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Call for Papers
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The 3rd International Workshop on
E-Marketplace Integration & Interoperability (EM2I’09)

In conjunction with
2009 IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2009)

October 21-23, 2009

Macau, China

http://www.em2i.org/2009
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
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EM2I'09 is a venue for presenting state-of-the-art research and development
achievements in the design, introduction, and use of integration technology
for e-marketplaces that affect business interoperability between firms,
within supply chains, and between fragmented e-marketplaces. Although the
traditional forms of e-marketplaces such as intermediaries, supplier
portals, and content hubs are an important area of focus for the workshop,
integration technology is increasingly supporting a much wider range of
business interoperability that enables contextually heterogeneous
enterprises to semantically work together beyond operational transactions.
As more and more firms in all regions of the globe are able to interact
online, we are rapidly moving toward an integrated global e-marketplace
consisting of loosely coupled vertical, horizontal, and regional
e-marketplaces. 

Topics of interest for EM2I'09 include all contexts in which integration
technology is used to mediate enterprise activities through e-marketplaces
such as buyer and seller matching, transaction facilitation and
international trade, e-servicing, and legal infrastructure. The technology
may include business information engineering, languages for describing
products and services, business document modeling and integration, business
process design and coordination, marketplace services collaboration,
business semantic technologies, business rules, e-marketplace protections
and legal infrastructure. 

Given its specified context, EM2I'09 is a multi-disciplinary workshop,
and participation of people from diverse backgrounds, cultures and
perspectives is strongly encouraged. We welcome submissions from researchers
and practitioners in all sectors, including academia, industry, and
government. 

TOPICS OF INTEREST:
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* Semantic technologies for business interoperability on e-marketplaces 
  - Ontology-based e-marketplace integration technologies 
  - Collaboration-based e-marketplace integration technologies 
  - Standards and protocols for business vocabulary, documents, processes,
    and services 
  - Semantic approaches to business rules on e-marketplaces 
  - Computational linguistics in the context of e-marketplaces 

* Web Service technology on e-marketplaces 
  - Service-oriented models and frameworks for e-marketplaces 
  - Service-oriented approaches for fragmented e-marketplaces 

* Technical functions on e-marketplaces 
  - Matching sellers and buyers 
  - Support electronic marketing 
  - Facilitating business transactions and international trade, including
    e-trading, e-payment, e-logistics, e-warehousing, - e-customs,
    e-quality inspection, and e-banking 
  - Support of after-sales services 
  - Securely protecting e-marketplaces 
  - Implementing the legal infrastructure of e-marketplaces 

* Empirical research on e-marketplaces 
  - Trends of e-marketplace development 
  - Business models for e-marketplaces 
  - Vertical, horizontal, and regional aspects of e-marketplaces 

SUBMISSION:
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We solicit original unpublished full papers of both technical and empirical
aspects. Papers should be submitted in IEEE conference paper format and
should not exceed 6 pages. Maximum of two additional pages is allowed for
US$150/page. All papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance,
originality, clarity, and technical merit. Accepted papers will be included
in the conference proceedings of ICEBE 2009, which will be published by
IEEE Computer Society and made available in the IEEE Digital Library.
The paper submission will take place using EasyChair.

Extended versions of selected best papers will be invited for a fast-track
submission to Springer's Electronic Markets - The International Journal on
Networked Business.

IMPORTANT DATES:
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2009-06-14: Abstract submission
2009-06-21: Paper submission
2009-07-12: Notification of paper accceptance
2009-07-26: Camera-Ready submission

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:
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- Joerg Leukel (University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany)
- Jingzhi Guo (University of Macau, Macao, China)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
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- Nick Bassiliades (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) 
- Beihong Jin (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) 
- Andre Ludwig (University of Leipzig, Germany) 
- Haifeng Shen (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) 
- Li Xu (Old Dominion University, USA)
- Hua Wang (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)

SPONSORED BY:
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- IFIP TC 8 WG 8.9 Enterprise Information Systems
- IEEE Technical Committee on Enterprise Information Systems

SUPPORTED BY:
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- IEEE Technical Committee on Electronic Commerce
- FZID, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
- University of Macau, Macao, China

CONTACT:
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Dr. Joerg Leukel
FZID (Center for Research on Innovation and Services)
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
E-mail: joerg.leukel@uni-hohenheim.de
URI: http://www.joerg-leukel.net

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EM2I 2009 URI:
http://www.em2i.org/2009

ICEBE 2009 URI:
http://conferences.computer.org/icebe
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