Please download here the call for papers in PDF format.
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the CENTERIS’2009 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems – aligning technology, organizations and people, to be held in Ofir, Portugal, organized by the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave and the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.
This is the place where, from 07 to 09 October 2009, under the leitmotiv of Enterprise Information Systems, academics, scientists, IT/IS professionals, scientists, managers and solution providers from all over the world will have the opportunity to share experiences, bring new ideas, debate issues, introduce the latest developments in the field.
CENTERIS’2009 is an international conference that will address the largely multidisciplinary field embraced by the Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), from the social, organizational and technological perspectives. The 3-day conference follows an innovative format, previewing scientific sessions, tutorial and technical sessions, and simultaneously exhibitions by solutions providers and product presentations. There will also be a social program, that will enable participants to get to know each one and informally exchange information, contacts and experiences, discuss projects, and incubate partnerships.
The authors of the best papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals.
You are invited to consider submitting a paper in one of the conference topics.
Themes/Recommended topics:
The conference intends to attract original, pertinent and relevant contributions on the technological,
organizational and social dimensions of the largely multidisciplinary field of Enterprise Information
Systems, which includes ERP, CRM, eMarketplaces, extended ERP, etc.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited, to the following:
1.- The technological dimension, addressing:
- Enterprise information systems' design, application, implementation, and impact;
- Competitiveness and market share among solution providers;
- In-house development, off-the-shelf solutions and open source solutions;
- The new market of open source solutions and services delivery;
- Reliability, maintenance and dependency on solution and services suppliers;
- IT/IS (out)sourcing;
- Parameterization and flexible adaptation;
- Information systems integration and enterprise information integration;
- ERP integration of functions and virtual/extended/networked enterprises;
- Management of legacy systems;
- EIS in SMEs;
- EIS in large companies;
- eBusiness;
- Electronic Marketplace solutions;
- Enterprise portals;
- Business Process Modelling;
- Global and regional realities of EIS adoption;
- Strategic use of EIS;
- EIS subsystems (CRM, SCM, etc.);
- IT management;
- Emerging technologies;
- Information systems architectures.
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2.- The organizational aspect, including:
- Enterprise architecture design, modelling and integration;
- Collaboration and networked and virtual organizations;
- The impact on the internal status quo;
- Problems of information sharing and migration of processes;
- Management of change.
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3.- The social aspect, covering:
- The resistance to change;
- IT human resources;
- Trust and confidence in new technology;
- Training needs.
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Submission Procedure:
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 15, 2009 an abstract explaining the mission and concerns of the paper to be proposed. This procedure is optional, but recommended for organizational purposes.
Papers shall be submitted electronically at the Conference webpage (http://centeris2009.eiswatch.org) until March 15, 2009. Submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis, and authors will be notified of the review process results by June 15. Authors of accepted papers can receive recommendations to revise their manuscript according to the reviewers comments and should submit the revised version until July 15, 2009.
Papers must be written in English. Each paper should not exceed 5,000 words or
14 pages considering the format available for download at the conference webpage (http://centeris2009.eiswatch.org).
Important dates:
Extended deadline for paper submission: April 30, 2009
Deadline for paper submission: March 15, 2009
Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 25, 2009 (new date)
Revised version / camera ready: July 20, 2009 (new date)
Please download here the call for papers in PDF format.
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CENTERIS News
CENTERIS 2010 INFO will be soon available.
CENTERIS 2009 IN NUMBERS:
- 56 papers
- 11 posters
- 185 authors from 5 continents
- 28 countries represented.
TAP - official carrier - special condictions for CENTERIS participants
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According with the reviewers’ recommendations, authors of selected papers will be invited to enhance the paper for publication in several journals
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Important dates
For every accepted paper or poster, at least one full registration fee must be paid by September 3, 2009 (new date)
Revised version/camera ready:
Deadline July 20, 2009 (new date)
Notification of acceptance/rejection:
June 25, 2009 (new date)
Paper submission:
Extended deadline April 30, 2009
Deadline March 15, 2009
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