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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Apologies for cross-posting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>* APBPM 2014: Fourth Call for Papers *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>=================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Business Process Management (APBPM 2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Brisbane, Australia, July 3-4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.ap-bpm.org">http://www.ap-bpm.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>* THE PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS NOW EXTENDED TO JANUARY 23, 2014 *<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>*** HIGHLIGHTS ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Publications: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>All accepted full papers will be included in the conference proceedings as a LNBIP series published by Springer. A selection of accepted papers will be invited for submission to a special issue in the International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice (IJIETAP), which is indexed by SCIE, EI/Compendex, etc. <a href="http://journals.sfu.ca/ijietap/index.php/ijie/">http://journals.sfu.ca/ijietap/index.php/ijie/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Important dates: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Full/short papers extended due date: January 23, 2014 (firm)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Notification of acceptance: February 21, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Camera-ready papers deadline: March 7, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mini-Sabbaticals:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>APBPM 2014 will provide mini-sabbatical (or short research visit) program as an opportunity for the many overseas conference participants to build a closer network with Australia's BPM community. The related collaborations could range from guest presentations, short visits to shorter sabbaticals with certain Australia research institution/s that you would like to collaborate with given your research area.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>*** UPDATES ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Two confirmed keynote speakers: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Professor Hyerim Bae (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Professor Michael Rosemann (Information Systems School, Queensland University of Technology)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>List of Australian Universities participating in the mini-sabbatical program:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>=================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The Asia-Pacific Conference on Business Process Management 2014 (APBPM 2014) is the second edition of the reference conference for researchers and practitioners in the field of Business Process Management (BPM) in the region. It aims to provide a high quality forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange research findings and ideas on BPM technologies and practices that are highly relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. At same time, the conference committee welcomes submissions with relevant topics from all over the world. A key objective of the conference is to set up a bridge between actual industrial requirements and leading edge research outcomes to the growth of economic rising powers of the Asia-Pacific region. The second conference will take place on July 3-4, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>**** TOPICS ****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The topics for both research and industry papers include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Business process design and modeling<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Process modeling languages and notations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Process model repositories<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Process patterns and process reference models<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Business process execution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Workflow modeling and management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Business process monitoring <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Process architecture and platform (Open-source BPM, Cloud & mobile BPM, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Adaptive process control<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Process driven performance management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Process diagnosis <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Process mining<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Process knowledge management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Operational intelligence in BPM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Resource and data-driven BPM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Context-aware BPM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Social media and BPM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Big data and BPM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Decision science in BPM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Data mining/business intelligence for Business Process<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Experience reports from BPM implementations within the Asia-Pacific region<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Case studies carried out within the Asia-Pacific region (BPM in logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>**** SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Papers should be formatted according to Springer¡¯s LNBIP formatting guidelines (for instructions and style sheets see <a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-791344-0">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-791344-0</a>). Submissions must be in English. Full papers must not exceed 15 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. The title page must contain a short abstract clarifying the relation of the paper with the topics above. The paper must clearly state the problem being addressed, the goal of the work, the results achieved, and the relation to other work. Papers should be submitted electronically as a self-contained PDF file via the APBPM 2014 submission system (<a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apbpm2014">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apbpm2014</a>). Submissions must be original contributions that have not been published previously, nor already submitted to other conferences or journals in parallel with this conference. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>**** PUBLICATION ****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>All accepted full papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by LNBIP. For each accepted (full/short) paper, at least one author must register for the conference and present the paper. A selection of papers accepted for and presented at APBPM 2014 will be invited for a special issue in the International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice (IJIETAP), which is indexed by SCIE, EI/Compendex, etc. <a href="http://journals.sfu.ca/ijietap/index.php/ijie/">http://journals.sfu.ca/ijietap/index.php/ijie/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>**** KEY DATES ****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Full/short papers due: January 10, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Notification of acceptance: February 21, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Camera-ready papers deadline: March 7, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>**** COMMITTEES **** <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>GENERAL CHAIR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Arthur ter Hofstede, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jae-Yoon Jung, Kyung Hee University, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chun Ouyang, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>ORGANIZATION CHAIR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Moe Thandar Wynn, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>PUBLICITY CHAIR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Artem Polyvyanyy, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Minseok Song, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Zhiqiang Yan, Capital University of Economics and Business, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>STEERING COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hyerim Bae, Pusan National University, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Arthur ter Hofstede, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jianmin Wang, Tsinghua University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Arthur ter Hofstede, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hyerim Bae, Pusan National University, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jianmin Wang, Tsinghua University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pingyu Hsu, National Central University, Taiwan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Riyanarto Sarno, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Indonesia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>PROGRAM COMMITTEE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Saiful Akbar, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Majed Al-Mashari, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Joonsoo Bae, Chonbuk National University, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hyerim Bae, Pusan National University, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jian Cao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Namwook Cho, Seoul National Univ. of Technology, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Lizhen Cui, Shandong University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Zaiwen Feng, Wuhan University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Arthur ter Hofstede, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Marta Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jae-Yoon Jung, Kyung Hee University, Korea <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dongsoo Kim, Soongsil University, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kwanghoon Kim, Kyonggi University, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Minsoo Kim, Pukyung National University, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Raymond Lau, City University of Hongkong, Hongkong, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chun Ouyang, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Helen Paik, The University of New South Wales, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Artem Polyvyanyy, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Punnamee Sachakamol, Kasetsart University, Thailand Shazia Sadiq, University of Queensland, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Lawrence Si, University of Macau, Macau, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Minseok Song, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jianmin Wang, Tsinghua University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Lijie Wen, Tsinghua University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ingo Weber, NICTA, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Raymond Wong, The University of New South Wales, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Moe Thandar Wynn, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bernardo N. Yahya, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Zhiqiang Yan, Captial University of Economics and Business, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jianwei Yin, Zhejiang University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sira Yongchareon, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yang Yu, Sun Yat-Sen University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Liang Zhang, Fudan University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yang Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>**** MINI-SABBATICALS/RESEARCH VISITS **** <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>APBPM 2014 will provide mini-sabbatical (or short research visit) program in order to increase research awareness and collaboration within the worldwide BPM community. This program is not only a showcase of high quality academic research, but also an opportunity for the many overseas APBPM 2014 participants to build a closer network with Australia's BPM community. The related collaborations could range from guest presentations, short visits to shorter sabbaticals with certain Australia research institution/s that you would like to collaborate with given your research area. More detailed information of the mini-sabbatical program is available on the conference website <a href="http://www.ap-bpm.org">www.ap-bpm.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>**** INQUIRIES ****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Inquiries regarding APBPM 2014 can be addressed to <a href="mailto:info@ap-bpm.org">info@ap-bpm.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>