Subject: CFP for ER94

From: "Babis Theodoulidis" <[email-masked]>
Date: 11 Jan 94 15:49:25 U

REGARDING                CFP for ER94

CALL FOR PAPERS
                                 
                          The Thirteenth
                    International Conference on
                                 
                                THE
                        ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP
                             APPROACH
                                 
             "Business Modelling and Re-engineering"

                        December 13-16 1994

                          Manchester, UK
                                 
                           Sponsored by:
                     British Computer Society
                               SERC
                               UMIST
                           ER Institute

The Conference

The  ER  conference  is  the  primary forum  for  researchers  and
practitioners in the field of conceptual data modelling. Since its
inception,  the ER conference has proved to be one  of  the  major
vehicles   for   exchange  of  research  results   and   practical
experiences  using  many different modelling approaches  including
variants  of  the  ER  model, Object-Oriented models,  Object-Role
models, Rule-based models, Temporal models etc. as well as related
technology aspects such as databases and knowledge bases.

The  ER '94 conference will offer a programme of state of the  art
papers, combined with panel sessions, invited talks and tutorials.
The theme of the conference in 1994 will be Business Modelling and
Re-engineering.  This  is a key challenging area  as  increasingly
organisations strive to improve the co-ordination between  systems
and  ultimately  individuals. Improving the performance  of  large
business  processes, some of which may take place across different
organisations,  requires  appropriate  modelling  techniques   and
infrastructure  technology to assist  in  the  management  of  the
interaction  between  different  agents  participating  in   these
processes. The ER '94 conference will represent a balance  between
the interrelated areas of modelling and infrastructure.
Topics of Interest

Papers  are  sought  in,  but not limited to,  the  topics  below.
Authors should state clearly whether their contribution is in  the
area of modelling or infrastructure technology.

Enterprise  integration, Enterprise Modelling, Process  Modelling,
Enterprise   Engineering   and   Re-engineering,   Software    Re-
engineering,  CASE Environments, Repository Technology,  Federated
Systems,   Prototyping,  Verification  and  Validation,   Temporal
Information  Systems,  Multimedia Modelling,  Quality  Aspects  of
Conceptual  Modelling,  Virtual Reality and  Systems  Development,
Distributed    Knowledgebases,    Hypermedia    Cooperation     in
Heterogeneous systems, Strategic Information Systems.

Information for Authors

Authors must clearly state the contribution of their work  to  the
theme  of  the conference. The edited proceedings of ER  '94  will
appear as a book from a major international publisher. Five copies
of original unpublished papers up to 5000 words should be sent to:

          P Loucopoulos
          Department of Computation
          UMIST
          P.O. Box 88, Sackville Street
          Manchester M60 1QD
          UK

			 Important Dates

               30 April 1994 - Papers submission due
             30 June 1994 - Notification of acceptance
              31 August 1994 - Camera-ready copy due
           31 October 1994 - Early registration deadline

Conference Location

Manchester is a city of surprises, a city of variety but  most  of
all  it is a city of colour and vitality. It is the North West  of
England's  premier city. Manchester boasts about Europe's  largest
municipal park, the hottest night life in Britain, two first  rank
orchestras,   the best U.K. theatreland outside of  London  and  a
wealth of shopping opportunities.

Manchester  is  easy  to  reach by road rail  or  air.  Manchester
airport  is  one of the largest international airports  in  Europe
with  connections  to all parts of the world. Manchester  is  just
over  one  hours travel from other major European cities  such  as
Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels and Frankfurt. The airport has a direct
rail  link with the city centre ant the visitor can reach the city
from  the  airport  in  15 minutes. The city  is  serviced  by  an
excellent  road  network which links it  to  other  parts  of  the
country. Manchester has more miles of motorway than any other U.K.
city.   Manchester Piccadilly station is a key link in the  inter-
city  network with services to all main-line stations in  Britain.
Average travel time by rail to London is two and a half hours.

