ER2003 Call for Industrial Presentations
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The ER2003 conference program includes an industrial stream for
presentations focusing on conceptual modeling issues arising in
industrial practice.  Although theoretical aspects may be included,
the content must be geared towards the practitioner, and should
not assume a deep mathematical background.  Proposals for this
stream are solicited from both the industrial and academic
communities.  Possible topics include use or evaluation of modeling
tools, new approaches to practical modeling problems, frameworks
for the modeling process itself, evaluation of current modeling
approaches, and illuminating case studies.

The target duration of each industrial presentation is 30 minutes.
If practical demonstrations using modeling tools are included as
part of the presentation, it must be made clear what modeling
issues are being addressed by these demonstrations.

An abstract of at most 1000 words, summarizing the motivation and
content of the proposed presentation, should be e-mailed to one of
the industrial co-chairs, Terry Halpin (terry@northfacelearning.com)
or Peter Aiken (paiken@acm.org) by March 24, 2003.  Acceptance will
be based on this abstract alone.  The evaluation committee will
consist of the industrial co-chairs and other members of the Program
and Organizing Committees.

Successful applicants will be required to refine their abstracts
according to reviewer feedback as needed.  Accepted abstracts will
be published in the conference proceedings.  Authors must also
submit an electronic slide presentation to be made available in a
separate printed publication at the conference as well as on the
Web.  Format details will be sent with the acceptance notice.

Abstract instructions:

E-mail your abstract to terry@northfacelearning.com or
paiken@acm.org, with the subject "ER2003 industry presentation", no
later than March 24, 2003, in one of the following file formats:
plain text, Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF.  Single-spaced, 10-point font
is preferred.  Include a title for the abstract, your name, e-mail
address, affiliation, postal address, phone number, fax (optional),
and a brief bio (max. 100 words).

IMPORTANT DATES:

* Submission of abstracts                       March 24, 2003
* Notification of acceptance/rejection          May 17, 2003
* Submission of revised abstract and slides     June 14, 2003
* Conference                                    October 13-16, 2003

INDUSTRIAL CO-CHAIRS:

Terry Halpin
VP, Conceptual Modeling
North Face Learning, Inc.
2795 E. Cottonwood Parkway, Suite 440
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Phone: 801-365-0940
E-mail: terry@northfacelearning.com

Peter Aiken
Assoc. Professor of Information Systems
School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University
1015 Floyd Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-4000
Phone: 804 828 0174
E-mail: paiken@acm.org