BI 2005

International Workshop

Business Informatics

June 27 - 30, 2005, Varna (Bulgaria)

Supported by
The International Journal "Information Theories and Applications"^®

General sponsor: FOI Bulgaria

Conference organizers

- IBM Research Division
- Institute of Information Theories and Applications FOI ITHEA (Bulgaria)
- Int. Association of Developers and Users of Intelligent Systems
- Institute of Cybernetics “V.M.Glushkov”, NASU (Ukraine)
- Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, BAS (Bulgaria)

Aims and Scope

The conference is devoted to discussion of current research, applications and education regarding the basic directions of business informatics.

Topics of interest

1. Theoretical Foundations of Business Informatics
- Conceptions
- Languages
- Modelling Technologies
- Metrics and Measurements
- Information Visualization
2. Tools and Applications
- Tools for Business Information Modeling
- Applied Systems for Business Information Service
- Business Information Access Methods and Collaboration Tools
- Business Information Security and Reliability
- New customer engagement models enabled by Business Informatics Tools
3. Business Informatics Education (BIE)
- BIE Conceptions, including relation to other/traditional fields of study
- Computer Aided BIE
- Methodology of BIE

Program Committee

Jennifer Trelewicz, USA - co-chair
Krassimir Markov, Bulgaria - co-chair
Stoyan Poryazov, Bulgaria - co-chair

Alexander Kuzemin, Ukraine
Alexey Voloshin, Ukraine
Avram Eskenazi, Bulgaria
Hristina Daskalova, Bulgaria
Ilia Mitov, Bulgaria
Ivan Popchev, Bulgaria
Koen Vanhoof, Belgium
Krassimira Ivanova, Bulgaria
Levon Aslanyan, Armenia
Maria Kasheva, Bulgaria
Natalia Ivanova, Russia
Tatiana Atanasova, Bulgaria

Papers

Papers need to be up to 8 pages in the IJ ITA format given on the web www.foibg.com.

Papers accepted by the Program Committee will be published in proceedings.

The Program Committee will recommend the best of accepted papers for publishing in English in the International Journal “Information Theories and Applications” (IJ ITA).

Language

The official languages of the Conference are English, Russian and Bulgarian .

Deadlines

March 30, 2005 - submission of final paper
April 15, 2005 - notification of the paper acceptance
April 30, 2005 - submission of registration form and requests for visa and invitations
May 15, 2005 - registration and hotel reservation

Registration fee

Registration fee is EURO 200.
Sponsored fees:
- For participants from East Europe FS and FSU countries – EURO 100
- For active members of ADUIS- and ADIS-participants of the previous ITA conferences - EURO 80
- For participants with short papers (up to 3 pages) - EURO 50
- For young researchers - EURO 50

Registration fee for accompanying persons - EURO 40.
Additional exemplar of i.TECH 2005 proceedings - EURO 15.

Registration fee in EUROS should be paid to:

Bank name: Bulbank AD
Bank address: 7 Sveta Nedelya Sq., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
SWIFT: BFTBBGSF
Tlx: 22031
Bank code: 62176307
Bank account: 1475743808
Account holder:  Institute of Information Theories and Applications FOI ITHEA

The corresponding bank may be any of:
- Credit Lyonnais, New York
- The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
No additional information for corresponding bank is needed.

Registration fee in Bulgarian Leva should be paid to:

Bank name: Bulbank AD
Bank address: 7 Sveta Nedelya Sq., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
Bank code: 62176307
Bank account: 1076650080
Account holder: Institute of Information Theories and Applications FOI ITHEA

Contact Address

Krassimira Ivanova
e-mail: foi@nlcv.net

P.O. Box 775
1090 Sofia, Bulgaria

Phone/fax: (++ 359 2) 920 19 69