[AISWorld] First CfP: Practice of Enterprise Modelling (PoEM 2011), Oslo/Norway

[Andreas L. Opdahl]

First Call for Papers

PoEM 2011 - The 4th IFIP WG8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of 
Enterprise Modelling

November 2-3, 2011
Oslo, Norway
http://www.ea-network.org/poem2011

Important dates:
Deadline for Papers:              June 24, 2011
Notification of Acceptance:       August 5, 2011
Camera Ready Copies:              August 19, 2011
Conference:                       November 2-3, 2011

Aims and objectives

The PoEM conferences contribute to establishing a dedicated forum where 
the use of Enterprise Modeling (EM) in practice is addressed by bringing 
together researchers, users and practitioners. The main focus of PoEM is 
EM methods, approaches, and tools, and how they are used in practice. 
More specifically, the goals of the conference are to further a better 
understanding of the practice of EM and improve the theory behind the 
practice, contributing to improved EM practice and to the sharing of 
knowledge. PoEM 2011 will be the 4th IFIP WG 8.1 working conference on 
the Practice of Enterprise Modeling. It follows the successes of PoEM 
2008, 2009 and 2010, each of which attracted over 50 participants from 
all over the world, representing both industry and academia. This 
indicates that Enterprise Modeling has gained substantial popularity 
both in the academic community and among practitioners. The interactive 
format of the earlier conferences sparked constructive interaction 
between research and practice. The target for PoEM 2011 is to further 
strengthen this interaction by organizing a collaborative working 
session within the conference program.

Up-to-date information about PoEM: http://www.ea-network.org/poem2011 .

Topics

Topics relevant for submissions include, but are not limited to, the 
following: evaluation of EM methods from a practice perspective, the 
process of modeling and guidelines for modeling, management of EM 
projects, use of EM in different contexts, facilitation and group 
dynamics, the competency of modelers and modeling teams, model and 
process quality aspects, reuse of enterprise models, modeling languages, 
tools and workbenches, enterprise model management, success factors in 
EM, teaching the practice, EM and agile development, enterprise 
knowledge architectures, standardization issues and reference models, 
method engineering in EM, concordance between EM and information systems 
development.

Event Format

PoEM is a highly interactive event. The conference will be organized at 
a venue close to the Oslo city centre, yet with hotels, bars and 
restaurants close to the conference site, in order to stimulate 
discussion and open exchange of ideas and experiences. In addition to 
highly interactive paper sessions the event will include a number of 
parallel think-tank sessions focusing on various topics, aiming for 
further development of issues and directions shared between practice and 
academia.

Paper types

*  Experience papers present problems or challenges encountered in 
practice, relate success and failure stories, or report on industrial 
practices. The focus is on 'what' and on lessons learned, not on an 
in-depth analysis of 'why'. The practice must be clearly described and 
its context must be given. Readers should be able to draw conclusions 
for their own practice.
*  Research papers describe original research contributions 
(theoretical, methodological or conceptual) to the area of EM. A 
research paper should clearly describe the situation or problem that is 
tackled, the relevant state of the art, the position or solution 
suggested and the potential or the evaluated benefits of the contribution.
*  Evaluation papers evaluate existing problem situations or validate 
proposed solutions with scientific means. Scientific reflection on 
problems and practices in industry also falls into this category. The 
topic of the evaluation presented in the paper as well as its causal or 
logical properties must be clearly stated. The research method must be 
sound and appropriate.
*  Idea papers can describe completely new research positions or 
approaches, in order to face to a generic situation that arises because 
of, for instance, new methods and tools or new types of emerging EM 
challenges. They should describe precisely the situation and demonstrate 
the shortcomings of current methods, tools, ways of reasoning, 
meta-models, etc.

Submission guidelines

The conference proceedings will be published in Springer Lecture Notes 
in Business Information Processing (LNBIP). Papers should be submitted 
in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The results described must be 
unpublished and must not be under review elsewhere. Submissions must 
conform to Springer's LNBIP format and should not exceed 15 pages. 
Submissions not conforming to the LNBIP format or exceeding 15 pages 
will be rejected without review.

Information about the Springer LNBIP format:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-487211-0 .

EasyChair submission page:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=poem2011 .

Organizers

*  John Krogstie, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 
(General Chair)
*  Paul Johannesson, Stockholm University, Sweden (PC Co-Chair)
*  Andreas L. Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway (PC Co-Chair)
*  Naci Akkök, Oracle, Oslo, Norway (Organizing Chair)

Programme Committee

Marko Bajec
Giuseppe Berio
Rimantas Butleris
Steinar Carlsen
Wolfgang Deiters
Mathias Ekstedt
Owen Eriksson
Xavier Franch
Mounira Harzallah
Patrick Heymans
Stijn Hoppenbrouwers
Jarl Höglund
Jon Iden
Håvard Jørgensen
Robert Lagerström
Mikael Lind
Pericles Loucopoulos
Raimundas Matulevicius
Graham McLeod
Christer Nellborn
Björn Nilsson
Sietse Overbeek
Oscar Pastor
Anne Persson
Michael Petit
Naveen Prakash
Erik Proper
Jolita Ralyte
Peter Rittgen
Colette Rolland
Matti Rossi
Kurt Sandkuhl
Ulf Seigerroth
Keng Siau
Pnina Soffer
Maarten Steen
Janis Stirna
Renate Strazdina
Patrick van Bommel
Olegas Vasilecas
Carson Woo