Call for Papers
The 7th International Workshop on
Organisational Semiotics
OS 2004

19-20 July 2004, Setúbal, Portugal
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*New* paper submission deadline: April 26
*New* author's notification deadline: June 7

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Organisational Semiotics (OS) is an emergent discipline to study the nature, characteristics, function and effect of information and communication within organisational contexts. The contribution of this discipline to the understanding, analysis, modelling, design and implementation of organisational and technical information systems has attracted much attention of researchers and practitioners from many subject areas. The series of the International Workshop of Organisational Semiotics has become the key focal point every year for participants from multidisciplinary backgrounds to exchange the development and the state of the play of their theoretical and practical work.

The workshop in 2004 will continue the effort of the international research community in the development of the emergent discipline of organisational semiotics. It will focus not only on the theory-building, but also on practical benefits gained so far through applications of methods and techniques derived from various OS approaches.

Paper submission in the following, but not restricted, topics will be welcome:
    • Semiotic analysis of the nature of information and communication in organisational contexts
    • Organisational behaviour and changes based on developing semiotic entities like models, plans, norms and designs
    • Modelling and simulation in organisational understanding, organisational re-design, process re-engineering and change analysis
    • Information systems engineering and re-engineering, and co-design of IT and business systems
    • Migration and integration of legacy systems and business processes
    • Interaction between semiotic and material processes in organisations
    • Actability and transparency in information systems: under which conditions will system behaviour be interpretable to users and support proper actions?
    • Pervasive computing: designing an environment of computer mediated signs, physical space as the new interface to information systems.

All papers will be peer reviewed. Both papers of a theoretical nature and papers that discuss historical and empirical research are welcomed.

Important note on submission
Contributors are required to submit a full paper. The full paper must reach the conference secretariat in a zip file containing the Word or Latex file(s) by the 26th April 2004. Please send it to the secretariat (secretariat@orgsem.org)

Publication
The workshop proceedings, including all accepted papers, will be published in a book, with an ISBN number, to be distributed at the workshop. Additionally, some of the papers presented at OS-2004 will be submitted to the Systems, Signs & Action Journal.

After peer reviewing, by at least two reviewers, accepted papes will be invited for presentation and inclusion in the proceedings. Selection of the best papers for inclusion in the journal will be based on the further review of the full papers.

Important dates
Full paper submission: 26 April 2004
Notification of presentation format and of inclusion for book/journal: 7 June 2004
Camera-ready version: 16 June 2004
Workshop: 19-20 July 2004

Programme Committee
Joaquim Filipe (co-chair), Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Portugal
Kecheng Liu (co-chair), The University of Reading, United Kingdom
Peter Andersen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Cecilia Baranauskas, UNICAMP, Brazil
Pierre-Jean Charrel, Université Toulouse 2 Mirail and IRIT, France
Dr. Samuel Chong, Accenture, UK
Rodney Clarke, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom
Daniel Galarreta, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales , France
Henk Gazendam, Groningen University and Twente University, The Netherlands
Göran Goldkuhl, Linköping University, Sweden
Ricardo Gudwin, UNICAMP, Brazil
René Jorna, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Ronald Stamper, University of Twente, The Netherlands