BPM 2011 is the ninth conference in a series that provides the most distinguished research forum for researchers and practitioners in all aspects of BPM including theory, frameworks, methods, techniques, architectures, systems, and empirical findings. With an acceptance rate in previous editions at around 13% the conference has a record of attracting innovative research of highest quality, from a mix of disciplines including Computer Science, Management Information Science, Services Computing, Services Science, and Technology Management.

This year’s conference will continue with the broad-based themes of previous editions, and strives to strengthen and expand in several key directions . The conference encourages emerging research on new conceptual models for BPM that attempt to unify core aspects of BPM, including process management, data management, business rules and requirements, and analytics. The conference also encourages the increasing interest in applying established and new techniques, such as model-driven architectures, Web services and Web architectures, SOA, and Cloud Computing, to the specific challenges of BPM. In this context, the conference is also looking for contributions on implementation techniques and details for process or Web service execution engines with focus on new application areas. Finally, the conference seeks to attract papers that highlight the pervasive need for BPM capabilities across application areas outside of business management, including healthcare delivery, digital government, disaster management, and management of scientific and other academic endeavors, and that highlight how new techniques can solve the distinctive challenges arising in those diverse areas. Awards will be given to the best papers in different categories.

BPM 2011 will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and will be organized by the LIMOS Laboratory (http://www.isima.fr/limos/), CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal. The conference will take place at the campus des cezeaux which is located about minutes from the city center. Clermont-Ferrand is a medium-sized city located in the heart of Auvergne, one of the most beautiful regions of France: ancient volcanoes, lakes and gorges, historic sites and Romanesque architecture make its wealth. Information about the venue and local area are provided on the conference website: http://bpm2011.isima.fr/ . 


Research topics include, but are not limited to:

MODELING AND THEORY OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND PROCESSES
Process modeling languages, notations and methods
Data-aware and data-centric approaches to BPM
Reference process models
Variability and configuration of process models
Process simulation and static analysis
Automated process composition and synthesis
Process metadata and semantic reasoning
Process patterns and standards
Foundations of business process models
Security and Privacy aspects in business process modeling

PROCESS ARCHITECTURES AND PLATFORMS

Process-oriented software architectures
Service-oriented architectures for BPM
Workflow management systems and infrastructure
Security and Privacy aspects of business process execution
Automated planning for business process execution
Resource management in business process execution
Process componentization and component repositories
Distributed process execution
Cloud computing in support of BPM

MANAGEMENT OF PROCESS EXECUTION DATA

Models and theory of workflow as data
Process tracing and monitoring
Dynamic process analysis and Process performance measurement
Process mining and learning
Process data warehousing
Data streaming in business processes

PROCESS EVOLUTION AND FLEXIBILITY

Process exception handling
Process change management
Monitoring and provenance across change
Adaptive and context-aware processes
Case handling
Process-enhanced groupware

HUMAN-CENTRIC BPM

People-intensive processes
User-centric aspects of BPM design
User-centric aspects of process management and use
Cross-organizational processes
Globally distributed process management
Integrating strategy, process, people and IT
Task sourcing through social networks

NON-TRADITIONAL BPM SCENARIOS

Knowledge-intensive processes
Data-driven business processes
Distributed and mobile processes
Inter-process planning and coordination
Scientific processes / grid workflows

MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND EMPIRICAL STUDIES

Business process lifecycle management
Relationship of business strategy and business process
Success factors and measures in BPM
BPM governance and compliance management
BPM Maturity
Adoption and Practice of BPM
Case Studies and Experience Reports in BPM
BPM in support of business networks


Conference Paper Submission

BPM 2011 invites research submissions on all topics related to business process management, including but not limited to those listed above. Research papers should be submitted electronically via the EasyChair system at 13 March 2011.
Initial submissions must be received no later than 6 March 2011 (including at least title and abstract). Final papers must be submitted by 13 March 2011. Submission details and formatting instructions are given at the website. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Springer-Verlag in their LNCS series. For each accepted paper, at least one author is required to register for the conference and should plan to present the paper. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a special issue Information Systems (an Elsevier Science Journal).
Additional Conference Activities
The BPM 2011 conference will include a diverse set of tracks and activities in addition to the main research track. As with previous editions of the conference, there will be several associated workshops that explore newly emerging approaches, methods, and technologies in the BPM space. All or most of these workshops will be held on 29 August 2011. The Demo Track will showcase new, innovative systems that illustrate key BPM functionalities. The proceedings of the workshops, and short papers describing the demos, will be published in a volume of Springer’s Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP). The Industrial Experiences track aims at bridging the viewpoints of leading research outcomes with practical demands and industrial experience; practitioners are encouraged to submit papers reporting on innovative industrial implementations and applications of BPM methods and techniques, with a particular emphasis on their impact on information technology use or business practice. The conference will include tutorials on cutting-edge frameworks and associated principled techniques for solving BPM challenges. There are plans for a Doctoral Consortium, that will provide students in advanced stages of their dissertation work an opportunity to share their research with peers, world-class researchers, and industry experts in Business Process Management. Finally, a summer school directly following the main conference is envisioned.


Preliminary conference schedule

Abstract submissions: 6 March 2011
Final paper submissions: 13  March 2011
Notification of acceptance: 13 May 2011
Camera-ready papers: 12 June 2011
Doctoral Symposium: 28 August 2011
Workshops + industry day: 29 August 2011
Conference: 30 August - 1 September 2011
Summer school: 2 September, 2011


Program Chairs

Stefanie Rinderle-Ma, University of Vienna, Austria
Farouk Toumani, Blaise Pascal University Clermont-Ferrand, France
Karsten Wolf, University of Rostock, Germany