text_combined: iceis 99 call papers iceis 99 announcement call papers 1st international conference enterprise information systems 27 30 march 1999 setubal portugal scope international conference enterprise information systems iceis aims becoming major point contact research scientists engineers practitioners area business applications information systems four simultaneous tracks held covering different aspects related enterprise computing including database applications artificial intelligence applications decision support systems systems analysis specification software engineering methodologies address information knowledge sharing issues internet intranet computing iceis focuses real world applications therefore authors highlight benefits information technology industry services ideas solve business problems using arise conference papers describing advanced prototypes systems tools techniques general survey papers indicating future directions also encouraged papers describing original work invited areas listed accepted papers presented conference one authors published proceedings iceis acceptance based quality relevance originality oral poster sessions special sessions dedicated casestudies commercial presentations well technical tutorials dedicated technical scientific topics also envisaged companies interested presenting products methodologies researchers interested lecturing tutorial invited contact conference secretariat topic areas conference tracks area 1 database technology applications area 2 artificial intelligence decision support systems area 3 systems analysis specification area 4 internet intranet computing coonference tracks expanded conference web page http www est ips pt iceis program committee agostinho rosa ist technical university lisboa pt alfred ultsch university marburg de altamiro machado university minho polo de guimaraes pt ana fred ist technical university lisboa pt antonio figueiredo university coimbra pt bernadette sharp university stafford uk carlos belo ist technical university lisboa pt carlos zorrinho university evora pt colin theaker university stafford uk edmundo madeira university campinas br edmundo monteiro university coimbra pt ernesto costa university coimbra pt fernando boavida university coimbra pt fernando moura pires new university lisboa pt gabriel pereira lopes new university lisboa pt helder coelho university lisboa pt henrique madeira university coimbra pt j legatheaux martins new university lisboa pt joao alvaro carvalho university minho polo de guimaraes pt joao gabriel university coimbra pt kecheng liu university stafford uk manuela veloso carnegie mellon university us mark fox university toronto ca matti linna vaasa institute technology fi nuno mamede ist technical university lisboa pt patrice dehais university gent paulo ferreira ist technical university lisboa pt pedro veiga university lisboa pt rita loogen university marburg de ronald stamper university twente nl slimone hammondi university minho polo de guimaraes pt zahir tari university melbourne au therese libourel lirmm montpellier fr thomas norgall university erlangen de thomas penzel university marburg de 20 vasco freitas university minho polo de braga pt invited speakers invited speakers experts fields either academia industry belonging internationally recognised institutions present key lectures opening conference track moment presence professor mark fox professor ronald stamper professor tom greene already confirmed casestudy sessions business consulting companies hardware software manufacturers business companies general invited submit case studies regarding information technology problems solutions purpose iceis track casestudy sessions company presentation sessions attendance sessions free conference participants case studies submitted email iceis secretariat number invited casestudy sessions already scheduled tutorials person interested organising tutorial contact secretariat november 1 1998 proposals halfday tutorials approx 3 hours include topic scope tutorial expected background knowledge participants resume instructor exhibition conference site area company stands number companies present products companies interested presenting products showing documentation demonstrating application invited contact secretariat make reservation booth located conference site due limited number stands available recommended make early reservations addition 50 discount space prices reservations made september 30 1998 prices available spaces provided iceis secretariat location conference held setubal town 50 km south lisboa portuguese capital setubal surroundings major touristic place portugal visitor find anything ancient historical areas palmela pleasurable beaches modern golf courses troia submission abstracts information submission abstracts please visit conference web page http www est ips pt iceis contact de secretariat address best student paper award award us 1 000 one 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