CALL FOR PAPERS 2013 International Conference on Logistics, Informatics and Services Sciences (LISS’2013) 21-24 August, 2013, Reading, UK with satellite sessions in Beijing, China http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2013 http://www.henley.reading.ac.uk/bisa/News/irc-news.aspx Hosted by School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University The International Center for Informatics Research of Beijing Jiaotong University Cooperated with Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK) China Center for Industrial Security Research Sponsored by NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) K. C. Wong Education Foundation (Hong Kong) Springer Aims Information and communication technologies have been providing an effective network infrastructure and development platform for logistics and service operations. To meet the needs of consumers and promote core competences of firms, new types of services will be required. LISS’2013 is a prime international forum for both researchers and practitioners to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of logistics, informatics and service sciences. Both researchers and practitioners will discuss academic issues, seize future development opportunities, master the subject developing trends and exchange the latest academic thinking thoughts. LISS’ 2011, 2012 were held in Beijing by Beijing Jiaotong University, and sponsored by University of Reading (UK) and The Pennsylvania State University (USA). About 200 authors from 26 countries attended LISS 2011 and 163 authors from 12 countries attended LISS2012. The proceedings have been submitted for index of CPCI-S (former ISTP) and EI Compendex. In addition, selected best papers were recommended to publish in some respected international journals like Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations etc. LISS’2013 will be hosted by Beijing Jiaotong University, cooperated with Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK) & China Center for Industrial Security Research, and held on 21-24 August, 2013 in the United Kingdom with satellite sessions in Beijing, China. The theme of this conference is “New Challenges of Management Sciences under Low-Carbon Economy”. The topics of the conference are related to service science, service innovation, service engineering, service marketing, ERP, E-commerce, low-carbon logistics, low-carbon transportation, green construction, enterprises informatics, logistics informatics, logistics and supply chain management, information and communication technology, Internet of things, Internet technology and applications, service informatics, industrial security and other related areas. This conference will be sponsored by Springer-Verlag, one of the world’s largest scientific publishers. It has a history of over 150 years and famous for its academic publications. It is also the earliest publisher to turn the printing journals to electronic versions. Keynote Speakers (To be confirmed) Prof. James M. Tien Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Miami, USA Conference Subjects The conference will inherit the current research of international academic community on the emerging fields of logistics, informatics and service science developments and applications, which not only focus on the theory developments, but also pay more attentions to practical applications of the methods and techniques. Through this conference, participants will share the latest research findings and practical experiences and make profound exchanges on their innovative ideas. Topics Special sessions on specific topics are also encouraged. Topics of interest mainly include, but not limit to: Service Management: ●Strategic Services Management ●Service Operations Management ●Service System and Service Network Design ●Quality-of-Service Assessment ● Service Product Design ● Service Profit Management ●Service Innovation Management ●Service Supply Chain Management ●Service Information System ●Service Process Reengineering ●Service Purchasing and Supplier Management ●Service Marketing ●Public Service Management ●Financial and Insurance Service Management ●Education Service Management ●Healthcare Service Management ●Telecom Service Management ●Hotel Service Management ●Tourism Service Management ●Product Post-sale Service Management ●Service Management of Transportation (aviation \ railways \ highways \ water(passengers and cargo)) ●Successful Case Study Logistics Management： ●Material Flow Theory ●Logistics Services Strategy ●Innovation and Logistics Services ●Supply Chain Management ●Low-Carbon and Logistics ●Low-Carbon Supply Chain ●Logistics Alliance ●International Logistics ●Regional Logistics ●Emergency Logistics ●Internet of Things and Logistics Services ●Logistics Service System Optimization ●Logistics Industry and Policy Information Management： ●Accounting Information System ●Business Intelligence and Business Analysis ●Innovative Enterprise Digitalized Operation Mode ●Dynamic Supply Chain Planning and Management ●Customer Relations Management ●Digital Enterprise Infrastructure ●Enterprise Commercial Intelligence ●E-commerce and E-government ●Wireless Communications and Mobile Business ●Enterprise Information Resources Management ●Sensor Network and Internet of Things ●RFID Technology and Application ●Pervasive Computing and Intelligent Living Space ●Cloud Computing Theories and Technologies ●Collaborative E-commence Mechanism and Technology ●Network Marketing Strategy and Application ●Electronic Commerce Application and Benefit Appraisal ●Network Transaction, Trust Mechanism and Information Security ●Electronic Market and Intervening Mechanism ●Knowledge Management and Knowledge Sharing ●Organization Semiotics and Informatization ●IT Project Management ●Information Technology and Enterprise Sustainable Development Strategy ●Other topics on related enterprise management theory and application Engineering Management： ●Engineering Consultant Management ● IT in Construction ●Engineering Information System ●Informatics of Construction Industry ●Supply Chain Management in Construction ●Logistics Management in Construction ●Engineering Economics ●Project Management in Engineering Industrial Security Management： ●Security Management Theory ●Security Management Methods ●Industrial Security Evaluation and Warning ●Finance Industrial Security ●Informatics Industrial Security ●Logistics Engineering Security ●Energy Economics and Energy Security ●Real State Industrial Security Other relevant management theory and application issues are welcome, especially successful case studies in the above area. Meeting Venue The meeting venue is arranged in Reading. Additionally, a satellite session will be organized at Beijing Jiaotong University. In accordance with the convention of international conferences, at least one of authors must register and participate in the meeting (main venue or satellite session) once a paper is accepted. For more information, please visit our website: http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2013 or http://www.henley.reading.ac.uk/bisa/News/irc-news.aspx Important Dates 20 April, 1 April, 2013 Deadline for submission of full papers 20 May, 2013 Acceptance/Rejection notification 20 June, 2013 Final Paper Submission and Registration 21-24 August, 2013 Conference Open Paper Submission Guidelines Manuscripts must be submitted through the conference website: http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2013.The submitted paper and relevant information must be written in English. the maximum length of the paper is 15 pages in the required Springer format. Full research papers as well as work-in-progress reports are welcome. Authors are required to certify that their papers are original and not published yet. Simultaneous submission to any other conference, workshop or journal is not allowed. The manuscript must be submitted in the prescribed format (Microsoft Word and LaTeX templates are available on the conference website). For more information please refer to our website (http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2013or http://www.henley.reading.ac.uk/bisa/News/irc-news.aspx). Publications Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of LISS’2013. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. The proceedings will be published by Springer and sent to ISI-Knowledge for CPCI-S (former ISTP) indexing and Elsevier for EI Compendex indexing. In addition, revised and extended versions of selected best papers, will be recommended to respected international journals as follows: Journal of Applied Research and Technology (JART) (SCI) International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITD ) (SCI) Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) (SCI) Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) (EI Compendex ) Journal of Computing and Information Technology (JCIT) (EI Compendex) Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO) (EI Compendex) Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR) (EI Compendex) Accommodation Discounted rates have been arranged for the Conference participants in listed Hotels close to the University of Reading or in Beijing (depending on participation in main venue or satellite session). Student accommodation is also available on campus. For more information please visit the Conference website. Organizing Committee Honorary Chairman: Academician Shoubo Xu General Chairs: Zhongliang Guan, John Board, Runtong Zhang, Kecheng Liu Program Chairs: Zhenji Zhang, Juliang Zhang,