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mail.EUnet.pt>ICEIS'99 - Announcement and Call for Papers. 1st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems 27 - 30 March, 1999. Setubal, PORTUGAL SCOPE The International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) aims at becoming a major point of contact between research scientists, engineers and practitioners on the area of business applications of information systems. Four simultaneous tracks will be held, covering all different aspects related to enterprise computing, including database applications, artificial intelligence applications, decision support systems, systems analysis and specification, software engineering, methodologies to address information and knowledge sharing issues and Internet/Intranet computing. ICEIS focuses on real world applications therefore authors should highlight the benefits of Information Technology for industry and services. Ideas on how to solve business problems, using IT, will arise from the conference. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of ICEIS. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. There will be both oral and poster sessions. Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in lecturing a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. TOPIC AREAS / CONFERENCE TRACKS Area 1. Database Technology and its Applications Area 2. Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems Area 3. Systems Analysis and Specification Area 4. Internet and Intranet Computing Each of these coonference tracks is expanded in the conference's web page at: http://www.est.ips.pt/iceis Program Committee Agostinho Rosa IST/Technical University of Lisboa (Pt) Alfred Ultsch University of Marburg (De) Altamiro Machado University of Minho - Polo de Guimaraes (Pt) Ana Fred IST/Technical University of Lisboa (Pt) Antonio Figueiredo University of Coimbra (Pt) Bernadette Sharp University of Stafford (UK) Carlos Belo IST/Technical University of Lisboa (Pt) Carlos Zorrinho University of Evora (Pt) Colin Theaker University of Stafford (UK) Edmundo Madeira University of Campinas (Br) Edmundo Monteiro University of Coimbra (Pt) Ernesto Costa University of Coimbra (Pt) Fernando Boavida University of Coimbra (Pt) Fernando Moura Pires New University of Lisboa (Pt) Gabriel Pereira Lopes New University of Lisboa (Pt) Helder Coelho University of Lisboa (Pt) Henrique Madeira University of Coimbra (Pt) J. Legatheaux Martins New University of Lisboa (Pt) Joao Alvaro Carvalho University of Minho - Polo de Guimaraes (Pt) Joao Gabriel University of Coimbra (Pt) Kecheng Liu University of Stafford (UK) Manuela Veloso Carnegie Mellon University (US) Mark S. Fox University of Toronto (Ca) Matti Linna Vaasa Institute of Technology (Fi) Nuno Mamede IST/Technical University of Lisboa (Pt) Patrice Dehais University of Gent (Be) Paulo Ferreira IST/Technical University of Lisboa (Pt) Pedro Veiga University of Lisboa (Pt) Rita Loogen University of Marburg (De) Ronald Stamper University of Twente (Nl) Slimone Hammondi University of Minho - Polo de Guimaraes (Pt) Zahir Tari University of Melbourne (Au) Therese Libourel LIRMM - Montpellier (Fr) Thomas Norgall University of Erlangen (De) Thomas Penzel University of Marburg (De)=20 Vasco Freitas University of Minho - Polo de Braga (Pt) INVITED SPEAKERS Invited speakers, experts in their fields, either from academia or from industry, belonging to internationally recognised institutions, will present key lectures at the opening of each conference track. At the moment the presence of Professor Mark Fox, Professor Ronald Stamper and Professor Tom Greene are already confirmed. CASE-STUDY SESSIONS Business consulting companies, hardware and software manufacturers and business companies in general are invited to submit case studies, regarding their own Information Technology problems and solutions. For this purpose, ICEIS will have a track of case-study sessions and company presentation sessions. The attendance to these sessions is free for all the conference participants. All case studies should be submitted by email to the ICEIS secretariat. A number of invited case-study sessions is already scheduled. TUTORIALS Any person interested in organising a tutorial should contact the Secretariat before November 1, 1998. Proposals for half-day tutorials (approx. 3 hours) should include the topic and scope of the tutorial, the expected background knowledge of the participants, and a resume of the instructor(s). EXHIBITION The conference site will have an area for company stands, where a number of companies will present themselves and their products. Companies interested in presenting their products, showing documentation about them or demonstrating some application, are invited to contact the secretariat and make a reservation for a booth located at the conference site. Due to the limited number of stands available it is recommended to make early reservations. In addition, there is a 50% discount in space prices for reservations made before September 30, 1998. Prices and available spaces will be provided by the ICEIS secretariat. LOCATION The conference will be held in Setubal, a town 50-km south of Lisboa, the Portuguese capital. Setubal and its surroundings are a major touristic place, in Portugal, where the visitor can find anything from ancient historical areas, in Palmela, to pleasurable beaches and modern golf courses, in Troia. SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS For more information about submission of abstracts, please visit the conference's web page: http://www.est.ips.pt/iceis Or contact de secretariat (address below). BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD An award of US$1,000 (one thousand US dollars) will be given to the best paper presented by a student (graduate, M.Sc or Ph.D). The organising committee will decide, based on the feedback provided by the program committee. To qualify for the best student paper award, the student, besides being one of the authors, must present the paper at the conference site. LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Inquiries concerning hotel reservation and touristic aspects can be directed to the Local Touristic Agent (address below). The local specialised travel agency will make all arrangements. Transportation facilities are available from the Lisboa international airport to the hotel in Setubal, for all reservations made through this travel agency. Local touristic programs, for accompanying attendants are also available through the agency. The conference site will be approximately 5 km away from the town centre, therefore free transportation between a number of hotels and the conference site will be provided by the conference organisation, during the conference days. Coffee breaks and lunch meals will be provided at the conference site, for conference participants. Local Touristic Agent Name: Expansao Contact Person: Mr. Francisco Daniel Tel: 351 65 528805 Fax: 351 65 21684 E-mail: iceisMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
umich.edu>FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS 44th Annual Conference, International Linguistic Association April 16-18, 1999, New York University, NY, NY Major Theme: GENDER & LANGUAGE While papers on the major theme are especially solicited, abstracts on any subject in theoretical and applied linguistics are welcomed. One-page, single-spaced, anonymous abstracts should clearly state the problems addressed, or research quetions, and some indication of results or conclusions. Send via e-mail to the conference chair. Simultaneously, send 3 hard, camera-ready coies, plus a 3x5 card bearing name, title of paper, addresses, affiliation, audio-visual equipment needed and time desired (maximum 20 minutes plus discussion) to the conference secretary. Submissions on diskettes will not be accepted. Those wishing to propose panels,or special sessions, etc., should contact the conference chair. Deadline for recept of abstracts is January 4, 1999. Send e-mail to the chair: hard copies & card to the secretary: deakinsMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue