Information Systems Development (ISD) progresses rapidly, continually creating new challenges for the professionals involved. New concepts, approaches and techniques of systems development emerge constantly in this field. Progress in ISD comes from research as well as from practice. The aim of the Conference is to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences between academia and industry, and to stimulate exploration of new solutions.

The 18th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2009) will be hosted by Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang in China. The theme of the conference is ?Challenge of Practice and Theory in Web-based Information Services?. The conference features a number of tracks covering a wide spectrum of topics in the area of Information Systems Development. They will include (but not limited):

* Legal and Administrative Aspects of Information Systems Development
* Enterprise Systems - A Challenge for Future Research and Improved Practice
* Model-Driven Engineering in ISD
* IS/IT Project Management
* Information Systems for Service Marketing
* Development of Information Systems for Creativity and Innovation
* Human-Computer Interaction in ISD
* Agile and High-Speed Systems Development
* Managing of IS Development
* Innovation in Information Systems Development
* Public Information Systems Development
* Information Systems Engineering & Management
* Business Systems Analysis & Design
* Data and Information Systems Model
* Information Systems Development in Education and Government
* Service Oriented Modeling and Semantics Web Technologies Web-based
* Information System Development Methodology

Important dates
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Paper submission: May 1, 2009
Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2009
Early registration: July 15, 2009
Camera-ready Paper: August 1, 2009
Conference: September 16-19,2009

Paper publication
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All papers selected for this conference are peer-reviewed and will be published in the regular conference proceedings by Springer. In order for accepted papers to appear in the published proceedings, authors must edit their papers to comply with the ISD2009 Springer template.

Paper submission
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Submissions must not be published or submitted to another conference or journals. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must register as a full participant of the conference for the paper to be included in the proceedings. Each accepted paper must be presented in person by (one of) the author(s). Authors should submit their paper via the electronic submission system of ISD2009.

General Co-Chairs:
Guoqin Chen, Tsinghua University, China
Qiao Wang, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China

Programme Co-Chairs:
William Song, University of Durham, UK
Shenghua Xu, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China

International Advisory Committee:
Gregory Wojtkowski, Boise State University, USA
Wita Wojtkowski, Boise State University, USA
Henry Linger, Monash University, Australia

Organization Co-chairs:
Changxuan Wan, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China
Guoqiong Liao, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China

Organization Vice-Chairs:
Bo Shen, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China
Shumei Liao, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China
Yuansheng Zhong, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China

Finance and Registration Chair:
Yong Yang, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China

Local Arrangements Chair:
Shihua Luo, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China

Publication Co-Chairs:
Bo Shen, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China
Xiaofeng Du, University of Durham, UK

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Joe Geldart, University of Durham, UK
Juling Ding, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics, China

Track Chairs:
R�n�n Kennedy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Anders G. Nilsson, Karlstad University, Sweden
Odd Fredriksson, Karlstad University, Sweden
Maria Jose Escalona, University of Sevilla, Spain
Malgorzata Pankowska, University of Economics, Katowice, Poland
Yang Li, BT Innovate
Aimilia Tzanavari, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Andrina Grani?, University of Split, Croatia
Michael Lang, National University of Ireland, Galway
Kieran Conboy, National University of Ireland, Galway
(to be added)

Organiser:
School of information Technology, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics
Tel: +86-791-3891952
Fax: +86-791-3891952
Email: isd2009@jxufe.edu.cn
isd2009.jxufe@gmail.com