The 14th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the
Practice of Enterprise Modelling (PoEM)
November 24 – 26
Riga, Latvia

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 14th IFIP WG 8.1* Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modelling (PoEM) takes place in Riga, Latvia on November 24 - 26. It is hosted by the Riga Technical University. The working conference aims to improve the understanding of the practice of Enterprise Modelling (EM) by offering a forum for sharing experiences and knowledge between the academic community and practitioners from industry and the public sector.
PoEM 2021 invites you to contribute by submitting paper(s) on topics related to Enterprise modelling. This year the theme of the conference is the use of Enterprise Modeling and Enterprise Architecture towards ensuring sustainability and resilience of enterprises and societies. The theme is aligned by the increasing demand for making businesses, services and products more environmentally friendly and efficient as well as lasting longer and being robust to unexpected changes. The field of Enterprise Modeling should seek to support these challenges by providing methods and tools, as well as investigating and reporting on the current state of the art in practice.

TOPICS

* Enterprise Modelling Theory
* Enterprise Modelling Practice, Case Studies, and Action Research
* Human Aspects in Enterprise Modelling
* Enterprise Modelling Tool Support
* Modelling for Digitalization
* Large Scale Organizational Structures and Enterprise Ecosystems
* Modelling data-driven Organizations
* Modelling and Enterprise Architecture Management
* Enterprise Modelling for Information Systems
* Agile Enterprise Modelling
* Enterprise Model Life-cycle Management
* Meta-Modelling
* Quality and Validation of Enterprise Models
* Conceptualizations, Notations, Ontologies and Multi-Level Enterprise Modelling
* Multi-perspective Business Processes
* Capability-driven Modelling
* Value of Enterprise Modelling
* Knowledge Management and Enterprise Modelling
* Modelling Enterprise Security, Risk, Privacy and Regulatory Compliance
* Modeling of business ecosystems
* Enterprise Modelling for sustainability
* Ethics in Enterprise Modelling
* Organizational and Resource Modelling
* Modelling in Industry 5.0, Internet of Things systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Digital Twins
* No code and low code development for enterprise solutions

TYPES OF PAPERS

1. Research papers describe original research contributions in Enterprise Modelling (max. 15 pages)
2. Practitioner/Experience papers present problems, challenges or experience related to any aspect of Enterprise Modelling encountered in practice (max. 15 pages)
3. Short papers can be used to present work in progress and emerging Enterprise Modelling challenges (max. 10 pages)

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND PUBLICATION
Accepted research and experience papers will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP, indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, DBLP).
Papers have to be submitted in PDF using the EasyChair submission page. All submissions must be unpublished and not be under review elsewhere. Submissions must conform to Springer's LNBIP format.
At least one author of an accepted paper should register for the conference and present the paper.
EasyChair submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=poem2021
Springer formatting guidelines: http://www.springer.com/series/7911

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstracts (not mandatory): 9 July
Paper deadline: 16 July
Notifications of acceptance: 6 September
Camera ready copy: 6 October

ORGANIZERS
GENERAL CHAIRS
Jolita Ralyté, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Jānis Grabis, Riga Technical University, Latvia

PROGRAM CHAIRS
Estefanía Serral Asensio, KU Leuven, Belgium
Janis Stirna, Stockholm University, Sweden

For further inquiries, please contact Chairs by writing to poem2021@easychair.org.
*Pending approval