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                             CALL FOR PAPERS
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                Workshop on E-Learning for Business needs 
                           in conjunction with
11th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2008)

                           Innsbruck, Austria
                           May 5, 6 or 7, 2008

      http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/11th_bis/wscfp.php?ws=elearn2008

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                Deadline for submissions: March 16, 2008

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Focusing on the business community, this workshop aims bridge the gap
between Human Resource Management (HRM) and emerging technologies to
create robust eLearning solutions for the knowledge workers of today. In
addition, guidance is needed for organizations to no only create new
eLearning solutions but also implement these solutions as customers.

The goal of this workshop is to bring researchers and practitioners
together to explore the issues and challenges related to e-Learning for
business needs. We want to facilitate discussion on the topics including
theoretical, empirical and applied studies related to:  
   

TOPICS OF INTEREST

* E-Learning business models
    * New learning technologies within a commercial environment
    * Business models 
    * New business models on the existing eLearning industry
    * Distance learning
    * Effective e-Learning
    * Web 2.0, Semantic Web, Social software 
* Security in e-Learning
    * Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks as a source of the e-Learning content
    * Digital licensing of electronic content
    * Digital Rights Management (DRM)
* Ubiquitous computing for e-Learning
    * Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
    * Multi Modal Infrastructure (MMI)
    * Mobile learning

SUBMISSION

* Long papers: max. 5000 words
* Work-in-progress rep.: max. 2500 words
* Position papers: max. 2500 words
* Demo papers: max. 2500 words


Papers must be submitted in PDF format according to Springer LNBIP
template available from
http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-487211-0.

Submission system is available on-line at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=elearning2008.

The proceedings will be published jointly with proceedings of other BIS
workshops as a book or CD with ISBN number, and on-line at CEUR WS.org
workshop proceedings publication service (open content).
   
WORKSHOP FORMAT

All authors of accepted papers as well as other participants will be
asked to read accepted papers abtracts before the workshop (papers will
be available on-line in advance) to facilitate discussion.
Workshop participants will be also invited to take part in the BIS
conference and other BIS workshops (see:
http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/11th_bis/ws.php).
   
IMPORTANT DATES

* March 16, 2008 - submission deadline for papers
* March 31, 2008 - notification of acceptance/rejection
* April 14, 2008 - submission of final papers
* May 5, 6 or 7, 2008 - the workshop

ORGANIZERS

* DERI, National University of Ireland, Galway (http://deri.ie/)

CHAIRS

* Slawomir Grzonkowski
* Tadhg Nagle
* Jonny Parkes

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

* Slawomir Grzonkowski, DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland
* Tadhg Nagle, DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland
* Juri Luca De Coi, L3S and University of Hannover, Germany
* Bill McDaniel, DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland
* Katarzyna Stankiewicz, Gdansk University of Technology, ZIE, Poland
* Jonny Parkes, Enterprise Ireland, Ireland
* Tony Hall, NUI Galway, Ireland
* Cristina Chuva, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
* Giuseppe Bux, , Italy

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   The workshop is supported by the Lion project supported by Science
    Foundation Ireland under Grant No. SFI/02/CE1/I131 and Enterprise
                  Ireland under Grant No. *ILP/05/203*.
                                      
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