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<h3>Eighth Enterprise Engineering Working Conference</h3>
<p><em>May 28th -June 1st 2018, Luxembourg, </em><em>Luxembourg</em></p>
<p><a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/eewc2018">http://ciaonetwork.org/eewc2018</a><em><br />
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<p><strong>Important Dates</strong></p>
<p>January 30: Abstract submission*</p>
<p>March 1: Paper submission</p>
<p>Experience the benefits of a Working Conference featuring an integrated Industry Track and a Doctoral Consortium, in the city of Luxembourg, providing inspiration and conditions for an interesting program with significant scientific advancement.</p>
<p>The 2018 Enterprise Engineering Working Conference (EEWC 2018) will be the eighth working conference addressing the emerging field of Enterprise Engineering, having as goal to gather academics and practitioners in order to share innovative research issues and practical experiences, mixing rigour and relevance, and to facilitate profound discussions on the issues put forward in the next sections of this Call for Papers.</p>
<p>The proceedings of the working conference will, as always, be published in Springer's <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CBBoFBR1RCg" >Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing</a> (LNBIP).</p>
<p>Selected papers will also be invited to a special issue in the <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CB1VPBFYfCwY" >Organisational Design & Enterprise Engineering</a> (ODEE) journal from Springer.</p>
<p>Please distribute this Call for Papers among your colleagues, and/or mailing lists you belong to, that may be possibly interested in this conference.</p>
<p>* please submit your abstract as soon as possible to facilitate review assignment preparation</p>
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<h3>Motivation for enterprise engineering</h3>
<p>Modern enterprises face a strong pressure to increase agility and competitiveness, to operate on the global market, and to engage in manifold alliances. However, many strategic initiatives in enterprises fail, meaning that enterprises are unable to gain success from their strategy. One of the identified reasons for such failures is the lack of coherence and consistency among the various components of an enterprise. At the same time, the need to operate as a unified and integrated whole is becoming increasingly important. Currently, these challenges are dominantly addressed from a functional or managerial perspective, as advocated by the management and organisational sciences, and as implemented by traditional programs in business schools. Such knowledge is indeed necessary for managing an enterprise, but it is insufficient for bringing about changes in a fully systematic and integrated way. To do that, one needs to take a constructional or engineering perspective.</p>
<p>In addition, both organisations and software applications are complex systems, prone to entropy. This means that in the course of time, the costs of bringing about similar changes increase in a way that is known as combinatorial explosion. Entropy can be reduced and managed effectively through modular design based on atomic elements.</p>
<p>Lastly, the individual persons in an enterprise, in cooperation, are ultimately responsible for the effective and efficient operation of the enterprise. They are also collectively responsible for the evolution of the enterprise, in order to meet new challenges. We believe these responsibilities can be born in a much more effective way if members have an appropriate knowledge and an effective awareness of the enterprise given by a sound engineering approach put forward by a full-fledged scientific discipline.</p>
<h3>The mission of enterprise engineering</h3>
<p>The CIAO! <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CB1JPBFYfCwY" >Enterprise Engineering Network</a> is a community of academics and practitioners who strive to contribute to the development of the discipline of Enterprise Engineering (EE), and to apply it in practice. The long term aim is to develop a holistic and general systems theory based understanding on how to (re)design and run enterprises effectively.</p>
<p>The ambition is therefore to gather and develop a consistent and coherent set of theories, models and associated methods that: enable enterprises to reflect, in a systematic way, on how to realise improvements; and assist them, in practice, in achieving their aspirations. <br />
In doing so, sound empirical and scientific foundations should underlie all efforts and all organisational aspects that are relevant should be considered, while combining already existing knowledge from the scientific fields of information systems, software engineering, management science, organisational sciences, as well as philosophy, semiotics and sociology, amongst others.</p>
<p>To this end, the network regularly organises <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CB1NPBFYfCwY" >events</a> such as the Enterprise Engineering Working Conference and associated Doctoral Consortium to drive the promotion and development of the enterprise engineering body of knowledge.</p>
<h3>A history of rigour, relevance and an open perspective</h3>
<p>The Enterprise Engineering Working Conference (EEWC) series emerged out of the CIAO! workshop and doctoral consortium held from 2008 until 2010, after which they transitioned into the Enterprise Engineering Working Conference (EEWC).</p>
<p>The EEWC regularly featured an industrial track. To institutionalise the interaction between the practice of enterprise engineering, and enterprise transformation in general, it was decided that as of 2017 the <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CB1BPBFYfCwY" >TEE series</a> on Transformation and Engineering of Enterprises will be fully merged into the EEWC series.</p>
<p>The TEE series of events (including PRET, WEETM, LABEM, and AppEER) provides a practice-driven perspective on enterprise engineering, featuring papers that take real-world cases of enterprise transformations as a starting point.</p>
<p>Merging TEE into the EEWC series aims to enable a tight integration of rigour and relevance.</p>
<p>The origin of the scientific foundations of our present body of knowledge is the CIAO! Paradigm (Communication, Information, Action, Organisation) as expressed in our <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CBRoFBR1RCg" >Enterprise Engineering Manifesto</a> and the paper: <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0LAxoFBR1RCg" >The Discipline of Enterprise Engineering</a>. In this paradigm, organisation is considered to emerge in human communication, through the intermediate roles of information and action. Based on the CIAO! Paradigm, several theories have been developed, and still are being proposed. They are published as <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0LABoFBR1RCg" >technical reports</a>.</p>
<p>Considering theories or sets of theories as lenses to see and understand reality we can say that two main lenses have emerged out of the CIAO! network efforts: the Enterprise Ontology theories and the Normalized Systems theory, both with relevant results in practice. </p>
<p>Organisations and their enterprises, being socio-technical systems, are the result of a social dialogue among the social individuals that make up the organisation and the two currently identified lenses are, so we certainly expect, not enough. More lenses are needed and the current ones are open to extensions and/or improvements.</p>
<p>The CIAO! community has always taken the view that (1) rigour and relevance, and (2) a shared understanding (based on a shared "meta ontology", such as the EE paradigm) is a crucial element in ensuring effective discussions within the community. In adding/extending lenses, new members are expected to underline these qualities as well. In adding/extending lenses, it is expected that the "meta ontology" will evolve/extend based on new, shared, insights.</p>
<h3>Dedicated Sessions</h3>
<p>Having in mind the spirit put forward in the previous section, the EEWC aims to expand its community and reach out to other communities to find synergies and cooperate in the development of the EE discipline. To this end, from 2017 onwards the EEWC includes special/dedicated sessions focused on lenses and/or domains as to inspire and facilitate this cooperation effort. Thus, in the EEWC 2018 we plan to give focus to the following domains:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enterprise Ontology</li>
<li>Normalized Systems</li>
<li>Foundational Ontologies</li>
<li>Enterprise Interoperability</li>
<li>Standards and Policies in sectors/domains:
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<li>Smart Cities</li>
<li>Construction</li>
<li>Supply Chain Management</li>
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<li>Other EE topics</li>
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<p>There is one single track in the conference and accepted submissions will be assigned to one of the sessions above.</p>
<h3>Relevant topics</h3>
<p>Topics of interest to for the EEWC include, but are not limited to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Business Process Management</li>
<li>Business Process Improvement</li>
<li>Business Process Modelling and Simulation</li>
<li>Business Rules</li>
<li>Business Rules Management</li>
<li>Collaborative, Participatory, and Interactive Modelling</li>
<li>Domain Ontologies</li>
<li>Domain Reference Ontologies</li>
<li>Enterprise Architecture</li>
<li>Enterprise Design and Implementation</li>
<li>Enterprise Transformations</li>
<li>Enterprise Governance</li>
<li>Enterprise Modelling and Simulation</li>
<li>Enterprise Ontology</li>
<li>Foundational Ontologies</li>
<li>Information System Architectures</li>
<li>Information System Ontologies</li>
<li>Information Systems Design</li>
<li>Information Systems Development</li>
<li>Interactivity Modelling</li>
<li>Modelling (cross-enterprise) Business Processes</li>
<li>Ontology Implementation</li>
<li>Organisational Design</li>
<li>Organisational Structure</li>
<li>Reference Models</li>
<li>Regulatory Compliance</li>
<li>Standards and Policies for Industry Sectors</li>
</ul>
<h3>Publications and Conference format</h3>
<p>The EEWC proceedings will, as always, be published in the Springer LNBIP (<a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CBBoFBR1RCg" target="_blank">Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing</a>) series. Selected papers will also be invited to a special issue in the <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CB1VPBFYfCwY" >Organisational Design & Enterprise Engineering</a> (ODEE) journal from Springer.</p>
<p>We are looking for papers on current or recently finished research initiatives/projects as well as papers from practitioners. Based on our motivating experience of the previous working conferences, the seventh EEWC is planned to be a real working conference, providing ample time for profound discussions following the paper presentations. Therefore, normally 40 minutes slots are planned for each accepted full paper, with a maximum limit of 15 pages. Since the EEWC 2017 we now accept publication (also in the Springer proceedings) and presentation of short papers with a page limit of 9 pages to be adapted from the original submission with page limit of 15 pages.</p>
<p>As a result of the merging of the <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CB1BPBFYfCwY" >TEE Series</a> with the EEWC and also to foster community building and more sharing and discussion regarding preliminary research and reporting on practice in our domains, we introduced in 2017 the EEWC Forum where case reports are accepted, as well as posters invited from the submissions to the EEWC not accepted as full or short papers but with interesting contents to discuss. Case reports and posters will be officially be published on CEUR. More information on the EEWC Forum 2018 available at its <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CBFNPBFYfCwY" >respective web page</a>.</p>
<h3>Submission</h3>
<p>Papers should be submitted in PDF format. The results described must be unpublished and must not be under review elsewhere. Submissions must conform to Springer’s LNBIP format and should not exceed 15 pages, including all text, figures, references and appendices. Submissions not conforming to the LNBIP format or exceeding 15 pages will be rejected without review. Information about the Springer LNBIP format can be found at Springer LNBIP web page mentioned above.</p>
<p>Three to five keywords characterising the paper should be indicated at the end of the abstract.</p>
<p>For the actual submission, please go to our <a href="http://ciaonetwork.org/phplist/lt.php?id=fU0CBFFPBFYfCwY" >Easychair conference web page</a> and sign-up or sign-in, submit your abstract and upload your paper taking in account the dates specified below.</p>
<p>Important note: since the review process is as double-blind as possible, please make sure that your names and affiliations are not listed in the paper submitted for review.</p>
<p>At the same time, to enable reviewers to verify sources/citations, please always provide full citation details, even to your own papers, but in a neutral/anonymous way,</p>
<h3>Important Dates</h3>
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<td valign="top">Abstract submission:</td>
<td valign="top">January 30, 2018</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"> (not mandatory*)</td>
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<td valign="top">Paper submission:</td>
<td valign="top">March 1, 2018</td>
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<td valign="top">Acceptance notification:</td>
<td valign="top">March 22, 2018</td>
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<td valign="top">Camera ready:</td>
<td valign="top">April 5, 2018</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">EEWC Conference:</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">May 28<sup>th</sup> - June 1<sup>st</sup> 2018</td>
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<p>* however please submit your abstract as soon as possible to facilitate review assignment preparation</p>
<h3>Chairs</h3>
<h4><strong>Advisory Board </strong></h4>
<p>Antonia Albani, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland<br />
Jan L.G. Dietz, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands</p>
<h4><strong>Conference Chairs</strong></h4>
<p>Henderik A. Proper, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg<br />
Jan Verelst, University of Antwerp, Belgium</p>
<h4><strong>Program Chairs</strong></h4>
<p>David Aveiro, University of Madeira, Portugal<br />
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy</p>
<h4><strong>Organization Chairs</strong></h4>
<p>Wided Guédria, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg <br />
Marylène Martin, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg</p>
<h4><strong>DC Chairs</strong></h4>
<p>Wided Guédria, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg<br />
Sergio Guerreiro, INESC and University of Lisbon, Portugal</p>
<h4><strong>Publicity Chairs</strong></h4>
<p>Marija Bjeković, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg<br />
Marylène Martin, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg</p>
<h4><strong>Program Committee (to be updated</strong>)</h4>
<p>Alberto Silva, INESC and University of Lisbon, Portugal<br />
Carlos Mendes, University of Lisbon, Portugal<br />
Christian Huemer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria<br />
Duarte Gouveia, University of Madeira, Portugal<br />
Eduard Babkin, Higher School of Economics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia<br />
Fernanda Araujo Baiao, UNIRIO, Brazil<br />
Florian Matthes, Technical University Munich, Germany<br />
Frank Harmsen, Maastricht University and Ernst & Young Advisory, The Netherlands<br />
Frederik Gailly, Ghent University, Belgium<br />
Geert Poels, Ghent University, Belgium<br />
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy<br />
Gil Regev, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland<br />
Graham McLeod, University of Cape Town and Inspired.org, South Africa<br />
Hans Mulder, University of Antwerp, Belgium<br />
Jan Dietz, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands<br />
Jan Hoogervorst, Sogeti Netherlands, The Netherlands<br />
Jens Gulden, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany<br />
Joop de Jong, Mprise, The Netherlands<br />
Jose Tribolet, INESC and University of Lisbon, Portugal<br />
Joseph Barjis, Institute of Engineering and Management, San Francisco, USA<br />
Julio Nardi, Federal Institute of Espírito Santo, Brazil<br />
Junichi Iijima, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan<br />
Linda Terlouw, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands<br />
Luiz Olavo Bonino, VU University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands<br />
Marcela Vegetti, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina<br />
Martin Cloutier, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada<br />
Martin Op ’T Land, Capgemini, The Netherlands<br />
Mauricio Almeida, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil<br />
Miguel Mira Da Silva, INESC and University of Lisbon, Portugal<br />
Monika Kaczmarek, University Duisburg Essen, Germany<br />
Nelson King Khalifa, University, United Arab Emirates<br />
Niek Pluijmert, INQA Quality Consultants, The Netherlands<br />
Peter Loos, University of Saarland, Germany<br />
Petr Kremen, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic<br />
Philip Huysmans, University of Antwerp, Belgium<br />
Ricardo Falbo, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil<br />
Robert Lagerström, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden<br />
Robert Pergl, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic<br />
Robert Winter, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland<br />
Rodrigo Magalhaes, Kuwait Maastricht Business School, Kuwait<br />
Rony Flatscher, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria<br />
Sérgio Guerreiro, INESC and University of Lisbon, Portugal<br />
Sanetake Nagayoshi, Shizuoka University, Japan<br />
Steven van Kervel, Formetis, The Netherlands<br />
Sybren de Kinderen, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg<br />
Tatiana Poletaeva, Higher School of Economics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia<br />
Ulrik Franke, Swedish Defense Research Agency, Sweden</p>
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