[AISWorld] 2014 Bled eConference - Students ePrototype Bazaar

[Andreja.Pucihar at fov.uni-mb.si]

Dear Colleague,   

we would like to inform you that Students ePrototype Bazaar (
http://bledconference.org/2014/Bazaar )  will be held during the 2014 Bled 
eConference: eEcosystems (June 1-5, 2014). You are invited to encourage 
your students to present their innovative ePrototypes. 

Introduction and theme: 

There’s an app for that! Apps for mobile devices are booming. In nearly 
all sectors and industries, apps are being developed to support 
location-based services, personalized information delivery, mobility 
monitoring functions et cetera. While app stores nearly explode by its 
supply and offers, solid research on the added value and use of apps is 
lacking. Parallel to what is seen in other sectors that suffer from 
information overload and complexity in consumer choice, different media 
provide app reviews and app comparison tools. These are intriguing and 
challenging developments where researchers (in training) can contribute 
to. The theme of this year’s Bled Students Bazaar is therefore dedicated 
to apps for mobile devices – in particular to apps that concern the health 
and environment of individuals. Think of apps that help patients to cope 
with their medication intake, that help them stop smoking, that warn them 
if air pollution is endangering their allergy. Think of apps that support 
house owners to track their energy usage, show individuals their 
ecological footprint, help people to locally provide social support for 
those in need. The possibilities to put in ‘apps for a better and 
healthier world’ seem endless. But what does work? How can we determine 
whether an app is effective? These are the key questions of this call for 
proposals.

The call: We call master and honors students in information, computer, 
organization, health and environmental sciences, from all countries, to 
write a proposal in which is thoroughly described (max. 2000 words):
(1) the basic idea of the app that (will) support(s) or improve(s) the 
health and/or environment of individual consumers;
(2) what environmental or health problem it (will) tackle(s);
(3) what makes it different from other apps in this domain;
(4) a determination or estimation of the value of the app;
(5) what the technology and content sources are behind the app;
(6) what the business model is of the app;
(7) the demonstration of the already available app, or a prototype of the 
proposed app.

In a submission an existing app can be valued, or a new app may be 
designed and valued.

Deadline for delivery of the proposal is March 1, 2014, sending a Word- or 
PDF-document to: r.s.batenburg at uu.nl andjohan.versendaal at hu.nl. Please use 
the template available at the conference website. After reviewing your 
proposal, we either:
(1) invite you to prepare for an oral & poster presentation during the 
Students Bazaar Meeting at the 2014 Bled Conference;
(2) invite you to prepare for a poster-only presentation during the 
Students Bazaar Meeting at the 2014 Bled Conference;
(3) invite you to visit the 2014 Bled Conference: i.e. we unfortunately 
need to reject your proposal due to misfit or insufficient quality.

Students attending the Bled Conference will benefit from the special 
student rates. 

PhD-students, Master students and distinctive students (like honors 
students) are invited to submit proposals for innovative eBusiness ideas 
(i.e. business models, frameworks) and software prototypes for the 
Professor Rene W. Wagenaar ePrototype Bazaar, a regular session that is 
part of the Bled eConference. Students can submit a short (1,000 words) 
proposal describing an e-business idea or prototype and briefly describing 
what they want to present as a poster and by oral presentation in an email 
(with an optional URL for further information) to the ePrototype Bazaar 
co-chairs. Students will have an opportunity to discuss their ideas with 
conference participants who will also jury and score the proposals. The 
best proposal will be rewarded with the Rene Wagenaar Award for MSc and 
PhD students. Preference will be given to prototypes proposing innovative 
or revolutionary eBusiness solutions, and new ways to implement eBusiness, 
as well as new ideas for business in Cyberspace.
Important Dates:

Submission: March 31, 2014
Notification: April 14, 2014
Final submission: May 5, 2014

for more details, please contact ePrototype Bazaar Co-chairs:
Johan Versendaal University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The 
Netherlands, Johan.Versendaal at hu.nl
Ronald Batenburg NIVEL & Utrecht University and Netherlands & Institute 
for Health Service Research, The Netherlands,R.S.Batenburg at cs.uu.nl

Best regards, 

Andreja Pucihar
2014 Bled eConference PC Chair
http://BledConference.org
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