[Mycolleagues] FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MCETECH CONFERENCE ON E-TECHNOLOGIES

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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MCETECH CONFERENCE ON E-TECHNOLOGIES
MAY 4-6, 2009
OTTAWA, CANADA
http://www.mcetech.org

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
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- Proceedings published by Springer (Lecture Notes in BPI)
- Research and industrial submissions: papers due Jan. 9 (abstracts due Dec. 19)
- Workshops proposals: due Dec. 19
- Tutorial proposals: due Jan. 30
- Special issue of International Journal of E-Business for best papers

Description
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The Internet pervades many of the activities of modern societies and has become the preferred medium for the delivery of information and services. The successful implementation of Internet applications, ranging from eBusiness, to eEducation or to eGovernment, is a multi-faceted problem, involving technological, managerial, economic, and legal issues.

The 4th International MCETECH Conference on e-Technologies aims to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in exploring the many facets of Internet applications and technologies, with a focus on the technological, managerial, and organisational issues. Original and inter-disciplinary approaches to these problems are highly encouraged.

Authors focusing on the technological aspects are encouraged to highlight economic, managerial, or organizational implications of their work. Conversely, authors focusing on the economic, managerial, or organizational aspects are encouraged to highlight the technological dimension.

The program committee will award a Best Paper Award to the best research paper in terms of 1) originality, 2) presentation, and 3) impact. Extended versions of the finalist papers shall be submitted to a special issue of the International Journal of E-Business. All accepted research and industrial papers will be included in the indexed conference proceedings published in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing series (Springer).

The conference also includes an industrial track, providing a forum for practitioners to present problems and case studies that have benefited from, or could benefit from, Internet technologies in their business. There will also be co-located workshops on the first day.

Topics
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Submissions are invited in the areas mentioned in the following non-exhaustive list:

    Inter-organizational processes
        Organizational transformation
        Inter-organizational workflow
        Process modeling languages (syntax, semantics, validation)
        Process adaptation (methods, tools)
        E-auctions and E-negotiations

    Service-Oriented Architecture
        Architectures
        Languages and protocols
        Service compositions
        Open APIs and mashups
        Methodologies and Tools

    Security and trust
        Requirements
        Legal issues
        Compliance
        Privacy and data protection
        Identity management
        Identity theft
        Access control management

    Middleware and infrastructure services
        Novel deployment technologies
        Distributed transactions
        Recovery
        Ubiquity management
        Network management

    Applications
        eGovernment
        eHealth
        eEducation
        Telecommunication services
        Internet-based collaborative work

    Open source and open environments
        Business models
        Ecosystems
        Licensing issues
        Communities
        Inner source

Format
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 The conference program will include:

            research paper sessions,
            tutorials,
            an industrial track,
            workshops

Important dates
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 Research papers and Industrial track contributions
  December 19, 2008: Abstracts due
  January 9, 2009:   Full papers due (6000 words max) and
                                   Industrial track contributions due (5000 words max)
  February 6, 2009:  Notifications to authors
  February 17, 2009: Camera-ready copies due

 Workshops
  December 19, 2008: Workshop proposals due
  January 14, 2009:  Notifications to organizers
  February 28, 2009: Workshop contributions due (suggested)

 Tutorials
  January 30, 2009:  Tutorial proposals due
  February 13, 2009: Notifications to organizers
  March 20, 2009:    Tutorial notes due

 Conference
  May 4-6, 2009

Venue
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Ottawa is the capital city of Canada, with approximately one million habitants. Placed at the confluence of three rivers, it has attractive view, great outdoors, beautiful  museums and many other exciting  attractions. The weather is usually quite nice May, which is also the season of the Canadian Tulip Festival. Also known as Silicon-Valley North, Ottawa is located about 200 km from Montréal and 450 km from Toronto, with good air, train and bus connections to both.

The conference will be hosted in the new Azrieli Pavilion and Theatre, at the heart of Carleton University.

Program Committee
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Adi, Kamel; Université du Québec en Outaouais
Aïmeur, Esma; Université de Montréal
Amyot, Daniel;
Babin, Gilbert; HEC Montréal (PC Co-Chair)
Bailetti, Tony; Carleton University
Bassil, Sarita; Marshall University
Benyoucef, Morad; University of Ottawa
D'Andrea, Vincenzo; University of Trento
Emmel, Peter; SAP
Franz, Michael; University of California, Irvine
Gagnon, Stéphane; Université du Québec en Outaouais
Gordijn, Jaap; Vrije Universiteit
Grimm, Ruediger; University of Koblenz-Landau
Hepp, Martin; Bundeswehr University Munich
Hofmann, Paul; SAP
Jannach, Dietmar; TU-Dortmund
Kersten, Gregory; Concordia University
Khendek, Ferhat; Concordia University
Kropf, Peter; Université de Neuchâtel (PC Co-Chair)
Kuziemsky, Craig; University of Ottawa
Le Meur, Anne-Françoise; Université de Lille
Logrippo, Luigi; Université du Québec en Outaouais
Ludwig, Simone; University of Saskatchewan
Mili, Hafedh; LATECE - UQAM
Niktash, Morteza; Public Works & Government Services, Canada
Peyton, Liam; University of Ottawa
Rada, Roy; University of Maryland
Rensing, Christoph; Technical University of Darmstadt
Sandoz, Alain; Vauban Technologies
Simon, Carlo; Provadis Hochschule
Spahn, Michael; SAP
Suzuki, Jun; University of Massachusetts, Boston
Tran, Thomas; University of Ottawa
Tremblay, Guy; LATECE - UQAM
Valtchev, Petko; LATECE - UQAM
Verrons, Marie-Hélène; Université La Rochelle
Weiss, Michael; Carleton University (Chair)
Yan, Yuhong; Concordia University
Zirpins, Christian; University College London

 

Further information
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    Conference web site: http://www.mcetech.org