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Conference Program |
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7 Saturday |
8 Sunday |
9 Monday |
10 Tuesday | |||||||||
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| 9 | Workshops | Workshops |
Opening |
OS1 Session | KL 2 | KL 4 | OS5 Session | KL 6 | |||||
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| 14 | Workshops | Tutorials | OS2 Session | KL 3 | OS4 Session | KL 5 | OS6 Session | ||||||
| 15 | OP2 Session | OP4 Session | OP6 Session | ||||||||||
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| Tutorials | OS3 Session | Social activity, including a bus tour to Sintra |
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| 18 | Closing | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Workshops Banquet at Palmela's Castle | Welcome Reception at the Town Hall | |||||||||||
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| ICEIS
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Legend: |
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| KL | Keynote Lectures. |
| WS | Workshops |
| TT | Tutorials |
| PS | Posters |
| CB | Coffee Break |
| CS | Case Studies |
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OPx |
30-minute oral paper presentations |
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OSx |
15-minute oral paper presentations |
| Notes: | |
| - All oral paper presentation sessions involve 4 paralell presentations (one per conference area) | |
| - Case studies are not parallel sessions. | |
The preliminary conference program has the following sections (each section is internally organized in chronological order):
5.1 Databases and Information Systems Integration.
5.2 Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems.
5.3 Information Systems Analysis and Specification.
5.4 Internet Computing and Electronic Commerce.
5.5 Special Session - JESS (Java Expert System Shell)
Saturday 7, 9:30-11:00.
Theme: Information Technology vs. Enterprise Information Systems: Supporting Activity Coordination.
Panel Chair: Pedro Veiga (President
of FCCN, the National Foundation for Scientific Computing in Portugal)
Members of the Panel (alphabetical order of last name): Jean Bézivin, Satya Chattopadhyay, Frank Dignum, Thomas Greene, Giorgio De Michelis, Anatol Holt, Ulrich Reimer, and Gio Wiederhold.
Saturday 7, 14:00 - 18:00 (with a coffee-break at 16:00)
There will be 3 tutorials in parallel:
Tut01 - Business Data Warehousing in Enterprise Management, by Satya P. Chattopadhyay
Tut02 - Organisational Memories for Capturing, Sharing and Utilizing Knowledge, by Ulrich Reimer
Tut03 - Wireless Application Programming with Java, by Qusay H. Mahmoud.
There are 7 keynote lectures planned, from Saturday 7 to Tuesday 10:
KL01 - Saturday 7, 11:30 - 12:30: Thomas Greene (MIT Lab of Computer Science, USA)
KL02 - Sunday 8, 9:00 - 10:00: Frank Dignum (Utrecht University - Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, Holland)
KL03 - Sunday 8, 14:00 - 15:00: Giorgio De Michelis (University of Milan, Italy)
KL04 - Monday 9, 9:00 - 10:00: Gio Wiederhold (Stanford University, USA)
KL05 - Monday 9, 14:00 - 15:00: Jean Bézivin (University of Nantes, France)
KL06 - Tuesday 10, 9:00 - 10:00: Nuno Martins (MIT, USA)
KL07 - Tuesday 10, 16:30 - 17:30: Anatol Holt (EST Setúbal, Portugal)
There are 4 case studies to be presented by companies based in Portugal. The companies are: IBM, Oracle, BMC Software and Siemens Nixdorf. All case studies will be presented on the 9th of July (Monday morning), after keynote lecture 4.
