Call for Papers and Invited Sessions
Ladies & Gentlemen, we are proud and happy to announce the 4th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Electronic Commerce "ECOM-04". The conference is going to take place in April 2005, in the beautiful city of Gdansk, Poland, on the Baltic Sea coast.
Scope of the Conference
We would like to invite original papers on all aspects of electronic commerce and related issues. The conference is meant to address the academic community as well as representatives of business, industry, government, and information technology sector. Thus - apart from research papers - practical presentations of existing solutions are very welcome, too.
The areas of E-Commerce, E-Governance etc. are interdisciplinary by nature: they involve people with their background in economy, management, artificial intelligence, computer science, sociology, psychology, law and so on. We feel that a meeting of such people may help to cross the boundaries between the traditional disciplines, but also between the communities of theorists and practitioners. And to create a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying electronic markets and organizations.
The general list of topics includes:
- Electronic Markets and Electronic Marketing
- Languages and Models for E-Commerce
- Artificial Intelligence in E-Commerce
- Electronic Contracting and Legal Aspects of E-Commerce
- Electronic Interaction and Negotiation
- Virtual Enterprises
- Technology and E-Commerce
- Internet Computing and Electronic Commerce
- Social Side of E-Commerce
- Futurology of E-Commerce
You can also have a look at the more detailed list here. Please note that, however long and detailed, this list is not exhaustive. Interesting papers on related topics are also welcome.
Paper Submission and Publication
Papers can be submitted either electronically (preferred method) or in hardcopy. A paper should not exceed 8 pages of print (if necessary, longer papers can be accepted for additional charge - see here). The title page must not contain the authors' names nor affiliations to enable blind reviewing. Please remember to send us the title of the article, together with the abstract, authors' names and contact address before you submit the paper. This will hopefully let us assign the papers to the reviewers more efficiently.
Titles and abstracts should be submitted until December 15th, 2004. The deadline for paper submission is January 5th, 2005. Other important dates are:
- February 15th, 2005 - notification of acceptance
- March 10th, 2005 - early registration deadline
- March 10th, 2005 - final versions due
- April 1st, 2005 - late registration deadline
- April 21-23, 2005 - the conference.
The papers should be written in English. For more information about preparing and submitting articles, templates for LaTeX2e and MS-Word, as well as submission forms for abstracts and papers, consult the Instructions for Authors section. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be available at the conference.
Registration
The expected registration fees are as follows (in Polish zlotys and euro):
- Regular registration - 590 PLZ / EUR 180
- Student registration (undergraduate and postgraduate students) - 490 PLZ / EUR 150
The registration fee includes: attendance at the conference, publication of a paper, a copy of the proceedings, refreshments during the breaks, a social event on the first day of the conference, and a dinner party on the second day. At least one author of a paper must register to have the paper published. Presenting the paper at the conference is very welcome, but it's not compulsory. Note: the above figures are for early registration only. Late registration will be more expensive, as it usually is.
Organization, Contact and More
The conference is organized by the Interfaculty E-Commerce Group, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, in cooperation with the Human Media Interaction Group, University of Twente, Netherlands, and the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Technical University of Gdansk.
For more information you can have a look at the conference web pages at
http://www.econferences.org/ecom/04
Our e-mail address is ecom@cs.utwente.nl -
please feel free to ask if you have any further questions.
You can also write to:
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Jacek Wachowicz
ECOM-04 Organizing Chair
Wydzial Zarzadzania i Ekonomii Politechniki Gdanskiej
ul. Narutowicza 11/12
80-952 Gdansk, Poland
Good luck and see you in Gdansk!
