[AISWorld] CFP Asia-Pacific Conference on Business Process Management 2015 (APBPM 2015), 24-26 June, Busan, Korea

[Raffaele Conforti]

INTRODUCTION
The Asia-Pacific Conference on Business Process Management 2015 (APBPM 2015) is the third 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 the same time, the conference committee welcomes submissions on 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 in the Asia-Pacific region. 

CONFERENCE TOPICS
The topics for both research and industry papers include, but are not limited to:
• Process design and modeling
- Process modeling languages 
- Process modeling notations
- Process model repositories
- Process patterns 
- Process reference models
- Process configuration
- Process model change and evolution

• Process management and execution
- Business process monitoring
- Adaptive process control
- Process-driven performance management
- Process diagnosis
- Optimized execution of business processes
- Context-aware process management

• BPM system design and development
- BPM system architectures and platforms
- Service oriented architectures for BPM
- Open-source BPM, 
- Mobile and social BPM
- Cloud computing and BPM

• Process mining and business process intelligence
- Process knowledge discovery
- Business Intelligence for business processes
- Log analytics in Internet of Things (IoT) environments
- Social network analysis from event log
- Operational intelligence using process mining techniques
- Complex event processing
- Process data analytics and visualization

• Domain-specific BPM
- Business process improvement
- Data-driven processes
- Big data in BPM
- Decision science and BPM 
- Supply Chain Processes
- Logistics process management
- Data mining for Business Processes
- Experience reports from BPM implementations within the Asia-Pacific region
- Case studies carried out within the Asia-Pacific region (BPM in logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, etc.)

PUBLICATIONS
All accepted full papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by LNBIP. For each 
accepted paper, at least one author must register for the conference and present the paper.
A selection of papers accepted for and presented at APBPM 2015 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. (http://journals.sfu.ca/ijietap/index.php/ijie/)

LOCATION
Busan Metropolitan City, located on the southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula, is the second largest
city in Korea. The natural environment of Busan is a perfect example of harmony between mountains,
rivers and sea. Its deep harbor and gentle tides have allowed it to grow into the largest container handling
port in the country and the fifth largest in the world. The city’s natural endowments and rich history have 
resulted in Busan’s increasing reputation as a world class city of tourism and culture. Busan is also becoming
renowned as an international convention destination.

IMPORTANT DATES
Full paper submission deadline: February 4, 2015 
Full paper acceptance notification: March 2, 2015
Camera ready due: March 16, 2015
Early Registration Deadline: May 1, 2015
Conference Dates: June 24—26, 2015

http://biztix.hufs.ac.kr/apbpm2015/APBPM2015_CFP.pdf