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------------- CENTERIS’2009 | Call for Papers ------------- Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems

------------- Ofir, Portugal, 07-09 October 2009

http://centeris.eiswatch.org submission deadline (full paper): March 15, 2009 optional submission of an abstract: January 15, 2009 -------------

Dear Sirs,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the CENTERIS’2009 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems – aligning technology, organizations and people, to be held in Ofir, Portugal, organized by the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave and the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.

This is the place where, from 07 to 09 October 2009, under the leitmotiv of Enterprise Information Systems, academics, scientists, IT/IS professionals, managers and solution providers from all over the world will have the opportunity to share experiences, bring new ideas, debate issues, introduce the latest developments in the field.

CENTERIS’2009 is an international conference that will address the largely multidisciplinary field embraced by the Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), from the social, organizational and technological perspectives. The 3-day conference follows an innovative format, previewing scientific sessions, tutorial and technical sessions, and simultaneously exhibitions by solutions providers and product presentations. There will also be a social program that will enable participants to get to know each other and informally exchange information, contacts and experiences, discuss projects, and incubate partnerships.

------------- ------------- Submission and Publications

Submissions will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Only original contributions will be accepted.

All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings Book (full texts) with ISBN and on a CD-ROM to be distributed during the conference.

Authors of a selection of around 25 papers will be invited for enhancing and extending their papers for inclusion in a book to be published by IGI-Global, to be released by early 2010. Depending on the number of high quality papers accepted, the Organization can consider the edition of two books, instead of one.

According to the Scientific Committee recommendations, authors of selected papers will be invited to enhance the paper for publication in:

- A Special Issue of the Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ); - The International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems (IJEIS); - Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (JTAER); - International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA); - The emerging “Information and Communication Technologies for the Advanced Enterprise: an international journal” (ICT'ae).

At the end of this message you will find the composition of the Editorial Board.

------------- ------------- Hotel and travel arrangements

The Conference will take place at AXIS OFIR Beach Resort Hotel in Ofir, Esposende, Portugal, a 4-star Hotel located in one of the most beautiful landscapes in the North of Portugal. The Atlantic coast of Esposende is part of the Natural Park of the North Coast, a protected area of great beauty. Ofir is located in a wonderful historic and cultural region with three locations/zones proclaimed as UNESCO cultural World Heritage within 100 km: Historic Centre of Guimaraes (50Km), Historic Centre of Porto (40Km) and Alto Douro Wine Region. The Hotel Axis Ofir is located 35 km north of the Oporto International Airport “Francisco Sa Carneiro”. It is connected by the highway A28. We suggest getting a taxi which cost would be around 35 Euros (one way), taking less than 30 min to the Hotel. -------------

For more detailed information, please visit http://centeris.eiswatch.org

We hope to see you in Ofir.

Best wishes, Manuela Cunha Luís Amaral João Varajão

------------- General Chair Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (mcunha@ipca.pt) Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal

------------- Program Chair Luís Amaral (amaral@dsi.uminho.pt) University of Minho, Portugal

------------- Organization Chair João Eduardo Varajão (jvarajao@utad.pt) University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

------------- Secretariat Jacinta Martins secretariat@centeris.eiswatch.org

------------- ------------- Editorial Board (This list is not complete as the invitation process is still going on)

