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2002 ECPPM

eWork
and
eBusiness
in AEC

Portorož,
Slovenia,
Sept. 9-11,
2002.

Organised by ITC group at the University of Ljubljana.

Listen to some music by Guiseppe Tartini, baroque composer born in the area

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  About the conference
(was: call for papers)First announcement and call for papers
 


Since 1994 the European Conference of Product and Process Modeling (ECPPM) has been providing a platform to discuss a topic of utmost importance for the construction industry. The structuring of product and process information allows for more sophisticated collaboration and information sharing in this fragmented industry. At conferences in Dresden (1994), Watford (1998) and Lisbon (2000) over 200 papers were presented, showing the current state of the art in research, development, standardization and industrial implementation of the product and process data technology. In 2002, ECPPM is coming to Slovenia, a new country "on the sunny side of the Alps" and a candidate for joining the EU.

The objective of the ECPPM 2002 is to bring together researchers, members of the standardization bodies, software and Web service developers and users from the construction industry to once again provide the overview of the current state of the art and chart new directions of the field. As traditionally at ECPPM conferences, we expect thorough reports form the construction related 5th framework IST projects as well as projects from programs like IMS, Brite-EuRam, Copernicus, EUREKA, etc. ECPPM will reinforce old friendships and forge new ones. It will help in establishing new partnerships or fertilize ideas about new projects.

Who should attend 

  • researchers and scientists from the filed of information technology in construction,
  • software developers,
  • web service providers,
  • chief information officers (CIOs) of construction companies,
  • engineers and architects.

Conference topics

The organizers are looking for scientific papers, extending the state of the art, as well as technical papers, reporting industrial experience. The themes of the ECPPM 2002 include all the traditional product and process modeling topics such as: 
  • product and process modeling approach
    • philosophy, paradigms,
    • theories,
    • ontologies
    • frameworks
    • methods,
    • tools
    • languages
    • modeling of a creative design process 
  • product and process modeling as a tool for
    • automation in construction 
    • computer integrated construction
    • concurrent engineering
    • business process reengineering
    • paradigm shift
  • product and process modeling in management
    • information systems for construction management
    • construction management
    • facility management
    • asset management
    • risk management
    • information management
    • knowledge management
  • product and process modeling in business
    • eCommerce
    • product databases and catalogs
    • new and inventive business models
  • information technologies and tools supporting product and process models
    • databases
    • object oriented systems
    • middleware
    • schema mappings
    • schema inference and discovery
    • document management
    • product data management 
    • mobile networking
    • Internet portals
    • web portals
    • communication technologies
    • workflow
    • artificial intelligence
    • visualisation
  • standardization
    • IFCs and STEP
    • XML and beyond
    • metastandards
  • work facets
    • basic research
    • applied research
    • development
    • implementation
    • use of product and process models

Conference focus

Since the first ECPPM in 1994, the product and process technology has been maturing and found its position in the software and construction industry. Also, the interests of the research community were strongly influenced by the developments of the Internet, the Web and other wired and wireless communication technologies. This is also a topic pursued very early by the conference host organization. Therefore, the topics in the focus of the ECPPM 2002 include:
  • product and process technologies and the Internet,
  • product and process technologies and mobile communication networks, 
  • collaboration portals, 
  • information portals, 
  • Internet mediated collaboration, 
  • implementation of XML Internet related standards and beyond.

Accepted papers

The table of contents of the ECPPM proceedings is on-line.

Programme

The preliminary program is on-line

Promotion and dissemination

2002 ECPPM is widely advertised on the Internet and in the mail. Conference website will be used to publish at least the extended abstracts of all papers and the works will be submitted to all the major search engines on the Internet so that the Internet generation will have access to presented works.

The proceedings of ECPPM conferences have traditionally been published as a hard-bound book by a reputable publisher, ensuring availability in better libraries and on-line merchants such as the amazon.com.

Conference fees and other costs

The fee range is from 275 to 550 Euro. Examine this price-list for details.

A single room in the conference Hotel Slovenia costs about 70-90 EUR. There are several other hotels within minutes walk from the conference hotel with prices ranging from 30 EUR. A particularly good deal would be taking a package tour to Portoroz, organized by quite a few travel agencies in major European countries.

