Call for Workshops

The International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER) is the leading international forum for presenting and discussing research and applications of conceptual modeling. Topics of interest include foundations of conceptual models, theories of concepts, ontology-driven conceptual modeling and analysis, methods and tools for developing, communicating, consolidating, and evolving conceptual models, and techniques for transforming conceptual models into effective implementations.

Continuing a long tradition, ER 2016 will host a number of workshops to be held in conjunction with the main ER 2016 conference. The workshops will serve as an intensive collaborative forum for exchanging innovative ideas about conceptual modeling, and for discovering new frontiers for its use. We specifically invite proposals for interactive workshops on new, emerging, or established topics in conceptual modeling, or its application in specific domains. We encourage workshop organizers to include activities that provide their participants with a true workshop experience.

Important Dates

Workshop proposal submission:
: Friday, January 22, 2016
Notification of acceptance:: Friday, February 12, 2016
Submission of workshop papers:: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Camera-ready versions of accepted papers:: Friday, August 5, 2016

Submission Guidelines

Workshop proposals should be about 3-5 pages long, submitted as a single pdf file by email to both ER workshop co-chairs, and contain the following information:

Title
Topics of interest
Format and duration
Type (academic and/or industrial)
Significance to conceptual modeling
Organizers (short CVs, limit of two pages each, experience in organizing events)
Proposed program committee
Expected numbers of submissions and participants
Expected number of accepted papers
Activities that facilitate discussion among participants
Activities that convey state-of-the-art to participants
Activities that convey open challenges to participants
Information about previous workshop editions, including submission and registration numbers

Proposal Evaluation Criteria

The number of acceptable workshop proposals is limited by the time available and the facilities of the conference venue. Workshop proposals will be evaluated according to the:

Scientific quality of the proposal
Likely numbers of high-quality submissions
Quality of workshop experience for participants
Overlap with other workshops

Workshop Proceedings

Proceedings of all ER workshops will be published as a single volume of Springer LNCS to be distributed at the ER 2016 conference, subject to final confirmation. All workshop papers are limited to no more than 10 pages in LNCS format. It is expected that the organizers of ER workshops conform to the rules imposed by the ER steering committee. In particular, the acceptance rate for all workshops will not exceed 40%, and organizers are not allowed to submit papers to their own workshop.

Workshop Co-Chairs

Sebastian Link, The University of Auckland, New Zealand [Web]
e-mail: s.link (at) auckland.ac.nz
Juan Trujillo, University of Alicante, Spain [Web]
e-mail: jtrujillo (at) dlsi.ua.es