Business Intelligence (BI) is the space within the information revolution where the world of technology will interweaves with the world of business in endless creative ways.  The promise of what we could do with BI to transform our society and our businesses is only limited by our knowledge of target domain, our mastery of technology, and our imaginativeness.  This space is destined to increasingly attract exceptional talents with backgrounds from two of the most vibrant disciplines at universities the world over– Business and Technology studies.  The confluence of multidisciplinary participants will ensure a continuous outflow of breakthroughs and surprises on expanding frontiers of human endeavor.