CFP for the Second International Conference on Mobile Business 2003

m>Business 2003 Call for Papers

June 23/24 2003, Vienna, Austria
http://www.mbusiness2003.org

The 2nd International Conference on Mobile Business aims at creating an 
inter-disciplinary forum for academics, managers, policy makers and 
technologists to debate the commercialisation of new business models exploiting 
wireless and mobile networks. The focus is on presenting a clear and complete 
view on past experiences as well as on future perspectives for the sustainable 
deployment of mobile applications and services.

The conference invites decision makers and experts from government, academia, 
research, finance, regulation, network operators, equipment & infrastructure 
suppliers, content providers, application developer, service integrators and 
any other sector confronted with the mobile business challenge. The objective 
is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and the pursuit of innovative research 
avenues. 

Special incentives are integrated to attract business organisations, like an 
industrial track and an exhibition area.

Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the International 
Journal of Mobile Communications!

AREAS OF INTEREST include, but are not limited to:
o Value added services and applications
o Technologies for m-business
o Innovative business and marketing models
o Competition and collaboration
o Strategic partnerships and alliances
o New market intermediaries and dynamics
o Best Practices in m-Business
o Socio and geo-economic impacts
o Ambient intelligence and models of ubiquitous computing
o Drivers and impediments in m-business
o Regulatory and policy issues

m>BUSINESS 2003 invites to submit contributions for the following conference 
tracks:

RESEARCH TRACK & FUTURES PAPERS
The research community is invited to submit theoretical and empirical papers 
making a significant research contribution on m-Business. Futures papers should 
introduce visionary concepts looking deeper into the future of the mobile 
society and providing stimulating ideas that extend our current frames of 
thinking. Research track contributions and futures papers will be reviewed by 
the Program Committee and will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

INDUSTRIAL TRACK & DEMONSTRATIONS
Researchers and business developers are invited to send their contributions 
dealing with innovative services, applications or methods with a high market 
relevance or of special importance for the industry. Demonstration proposals 
should include a description of the demo, the presenter and affiliated 
organization and equipment to be used. These contributions should offer 
conference participants hands-on experience of the latest developments and to 
accelerate the diffusion of innovations. Evaluation will be based on their 
practical relevance and impact. 

WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS
Small-group workshops will debate specific technological and business issues 
through structured facilitated processes. Workshop proposals should include a 
description and rationale of the topic, the objectives and expected outcomes of 
the workshop, the profile of intended participants and an outline of the 
facilitation process (2 - 3 pages). Tutorials should focus on up-to-date 
technologies and/or methods. Potential instructors are invited to submit 
proposals of 2-3 pages, including a biographical sketch. Evaluation of 
proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of the submitter, and 
on the relevance of the subject matter.

PANELS
This track intends to enhance the debate on short-term and long-term 
developments. Panels examining innovative issues of interest on mobile business 
are solicited. But we also encourage to submit critical and provocative 
contributions. Panel proposals should include the objectives, indicative 
discussion questions and biographical sketches of the panelists. 

EXHIBITIONS
In addition, companies as well as research institutions have the possibility to 
exhibit their latest developments at the conference. For further information 
contact mbusiness2003-QGgDlYwn938@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx!

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS for all tracks are available at www.mbusiness2003.org!

IMPORTANT DATES 
14 Mar 2003: Deadline for all contributions     
09 May 2003: Notification of acceptance
23 May 2003: Final version submission
30 May 2003: End of early registration

ORGANISATION 
MB-net 
http://www.mbnet-forum.org

HOST 
E-Commerce Competence Center - EC3 
http://www.ec3.at

CO-HOST
Austrian Computer Society - OCG
http://www.ocg.at

SUPPORTED BY
European Commission - DG INFSO
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/

GENERAL CHAIR
Hannes Werthner, E-Commerce Competence Center (A)

PROGRAM CHAIR
Mel Horwitch, Polytechnic University, N.Y. (USA)

ORGANIZING CHAIR
Manfred Hackl, E-Commerce Competence Center (A)

RESEARCH TRACK CHAIR
George Giaglis, Athens Univ. of Econ. & Business (GR)

INDUSTRIAL TRACK AND DEMO CHAIR
Volker Tschammer, Fraunhofer FOKUS (D)

WORKSHOP, TUTORIAL AND PANEL CHAIR
Karl Fröschl, E-Commerce Competence Center (A)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Jörn Altmann, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories (UK)
Stuart Barnes, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
Niels Bjørn-Andersen, Copenhagen Business School (DK)
Christer Carlsson, Åbo Akademi University (FIN)
Ioanna Constantiou, Athens Univ. of Econ. and Business (GR)
Frank P. Coyle, Southern Methodist University (US)
Asuman Dogac, Middle East Technical University (TRK)
Georgios I. Doukidis, Athens Univ. of Econ. and Business (GR)
Barry Downes, TSSG (IRL)
Alois Ferscha, Johannes Kepler University Linz (A)
Georg Gottlob, Vienna University of Technology (A) 
Wilfried Grossmann, University of Vienna (A)
Jukka Heikkila, University of Jyväskylä (FIN)
Ravi Kalakota, E-Business Strategies (US)
Hans-Georg Kemper, University of Stuttgart (D)
Stefan Klein, University of Münster (D)
Hans Lehmann, University of Auckland (NZ)
Franz Lehner, University of Regensburg (D)
Brian Mennecke, Iowa State University (US)
Leif B. Methlie, Norwegian School of Econ. and Business (NO)
Nikolaos A. Mylonopoulos, ALBA (GR)
Peter Søby Nielsen, Ericsson (DK)
Louis-Francois Pau, Ericsson (S) & Rotterdam School of Management (NL)
Andreas Pitsilides, University of Cyprus (CY)
Bharat Rao, Polytechnic University (US)
Francesco Ricci, ITC-irst (I)
Jukka Salmikuukka, VTT (FIN)
Hans Schaffers, Telematics Institute (NL)
Beat Schmid, University of St. Gallen (CH)
Burkhard Stiller, Univ. o. Federal Armed Forces Munich (D) & Swiss Federal 
Inst. o. Techn. Zurich (CH) 
A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology (A) 
George Tsekouras, University of Brighton (UK)
Juha Tuominen, NOKIA and HUT (FIN)
Lorenzo Valeri, RAND Europe (UK)
Upkar Varshney, Georgia State University (US)
Rene Wagenaar, Technical University of Delft (NL)
Michael Ziegler, European Commission (B) 

FURTHER INFORMATION
mBusiness2003-QGgDlYwn938@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or http://www.mbusiness2003.org

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