ICEIS 2000 International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems   Stafford, UK  4-7 July 2000

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

Neil Willis, Staffordshire University, School of Computing, Beaconside, Stafford, UK.

Antonio Alves Vieira, Escola Superior de Tecnologia of Setúbal, Portugal.

Programme co-chairs:

Bernadette Sharp, Staffordshire University, School of Computing, Beaconside, Stafford, UK.

Joaquim Filipe, Escola Superior de Tecnologia of Setúbal, Portugal.

Organising Committee:

A. Alderson, R. Aldridge, C. Day, C. Dudley, A. Eardley, C. Lees, K. Liu, J. S. Rees, H. Shah, D. T. Thomas, P.Wheeler, G.Udall, from Staffordshire University, School of Computing, Beaconside, Stafford, UK.

J. Braz, J. Cordeiro, H. Gamboa, P. Miranda, N. Pina, A. Ponte, S. Silva, from Escola Superior de Tecnologia of Setúbal, Portugal.

  keynote Lectures

 Professor Albert Cheng, (University of Houston, USA.)

 Professor John Mylopoulos, (University of Toronto, Canada)

Mr. Bob Dunsby, (Oracle UK)

Professor Ian C. Ritchie, (Immediate Past President of the British Computer Society, UK)

Professor Ronald Stamper, (University of Twente, Netherlands)

tutorials

 Dr. Balbir Barn, (NVision Limited, UK)

Dr. Ian Gorton and Mr. Phong Tran (ADSat, Australia)

Dr. Gerd Wagner (Free University of Berlin, Germany)

Professor Stefano Rizzi and Dr. Matteo Golfarelli (University of Bologna, Italy)

case studies

Dr. Thomas Greene, (MIT, USA)

Dr. Robert Ghanea Hercock, (British Telecom, UK)

Mr David Seddon, (British Telecom, UK)

Professor Colin J. Theaker, (Terrafix Ltd, UK)

The proceedings contain the papers of the Second International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, which was organised by the School of Computing at Staffordshire University, UK, and the Escola Superior de Tecnologia of Setúbal, Portugal, in cooperation with the British Computer Society and the International Federation for Information Processing, Working Group 8.1. The purpose of this 2nd International Conference is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the advances in, and business applications of information systems.

The papers, posters and the special keynote lectures demonstrate the vitality and vibrancy of the field of Enterprise Information Systems. The research papers included here were selected from among 143 submissions from 32 countries in the following four areas: Enterprise Database Applications, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Decision Support Systems, Systems Analysis and Specification, and Internet and Electronic Commerce. Every paper had at least two reviewers. We would like to thank all the members of the Programme Committee and the reviewers for their work in reviewing and selecting the papers that appear in this volume. We would also like to thank all the authors who have submitted their papers to this conference, and would like to apologise to the authors that we were unable to include and wish them success next year.

A variety of special keynote lectures complement the technical papers in the four areas: a common keynote speech about "Making the most of your Knowledge" by Ian Ritchie, two keynote speeches for each area which are listed on the next page, pre-conference tutorials and workshops. Special thanks are due to our keynote speakers who have kindly accepted our invitation and we wish them a safe journey home.

As we all know, producing a conference requires the effort of many individuals. We wish to thank all members of our organising committee, listed in a prior page, whose help and commitment were invaluable. Special thanks to Caroline Lees, Geth Udall, Paul Wheeler, and Jose Cordeiro for their hard work and their patience. The conference acknowledges the sponsorship of ICEP, EPSRC and Instaffs. Through their generosity the conference was able to moderate the registration fees. And we wish to thank Staffordshire University for hosting the conference.

B. Sharp, J. Filipe

ICEIS 2000 Programme co-chairs.