ER 2006 Interesting Facts and Figures about the Program

Research Submissions 232 Abstracts 166 Papers sent –2 withdrawn by authors –6 not acceptable (length, format, …) 158 Papers with authors from 27 Countries

Paper Acceptance 37 Papers ~ 23% 106 Authors Author Countries (19) –USA15 –Spain13 –China10 –Germany9 –Sweden9 –Belgium8 –France7 –Italy7 –Singapore7 –Australia5 –Canada3 –Luxembourg3 –Netherlands3 –UK2 –Brazil1 –New Zealand1 –Norway1 –Switzerland1 –U. Arab Emirates1

Research Paper Topics Business Modeling Human-Computer Interaction Interoperability Metadata Management Modeling Advanced Applications Ontology Quality in Conceptual Modeling Reasoning Requirements Modeling Semantic Web Superimposed Information Web Services XML

6 Industrial Presentations ADO.NET Entity Framework XMeta Repository/Services IBM Industry Models Ultra-Scale Information Management Policy Models for Data Sharing Data in High Throughput Labs

2 Panel Discussions Experimental Research on Conceptual Modeling: What Should We Be Doing and Why Eliciting Data Semantics via Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches: Challenges and Opportunities

3 Tutorials Modeling and Deployment of Electronic Contracts Emerging Web Application Technologies Web Change Managementa and Delta Mining

8 Workshops OIS (9 presentations) BP-UML (6) ECDM (6) QoIS (6) SemWAT (6) CoMoGIS (9) CoSS (4) ACM-L (?)

5 Demos / Posters Wide range of topics ranging from query languages to better understanding analysis and design Wander in between 2:30 and 4:00 today

3 Keynote Speakers Peter ChenTerri MitchellColette Rolland