CS01 - 10:30 - 11:00: "How We Saved a Billion Dollars" - António Pires (ORACLE)
CS02 - 11:00 - 11:30: "About e-business" - Fernando Nogal (IBM)
CS03 - 11:30 - 12:00: "Assuring Business Availability" - (BMC Software)
CS04 - 12:00 - 12:30: "Mobile Internet - Mobile Commerce" - Alexandre Cardoso (Siemens Information and Communication)
| Notes: | - OSx sessions are for 15-minute oral presentations whereas OPx sessions are for 30-minute oral presentations. |
| - Papers in different conference areas are presented in parallel tracks: C1 track = Databases and Information Systems Integration; C2 track = Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems; C3 track = Information Systems Analysis and Specification; C4 track = Internet Computing and Electronic Commerce. | |
| - Each paper is identified below by its number, title and contact author only (in the proceedings all authors will be indicated) |
Sunday 8th
09:00-10:00 session C1-OS1
| A Methodology Targeted at the Insertion of Data Warehouse Technology in Corporations | Jorge Audy |
| Front-end tools in Data Warehousing: Informix Metacube (ROLAP) vs. Cognos Powerplay (MOLAP) | Enrique Medina |
| Toward Measuring the Scalability of Enterprise Information Systems | Ronald Giachetti |
| Specializing Agents On Data Integration In A Data Warehousing System Environment | Orlando Belo |
10:30-12:30 session C1-OP1
| XML interface for Object Oriented Databases | Frank Van Lingen |
| IODBCon: A Model-Based Approach for the Development of an Object-Oriented Database System for Integrating Information about Architecture Design and Construction Processes. | Farhi Marir |
| Object Evolution Mechanisms in Object Databases: Requirements, Optional Features and Comparison | Slimane Hammoudi |
| An Architecture For Incorporating Business Rules In An Object-Oriented System | Permanand Mohan |
14:00-15:00 session C1-OS2
| Integrating Enterprise Models for Banks | Khaled Naboulsi |
| Domain Knowledge As Corporate Resource Of Financial Firms | Michael Heng |
| Enhancing Organizational Competitiveness - Strategic IT Application in HRM | Eleanor Cheung |
| Interactive Search in Web Catalogues | Raimondo Schettini |
15:00-16:00 session C1-OP2
| Modeling data integration in an object based Geographical Information System | Maria Luisa Damiani |
| Exploiting Temporal GIS and Spatio-Temporal Data to Enhance Telecom Network Planning and Development | Dragan Stojanovic |
16:30-17:30 session C1-OS3
| A Universal Technique for Relating Heterogeneous Data Models | Brian Nicholas Rossiter |
| Object Models for Model Based Applications | Marco Torchiano |
| Supporting Query Processing Across Application Systems - Aspects of Wrapper-Based Foreign Function Integration | Gunnar Beck |
| Information Systems Integration - Integration of self-developed RDBMS | Fredrik Ericsson |
17:30-19:00 session C1-OP3
| Data Warehouse Striping: Improved Query Response Time | Jorge Bernardino |
| Integrating Association Rule Mining Algorithms with Relational Database Systems | Jochen Hipp |
| MIDEA: A Multidimensional Data Warehouse Methodology | Jose Maria Cavero |
Monday 9th
14:00-15:00 session C1-OS4
| Architecture for reengineering Legacy Databases | Rakesh Agarwal |
| Integrating Legacy Applications within a Java/CORBA Environment | Rod Fatoohi |
15:00-16:00 session C1-OP4
| Evaluation of a visualisation design for knowledge sharing and information discovery | Luis Gouveia |
| Novel Data visualisation and exploration in multidimensional datasets | George Weir |
Tuesday 10th
09:00-10:00 session C1-OS5
| An Insight into The Australian ERP Market | Paul Hawking |
| Establishing the Importance of ERP Implementation Critical Success Factors along ASAP Methodology Processes | José Esteves |
| The concept of informational ecology or interest of the information re-use in the company | Luigi Lancieri |
| The MOMIS approach to Infomation Integration | Maurizio Vincini |
10:30-12:30 session C1-OP5
| Reducing Inconsistency in Data Warehouses | Enrique Medina |
| Supporting Decentralised Software-Intensive Processes Using Zeta Component-Based Architecture Description Language | Ilham Alloui |
| A Unified Framework to Incorporate Soft Query into Image Retrieval Systems | Cyrus Shahabi |
