MCETECH 2009 - The 4th International MCETECH Conference on e-Technologies

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MCETECH CONFERENCE ON E-TECHNOLOGIES
MAY 4-6, 2009
OTTAWA, CANADA
http://www.mcetech.org <http://www.mcetech.org/>

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
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- Proceedings published by Springer (Lecture Notes in BPI)
- Research and industrial submissions: papers due Jan. 9 (abstracts due Dec. 19)
- Workshops proposals: due Dec. 19
- Tutorial proposals: due Jan. 30
- Special issue of International Journal of E-Business for best papers

Description
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The Internet pervades many of the activities of modern societies and has become the preferred medium for the delivery of information and services. The successful implementation of Internet applications, ranging from eBusiness, to eEducation or to eGovernment, is a multi-faceted problem, involving technological, managerial, economic, and legal issues.
The 4th International MCETECH Conference on e-Technologies aims to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in exploring the many facets of Internet applications and technologies, with a focus on the technological, managerial, and organisational issues. Original and inter-disciplinary approaches to these problems are highly encouraged.
Authors focusing on the technological aspects are encouraged to highlight economic, managerial, or organizational implications of their work. Conversely, authors focusing on the economic, managerial, or organizational aspects are encouraged to highlight the technological dimension.
The program committee will award a Best Paper Award to the best research paper in terms of 1) originality, 2) presentation, and 3) impact. Extended versions of the finalist papers shall be submitted to a special issue of the International Journal of E-Business. All accepted research and industrial papers will be included in the indexed conference proceedings published in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing series (Springer).
The conference also includes an industrial track, providing a forum for practitioners to present problems and case studies that have benefited from, or could benefit from, Internet technologies in their business. There will also be co-located workshops on the first day.

Topics
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Submissions are invited in the areas mentioned in the following non-exhaustive list:
Inter-organizational processes
Organizational transformation
Inter-organizational workflow
Process modeling languages (syntax, semantics, validation)
Process adaptation (methods, tools)
E-auctions and E-negotiations
Service-Oriented Architecture
Architectures
Languages and protocols
Service compositions
Open APIs and mashups
Methodologies and Tools
Security and trust
Requirements
Legal issues
Compliance
Privacy and data protection
Identity management
Identity theft
Access control management
Middleware and infrastructure services
Novel deployment technologies
Distributed transactions
Recovery
Ubiquity management
Network management
Applications
eGovernment
eHealth
eEducation
Telecommunication services
Internet-based collaborative work
Open source and open environments
Business models
Ecosystems
Licensing issues
Communities
Inner source
Format
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The conference program will include:
research paper sessions,
tutorials,
an industrial track,
workshops

Important dates
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Research papers and Industrial track contributions
December 19, 2008: Abstracts due
January 9, 2009: Full papers due (6000 words max) and
Industrial track contributions due (5000 words max)
February 6, 2009: Notifications to authors
February 17, 2009: Camera-ready copies due
Workshops
December 19, 2008: Workshop proposals due
January 14, 2009: Notifications to organizers
February 28, 2009: Workshop contributions due (suggested)
Tutorials
January 30, 2009: Tutorial proposals due
February 13, 2009: Notifications to organizers
March 20, 2009: Tutorial notes due
Conference
May 4-6, 2009

Venue
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Ottawa is the capital city of Canada, with approximately one million habitants. Placed at the confluence of three rivers, it has attractive view, great outdoors, beautiful museums and many other exciting attractions. The weather is usually quite nice May, which is also the season of the Canadian Tulip Festival. Also known as Silicon-Valley North, Ottawa is located about 200 km from Montr?al and 450 km from Toronto, with good air, train and bus connections to both.
The conference will be hosted in the new Azrieli Pavilion and Theatre, at the heart of Carleton University.

Program Committee
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Adi, Kamel; Universit? du Qu?bec en Outaouais
A?meur, Esma; Universit? de Montr?al
Amyot, Daniel;
Babin, Gilbert; HEC Montr?al (PC Co-Chair)
Bailetti, Tony; Carleton University
Bassil, Sarita; Marshall University
Benyoucef, Morad; University of Ottawa
D'Andrea, Vincenzo; University of Trento
Emmel, Peter; SAP
Franz, Michael; University of California, Irvine
Gagnon, St?phane; Universit? du Qu?bec en Outaouais
Gordijn, Jaap; Vrije Universiteit
Grimm, Ruediger; University of Koblenz-Landau
Hepp, Martin; Bundeswehr University Munich
Hofmann, Paul; SAP
Jannach, Dietmar; TU-Dortmund
Kersten, Gregory; Concordia University
Khendek, Ferhat; Concordia University
Kropf, Peter; Universit? de Neuch?tel (PC Co-Chair)
Kuziemsky, Craig; University of Ottawa
Le Meur, Anne-Fran?oise; Universit? de Lille
Logrippo, Luigi; Universit? du Qu?bec en Outaouais
Ludwig, Simone; University of Saskatchewan
Mili, Hafedh; LATECE - UQAM
Niktash, Morteza; Public Works & Government Services, Canada
Peyton, Liam; University of Ottawa
Rada, Roy; University of Maryland
Rensing, Christoph; Technical University of Darmstadt
Sandoz, Alain; Vauban Technologies
Simon, Carlo; Provadis Hochschule
Spahn, Michael; SAP
Suzuki, Jun; University of Massachusetts, Boston
Tran, Thomas; University of Ottawa
Tremblay, Guy; LATECE - UQAM
Valtchev, Petko; LATECE - UQAM
Verrons, Marie-H?l?ne; Universit? La Rochelle
Weiss, Michael; Carleton University (Chair)
Yan, Yuhong; Concordia University
Zirpins, Christian; University College London

Further information
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Conference web site: http://www.mcetech.org <http://www.mcetech.org/>