ISD 2005

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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/
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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.
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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.
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1. 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
2. Communication and Methods. Communicative
   processes. Learning, understanding,
   representation and knowledge. Testing and
   evaluation modelling and meta-modelling.
   Communication technology, media and mediation
3. 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
4. Management and IT (MIT). Knowledge management
   approaches and solutions. Enterprise systems in
   a management perspective. Leadership,
   information strategy and productivity aspects

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1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
   firms operations within networks/alliances/part
   nerships
4. 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

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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)
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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 Uni
versity 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
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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.
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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 Europes
largest freshwater lakes. Karls
tad 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, Swedens second largest
city and Copenhagen in Denmark is also important.
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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 hours league.
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• 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.

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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.
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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!