IFIP TC8 WG 8.9 Enterprise Information Systems Introduction: IFIP TC 8 WG 8.9 was established in 2006 as an IFIP Working Group within IFIP Technical Committee 8 Information Systems . WG 8.9 focuses on the topic of Enterprise Information Systems. The WG studies technical, organizational, and social aspects of Enterprise Information Systems. The emphasis is on the implications of new technology. Aims: Provide a forum for international collaboration and dissemination of research and practices in the enterprise information systems area Establish close cooperation between academics and practitioners in the area of enterprise information systems Study the design and implementation of enterprise information systems Increase the impact of research and development of enterprise information systems Scope: Concepts, theories, technologies, and implementation relevant to enterprise information systems Enterprise information systems in various sectors Utilization of enterprise information systems in small and medium enterprises Management of enterprise information systems Applications of enterprise information systems in a supply chain environment Identification and benchmarking of best practices in enterprise information systems and enterprise integration Officers (2009-2011): Chair: Lida Xu, USA First Vice-Chair: A Min Tjoa, Austria Second Vice-Chair: Charles Möller, Denmark Secretary: Maria Raffai, Hungary & Ling Li, USA Officers (2012-2014): Chair: A Min Tjoa, Austria First Vice-Chair: Lida Xu, USA Second Vice-Chair: Maria Raffai, Hungary Secretary: Ling Li & Sohail Chaudhry, USA Current Member: Anurag Agarwal, University of South Florida, USA Elias Awad, University of Virginia, USA Josef Basl, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Rogério Atem de Carvalho, Instituto Federal Fluminense, Brazil Ronald Catersels, Ministerie van Defensie, Netherlands Sohail Chaudhry, Villanova University, USA Helder Gomes Costa, Federal Fluminense University, Brazil Petr Doucek, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Yushun Fan, Tsinghua University, China Bee Hua Goh, National University of Singapore, Singapore Seyyed Mohsen Hashemi, Azad University, Iran Paul Hawking, Victoria University, Australia Hongxun Jiang, Renmin University of China, China Björn Johansson, Lund University, Sweden James Jones, Liberty University, USA Huaizu Li, Xian Jiaotong University, China Ling Li, Old Dominion University, USA Lu Liu, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China Yanping Liu, Beijing Jiaotong University, China Corinto Meffe, Ministerio do Planejamento, Brazil Charles Möller, Aalborg University, Denmark Young Bai Moon, Syracuse University, USA William Olle, T. William Olle Associates, UK David Olson, University of Nebraska, USA Jan Prie-Heje, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Lene Pries-Heje, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Jiayin Qi, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Maria Raffai, Szechenyi Istvan University, Hungary Victor Romanov, Russian Plekhanov Academy of Economics, Russia Michael Rosemann, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Radhika Santhanam, University of Kentucky, USA Lisa f. Seymour, University of Cape Town, South Africa Huaying Shu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Bin Song, China University of Geosciences, China Wenan Tan, Shanghai Second Polytechnic University, China A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Chengen Wang, Northeast University, China Hong Wang, North Carolina A&T State University, USA Li Wang, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China Feng Wu, Xian Jiaotong University, China Guoping Xia, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China Lida Xu, Old Dominion University, USA Shoubo Xu, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China Chris Zhang, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Hong Zhang, China University of Mining and Technology, China Li Zhang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China Meng Chu Zhou, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Shangming Zhou, Swansea University, UK Zu De Zhou, Wuhan University of Technology, China Sponsored International Conference (Confenis): Confenis 2006 Vienna, Austria Confenis 2007 Beijing, China Confenis 2009 Gyor, Hungary Confenis 2010 Natal, Brazil Confenis 2011 Aalborg, Denmark Confenis 2012 Prague, Czech Republic Confenis 2013 Philadelphia, USA Confenis Proceedings published by Springer: Confenis 2006 Proceedings Confenis 2007 Proceedings International Journal: Enterprise Information Systems published by Taylor & Francis. New 2009 Impact Factor of 2.809! ©2010 Thomson Reuters, 2009 Journal Citation

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