| The DECOR Toolbox for Workflow-Embedded Organizational Memory Access | Andreas Abecker |
14:00-15:00 session C1-OS6
| Metadata For The Semi-Structured Mono-Media Documents | Anis Jedidi |
| Design of Textual Dataweb | Kaïs Khrouf |
| Spino: A distributed architecture for massive text storage | Paulo Trezentos |
15:00-16:00 session C1-OP6
| A Decision Support System Model for Subjective Decisions | Vishv Malhotra |
| MySDI: A Generic Architecture to Develop SDI Personalised Services (How to Deliver the Right Information to the Right User?) | Joao Ferreira |
Sunday 8th
09:00-10:00 session C2-OS1
| Moving Code (Servlet Strategy) vs. Inviting Code (Applet Strategy) Which Strategy to Suggest to Software Agents? | Zakaria Maamar |
| A Layered architecture for Multi-Agent Systems To Support a Water Main Rehabilitation Strategy | Bernadette Sharp |
| Data Reduction to Improve Knowledge Extraction | Fátima Rodrigues |
10:30-12:30 session C2-OP1
| A Multiagent System Applied To The Design Of Petroleum Off-Shore Platforms | José Placca |
| Multi Agent Dynamic Scheduling And Re Scheduling With Global Temporal Constraints | Joaquim Reis |
| Towards Scalable MAS | Ralph Deters |
| An Intelligent Agent-Based Order Planning For Dynamic Networked Enterprises | Américo Azevedo |
14:00-15:00 session C2-OS2
| Machine Learning approaches for Image Analysis: Recognition of hand orders by a mobile robot | Basilio Sierra |
| A Knowledge-Acquisition Methodology For A Blast Furnace Expert System Using Machine Learning Techniques | Eugenia Díaz |
| Using Virtual Reality Data Mining for Network Management | K. Thornton |
15:00-16:00 session C2-OP2
| Ontology-Drive Virtual Production Network Configuration: A Concept and Constraint-Object-Oriented Knowledge Management | Alexander Smirnov |
| Conflict Management and Negotiation Among Intentional Agents | Fernando Lopes |
16:30-17:30 session C2-OS3
| Implementation and Application of Fuzzy Case-based Expert System | Du Jianfeng |
| WinWin Decision Support Framework: A Case Study on Students' In-Course-Assessment in a Software Engineering Module | Peter Oriogun |
17:30-18:30 session C2-OP3
| Model Management Facilities for Cyber Decision Support Systems | Jamilin Jais |
| SARPlan: A Decision Support System for Canadian Search and Rescue Operations | Irène Abi-Zeid |
Monday 9th
14:00-15:00 session C2-OS4
| The First Tax Return Assessment Expert System in Switzerland Challenges and Solutions | Marco Bettoni |
| An intelligent expert system applied to the theory of patrimonial functions in accounting. A DSS for managing Brazilian accounting knowledge | Héctor Lazzarini |
15:00-16:00 session C2-OP4
| A Preliminary Study Of A New Classification To Build Homogeneous Patient’s Groups In Home-Based Care | Celine ROBARDET |
| The effects of different feature sets on Web Page Categorization Problem using Iterative Cross-Training Algorithm | Nuanwan Soonthornphisaj |
Tuesday 10th
09:00-10:00 session C2-OS5
| Computer augmented communication in cooperative groups | Jean-Philippe Kotowicz |
| Relationships between the Decision Support System Subspecialties and Artificial Intelligence: An Empirical Investigation | Sean Eom |
| Case-Based Decision Support Systems | Abdel-Badeeh Salem |
10:30-12:30 session C2-OP5
| Improvements In The Decision Making In Software Projects | Javier Aroba Paez |
| Designing Intelligent Tutoring Systems: a Bayesian Approach | Hugo Gamboa |
14:00-15:00 session C2-OS6
| Optimizing User Preferences While Scheduling Meetings | Rebecca Wong |
| Affect-sensitive Multi-modal Monitoring in Ubiquitous Computing: Advances and Challenges | Maja Pantic |
| Expert Systems For Disorders Prediction | Soliman Edrees |
15:00-16:00 session C2-OP6
| Qualitative Reasonig For Software Development Project By Constraint Programming | Antonio Suárez |
| Optimising the Grouping of Email Users to Servers Using Intelligent Data Analysis | Steve Counsell |
Sunday 8th
09:00-10:00 session C3-OS1
| Using XML and Frameworks to develop Information Systems | Toacy Oliveira |
| Defining Pattern Class Stereotypes in UML | Ludwig Kuzniarz |
| An Object-Oriented Framework for the Development of Distributed Industrial Process Measurement and Control Systems | Kleanthis Thramboulidis |
