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<div><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Dear olleagues - </span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">The 33rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2014) will be held in Atlanta, GA, USA from 27 to 29 October 2014. The longstanding Conference was started on the foundation of seminal work by
Peter Chen related to entity-relationship modeling. It has, since, continued to evolve. </span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">This year, the Conference contains papers related to Big Data, Enterprise Architecture, Ontology Modeling, Business Process Modeling, Empirical Studies of Modeling, and Applications to Privacy and Security. </span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">This edition of the conference includes 39 papers in the main conference. In addition, there are 31 papers in 6 workshops that highlight contemporary challenges. There are also 3 Keynotes, 2 Tutorials and
2 Panels. An Educational Symposium and a Doctoral Consortium are also part of the program.</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">The Tentative Conference Program is available on the conference Website at </span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Early Registration Ends: 20 September 2014</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">The Conference will be held in Atlanta, GA, USA. Atlanta has many educational and research institutions and is also known for CNN, The Coca-Cola Museum, and a rich American history. The Conference Hotel will
be in Buckhead, the commercial center of the city, and is across the street from two major shopping areas: Lenox Mall and Phipps Plaza. </span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">The location Information is here: </span><a href="http://2014.erconference.org/accommodation/" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">http://2014.erconference.org/accommodation/</a><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Group Rate for Rooms Available Upto: 26 September 2014</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">The Conference has a scale that promises significant interactions with senior members of the community as well as open dialog in many sessions. </span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">We look forward to your participation in this exciting event.</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Matti Rossi, Aalto University </span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen University</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Gill Dobbie, University of Auckland</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Eri Yu, University of Toronto</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">
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Marta Indulska, University of Queensland<br>
Workshops Chair<br>
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Richard Welke, Georgia State University <br>
Local Arrangements Chair<br>
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Sandeep Purao, Penn State University<br>
General Chair<br>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">Aalto University School of Business</font></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">FI-00076 AALTO, Finland</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">email: matti.rossi@aalto.fi</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Mobile: +358-50-3835503</span></div>
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