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<b class="">Call for Contributions to the </b><b class="">Doctoral Consortium </b><b class="">at the 13th International Conference on Business Process Management</b>
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PhD students working in the area of Business Process Management (BPM) are invited to submit their proposals for participation in a Doctoral Consortium, which will be held on Sunday, 30 August, 2015, in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Business Process Management
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The Doctoral Consortium has the following objectives:<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• To provide valuable feedback on students’ research methods and plans<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• To provide helpful guidance on students’ research directions and topics<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• To promote the development of a community of scholars that will help students in their future careers<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• To provide students with opportunities to meet and interact with experienced researchers in the area of BPM<br class="">
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The PhD candidates of the accepted proposals are expected to present their research at the Doctoral Consortium. We welcome submissions representing a broad spectrum of research topics related to BPM. Participants will benefit from the advice of senior researchers
in the field and from the interaction with peers being at a similar stage of their careers.<br class="">
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<b class="">Submission</b><br class="">
PhD students interested in engaging in detailed discussions on their research at the Doctoral Consortium are invited to submit an extended abstract, which describes their thesis work and in particular provides clear discussions on:<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• The research problem being addressed<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• The research methodology and techniques being applied<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• The solution being proposed and its validity<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• The relation of the work to the state of the art in BPM research<br class="">
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The extended abstract should be discussed with the respective PhD supervisor before submission. It should be written in English using 11pt font and 1.5 line space in maximum 4 (A4) pages. It should be submitted (as a single PDF file) by midnight (EST) by 8
June 2015 via the BPM 2015 Doctoral Consortium EasyChair Submission Website:<br class="">
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<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bpm15dc" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bpm15dc</a><br class="">
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<b class="">Review Process</b><br class="">
Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the Doctoral Consortium Committee. The review of the reported research work in each proposal will take into account its originality, its potential for advancing the BPM field, and whether the work is at a stage where
the PhD candidate can benefit from participating in the consortium. Rejected submissions will receive written feedback. Confidentiality of submissions will be maintained throughout the review process.<br class="">
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<b class="">Notification</b><br class="">
Authors will be notified of the result of their submission by 1 July 2015. Accepted doctoral candidates will receive instructions on how to submit a camera-ready copy of their proposal, and will receive information on the preparation of the presentation and
poster (see “At the Conference” next).<br class="">
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Acceptance to the Doctoral Consortium is an honour. In turn, accepted candidates are expected to fully commit themselves to the success of the consortium by being open to new ideas and suggestions and providing ideas and suggestions to other participants. All accepted
contributions will be circulated among the participants about one week before the consortium.</div>
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<b class="">At the Conference</b><br class="">
Accepted submissions will be presented both at the Doctoral Consortium, which is a venue open only to participants, and as a poster at the conference. All participants are expected to attend every session of the consortium. Each student will present his or
her work to the group with substantial time provided for discussions and questions by participating researchers and other students.<br class="">
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<b class="">Important Dates</b><br class="">
Extended abstract submission: 8 June 2015 </div>
<div class="">Notification of acceptance: 1 July 2015 </div>
<div class="">Camera-ready copy: 1 August 2015</div>
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<b class="">Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs</b><br class="">
Stefanie Rinderle-Ma, University of Vienna, Austria<br class="">
Mathias Weske, Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Germany<br class="">
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<b class="">Doctoral Consortium Jury</b><br class="">
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• Dirk Fahland, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• Jan Mendling, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• Manfred Reichert, University of Ulm, Germany<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• Barbara Weber, University of Innsbruck, Austria</div>
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