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any inconvenience this may have caused*********


Dear all,

The deadline for the 9th EURAS Workshop on Standardization is fast
approaching. So, better start writing immediately .......


Hope to see you in Paris.

Cheers,
Kai.





                                CALL FOR PAPERS

                    The European Academy for Standardization

                     9th EURAS Workshop on Standardization

                            Paris, May 13 - 14, 2004



The workshop solicits papers on all aspects of standards and standardisation.
Sample topics include, but are not limited to:

 - Technological innovation and standardisation
 - Standardisation and economic development
 - Legal issues in standardisation
 - Economics of standardisation
 - Standardisation policies
 - Analyses of standards setting processes
 - Case studies of standardisation
 - The future of standardisation
 - Educational activities
 - Management of standards
 - History of Standards
 - Standards and technology transfer

Papers (up to 20 double-spaced pages) or extended abstracts (up to 4
double-spaced pages) should be submitted (preferably by e mail) to:

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If electronic submission is not possible please send 3 copies to

Heide Coenen
Department of Economics
University of Hamburg
Von-Melle-Park 5
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany

Preference will be given to full papers.
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
Particularly good and relevant papers will be fast-tracked for review for
the EURAS-Yearbook or the International Journal of IT Standards and
Standardization Research (JITSR).


Programme Committee
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Francoise Bousquet (Akela)
Yves Buntzly (AFNOR)
Peter Buxman (Freiberg University of Technology)
Yves Chauvel (ETSI)
Tineke Egyedi (Delft University of Technology)
Wilfried Hesser (University of the Armed Forces)
Manfred Holler (University of Hamburg)
Kai Jakobs (Aachen University)
Eric Monteiro (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Hans-Bernd Schäfer (University of Hamburg)
Robin Williams (Edinburgh University)
Jürgen Wehnert (BMT Transport Solutions)


Deadlines
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Paper submission:  February 15
Notification:      March 15
Final paper due:   April 15


Conference Venue: AFNOR, Saint-Denis La Plaine


For more information about EURAS please see
http://www.EURAS.org/

More information on the venue may be found at
http://planete.afnor.fr/v3/pdf/planafnor.pdf




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Kai Jakobs

Aachen University
Computer Science Department
Informatik IV (Communication and Distributed Systems)
Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
Tel.: +49-241-80-21405
Fax:  +49-241-80-22220
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