5th International Workshop on E-Marketplace Integration & Interoperability (EM2I'11)
(http://www.em2i.org/2011/)

in conjunction with 2011 IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2011)
(http://conferences.computer.org/icebe/2011/)

The 2011 International Workshop on E-Marketplace Integration & Interoperability (EM2I'11) is a venue for presenting state-of-the-art research and development achievements in the design, implementation, 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’11 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 design
- 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

+ Virtual marketplace design
- Virtual worlds
- Virtual economics
- Virtual product development
- Virtual money
- Virtual currency exchange
- Dynamic virtual enterprise formation
- Case study of virtual marketplaces

+ Legal infrastructure of electronic and virtual marketplaces

+ Social computing in electronic and virtual marketplaces


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We solicit original unpublished full papers of both technical and empirical aspects.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 2011, 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=em2i11

Important Dates
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Paper abstract deadline: June 14, 2011 (optional)
Paper Submission Deadline: June 20, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: July 10, 2011
Final Manuscripts Due: July 25, 2011
Early Bird Registration September: 19, 2011
Workshop Meeting: October 19 - 21, 2011

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

Program Committee
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To be advised