ISD 2005 FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT :

1. ISD 2005 FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: Methods and Tools Theory and Practice Conference Theme: Bridging the Gap between Academia and Practice Karlstad, Sweden, 15-17 August, 2005 http://www.it.kau.se/isd2005/

2. OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE Information Systems Development (ISD) progresses rapidly, continually creating new challenges for the professionals involved. New concepts, approaches and techniques of systems development emerge constantly in this field. Progress in ISD comes from research as well as from practice. The aim of the Conference is to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences between academia and industry, and to stimulate exploration of new solutions.

3. TRACKS AND TOPICS The ISD 2005 Conference will be organised in different research tracks and a special industry track according to the conference theme “Bridging the Gap between Academia and Practice”. On the next slide some important tracks are prespecified with examples of relevant topics. More tracks could be added and the topics of interest would be expanded in line with the submitted papers.

4. Co-design of Business and IT. Design of information systems and business processes in concert. Developers and users as joint co-designers. Methods, models and tools as co-instruments in co-design. Continual use-based redesign of information systems and business processes Communication and Methods. Communicative processes. Learning, understanding, representation and knowledge. Testing and evaluation; modelling and meta-modelling. Communication technology, media and mediation Human Values of Information Technology. Privacy issues in network-based services. Multimedia experiences in the Information Society. Digital bridges for empowerment. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and prototyping tools Management and IT (MIT). Knowledge management; approaches and solutions. Enterprise systems in a management perspective. Leadership, information strategy and productivity aspects

5. Requirements Engineering (RE) in the IS Life-Cycle. Non-functional requirements for information systems. RE for development, selection, and integration of COTS products. Human and organisational aspects of RE in ISD Semantic Web Approaches and Applications. Knowledge management and ontology design. Semantic web technologies. Semantic based web services and grid services.Semantic based web information management and enterprise integration Service Development and IT. Customer involvement and learning with customers in IT-supported service development. The roles of Self-Service Technology (SST) in development of complex services. The roles of IT in enhancing the firm’s operations within networks/alliances/partnerships Integration of Information Technology in Practice (Industry Track). Management of IT resources and business processes. Methods for integration of business systems. Information technology as solution for electronic communication

6. CONFERENCE ORGANISATION General Chair: Anders G. Nilsson, Karlstad University, Sweden Program Co-Chairs: Remigijus Gustas, Karlstad University, Sweden Anders G. Nilsson, Karlstad University, Sweden Wita Wojtkowski, Boise State University, USA Gregory Wojtkowski, Boise State University, USA Stanislaw Wrycza, University of Gdansk, Poland Joze Zupancic, University of Maribor, Slovenia Track chairs: Sten Carlsson, Karlstad University, Sweden (track 8) Sven Carlsson, Lund University, Sweden (track 4) Rodney Clarke, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom (track 2) Olov Forsgren, University of Borås, Sweden (track 1) Odd Fredriksson, Karlstad University, Sweden (track 7) Göran Goldkuhl, Linköping University, Sweden (track 1) John Sören Pettersson, Karlstad University, Sweden (track 3) Birger Rapp, Linköping University, Sweden (track 4) William Song, University of Durham, United Kingdom (track 6) Benkt Wangler, University of Skövde, Sweden (track 5)

7. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Gary Allen University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom Erling S. Andersen Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway Karin Axelsson Linköping University, Sweden Janis Barzdins University of Latvia, Latvia Juris Borzovs University of Latvia and Riga Technical University, Latvia Frada Burstein Monash University, Australia Rimantas Butleris Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania Albertas Caplinskas Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania Antanas Cenys Semiconductor Physics Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania Heitor Augustus Xavier Costa Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil Darren Dalcher Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom Jørgen Fischer Nilsson Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Julie Fishe Monash University, Australia Guy Fitzgerald Brunel University, United Kingdom Chris Freyberg Massey University, New Zealand Janis Grundspenkis Riga Technical University, Latvia Hele-Mai Haav Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia G. Harindranath University of London, United Kingdom Igor Hawryszkiewycz University of Technology Sydney, Australia Alfred Helmerich Research Institute of Applied Technology, Munich, Germany Juhani Iivari University of Oulu, Finland Mirjana Ivanovic University of Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro Marius Janson University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA Nimal Jayaratna Curtin University, Perth, Australia Roland Kaschek Massey University, New Zealand Karlheinz Kautz Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Marite Kirikova Riga Technical University, Latvia John Krogstie Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Rein Kuusik Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Sergei Kuznetsov Russian Academy of Science, Russia Henry Linger Monash University, Australia Björn Lundell University of Skövde, Sweden Audrone Lupeikiene Institute of Mathematic and Informatics, Lithuania Kalle Lyytinen Case Western Reserve University, USA Leszek A. Maciaszek Macquarie University, Australia

8. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (Cont.) Yannis Manolopoulos Aristotle University, Greece Majed Al-Mashari King Saud University, Saudi Arabia Heinrich C. Mayr University of Klagenfurt, Austria Elisabeth Métais CNAM University, Paris, France Robert Moreton University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Pavol Navrat Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia Lina Nemuraite Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania Jacob Nørbjerg Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Eugene K. Ovsyannikov The Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia Jari Palomäki Technical University of Tampere/Pori, Finland Malgorzata Pankowska University of Economics In Katowice, Poland George A. Papadopoulus University of Cyprus, Cyprus Anne Persson University of Skövde, Sweden Alain Pirotte University of Louvain, Belgium Jaroslav Pokorny Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Boris Rachev University of Rousse and Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria Vaclav Repa Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic David Schwartz Bar-Ilan University, Israel Timothy K. Shih Tamkang University, Taiwan Klaas Sikkel University of Twente, Netherlands Guttorm Sindre Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Larry Stapleton Waterford Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland Eberhard Stickel Bonn University of Applied Sciences, Germany Uldis Sukovskis Riga Technical University, Latvia Bo Sundgren Statistics Sweden and Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden Arne Sølvberg Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Janis Tenteris Riga Technical University, Latvia Jacek Unold Wrowlaw University of Economics, Poland Olegas Vasilecas Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Jiri Vorisek Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic Gottfried Vossen University of Münster, Germany Gert-Jan de Vreede University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA Roel Wieringa University of Twente, Netherlands Carson C. Woo University of British Columbia, Canada More Program Committee Members will follow.

9. CONFERENCE VENUE The Conference will be held at the campus of Karlstad University (http://www.kau.se/) in Sweden. We are delighted to invite you to the beautiful Scandinavian country of Sweden, the home of nine million people. Karlstad is situated in mid-western Sweden on top of Lake Vänern, one of Europe’s largest freshwater lakes. Karlstad is situated in between Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden and Oslo, the capital city of Norway. The relatively close distance and easy access to Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city and Copenhagen in Denmark is also important.

10. The County of Värmland, in which Karlstad is situated, is well known for several authors, among others Gustaf Fröding and Selma Lagerlöf, and also many athletics. Today, ice hockey is a major sport in Karlstad, being the address of Färjestads BK, one of the most successful teams in the country. When visiting Karlstad, you always feel the closeness to water. Besides being situated by a lake, River Klarälven also flows through the centre of Karlstad. The longest stone arch bridge in Sweden, built more than 200 years ago and still in use, crosses the river. The symbol of the university, and also of Karlstad municipality, is the sun. The inhabitants of Karlstad are proud to have more than 1 800 sunny hours a year, an amount which is in the top positions of the Swedish sun hour’s league.

11. SUBMISSION • We solicit contributions (maximum 12 pages) of the following form: • research papers describing research accomplishments • communications, i.e. experience reports, surveys, project overviews • Paper format requirements according to Kluwer/Plenum Press are specified at: http://www.it.kau.se/isd2005/ • All submissions must be original, not presented at other conferences, published or under publication elsewhere. Papers will be reviewed by at least two referees. The papers are to be submitted electronically. We will provide a web-based submission procedure, which is an easy and user-friendly way to submit your paper. Additionally, for each paper should be submitted an abstract (up to 300 words) with the list of keywords to facilitate the assignment of papers to referees and the conference tracks.

12. CONFERENCE FEES Conference fee is 360 EUR - if paid before July 18 2005. Conference fee is 400 EUR - if paid after July 18 2005. Conference fee is 440 EUR - if paid on site. Conference fee covers all meals, refreshments, social events and a copy of the Proceedings.

13. IMPORTANT DATES Abstracts submission April 18, 2005 Papers submission April 25, 2005 Notification of acceptance May 30, 2005 Camera ready papers June 30, 2005 Conference August 15-17, 2005 Welcome to Karlstad and ISD 2005!