Important dates (non negotiable)

15-Feb-2002 End of pre-registration period. Anyone registering with a valid email address (no need to send any money) before this date will be entitled to a 5% discount of the conference fee.
15-Feb-2002 One page abstracts are due.
30-Mar-2002 Notification of acceptance. A paper can be (a) fully accepted, (b) conditionally accepted or (c) rejected. Full version of the conditionally accepted papers will be reviewed again.
21-Apr-2002 Camera ready conditionally accepted papers due.
28-April-2002 Notification of acceptance of conditionally accepted papers.
5-May-2002 Camera ready accepted papers due.
5-May-2002 Early registration fee due.
17-May-2002 Camera ready proceedings due at Balkema.
31-May-2002 Hotel reservations due. The hotel can not guarantee rooms after this date.
8.9.2002 Welcome reception

Venue, getting there

see separate document with information on how to travel to Portoroz.

Organisation

2002 ECPPM is organised by University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering and the EAPPM (European Association of Product and Process Modelling).

Conference chair:

Žiga Turk, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Organising committee:

Cerovšek, T., University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (local).
Duhovnik, J., University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (local).
Goncalves, R., Uninova - CRI, Portugal, ECPPM 2000.
Rebolj, D., University of Maribor, Slovenia (local).
Scherer, R., TU Dresden, Germany, chair EAPPM.
Steinmann, R., Nemetschek Programmsystem GmbH, Germany, ECPPM 2004.

Program committee (subject to change):

Adeli, H., Ohio State University, USA
Amor, R., University of Auckland, New Zealand
Andersen, T., Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Anumba, C., Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Augenbroe, G., Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Bacon, M., British Airports Authority plc, United Kingdom
Betts, M., University of Salford, United Kingdom
Bjoerk, B-C., Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland
Bloomfield, D., Building Research Establishment, United Kingdom
Borras, M., AIDIMA, Spain
Buckley, E., ICL Information Technology Centre Ltd, Ireland
Cervenka, J., Cervenka Consulting, Czech Republic
Christiansson, P., Aalborg University, Denmark
Dikbas, A., Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Drogemuller, R., CSIRO, Australia
Eastman, C., Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Filos, E., European Commission, Belgium
Fischer,M., Stanford University, USA
Froese, T., University of British Columbia, Canada
Fruchter,R., Stanford University, USA
Garas, F., Consultant, United Kingdom
Garrett, Jr., J., Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Ghodous, P., LIGIM, University of Lyon I, France
Gudnason, G., Icelandic Building Research, Iceland
Haas, W., Haas + Partner Ingenieurges. mbH, Germany
Hampl, M., ?, Czech Republic
Hannus, M., Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
Howard, R., Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Juli,R., Obermayer Planen + Beraten, Germany
Junge, R., Technical University of Munich, IAI, Germany
Katranuschkov, P., TU Dresden, Germany
Kiviniemi, A., Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), Nordic IAI
Laitinen, J., YIT Corporation, Finland
Llambrich, A., AIDICO Construction Technology Institute, Spain
Liebich, T., AEC3, IAI, Germany
Los, R., TNO, Netherlands
Mangini, M., Geodeco S.p.A., Italy
Martens, B., Technical University Vienna, ECAADE, Austria
Moore, L., University of Wales, EGSEAAI, United Kingdom
Rezgui,Y., University of Salford, United Kingdom
Skibniewski, M.J., Purdue University, USA
Smith, I., Federal Institute of Technology, IABSE WC6, Switzerland
Storer, G., Taywood Engineering Ltd, United Kingdom
Terai, T., Chiba Inst. Of Technology, Japan
Terk, M., Rice University, ASCE Distributed Computing, USA
Tolman, F., University of Delft, Netherlands
Trapey, A., National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tzanev, D., University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Vanier, D., National Research Council Canada
Wix, J., Wix Consulting, UK
Zarli,A., CSTB, France

Contacts

Conference Web site: http://2002.ecppm.org/
Email: info@2002.ecppm.org
Fax: +386.1.4250.693
Mail: 2002.ECPPM
IKPIR-FGG
Jamova 2
1000 Ljubljana
SLOVENIA 

 







 
 

 
Updated: August 30, 2002