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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US>CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US>Special Session on Business Apps - BA 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US>In conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - WEBIST 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US>Website: </span><a href="http://www.webist.org/BA.aspx"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.webist.org/BA.aspx</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US>May 8 - 10, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US>Aachen, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US>Co-organized by: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>RWTH<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US>Sponsored by: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>INSTICC<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US>INSTICC is Member of:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> WfMC and OMG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US>Technically sponsored by:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> ERCIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US>IMPORTANT DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Paper Submission: February 28, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Author Notification: March 18, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Final Paper Submission and Registration: March 27, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>We would like to draw your attention to the Special Session on Business Apps - BA 2013 (held in conjunction with the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies- WEBIST 2013), whose submission deadline is scheduled for February 28, 2013. We hope you can participate in this session by submitting a paper reflecting your current research in any of the following areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>o App development in the context of business <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>o Economic impact of mobile computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US> o Requirements analysis and engineering for business apps o Development methods for apps o Testing of apps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US> o Business models for apps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US> o Distribution of apps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US> o Cross-platform development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US> o Webapps vs. native apps <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>o Business app security<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US> o Legal aspects of app development, distribution, and usage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US> o Employee training for app development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US> o Energy efficient computing on mobile devices<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US> o Mobile device management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US> o Make-or-buy decisions in app development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>The conference will be sponsored by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC), co-organized with the Aachen University (RWTH) and technically sponsored by the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS). INSTICC is Member of the Workflow Management Coalition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>(WfMC) and Object Management Group (OMG).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>The purpose of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the technological advances and business applications of web-based information systems. The conference has five main tracks, covering different aspects of Web Information Systems, including Internet Technology, Web Interfaces and Applications, Society, e-Communities, e-Business, Web Intelligence and Mobile Information Systems. Special sessions complement the main conference program by focusing on distinctive fields and new trends. The special session n Business Apps is devoted to business apps and their requirements. Both technologic and economic papers are solicited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>All papers accepted to the special session will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and EI (Elsevier Index). All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (</span><a href="http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/</span></a><span lang=EN-US>). SciTePress is member of CrossRef (</span><a href="http://www.crossref.org/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.crossref.org/</span></a><span lang=EN-US>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>WEBIST 2013 will be held in conjunction with CLOSER 2013 (International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - </span><a href="http://closer.scitevents.org/"><span lang=EN-US>http://closer.scitevents.org/</span></a><span lang=EN-US>), CSEDU 2013 (International Conference on Computer Supported Education - </span><a href="http://www.csedu.org/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.csedu.org/</span></a><span lang=EN-US>) and SMARTGREENS 2013 (International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems - </span><a href="http://www.smartgreens.org/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.smartgreens.org/</span></a><span lang=EN-US>) in Aachen, Germany. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>Registration to WEBIST will enable free attendance to any sessions of CLOSER, CSEDU and SMARTGREENS conferences as a non-speaker.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Please check further details at the special session website<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>(</span><a href="http://www.webist.org/BA.aspx"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.webist.org/BA.aspx</span></a><span lang=EN-US>) and the main conference website (</span><a href="http://www.webist.org/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.webist.org/</span></a><span lang=EN-US>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US>SPECIAL SESSION CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tim A. Majchrzak and Gottfried Vossen, University of Münster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In case of questions, please feel free to contact us: </span><a href="mailto:tima@ercis.de"><span lang=EN-US>tima@ercis.de</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US>PROGRAM COMMITTEE:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Please check the special session´s program committee members at </span><a href="http://www.webist.org/BA.aspx"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.webist.org/BA.aspx</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>