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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">The annual International Conference on Business Process Management is the premier conference for researchers and practitioners in the field
 of Business Process Management (BPM).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> The
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BPM Newsletter</a> is intended for the active and growing community involved and/or interested in this conference series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Reports on BPM 2014 in Eindhoven<br>
</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Overview of conference and co-located events, various BPM  awards,  etc.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Preview BPM 2015 in Innsbruck<br>
</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The next conference will take place in Innsbruck, Austria. Read about the preparations.<span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Send your Workshop Proposals and Papers to BPM 2015!
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</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The deadline for workshop proposals is December 4<sup>th</sup>. Moreover, start writing your BPM 2015 papers!<span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
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</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Barbara Weber joins the BPM SC.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Report on the BPM Tools Database<br>
</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The main goal of the BPM Tools Database is to increase the visibility of BPM tools and to foster their uptake and dissemination.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">In Memoriam Skip Ellis<br>
</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The founder of the Workflow/BPM area and first BPM keynote speaker passed away unexpectedly earlier this year.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Message from the BPM 2015 PC chairs
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</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hamid Motahari, Jan Recker, Matthias Weidlich solicit novel contributions for BPM 2015.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Process Mining Course Expected to Attract Over 35.000 Participants
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</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On November 12th 2014, the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Process Mining: Data Science in Action will start.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Other News From the BPM Community<br>
</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Call for papers special issue BISE on BPM Use Cases, MOOC on Process Mining: Data Science in Action, etc.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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