GENERAL CONFERENCE CHAIR
John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada

EUROPEAN CONFERENCE CHAIR
Stefano   Spaccapietra,  Ecole  Polytechnic   Federale   Lausanne,
Switzerland

NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAIR
Sham Navathe, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

ORGANISING CHAIR
Keith Jeffery, RAL-SERC, U.K.

PROGRAMME CHAIRS
Pericles Loucopoulos, UMIST, U.K.
Ramez Elmasri, University of Texas, U.S.A.

PANEL ORGANISING CHAIR
Colette Rolland, Universite Paris 1 - Pantheon Sorbonne

TUTORIALS ORGANISING CHAIR
Carole Goble, University of Manchester, U.K.

TREASURER
Babis Theodoulidis, UMIST, U.K.

PUBLICITY CHAIR
Mike Jackson, University of Wolverhampton, U.K.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
David Avison U.K.
Jorge Bocca U.K.
Omar Boucelma France
Sjaak Brinkkemper Netherlands
Janis Bubenko Sweden
John Carlis U.S.A.
Sharma Chakravarthy U.S.A.
Valeria De Antonellis Italy
Anthony Finkelstein U.K.
Guy Fitzgerald U.K.
Andre Flory France
Donald Flynn U.K.
Michael Freeston Germany
Carole Goble U.K.
Ted Goranson U.S.A.
Georges Grosz France
Terry Halpin Australia
Michael Huhns U.S.A.
Manfred Jeusfeld Germany
Vram Kouramajian U.S.A.
Mike Mannino    U.S.A.
Salvatore March U.S.A.
Leora Morgenstern U.S.A.
Renate Motschnig Austria
Shamkant Navathe U.S.A.
Eric Neuhold Germany
Antoni Olive Spain
Maria Orlowska Australia
Mike Papazoglou Australia
Barbara Pernici Italy
Naveen Prakash India
Sudha Ram U.S.A.
Colette Rolland France
Thomas Rose Germany
Kevin Ryan Ireland
Arie Segev U.S.A.
Amilcar Sernadas Portugal
Madan Singh U.K.
Arne Solvberg Norway
Il-Yeol Song U.S.A.
Stefano Spaccapietra Switzerland
Peter Stocker U.K.
Toby Teorey U.S.A.
Constantino Thanos Italy
Babis Theodoulidis U.K.
Aphrodite Tsalgatidou Greece
Yannis Vassiliou Greece
Benkt Wangler Sweden
Marianne Winslett U.S.A.
Bob Wood U.K.
Trevor Wood-Harper U.K.
Carlo Zaniolo U.S.A.

REGIONAL COORDINATORS
R Andersen          Norwegian Institute of Technology, Norway
R Carapuca          INESC, Portugal
J Fong              City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
J B Grimson         Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland
M Kersten      	    CWI, Netherlands
K-C Lee             Hua Hsing Information Corp, Taiwan
M Leonard           Universite de Geneve, Switzerland
B G Lundberg        University of Stockholm, Sweden
S Nishio            Osaka University, Japan
M E Orlowska        University of Queensland, Australia
A Pirotte           Universite de Louvain, Belgium
F Plasil            Czech University of Technology, Czech Republic
S Sa                The People's University of China, China
F Saltor            Technical University of Barcelona, Spain
G Schlageter        Fern University of Hagen, Germany
D Shasha            New York University, USA
C K Tan             National University of Singapore, Singapore
L Tucherman         IBM Brazil, Brazil
Y Vassiliou         Research Centre of Crete, Greece

Further Information

For details of the conference and the exhibition, please contact:

     Mrs. Janet Houshmand
     ER94 Conference
     Department of Computation
     UMIST
     P.O. Box 88
     Sackville Street
     Manchester M60 1QD
     U.K.

     Tel: +44-61-200-3302
     Fax: +44-61-200-3324
     e-mail: [email-masked]

To  ensure that you receive the Advance Programme and that you are
able  to  take advantage of early registration, please  send  your
name and address to the secretariat. You may alternatively contact
the Organising Committee by e-mail if you wish.

Organisations  interested in taking part in the exhibition  or  an
industrial  session, or in possible sponsorship of the  conference
or social events are also invited to contact the organisers.