CfP LAP 2003 -communication modeling

                The 8th International Working Conference on the

                        Language-Action Perspective
                        on Communication Modelling

                                LAP 2003

                           Tilburg, The Netherlands,

                             July 1-2, 2003

Preceded by a one-day Master Class on communication modelling on June 30

                        http://www.uvt.nl/lap2003

OBJECTIVES

Information technology has radically changed in the past two decades with
systems supporting communication now playing a pivotal role in the
organization. Communication is the key to effective coordination of
business processes, and therefore should be a central issue in systems
design.
Since the 80's a new paradigm has evolved in the field of information
systems which recognizes the importance of communication in an
organisational context: the Language-Action Perspective (LAP). Two
theories of communication have traditionally formed the theoretical
foundations of LAP: Searle's Theory of Speech Acts and Habermas' Theory of
Communicative Action. After the pioneering work of Winograd and Flores, a
second wave of frameworks, models and systems emerged in the 90s. As
diverse as these applications of LAP are, they all have in common the
fundamental agreement that language is not only used for exchanging
information as in reports, statements etc. but also to perform actions,
e.g. promises, orders, declarations. The conventional perspective on
information systems stresses the contents of messages rather than the way
they are exchanged and the effects they have. In contrast, the
Language-Action Perspective emphasises what people do by communicating,
how language is used to create a common basis for communication partners,
and how their activities are coordinated through language.

So far, 7 successful annual workshops on the Language/Action Perspective
have been held in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Canada. To
reflect the level of maturity the field has achieved, it seems appropriate
to go beyond workshops and organize working conferences from now on.

IMPORTANT DATES

- Submission of regular papers          4 April 2003
- Submission of short papers            18 April 2003
- Notification of acceptance            9 May 2003
- Submission of final version           13 June 2003

General chair:  Aldo de Moor (Tilburg University)
Program chairs: Hans Weigand (Tilburg University), 
                Goran Goldkuhl (Linkoping University)

CALL FOR PAPERS

We encourage submissions concerning all topics related to the
Language-Action Perspective and communication modelling, including (but
not limited to) the following:

- E-Commerce
- Communication diagnosis
- Organisational Semiotics
- Formal aspects
- Theoretical underpinnings of LAP
- Comparisons of LAP with other theories and approaches
- Systems architectures, Enterprise Application Integration
- Intelligent agents
- Document Management
- Process Modelling
- Context Modelling
- Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
- Negotiation Support
- Practical experiences with LAP
- Reassessment of LAP

Submissions can have the following form:

- Full research papers should describe innovative and original research in
any of the above or related topics. Submissions are limited to 15 pages,
single-spaced.

- Short papers should address academic or industrial approaches, including
work in progress, related to the conference theme. Submissions are limited
to 5 pages, single-spaced.

Submissions should be sent electronically in RTF or PDF format to 
weigand+AEA-uvt.nl.

Enquiries can be addressed to Hans Weigand (weigand+AEA-uvt.nl) or Aldo de Moor 
(ademoor+AEA-uvt.nl).

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Jens Allwood - Sweden
Peter Boegh Andersen - Denmark
Jan Dietz - The Netherlands
Joaquim Filipe - Portugal
Goran Goldkuhl - Sweden
Steven Kimbrough - USA
Heinz Klein - USA
Mikael Lind - Sweden
Jan Ljungberg - Sweden
Kalle Lyytinen - Finland
Aldo de Moor - The Netherlands
Wolfgang Prinz - Germany
Erik Proper - The Netherlands
Victor van Reijswoud - Uganda
Mareike Schoop - Germany
Carla Simone - Italy
Ronald Stamper - UK
Yao-Hua Tan - The Netherlands
James Taylor - Canada
Dov Te'eni - Israel
Hans Weigand - The Netherlands
Guy Widdershoven - The Netherlands
Carson Woo - Canada
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