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<span>Dear colleagues,<br><br>In line with the deadline extension for the IEEE CBI 2014, there is a deadline extension for the workshop LABEM, co-located with the IEEE CBI conference.<br>
Extended deadline is 16.03.2014.<br><br>Below you will find more information about the event. Up-to-date information can be found on http://labem.ee-team.eu.<br>
<br><br> 1st Workshop: Lowering the adoption barrier of enterprise modelling<br>
In conjunction with IEEE CBI'14 - Geneva, July 2014 <br>
<br> Call for Papers - Lowering the adoption barrier of enterprise modelling (LABEM) <br>
<br> Important dates <br> 16 March 2014 Paper submission (submission site)<br>
27 April 2014 Notification of acceptance <br> 15 May 2014 Camera-ready copy <br>
<br> Aims<br> This workshop aims to raise the awareness on human dimensions immanent to enterprise modelling, and to underline the need for their better support by modelling technologies.<br>
<br> The success of an enterprise modelling effort heavily depends on the involvement and participation of a broader stakeholder group (e.g. process owners, domain experts, key decision-makers). In this context, models could be considered to act as boundary objects between different participants’ communities – typically, but not limited to – stakeholders, on one side, and modelling experts on the other.<br>
<br> To allow for better involvement of such audience in the enterprise modelling effort, the means used for modelling (i.e. primarily methods, modelling languages and tools) should be intuitive and as non-intrusive as possible. It is, however, a common observation in practice that standard modelling notations and dedicated tools offer unsatisfactory support with this regard, as they are rather focused on more technical aspects of modelling. This not only creates burden to stakeholder involvement, but also slows down the maturation of enterprise modelling practices.<br>
<br> Effectively supporting these, inherently human, aspects of modelling is a tremendous challenge. Nonetheless, there is a growing research interest in this topic across different research communities, in particular in software engineering, information systems, and human-computer interaction. With this respect, LABEM workshop aims to explore, discuss and elaborate on challenges related to including human aspects of modelling into enterprise modelling research agenda.<br>
<br> The workshop is conceived as platform to interactively discuss how this dimension should be addressed from the epistemological, methodological, as well as technological perspective. We also aim to discuss design-oriented approaches having the potential to lower down the barrier to enterprise modelling.<br>
<br> Given a cross-disciplinary nature of the topic, we hope to attract research contributions drawing on the surrounding disciplines, such as computer science, information systems, management science, cognitive science, linguistics, etc. In doing so, our ambition is to foster the development of a cross-disciplinary community around this research topic.<br>
<br> Topics <br><br> We encourage both academics and practitioners to share their ongoing research, reflections as well as their insights from practical experiences. The suggested topics include, but are not limited to:<br>
Philosophical, cognitive and linguistic aspects of conceptual/enterprise modelling<br>
Adaptability, configurability, extensibility of modelling languages,<br>
Flexibility of modelling tools<br>
Non-intrusive and intuitive modelling support<br>
Man-model interaction, e.g. tangible modelling, cognitive aspects of interaction, etc. <br>
Combined use of imprecise and/or incomplete models with more structured and precise models<br>
Challenges of dealing with incomplete and imprecise models, relaxed conformance, etc.<br>
Approaches to foster stakeholder involvement, participation and collaboration in conceptual/enterprise modelling<br>
Case studies, return on experiences <br>
<br> Event description <br> LABEM is intended as a highly interactive event and will be co-located with the 16th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics (CBI 2014) in Geneva, Switzerland on July 14-17, 2014. As it aims to be an interactive workshop, a short time will be given to paper presentations. The presentations should preferably aim at discussion, presenting the problems and issues related to lowering the adoption barrier of enterprise modelling.<br>
<br> Paper types <br> The submissions should describe innovative and significant original research relevant to the LABEM topics as listed. We strongly encourage submissions adopting a cross-disciplinary perspective on the topic. Paper submissions from industry as well as from young researchers (MSc or PhD researchers) are also welcomed. <br>
<br> Two types of submissions are invited: regular papers (8 pages) and short papers (4 pages). <br>
<br> Submission guidelines <br> All papers must be prepared in accordance with the IEEE camera-ready and should be submitted in PDF format at labem2014. Work submitted for consideration must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere during the duration of consideration. <br>
<br> At least one author of accepted papers is expected to present the paper at the LABEM workshop. <br>
<br><br> Proceedings<br> The workshop proceedings will be included in the IEEE library alongside the CBI conference proceedings.<br>
<br><br>Advisory board<br><br> Henderik A. Proper, CRP Tudor, Luxembourg and Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands<br>
Ulrich Frank, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany<br>
Jolita Ralyté, University of Geneva, Switzerland<br>
<br>Program committee<br><br> Stijn Hoppenbrouwers, HAN University of Applied Sciences and Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands<br>
Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden<br> Anne Persson, University of Skövde, Sweden<br>
Kurt Sandkuhl, University of Rostock, Germany<br> Janis Stirna, Stockholm University, Sweden<br>
Sybren de Kinderen, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg<br>
Miguel Goulăo, Faculdade de Cięncias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal<br>
Hans Weigand, Tilburg University, The Netherlands<br>
Jean-Marie Favre, Université de Grenoble, France<br>
Gil Regev, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland<br>
Agnes Nakakawa, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda<br>
Ivano Malavolta, University of L'Aquila, Italy<br> Albert Fleischmann, Metasonic AG, Germany <br>
Valérie Maquil, CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg<br> Dirk van der Linden, CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg<br>
Richard F. Paige, University of York, United Kingdom<br>
Ginta Stale, Technical University Riga, Latvia<br> John Krogstie, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway<br>
<br>--<br>Dr. Jean-Sébastien Sottet<br>CRP Henri Tudor - Luxembourg<br>
e: jean-sebastien.sottet@tudor.lu<br>w: www.tudor.lu<br>tel: (+352) 452 991 3361</span>
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