Adamantios Koumpis, Research Programmes Division, ALTEC S.A, Grece Adolfo Vanti, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brasil Albert Boonstra, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Alberto Arroyo, Orienta, Spain Alexandra Klen, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil Álvaro Rocha, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal Ana Maria Fermoso Garcia, Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain Anca Draghici, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania Andréa Paiva, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Angappa Gunasekaran, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA Antonio Guevara, University of Malaga, Spain Antonio José Balloni, CTI, Brasil António Trigo, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Portugal Aysin Rahimifard, Loughborough University, UK Bart H.M. Gerritsen, TNO N. Org. for App. Scientific Research, The Netherlands Calin Gurau, GSCM – Montpellier Business School, France Carlos Ferrás Sexto, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Carlos Machado-Santos, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto, Portugal Carmen de Pablos, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain Carola Jones, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina Carrillo Verdún, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Cesar Alexandre de Souza, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Chad Lin, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Daniel Lübke, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany Dimitrios Koufopoulos, Brunel University, UK Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology Savannah, USA Dirk Werth, Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Germany Dulce Domingos, University of Lisbon, Portugal Duminda Wijesekera, George Mason University, USA Edson Luiz Riccio, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil Efrem Mallach, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA Eitel Lauria, Marist College, USA Enrique Paniagua Arís, Universidad de Murcia, Spain Ercan Oztemel, Marmara University, Turkey Esra Kurt Tekez, Sakarya University, Turkey Fahd Alizai, Victoria University Australia, Australia Filomena Lopes, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal Gabor Hosszu, Budpest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary George Ioannou, Athens Faculty of Economics and Business, Greece George Leal Jamil, FUMEC/BH, Brasil Giorgio Bruno, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Goran Putnik, University of Minho, Portugal Heiko Duin, BIBA Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH, Germany Henrique O’Neill, ISCTE, Portugal Igor Perko, University of Maribor, Slovenia llan Oshri, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands Isabel Ramos, University of Minho, Portugal Ivanilde Eyng, UEPG/UNAM, Brasil Jaideep Motwani, Grand Valley State University, USA Jaime Munoz, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico Jens Eschenbächer, BIBA Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik, Germany Jerzy Kisielnicki, University of Warsaw, Poland Joao Barroso, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Joao Varajao, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Jorge Marx Gómez, Oldenburg University, Germany José Bulas Cruz, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal José L. Caro, University of Malaga, Spain José L. Leiva, University of Malaga, Spain José Luis Mota Pereira, University of Minho, Portugal Kam Hou Vat, University of Macau, Macau Klara Antlova, Technical university of Liberec, Czech republic Leonardo Soto, University of Guadalajara, Mexico Leonel Santos, University of Minho, Portugal Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK Luís Amaral, University of Minho, Portugal Mahesh S. Raisinghani, Texas Woman's University, USA Malihe Tabatabaie, University of York, UK Manuel Filipe Santos, University of Minho, Portugal Manuel Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico Manuel Pérez Cota, Universidad de Vigo, Spain Maria Argyropoulou, Brunel University, UK Maria Manuela Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal Marilisa Oliveira, UEPG/UNAM, Brazil Marko Kolakovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Mayumi Hori, Hakuoh University, Japan Michal Žemlicka, Charles University, Czech Republic Mirjana Stojanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia Narciso Cerpa, University of Talca, Chile Ovsei Gelman, CCADET-UNAM, Mexico Özalp Vayvay, Faculty of Engineering Marmara University, Turkey Ozden Ustun, Dumlupinar University, Turkey Patrícia Gonçalves, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal Paula Morais, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal Paulo Tomé, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal Pedro Araújo, University of Beira Interior, Portugal Pedro Campos, University of Porto, Portugal Pedro Quelhas de Brito, University of Porto, Portugal Pedro Ribeiro, University of Minho, Portugal Pedro Soto Acosta, Universidad de Murcia, Spain Polo, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil Protogeros Nicolaos, University of Macedonia Economic and Social Scs., Greece Ramiro Gonçalves, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Ricardo Gonçalves, Uninova, Portugal Ricardo Simoes, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal Richard Burkhard, San Jose State University, USA Rinaldo Michelini, PMAR Lab of the University of Genova, Italy Roberto Razzoli, PMAR Lab of the University of Genova, Italy Rui Dinis Sousa, University of Minho, Portugal Rui Pedro Rijo, Politecnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Samo Bobek, University of Maribor, Slovenia Sanja Vranes, The Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Serbia Simona Sternad, University of Maribor, Slovenia Snezana Pantelic, The Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Serbia Subhasish Dasgupta, George Washington University, USA Tahinakis Panayiotis, University of Macedonia Economic and Social Scs., Greece Valentina Janev, The Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Serbia Vladanka Acimovic-Raspopovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia Vitor Basto Fernandes, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Vítor Carvalho, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal Vítor Santos, Microsoft, Portugal Vladimír Modrák, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia Vojko Potocan, University of Maribor, Slovenia Wai Ming Cheung, University of Bath, UK