), Vol 2 (3).

Refereed Conference Papers

Imran, A., Gegor, S. and Turner.T. (2009) ‘eGovernment capacity building through knowledge transfer and best practice development in Bangladesh’, 10TH International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP),Dubai, 26-28 May 2009.

Imran, A (2009). Knowledge and Attitude, the Two Major Barriers to ICT Adoption in LDC are the Opposite Side of a Coin; An Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh, Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42),Waikoloa, Hawaii, Jan 5-8, 2009, pp.1-10.

Imran, Turner and Gregor (2008) Educate to Innovate – Fast Tracking ICT Management Capabilities Amongst the Key Government Officials for eGovernment Implementation in Bangladesh, SIG GlobDev Workshop, Paris France December 13, 2008

Imran, A., Gegor, S. and Turner.T. (2009) ‘eGovernment capacity building through knowledge transfer and best practice development in Bangladesh’, 10TH International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP),Dubai, 26-28 May 2009.

Imran, A (2009). Knowledge and Attitude, the Two Major Barriers to ICT Adoption in LDC are the Opposite Side of a Coin; An Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh, Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42),Waikoloa, Hawaii, Jan 5-8, 2009, pp.1-10.

Imran, Turner and Gregor ( 2008) Educate to Innovate – Fast Tracking ICT Management Capabilities Amongst the Key Government Officials for eGovernment Implementation in Bangladesh, SIG GlobDev Workshop, Paris France December 13, 2008

Imran, A (2008) eGovernment in least developing countries: A case of Bangladesh. 9th Association of the Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Conference (APRU DSC), Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia, 14- 18 July 2008.

Imran, A (2007). ICT adoption and use in the Public Sector of a Least Developed Country (LDC): The Case of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium at International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) , Montréal, Québec, Canada December 9 – 12, 2007.

Imran, A. (2007) Role of Leadership and Championship in ICT adoption and diffusion in the Developing Countries.. 8th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, July 30 – Aug 3, 2007, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Imran, A (2006). Significant barriers to ICT adoption in the public sector in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs): A case study of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Adelaide, 6-8 December, 2006.

Imran, A (2006). Achieving value from ICT adoption and use in the Public Sectors of a Least Developed Country (LDC): A Case Study of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 3rd international Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, November 27-29, 2006.

Imran, A (2006). Major barriers to ICT adoption in the public sectors of the least developed countries (LDCs): A case study of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 7th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore,17th-21st July, 2006

Imran, A. and Gregor, S. (2006). A Comparative Analysis of Strategies for eGovernment in Developing Countries. Proceedings of the eGov Asia 2006 Conference, April 26 – 28, 2006, Rama Gardens Hotel and Resort, Bangkok, Thailand

Imran, A. and Gregor, S. (2005). Strategies for ICT use in the public sector in the least developed countries: A cross-country analysis. In B. Campbell, J. Underwoord, D. Bunker (Eds.). Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 30 Nov. – 2 Dec, p. 32. Nominated for best paper award.

Imran, A. and Gregor, S. (2005). Achieving Value from ICT in the Public Sector: What Bangladesh Can Learn from Australia. In Proceedings of Business and Government in Bangladesh in the 21st Century Conference, Melbourne, 7 Nov.

Turner, T, Schwager, A and Imran, A. (2005). A Preliminary Analysis of an e-Government Market Segmentation. In Dan Remenyi (Ed.): 5th European Conference on e-Government University of Antwerp, Belgium, 16-17 June 2005. p. 409-420. Academic Conferences Limited, Reading, UK 2005, ISBN 1-905305-01-X

Invited Presentations at Seminars/ Conferences

Helping to Close the Digital Gap between Technologically Rich and Poor Nations. The e-Government Forum, CeBIT Australia  Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, 13 May 2009 (With Professor Shirley Gregor)

Bangladesh Case Study: Effective Strategies and Capacity Building for eGovernment Implementation in Least Developed Countries. eGovernment Conference, IQPC and Australian Computer Society, Marque Hotel Canberra, 15 & 16 June 2009 (With Professor Shirley Gregor)

Green ICT Potential and eGovernment Capacity Building in Bangladesh and Other Developing Countries, Greening ICT to address Global Downturn and Global Warming Symposium, Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT), The Australian National University, 19 February 2009

Role of State Leadership for making an IT Enabled Bangladesh- Seminar organized by UNDP@SOFTEXPO, at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka. July 18, 2008

eGovernment in Bangladesh: The way forward. Imran, A. (2007). First Non-Resident Bangladeshi conference, Dec 27-29, 2007, Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

Major Contextual Issues for eGovernance Adoption in Bangladesh, Key note presentation at  Seminar organized by Bangladesh Association of Software & Information Services (BASIS) at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka. July 18, 2007

Achieving value from ICT in the Public Sectors: What Bangladesh can learn from developed world, International workshop on "Building Information Society: Road2Tunis, Bhashani Novo Theatre, Dhaka, October, 23, 2005  

  Further Information
www.ictforldc.com  
  Brief Biography

Ahmed is an Information System (IS) researcher and practitioner whose research interest largely emerged from his personal experience that includes ICT adoption in public sector, e-government and ICT in developing countries. Ahmed served in Bangladesh Defence Forces and the United Nations Peace Keeping Force. Along with his special skill and interest in Information Technology he had a range of challenging experiences in command and man management. His extensive experience as an instructor and IT manager is invaluable for research in understanding and providing rich insight of the context in least developed courtiers. His PhD research also aims to gain an in-depth understanding of impediments and develops a model that explains the process of ICT adoption and e-government strategy in an LDC environment.  Part of Ahmed’s research has been successfully applied in Bangladesh through AusAID’s Pubic Sector Linkage Program (PSLP) as ‘eGovernment capacity building through knowledge transfer and best practice development in Bangladeshin 2008. Ahmed is actively involved in number of research projects at ANU and has published and presented his research in distinguished forums at home and abroad.

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