International conference on system sciences

The 32nd International Conference on System Sciences will be held in Maui, Hawaii, USA, from 5 to 8 January 1999. The conference will focus on electronic commerce technologies (E-commerce) - the means to conduct business via electronic networks such as the Internet.

The conference aims to cover enabling technologies, critical technical approaches and business-centred design methodology that address the shortcomings of contemporary E-commerce applications. Emphasis will be given to distributed systems technologies and in particular how these meet the requirements of business applications that span locational as well as organizational boundaries.

The topics to be addressed at the conference include:

- Architectures for E-commerce marketplaces;
- Middleware and interoperable platforms;
- E-Commerce security protocols and architectures;
- Transaction technologies for E-commerce;
- Workflow systems and E-commerce;
- Coordination models and frameworks for seamless integration;
- E-commerce brokering and matchmaking;
- Negotiation protocols and services;
- Intelligent searching techniques;
- Contracting and billing services;
- Electronic payment systems;
- Business languages for E-commerce;
- Multi-agent systems and E-commerce;
- Multimedia shopping malls and kiosk systems;
- Integrated/virtual enterprises;
- Inter-corporate business engineering methodologies.
For further information, please contact:

Tilburg University
Michael Papazologu - Director Infolab
PO Box 90153
5000 Tilburg
The Netherlands
Tel. +31-13-4662349; Fax +31-13-4663069
E-mail: mikep@kub.nl

or

University of Athens
Aphrodite Tsalgatidou
Department of Informatics
TYPA Buildings
Panepistimipolis
GR-15771 Athens
Tel. +30-1-7217941; Fax +30-1-7219561
E-mail: afrodite@di.uoa.gr

or

INTRACOM SA
Maria Tsakali
20 avenue des Arts
B-1000 Brussels
Tel. +32-2-2820391 Fax +32-2-2308306
E-mail: tsakali.intracom@mail.interpac.be