PRO-VE 2000

PRO-VE 2000 is a working conference devoted to 'Infrastructures for virtual enterprises'. Organised by INCO projects MASSYVE and ProSME of the European Commission's Fifth RTD Framework Programme, the event will take place in Florianopolis, Brazil, from 4 to 6 December 2000.

The development of open infrastructures to support virtual enterprises is attracting research efforts worldwide, and the results of several international collaborative projects are already available. The focus has moved from basic infrastructures to the management of cooperation. The goals of this conference are therefore to increase the awareness of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and to compare experiences and approaches of different research projects.

Event organisers are now calling for papers, abstracts for which should be submitted by 1 March 2000.

The following topics are required: Infrastructures for virtual enterprises; Multi-agent systems in industry; Quality management beyond ISO 9000 in SMEs and virtual enterprises; Supply chain management and Distributed manufacturing; Contract management for VE; Distributed business process modelling; Corporate knowledge management; Telework / new ways of working; Legal aspects: contracts, liabilities, IPRs, taxes, applicable law, etc.; Usefulness and usability of cooperation tools; Communication and trust in virtual organisations and electronic business; Socio-economic impacts of virtual organisations and electronic business.
For further information please contact:

Prof. Luis M Camarinha-Matos
New University of Lisbon
Qunita da Torre
P-2825 Monte Caparica
Tel. +351-21-2948517
E-mail: cam@univa.pt
URL: http://www.uninova.pt/~prove/(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)