The 2010 IEEE International Workshop on E-Marketplace Integration & Interoperability
(http://www.em2i.org/2010/)

in conjunction with 2010 IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) (http://conferences.computer.org/icebe/2010/)

The 2010 International Workshop on E-Marketplace Integration & Interoperability (EM2I'10) is a venue for presenting state-of-the-art research and development achievements in the design, introduction, and use of integration technology for e-marketplaces that affect business interoperability between enterprise information systems, within supply chains, and between fragmented e-marketplaces. EM2I’10 is a research forum to achieve a globally and semantically interoperable common business information space where consumers, enterprises and governments can collaboratively work together in mutually-beneficial electronic and virtual markets.

Topics of Interest
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E-marketplace integration
- Business vocabulary integration
- Business document integration
- Business process integration
- Languages describing business vocabularies, documents and processes
Semantic inference on e-marketplaces
- Multi-agent systems
- Human-computer collaboration systems
- Semantic inference engines
- Business rules and rule languages
E-marketplace functions
- Demand and supply matching
- Electronic marketing systems
- Electronic procurement systems
- Electronic contract systems
- Electronic payment systems
- Electronic logistics systems
- Electronic warehousing systems
- Electronic customs systems
- Electronic quality inspection systems
- Electronic banking systems
- E-marketplace protection systems
Virtual marketplaces
- Virtual communities
- Virtual worlds
- Virtual product development systems
- Virtual money systems
- Virtual money exchange systems
- Dynamic virtual enterprise formation
- Case analysis of virtual marketplace such as XStreet SL
Legal infrastructure of e-marketplaces and virtual marketplaces
Social computing in electronic and virtual marketplaces
- Social navigation for customer search
- Social interoperation for marketplace support
- Social collaboration for transaction facilitation

Paper Submission
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We solicit original unpublished full papers of both technical and empirical aspects. Papers should be submitted in IEEE conference paper format and should not exceed 6 pages. Maximum of two additional pages is allowed for US$150/page. Each paper will undergo a blind review process and typically be reviewed by two to three members of the Program Committee. All papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance, originality, clarity, and technical merit. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings of ICEBE 2010, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society and made available in the IEEE Digital Library.

All papers are EI-indexed. The paper submission will take place using EasyChair at following link:

URL: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=em2i10

Important Dates
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Paper abstract deadline: June 22, 2010
Paper Submission Deadline: July 6, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: July 22, 2010
Final Manuscripts Due: August 5, 2010
Workshop Meeting: November 10 ~ 12, 2010

Workshop Chairs
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Jingzhi Guo, University of Macau, Macao
Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

Program Committee
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Nick Bassiliades, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Hsueh-Hsien, Chang, Jiwen University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Joerg Leukel, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Chun-hui Piao, Shijiazhuang Railway Institute, China
Haifeng Shen, Flinders University, Australia
Athanassios Tsadiras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Hua Wang, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
T. Andrew Yang, University of Houston (Clear Lake), USA
Yan Zhuang, University of Macau, Macao
Joe Zou, IBM Software Group, Australia

Steering Committee
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Grigoris Antoniou, University of Crete, Greece
Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Jingzhi Guo, University of Macau, Macao
Rolf T. Wigand, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
Lida Xu, Old Dominion University, USA