10:30-13:00 session C3-OP1
| Flow Composition Modeling with MOF | Marin Litoiu |
| Domain Oriented Framework Construction | Ivan Mathias Filho |
| Managing processes through a base of reusable components | Xavier Crégut |
| Developing The Infrastructure For Knowledge Based Enterprises | Igor Hawryszkiewycz |
| Enterprise Information Systems: Specifying the Links Among Project Data Models Using Category Theory | Michael Johnson |
14:00-15:00 session C3-OS2
| Coordinates: A language for enterprise modeling | Gabriela Mannarino |
| A Knowledge Creation Strategy To Enrich Enterprise Information Systems With Enterprise-Specific Tacit Knowledge | Syed Sibte Raza Abidi |
| CEM: Collaborative Enterprises Modeling With Supply Chain Relationship Connection | Kayo Iizuka |
| A Contract-Based Theory Of Information Systems | Claudine Toffolon |
15:00-16:00 session C3-OP2
| Designing Usable Software Products with the Wisdom UML-based Lightweight Development Method | Nuno Jardim Nunes |
| Handling mutual exclusion in UML class diagrams | João Araújo |
16:30-17:30 session C3-OS3
| An Integrated Component-Based Approach to Enterprise System Specification and Development | Zoran Stojanovic |
| Business Processes extensions to UML Profile for Business Modeling | Pedro Sinogas |
| Business Process Modeling with UML | Nuno Castela |
| RSHP: A Scheme to Classify Information in A Domain Analysis Environment | Irene Diaz |
17:30-19:00 session C3-OP3
| An Integrated Approach of Modelling, Transformation and Measurement to Evaluate Business Process Re-engineering | Geert Poels |
| A Framework for Evaluating WIS Design Methodologies | Luca Cernuzzi |
| An Information System View of Consistency and Integrity in Enterprise Operations | Yoshiyuki Shinkawa |
Monday 9th
14:00-15:00 session C3-OS4
| Business Process Modeling based on the Ontology and First-order Logic | Toshiya Hikita |
| GEODA: a Geographical Object Digitising Application | Jesus García-Consuegra |
| The PattCaR Approach to Capturing Patterns for Business Improvement | Isabel Seruca |
| Relying On The Organizational Structure To Model Workflow Processes | Lucinéia Heloisa Thom |
15:00-16:00 session C3-OP4
| Integrating Organisational Semiotic Approach With The Temporal Aspects Of Petri Nets For Business Process Modeling | Joseph Barjis |
| The use of Formal and Informal Models in Object-Oriented Requirements Engineering | Linda Dawson |
Tuesday 10th
09:00-10:00 session C3-OS5
| A Case Tool Approach for Software Process Evolution | Mohamed Ahmed-Nacer |
| Organization of Analysis Patterns for Effective Reuse | Maria João Silva Costa Ferreira |
| From System to Text: Documenting Computer Applications using Genre | Rodney Clarke |
| Method for Obtaining Correct Metrics | Coral Calero |
10:30-12:30 session C3-OP5
| Enterprise Modelling for an Educational Information Infrastructure | Ing Widya |
| Supporting Human Activities, The Meta-Level Issue | Bourguin Grégory |
| Managing Risk in Extended Enterprises | Bill Vassiliadis |
| Towards e-Management As Enabler For Accelerated Change | João Teixeira |
14:00-15:00 session C3-OS6
| Business Process Reengineering and E-Commerce: Croatian Perspective | Vesna Bosilj Vuksic |
| The Meeting Report Process: Bridging EMS With PDA | Carlos Costa |
| Modeling Extensions for Object-Oriented Web Application Design | Ronald Giachetti |
| From Client's Dreams to Achievable Projects: an Expert System for Determining Web Site Feasibility | Juan Otero |
15:00-16:00 session C3-OP6
| Business Renovation Projects In Slovenia: The Impact Of BPR And Strategic in Planning | Ales Groznik |
| Experiences in the development of information systems in an industrial innovation context | António Soares |
Sunday 8th
09:00-10:00 session C4-OS1
| Privacy Audits and Trust: The Internet Dilemma | John Gochenouer |
| Voyeurism, Exhibitionism and Privacy on the Internet | John Gochenouer |
| Plannig security policy in e-commerce | Carrasco Alejandro |
| C-ISCAP: Controlled-Internet Secure Connectivity Assurance Platform | Ji-Hoon Jeong |
10:30-12:30 session C4-OP1
| A CORBA/XML-based Architecture for Distributed Network Planning Tools | Anton Riedl |
| An XML-based Multimedia Middleware for Mobile Online Auctions | Matthias Wagner |
| An Analysis of Integration Problems of XML-Based Catalogues for B2B Electronic Commerce. | Borys Omelayenko |
| A CORBA And Web Technology Based Framework For The Analysis And Optimal Design Of Complex Systems In The Oil Industry | Juan Colmenares |
14:00-15:00 session C4-OS2
| The Web Server Using Dynamic Histograms | Teh Wah |
| Webmaster - An Internet Information Support System For Academic Services Using ASP Technology:Modelling And Implementation | Carlos Ferreira |
| An Approach for Totally Dynamic Forms Processing in Web-based Applications | Daniel Helm |
| An Integrated Architecture for Web-Based Enterprise Document Management Systems | W. Zhang |
15:00-16:00 session C4-OP2
| Collaborative Systems Architecture to Reduce Transaction Costs in e-Business: Changing the Balance of Power. | John Perkins |
| An Empirical Study of the Business Model in the Korean Internet Stock Trading Market | Kun Lee |
16:30-17:30 session C4-OS3
| Coding Standards Benefiting Product and Service Information in E-Commerce | Alea Fairchild |
| Internet Programming: Teaching by Examples | Nikola Serbedzija |
| The Use of Information on the Web to Enhance Teaching | Nouhad Rizk |
17:30-19:00 session C4-OP3
| A Highly-Dense Online Product Catalog Interface for Analytical Product Selection | Juhnyoung Lee |
| The Use Of Information Systems Modelling To Identify And Evaluate E-Business Strategies For Small And Medium Enterprises (SMEs) | Jose Nunes |
| E-Business Change and Organisational Performance: A Case Study of B2B E-Business Integration | Colin Ash |
Monday 9th
14:00-15:00 session C4-OS4
| Integrating Network Services for Virtual Teams | Hala skaf-Molli |
| A new mechanism for distributed managers persistence | Rui Pedro Lopes |
| Parliamentary Records Digital Library | Joaquim Pinto |
| Jini technology in E-Commerce | Luminita Vasiu |
15:00-16:00 session C4-OP4
| Electronic Voting via The Internet | Alexander Prosser |
| QoS negotiation based on management delegates | Rui Aguiar |
Tuesday 10th
09:00-10:00 session C4-OS5
| Intentions Value Network: A Business Model of the Information Age | Robert Winter |
| Agency Requirements in e-Business Information Systems | Pascal van Eck |
| DICE Shopping Model: A consumer-centric business paradigm for online shopping with emphasis on inter-consumer interaction | R. Badri Narayan |
| Agent Based Workflows for Small to Medium Enterprises | Botond Virginas |
10:30-12:30 session C4-OP5
| The Dialectics Of International Internet-Based Teams | Miguel Cunha |
| May your Information Service live in Interesting Times… (Engineering Dynamic Service Environments) | Steven Willmott |
| Agent-based Personalized Services for Mobile Users over a VPN | Ahmed Karmouch |
| An Agent-Based Knowledge Sharing Model For Information Retrieval On The Internet | Bin Ling |
14:00-15:00 session C4-OS6
| Adoption of the World Wide Web by Traditional Australian Media Organisations | Philip Joyce |
| Active Proxies for Streaming Media to Mobile Devices | Kevin Curran |
15:00-16:00 session C4-OP6
| Agents for Digital Television | João Ascenso |
| Design and Evaluation of Scalable Video Delivery Services for Intranets | Luis Orozco Barbosa |
5.5 Special Session - OP5-JESS (Java Expert System Shell)
Tuesday 10th
10:30-12:30
| FUZZY REASONING IN JESS: THE FUZZYJ TOOLKIT AND FUZZYJESS | Robert Orchard |
| MODELING THE GENERATION OF CUSTOMISED POETRY IN JESS - A rule based system for verse composition in Spanish | Raul Quejido |
| IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS RULES IN AN OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEM USING JESS | Permanand Mohan |
| ONTOLOGY NEGOTIATION USING JESS - Inferencing for Web-Based Knowledge Retrieval | Sidney C. Bailin |
All poster presentations, including sessions C1-POS, C2-POS, C3-POS and C4-POS are scheduled for Monday 9th - 10:00 to 11:30
All poster authors are expected to have previously placed their posters in the allocated space and be near the posters, to discuss their work with other conference delegates who will stop by and ask questions, during the time slot scheduled above.
