<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">The annual 
BPM conference is the leading forum for researchers, practitioners, 
engineers and users in the field of Business Process Management (BPM). 
The conference covers all aspects of BPM research and practice, 
including theory, applications and technology, and it is the best 
setting to explore, exchange and enhance the knowledge on BPM along with
 the most renowned representatives of the BPM community worldwide. This 
year the conference will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from <span><span>18 to 22 September 2016</span></span> (</span><a href="http://bpm2016.uniriotec.br/" rel="noreferrer" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://bpm2016.uniriotec.br/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">)</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">The <span>SABPM</span> 2016
 main goal is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals 
interested in sustainability and Business Process Management to discuss 
and share their knowledge and requirements in the field of 
sustainability-aware business process management.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The workshop solicits a number of contribution types: </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Position papers (with 2 to 4 pages), R</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">esearch papers (with 6 to 10 pages), and </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Experience reports (with 6 to 10 pages). </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">All
 papers will be handled electronically through Easy Chair and must 
conform to the Lecture Notes in Computer Science  (LNCS) format</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">. Here the link to the CFP:</span></div><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" color="#1155cc"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><u><a href="http://sustainabilitydesign.org/initiatives/workshop-on-sustainability-aware-business-process-management/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://sustainabilitydesign.org/initiatives/workshop-on-sustainability-aware-business-process-management/</a></u></span></font><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><p style="line-height:1.5;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:Helvetica"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:700">Example Topics</span> to be discussed at the workshop include, but are not limited to:</font></p><ul style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:Helvetica;line-height:23.8px"><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">The role of BPM for environmental, economical and social responsibility</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Relationship between ‘Green IT’, ‘Green BPM’ and ‘sustainability-aware BPM’</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">New foundation theory for sustainability-aware BPM</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Benefits and challenges of incorporating sustainability in business processes</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Cultural and business transformations for incorporating sustainability in organizations</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Languages, tools and methods for sustainability-aware BPM</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Sustainability-aware business process modelling</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Sustainability-aware business process analysis</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Sustainability patterns for business processes</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Measurements of sustainability in business processes</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Alignment of business processes to sustainability goals</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">IT support for sustainability in business processes</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Case studies on sustainability and BPM</font></li></ul><p style="line-height:1.5;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:Helvetica"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:700">Important Dates:</span></font></p><ul style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:Helvetica;line-height:23.8px"><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Workshop papers submission deadline: <span><span>27 May, 2016</span></span></font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Workshop papers notification deadline: <span><span>27 June, 2016</span></span></font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Workshop camera-ready papers deadline: <span><span>18 July, 2016</span></span></font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2">Workshop: <span><span>19 September, 2016</span></span></font></li></ul><p style="line-height:1.5;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:Helvetica"><font size="2">The <span style="font-weight:700">workshop activities</span> include:</font></p><ul style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:Helvetica;line-height:23.8px"><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:700">Group work</span>:
 Participants will be divided into groups to work on pre-defined topics 
related to sustainability and BPM. Possible working topics might be 
discussing the challenges raised by position papers and propose 
solutions or creating a join research agenda to sustainability-aware 
BPM.</font></li><li style="line-height:1.5"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:700">Discussion</span> on Research Challenges and Agenda.</font></li></ul><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Best regards,</span><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></font></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Letícia Duboc, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, <a href="mailto:leticia@ime.uerj.br" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">leticia@ime.uerj.br</a></div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Stefanie Betz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, </span><a href="mailto:stefanie.betz@kit.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">stefanie.betz@kit.edu</a><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Andréa Magalhães, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil,</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </span><a href="mailto:andrea@ic.uff.br" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">andrea@ic.uff.br</a><br></div></div>
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