-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Final CfP: The Role of Platforms for Enterprise Eco-Systems Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 14:01:30 +0200 From: 3EP 3EP@eris.uni-mannheim.de To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org
Workshop at the 41. Annual GI-Conference INFORMATIK 2011 October 04 ? 07, 2011 ? Berlin, Germany
Please excuse any cross-postings of this call for papers.
Since their introduction, Information Systems have changed and shaped many aspects of business, may be even the way business is conducted altogether. This is especially true for the cooperation between firms that leads to an integration of value chains across multiple entities. The emerging networks span not only the various business units of any one company, but may also include multiple units from multiple firms. As a consequence, companies need to look not only at themselves in order to ensure sustainable and superior business performance, but also at an entire eco-system of surrounding entities with which they interact. These eco-systems span multiple stages of the supply chain, that is, involve suppliers and customers. In order to allow these different units to cooperate successfully, the existence of a common platform is crucial. Such a platform enables the transformation of monolithic, closed system landscapes into a more open infrastructural backbone for business networks. An example is the increasing adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA). Through its higher degree of modularity, SOA allows companies to integrate external services much more easily. Moreover, the process and service chains of various entities along a value chain can be integrated much more seamlessly. Another case in point is the growing importance of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) concepts and corresponding offerings. The workshop on emerging enterprise eco-system platforms (3EP) provides a forum for the scientific discourse dealing with the role of platforms in business networks. The event aims at taking a both diverse and balanced look on the impact and effects of platforms on enterprise eco-systems. During the workshop we want to discuss technological as well as management-oriented issues. In doing so, we want to encourage an exchange concerning design, use, and optimization of platforms in enterprise eco-systems among software developers, platform providers, and users.
Possible Topics: - Different architectural approaches to platforms for respective application scenarios - Business models in the context of service-oriented platforms for integrated information systems - Technological and organizational implications for platform providers - Orchestration and composition of services - Software product life-cycle in distributed and dynamic business networks - Performance measurement and management of external services - Effects of platform concepts on the degree of integration in business networks - Approaches to coordinate internal and external services - Implications for the data layer (e.g., issues of data integration and interoperability) - Platform governance - Emerging opportunities and potentials through the use of platforms - Interaction between application marketplaces and platforms - Economic implications of platform concepts for the software industry - Impact of consumerization on platforms used in an enterprise context - Case studies and best practices of platform providers and platform users
Your contribution: We welcome theoretical and empirical papers as submissions for the 3EP workshop. Exemplary cases from the industry are also welcome to enrich the discussion. Submissions can be made in either English or German and should comprise 8 to 12 pages (including all figures, tables, and references). Submissions should be made until 04/24/2011 (11:59 pm GMT +1). Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings as part of the 'Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI)' series. All submissions must be made following the respective formatting and style guidelines: http://www.gi.de/fileadmin/redaktion/Autorenrichtlinien/guidelines.pdf Submissions will be made via the EasyChair system. When handing in, you will be asked to select the respective workshop before entering authors and affiliations. Once completed, please upload your article in PDF format: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=informatik2011 For more information, please visit http://www.informatik2011.de/535.html (in German only) or contact info (AT) informatik2011.de
Target Group: The 3EP workshop provides a forum for both academics and practitioners for mutual exchange and inspiration. Submissions from computer science as well as from information systems will provide a complementary view on the issue of platforms in business networks. Authors that look at the phenomenon from adjacent discipline, such as sociology or law, are equally welcome and encouraged to contribute respective submissions. Through this interdisciplinary approach, 3EP intends to integrate the various theoretical and empirical perspectives on the phenomenon. The participation of practitioners will help to gear the workshop?s results towards relevance and applicability on practice.
Important Dates: 04/24/2011 ? Submission Deadline via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=informatik2011 05/23/2011 ? Notification of authors 07/01/2011 ? Submission of camera-ready version 10/04 ? 10/07/2011 ? Conference ?INFORMATIK 2011? in Berlin, Germany
Registration: In order to participate in the workshop, a registration for the INFORMATIK 2011 conference is required. You do not need to have an paper accepted in the workshop in order to participate. For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors needs to register before the conference and be present to present the contribution in order to be included in the proceedings. For more information on the conference and the registration process please visit: http://www.informatik2011.de (in German only) or contact info (AT) informatik2011.de
Chairs: - Alexander Mädche (University of Mannheim, Germany) - Benjamin Müller (University of Mannheim, Germany) - Daniel Beimborn (University of Bamberg, Germany)
Program committee: - Ashley A. Bush (Florida State University, USA) - Wolfgang Faisst (SAP AG, Germany) - Thomas Hess (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany) - Jan-Marco Leimeister (University of Kassel, Germany) - Paul Müller (Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany) - Klaus Pohl (University Duisburg Essen, Germany) - Karl-Michael Popp (SAP AG, Germany) - Amrit Tiwana (University of Georgia, USA) - Klaus Turowski (University of Augsburg, Germany) - Christof Weinhardt (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) - Thomas Widjaja (Technical University Darmstadt, Germany)
Questions about the workshop or planned contributions can be directed to: 3EP (AT) eris.uni-mannheim.de
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