SemBPM2010

2nd International Workshop on Semantics for Business Process Management (SemBPM 2010) in conjunction with the BPSC conference in Leipzig, Germany, on 29th September 2010

The objective of the workshop is to create a forum for discussion between researchers working on topics related to automation of Business Process Management and it aims at answering the question how and to what extent introduction of semantics can really provide the desired improvements.

TOPICS
Topics of interest include theoretical and/or empirical contributions related to intersections of semantics, business processes, process automation and management, services computing, and software engineering. Topics include but are not restricted to:
 * semantics for business processes
 * semantics for adaptive discovery and enactment of services
 * semantic web as an enabler of business processes implementation
 * integrating applications at the semantic level
 * utilizing knowledge embedded in business processes
 * the process-centric computing paradigm
 * management of full lifecycle of business processes
 * evolution and adaptiveness of business processes
 * service-oriented enterprise
 * leveraging existing ‘as is’ processes and systems
 * meta-modeling and executable business process specifications
 * IT for better business agility
 * the human aspect of business processes
 * business process management and software development process
 * business evaluation of semantic-based BPMSs
 * semantic business process modeling
 * adaptive and dynamic processes
 * semantic web services and business processes
 * non-functional properties in semantic BPM

IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submissions: June 20, 2010 Notification of acceptance: July 2, 2010 All final manuscript and author pre-registration due: July 9, 2010

SUBMISSION
Papers must represent original contributions. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three program committee members. All submissions must be formatted according to the LNI publication guidelines and submitted in PDF format using the EasyChair Conference Management System at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sembpm2010

Accepted workshops' papers will be published, subject to a positive recommendation by the BPSC Workshops Chair, in the proceedings with an ISBN number as GI-Edition Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI).

PROGRAM CHAIRS
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~shazia/ shazia[at]itee[dot]uq[dot]edu[dot]au
 * Sadiq, Shazia – University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

and Macquarie University ~ Sydney, Australia http://www.kie.ue.poznan.pl/members/mkaczmarek/ m[dot]kaczmarek[at]kie[dot]ue[dot]poznan[dot]pl
 * Kaczmarek, Monika - Poznan University of Economics, Poland

STEERING COMMITTEE
http://www.kie.ue.poznan.pl/members/wabramowicz/ w[dot]abramowicz[at]kie[dot]ue[dot]poznan[dot]pl and Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland http://www.comp.mq.edu.au/~leszek/ leszek[at]ics[dot]mq[dot]edu[dot]au
 * Abramowicz, Witold - Poznan University of Economics, Poland
 * Maciaszek, Leszek A. - Macquarie University ~ Sydney, Australia

ORGANIZING COMMITTE
e[dot]bukowska[at]kie[dot]ue[dot]poznan[dot]pl grzegorz[dot]klimek[at]ue[dot]wroc[dot]pl
 * Elżbieta Bukowska - Poznan University of Economics, Poland
 * Grzegorz Klimek - Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland