Call for Paper Conference

CONFENIS 2010 – Preliminary Call for Papers

International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
Technical Committee on Information Systems (TC8)
Working Group on Enterprise Information Systems (WG8.9)

Secretary for Vocational and Technological Education, Ministry of Education, Brazil
Rio Grande do Norte Federal Institute (IFRN)
Fluminense Federal Institute (IFF)

Fourth International Conference on Research and Practical Issues on Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2010), to be held in Natal, Brazil, 25-27 August 2010

http://confenis2010.iff.edu.br

Dear Colleague,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2010) scheduled for 25-27 August, 2010. The event will be held at the northwest city of Natal, state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The conference is a joint effort between IFIP WG8.9 Working Group on Enterprise Information Systems, the Secretary for Vocational and Technological Education of the Ministry of Education (Setec/MEC), the Rio Grande do Norte Federal Institute (IFRN), and the Fluminense Federal Institute (IFF).
Confenis is a primary international event which provides an opportunity for Enterprise Information Systems academicians and practitioners in the world to gather, exchange ideas, and present original research and case studies in their fields. Scientists and practitioners are invited to address the current topics in the area or the research frontier at this unique international forum.
Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Enterprise information systems
• Enterprise engineering
• Enterprise modeling and integration
• Enterprise computing concepts for specific domains such as finance, telecommunications, automotive, aerospace, command and control, and healthcare
• Enterprise architectures
• Design and modeling paradigms for enterprise computing
• IT aspects of inter-enterprise collaboration and virtual enterprises
• Enterprise Application Integration
• Trust, security, and privacy issues in enterprise computing
• Quality-assurance of enterprise computing systems
• Evolution and management of enterprise computing systems
• Realization technologies for enterprise computing, including ontologies and semantic web support, and middleware standards and systems
• Enterprise computing tools
• Business intelligence component of enterprise information systems
• Applications, case studies, and management issues

For detailed information please visit the CONFENIS 2010 Conference Website:
http://confenis2010.iff.edu.br

Important Dates:
Papers submission 05/01/2010
Notifications of acceptance 06/01/2010
Camera-ready papers submission 06/15/2010

Submission Guidelines
1. Two types of submissions will be accepted: research papers and case studies. Research papers should describe original research that has not been accepted or submitted for publication elsewhere. Case studies should describe new insights gained from the application of enterprise information technology in practice. All papers must be in English and will be refereed.
2. Each submission must be accompanied by a cover page with every author’s name, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail, full affiliation and the topic area (key words) to which it is submitted. All correspondence will be sent to the first author unless otherwise specified.
3. Submissions have to be sent electronically and the correspondence regarding receipt of submission will be made by email unless otherwise requested. Submissions imply that at least one author will register for the conference and present at the time designated in the program. All submissions must be in MS Word format.
4. Submissions must be received by 01st of May, 2010, through the email at the following address: confenis2010@gmail.com.
5. Submissions will only be published in the conference proceedings if at least one of the authors registers for the conference. CONFENIS 2010 proceedings will be published on CD by the Ministry of Education of Brazil, and will be available in the IFIP Digital Library. The template for camera-ready accepted papers can be found at http://confenis2010.iff.edu.br/downloads
6. Furthermore, the selected best research papers will be considered for publishing in top-ranking information systems journals published by Taylor & Francis and IEEE.