<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">PROFES 2013 – 14th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Development and Process Improvement </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">12-14 June, Azia Resort and Spa, Paphos Cyprus </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">*** Last Call for Short Papers & Posters ***</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; "><a href="http://profes2013.cs.ucy.ac.cy">http://profes2013.cs.ucy.ac.cy</a> </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">PROFES ’13 invites submissions of Short papers and Posters related to all the topics of interest of the </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">conference. Papers that address collaborations between industry and academia, case studies as well as </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">experience reports on any of the conference themes are welcome. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">For more information on the conference topics, visit the PROFES 2013 webpage </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">(<a href="http://profes2013.cs.ucy.ac.cy">http://profes2013.cs.ucy.ac.cy</a>). </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Short papers should promote current work, research, practices, experiences, and issues that are not at a </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">mature stage to be submitted as full papers. As so, they represent a good way for fast tracking new technical </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">work in progress. Short papers will be presented in a special session and will be published in the conference </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">proceedings. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Posters should visually express an idea, and experience or research results in an appealing form. Work </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">presented in a poster does not have to be fully developed, as so it represents a manner for receiving feedback </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">on new ideas. Furthermore, an interesting poster will encourage interaction among conference participants, </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">favor discussion, and possibly promote future collaborations. Posters will be displayed at the conference. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Submissions </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Short papers must not be more than 4 pages and poster proposals not more than 2 pages. Each submission </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">will be peer-reviewed by the short paper and poster committee. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">All submitted short papers must conform to the Springer LNCS author guidelines found at: </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; "><a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0.164.7.72376.0">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0.164.7.72376.0</a>). </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Publication is dependent on at least one author registering to attend PROFES 2013. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Submissions should be submitted to the easychair </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">account on or before the deadline </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; "><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=profes2013">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=profes2013</a> </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Important Dates (Firm)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Short papers and Posters Submission deadline: April 13, 2013 </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Notification of Acceptance: April 24, 2013 </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Camera Ready: May 1, 2013 </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Short Papers and Posters chair</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; min-height: 25px; "><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-family: Geneva; ">Maria Teresa Baldassarre, University of Bari, Italy, <a href="mailto:baldassarre@di.uniba.it">baldassarre@di.uniba.it</a> </div><div><br></div></body></html>