Scope:
The purpose of the International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, MODELSWARD 2015, is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in using models and model driven engineering techniques for Software Development.
Conference Areas:
Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. MODELING LANGUAGES, TOOLS AND ARCHITECTURES
2. METHODOLOGIES, PROCESSES AND PLATFORMS
3. APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

AREA 1: MODELING LANGUAGES, TOOLS AND ARCHITECTURES

• Domain-Specific Modeling
• General-Purpose Modeling Languages and Standards
• Model Transformation
• Syntax and Semantics of Modeling Languages
• Meta-Modeling: Foundations and Tools
• Reasoning about Models
• Constraint Modeling and Languages
• Model-Driven Architecture
• Service Oriented Architectures

AREA 2: METHODOLOGIES, PROCESSES AND PLATFORMS

• Systems Engineering
• Model Transformations and Generative Approaches
• Frameworks for Model-Driven Development
• Hybrid Multi-Modeling Approaches
• Modeling for the Cloud
• Software Process Modeling, Enactment and Execution
• Workflow Management Systems
• Business Process Modeling
• Agile Model-Driven Development

AREA 3: APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

• Model-Driven Project Management
• Model-Based Testing and Validation
• Model Execution and Simulation
• Model Quality Assurance Techniques
• Executable UML
• Meta-Programming
• Component-based software engineering
• Software Factories and Software Product Lines
• Generative programming

Keynote Lectures
MODELSWARD 2015 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

MODELSWARD Conference Co-Chairs
Philippe Desfray, SOFTEAM, France
Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal / INSTICC, Portugal

Program Co-Chairs
Slimane Hammoudi, ESEO, MODESTE, France
Luis Ferreira Pires, University of Twente, Netherlands

Regular Papers
Paper Submission: September 9, 2014
Authors Notification: November 25, 2014
Camera Ready and Registration: December 10, 2014

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
http://www.modelsward.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx

MODELSWARD Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 100 033
Fax: +44 203 014 8813
e-mail: modelsward.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: http://www.modelsward.org/