Databases and Information Systems Integration.
| Have The Managers Realized How Important Quality Information Is For Making Business Decisions? | Jurij Jakli |
| A Strategy To Development Adaptive Workers Information Management Systems | Irene Luque Ruiz |
| Presentation Of An Information Systems Architecture Model For Public Sector | Isabel Secura |
| Integration of Different Data Sources and Message Queuing System in Postnet –case studies | Dejan Damnjanovic |
| Automation Query Processing Selection Algorithms | Teh Wah |
| Conceptual Modeling of Fuzzy Object-Oriented Database Systems | A. Goswami |
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems.
| A GDSS for Supporting Management Decisions | Alberto Carneiro |
| An Agent-Based Architecture of future Integrated Operational Decision Support Systems for Conflict-Free Planning for the Air Traffic Management. | Blaga Iordanova |
| A Logic-based Programming aproach to negotiation for Conflict Resolution in BDI Agents System | Myung Jin Lee |
| The Method Of Generation Multivariate Distribution With Given Correlation Matrix In Decision Support Systems | Alec Kalinin |
| Knowledge Transfer As Enterprise Perpetum Mobile? | Andrea Ko |
| User model issues in wide scope ITS | António Silva |
| Executive Information Systems implementation in South Africa: Operationalisations of the dependent variable | Udo Averweg |
Information Systems Analysis and Specification.
| Analysis of Suitability, Appropriateness and Adequacy of Use Cases Combined with Activity Diagrams for Business Systems Modeling | Boris Shishkov |
| Introducing Common Systems in International Financial Firms | Steve Peters |
| Template-Based Requirements Specification: A Case Study | Linda Dawson |
| Promoting component-based software development through design reuse | Peter Hornsby |
| Information Systems Planning: Contributions From Organizational Learning | Jorge Audy |
| An Approach for Coordination Problem Solving | Patrick Etcheverry |
| Representing Business Strategy through Goal Modelling | Ricardo Mendes |
| O.C.: a new concept for modelling and information integration | Claude Petit |
| Supporting Development of Business Applications Based on Ontologies | Noriaki Izumi |
| Unified Resource Modelling: Integrating knowledge into business processes | João Neves |
Internet Computing and Electronic Commerce.
| Automatic Analysis of Customer Feedback and Inquiries | Ingrid Renz |
| Proposal for Automatic Ontology Configuration | Nuno Silva |
| Modern Tools for Development end Design of Virtual Instruments | Remigiusz Jan Rak |
| Multiuser 3D Learning Environment in the Web | Christmas Bressan |
| E-Learning And Information Agents: Cognitive Styles And Software Agents For Web-Based Learning Support | Ray Webster |
| AgILE: Intelligent Agents to Assist Electronic Auction | Ana Cristina Garcia |
| A Trusted Brokering Service for PKI Interoperability and Thin-Clients Integration | Carlos Costa |
| Justifying Electronic Commerce - Assessing Values and Benefits of Web-Based Electronic Commerce Application | Jamie Mustard |
| Notification and routing of electronic mail to mobile phone devices | Hans Weghorn |
General Reception: On Saturday 7 evening both Conference and Workshops delegates will be given a welcome reception offered by the City of Setúbal's representatives (confirmed to be in the Town Hall), at 19:00. There will be buses from the Conference site to the Town Hall, which is located in the town center.
For the Workshops only:
Workshops Banquet: There will be a workshops banquet on Friday, the 6th of July, bringing together all the workshops participants. It is planned to be held in the Pousada of the Castle of Palmela. There will be a tour to Serra da Arrabida (a mountain near Setubal) for a panoramic view of Setubal and Troia, on the way to the workshops banquet.
For the Conference only:
Conference Banquet: The ICEIS-2001 Banquet will be held on Monday, July 9, at 7:00 p.m., at the National Palace of Mafra. This will give the participants the opportunity to socialize, experience the Portuguese cuisine and especially to visit the most important Portuguese Palace and one of the most beautiful Palaces in Europe.