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CALL FOR PAPERS for the upcoming focus
theme section on
>>Ambient Assisted Living<<
Electronic Markets
The main objective of ambient assisted
living (AAL) is to improve the quality of life of elderly people
appropriate
to their respective environment individually as well as sustainably. It
is related to the impact of current and future changes to aging
demographics.
Ambient assisted living is mainly supported by mobile and ubiquitous
computing
technologies enabling assisted living environments by offering
information
and guidance in various scenarios. Such environments apply ubiquitous,
intelligent, pervasive, and unobtrusive computer systems embedded into
human environments, tailored to the individual?s context-aware needs.
The
internet of things and its related technological shift builds the basis
for a future filled with interacting everyday smart objects offering a
whole range of assisting possibilities, e.g., ambient home care
systems,
personal health systems, context-aware applications for patients with
special
needs, or ubiquitous coaching strategies to promote behavioural
modifications.
Consequently, industry has quietly begun setting its sights on the
corresponding
business potentials.
Currently, there are various projects
underway often related to joint programmes on the European and American
level as well as on national levels. The corresponding initiatives
mainly
aim at care management, decision support and social interaction as well
as technology aspects, ethical issues and socio-economic aspects. Up to
now most AAL-specific solutions do not focus on the whole networked
value
chain neglecting typical market mechanisms. The application of such
technologies,
e.g., smart objects or web-services, particularly from a business
networking
point of view is a more or less young topic that is not comprehensively
elaborated yet. However, technologies will inevitable lead to new
products and services. Solutions that embed elderly people in social
networks
and solutions that facilitate them to communicate with family, friends
and care givers are just examples of innovations that foster new
business
models and value chains. Various questions along the whole networked
value
chain that directly lead to a new area of ubiquitous commerce will
arise.
The main objective of this focus theme
section is to answer these questions from a networked business point of
view. It aims at concepts, methods, tools, services, and cases
addressing
the socio-technical as well as the socio-economic impact of ambient
assisted
living solutions.
- How can AAL-specific solutions
support
individuals to enhance the quality of their life?
- Which new applications, technologies
and services will emerge in the next years?
- How far will such solutions and/or
technologies lead to new networked business opportunities on the
industrial
as well as on the service level?
- Which user-centric factors
(barriers,
motivational factors, etc.) influence adoption and diffusion processes?
Potential topics of interest that this
focus theme section would address include but are not limited to:
- AAL-specific solutions: innovations
and personal / electronic services
- Architectures and systems design
- AAL-related service innovations and
value chains
- Service Models / Platforms and Tools
- Standardisation activities and norms
- Prototypes / Cases studies
- Acceptance and adoption of
AAL-specific
solutions
- Analysis on the user experience on
AAL-specific solutions and services
- AAL-specific business models
(industrial
/ services / electronic markets)
Additional topic suggestions are
welcome.
All papers will be peer reviewed and
should conform to Electronic Markets' publication standards.
Methodological
and theoretical pluralism (empirical or theoretical work, qualitative
research,
design science, prototypes) is welcomed by the journal.
Full papers are invited to be
submitted
by 13. March 2010. All papers must be original, not published or under
review elsewhere. If you would like to discuss any aspect of the focus
theme section, please contact the Editor for the focus theme section.
Papers must be submitted via our
electronic
submission system. Instructions are available at http://www.electronicmarkets.org/authors.
Guest Editors:
- Markus Bick, ESCP Europe Campus
Berlin
(markus.bick@escpeurope.de)
- Jan Marco Leimeister, University of
Kassel (leimeister@uni-kassel.de)
- Douglas R. Vogel, City University
of Hong Kong (isdoug@cityu.edu.hk)
Important deadlines:
- Submission deadline: March, 13, 2010
- Feedback to authors: May, 3, 2010
- Revision deadline: May, 27, 2010
- Acceptance decision: July, 1, 2010
- Issue: Vol. 20, No. 4, November 2010
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Prof. Dr. Markus Bick
Business Information Systems
ESCP Europe Campus Berlin
Heubnerweg 6
D-14059 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 32007-182
Fax: + 49 (0)30 32007-131
http://www.escpeurope.de/wi