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PoEM 2016 - First Call for Papers
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9th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on The Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM)

8-10 November, 2016, Skövde, Sweden - www.his.se/poem2016
PoEM Series: http://poem.dsv.su.se/



We welcome submissions for the 9th IFIP WG 8.1 working conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM), taking place in Skövde, Sweden. The working conference aims to improve the understanding of the practice of Enterprise Modeling (EM) by offering a forum for sharing experiences and knowledge between the academic community and practitioners from industry and the public sector. PoEM is a very interesting and dynamic event. Submissions are sought on any topic of enterprise Modeling, including, but not limited to:

* Enterprise Modeling Theory
* Enterprise Modeling Practice, Case Studies, and Action Research
* Human Aspects in Enterprise Modeling
* Enterprise Modeling Tool Support
* Enterprise Architecture
* Enterprise Modeling for Information Systems
* Enterprise Modeling for Agility and Flexibility
* Enterprise Model Change Management and Transformation
* Enterprise Modeling and Requirements
* Quality & Integrity of Enterprise Models
* Enterprise Modeling Analysis, Integrity Checking & Validation
* Scalability of Enterprise Models
* Regulatory & Legal Compliance in EM
* Conceptualizations, Notations, and Ontologies
* Enterprise Modeling and Business Processes
* Capability-driven Enterprise Modeling
* Use of Enterprise Models at Run-Time
* Enterprise Modeling for Model-Driven Development
* Economics of Enterprise Modeling
* Knowledge Management and Enterprise Modeling
* Meta-Modeling and Multi-Level Enterprise Modeling
* Cloud-Based Enterprise Tools and Architectures
* Modeling Enterprise Security, Risk & Privacy
* Resource Modeling
* Enterprise 2.0

The papers accepted for PoEM 2016 will be published in the Springer LNBIP series. Authors can submit original papers complying with the LNBIP template via the Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=poem2016) submission page in the following categories:
* Research papers - describe original research contributions to the area of EM (max. 15 pages).
* Practitioner/Experience papers - present problems, challenges or experiences related to any aspect of EM encountered in practice (max. 15 pages).
* Short papers - can be used to present work in progress and emerging EM challenges (max. 10 pages).

Authors should indicate their intention to submit a paper by submitting an abstract one week before the paper submission deadline. Abstracts and papers shall be submitted via EasyChair. Authors of selected best papers shall be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to the special issue "Enterprise Modeling for Business Agility" of the BISE journal (http://www.bise-journal.com), with an open call for papers published after PoEM 2016.

Doctoral Consortium
A doctoral consortium will be organized on the first day of the conference where PhD students in the area are given the opportunity to get feedback from senior researchers. A separate call for papers will be distributed for the doctoral consortium.

Important Dates / Deadlines

Abstract submission: July 8th, 2016
Paper submission: July 15th, 2016
Notification of acceptance: August 28th, 2016
Conference: November 8-10th, 2016

STEERING COMITTEE:
Anne Persson, University of Skövde, Sweden
Janis Stirna, Stockholm University, Sweden
Kurt Sandkuhl, University of Rostock, Germany

GENERAL CHAIR:
Anne Persson, University of Skövde, Sweden

PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS:
Manfred Jeusfeld, University of Skövde, Sweden
Jennifer Horkoff, City University London, UK

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIR
Eva Söderström, University of Skövde, Sweden
Kurt Sandkuhl, University of Rostock, Germany

LOCAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:
Joeri van Laere, University of Skövde, Sweden
Jesper Holgersson, University of Skövde, Sweden
Kristens Gudfinnsson, University of Skövde, Sweden

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Raian Ali, Bournemouth University, UK
Marko Bajec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Judith Barrios Albornoz, University of Los Andes, Colombia
Giuseppe Berio, Université de Bretagne Sud, France
Robert Andrei Buchmann, University of Vienna, Austria
Rimantas Butleris Kaunas, University of Technology, Lithuania
Artur Caetano, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Albertas Caplinskas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania
Tony Clark, Middlesex University, UK
Wolfgang Deiters, Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, Germany
Dulce Domingos, FCUL, Portugal
Ulrich Frank, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany
Giovanni Giachetti, Universidad Andres Bello, Facultad de Ingeniería, Chile
Jaap Gordijn, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Janis Grabis, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Stijn Hoppenbrouwers, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Paul Johannesson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Håvard Jørgensen, Commitment AS, Norway
Monika Kaczmarek, University Duisburg Essen, Germany
Dimitris Karagiannis, University of Vienna, Austria
Lutz Kirchner, Scape Consulting GmbH, Germany
Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia
John Krogstie, IDI, NTNU, Norway
Robert Lagerström, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Birger Lantow, University of Rostock, Germany
Ulrike Lechner, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany
Pericles Loucopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Florian Matthes, Technische Universität München, Germany
Raimundas Matulevicius, University of Tartu, Estonia
Graham Mcleod, Inspired.org, South Africa
Christer Nellborn, Nellborn Management Consulting AB, Sweden
Selmin Nurcan, Universite Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
Andreas L Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway
Óscar Pastor, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Michael Petit, University of Namur, Belgium
Ilias Petrounias, University of Manchester, UK
Henderik Proper, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
Jolita Ralyté, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Colette Rolland, University Paris1 Pantheon Sorbonne, France
Kurt Sandkuhl, University of Rostock, Germany
Ulf Seigerroth, Jönköping University, Sweden
Khurram Shahzad, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Nikolay Shilov, SPIIRAS, Russian Federation
Eva Söderström, University of Skövde, Sweden
Pnina Soffer, University of Haifa, Israel
Janis Stirna, Stockholm University, Sweden
Darijus Strasunskas, DS Applied Science, Norway
Victoria Torres, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Francisco Valverde, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Olegas Vasilecas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Hans Weigand, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Robert Winter, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Eric Yu, University of Toronto, Canada
Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden



PoEM 2016 Home Page: http://www.his.se/poem2016/
Paper submission via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=poem2016