***With apologies for cross-posting*** Dear All, The new submission deadline for the 4th Workshop on Standardisation Management is: 22 December 2017 The WS will be held on 20 or 21 March in Berlin (Germany), in conjunction with the I-ESA 2018 conference (Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications) <http://iesa2018.ipk.fraunhofer.de/>. Cheers; Kai. PS: You may find the CfP also at <https://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/fileadmin/downloads/CfP_WS_Stds_Mngmt_2018.pdf> ----------------------- Call for Papers 4th Workshop on Standardisation Management 20/21 March 2018 Objective of the Workshop ------------------------- Standards are an imperative requirement for the operation of enterprise interoperability. Yet, standards don't develop by themselves. Thus, enterprises need to carefully manage their activities in standards setting to make sure that standards are developed that meet their needs and those of the wider community. Accordingly, this WS will look at managerial issues of standardisation for interoperability. Its first objective is to contribute to the identification of best-practices in organisational standardisation management. This becomes increasingly important especially in the light of the emerging smart applications and smart communication infrastructures - think e.g. Smart Manufacturing and Smart Cities for the former and the internet of Things (IoT) for the latter. These are developments with huge technical, economic and social and ramifications and those who lead standardisation today are likely to also be in the driving seat when it comes to the large-scale commercialisation of these technologies. Proposed Topics (this is a non-exclusive list) --------------- * Management approaches to corporate standardisation; * Standards for inter- and intra-organizational information flow; * Managing Standardisation of smart systems (e.g. Industry 4.0) and infrastructures (IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems); * The individual in standards setting - selection, training, motivation; * The European legal system and consortium standards. Submission Guidelines --------------------- Original (unpublished) papers not exceeding 6 pages are solicited. A paper template may be found at http://iesa2018.ipk.fraunhofer.de/fileadmin/user_upload/IESA2018/Documents/templates.zip. All papers will undergo a double blind peer-review process. Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings, to be published by ISTE-Wiley Publications, UK. Particularly good papers will be considered for inclusion in the International Journal on Standardization Research (IJSR). All submissions (in .doc/.docx/.rtf format) should be sent to: [log in to unmask] Deadlines --------- Submissions due: 22 December 2017 Notification: 15 January 2018 Final papers due: 6 March 2018 Programme Committee ------------------- Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen U., DE (Chair) Martin Zelm, INTEROP VLab, BE (Co-Chair) Tineke Egyedi, DIRoS, NL Vladislav Fomin, Vytautas Magnus U., LT (tbc) Erwin Folmer, U. of Twente, NL Henk de Vries, Erasmus U., N Robert van Wessel, ApexIS, NL ________________________________________________________________ Kai Jakobs RWTH Aachen University Computer Science Department Informatik 4 (Communication and Distributed Systems) Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Tel.: +49-241-80-21405 Fax: +49-241-80-22222 [log in to unmask] <http://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/team/kai-jakobs/> EURAS - The European Academy for Standardisation. <http://www.euras.org> The International Journal of Standardization Research. <https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-standardization-research-ijsr/145878> The 'Advances in Standardization Research' book series. <https://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-standardization-research/154747>