The BIR conference policy

The BIR conference series originates from an initiative of the late professor Bengt G. Lundberg of Växjö and Stockholm universities and colleagues at the universities of Rostock and Berlin. They wanted to create a forum where researchers in business informatics, senior as well as junior, could meet and discuss with each other. The term business informatics was chosen as a translation of german “wirtschaftsinformatik”.

The conference series has its base in the Baltic Sea region (including Norway and Iceland) and would normally be organized there. However, this should not hinder that once in a while it can be organized elsewhere. Furthermore, the following rules apply:

­ The name of the conference should be “xxth International conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research” or “BIR year” in short.

­ The conference is usually 2 days.

­ The conference welcomes papers from all over the world.

­ The conference welcomes papers from PhD students as well as from senior researchers.  

­ The best papers are selected for presentation at the conference and publication in the conference proceedings. The copyright stays with the authors, if not stated otherwise. The proceedings should have an ISBN.

­ The conferences should have a forum, e.g. a poster session, to which papers can be admitted that are not yet fit for publication in the conference proceedings. A workshop (doctoral consortium) directed specifically to PhD students may also be organized.

­ Referees of conference contributions should strive to provide useful feedback in their reviews, in particular such that papers that do not make it into the official proceedings can be improved and later submitted elsewhere,

­ The organizers should make every attempt to keep the costs for attending the conference reasonably low.

­ The economic risk stays with the organizers. There should be no collection of money. Should there be a profit it should be used to the benefit of the local PhD students.

Conferences so far have been held in

2000 Rostock, Germany

2003 Berlin, Germany

2004 Rostock, Germany

2005 Skövde, Sweden

2006 Kaunas, Lithuania

2007 Tampere, Finland

2008 Gdansk, Poland

2009 Kristianstad, Sweden

Next years’ conferences will be held in

2010 Rostock, Germany

2011 Riga, Latvia

2012 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Steering Committee of BIR Conferences

Stanislaw Wrycza, University of Gdansk, Poland - Chairman
Eduard Babkin, State University - Higher School of Economics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Per Backlund, University of Skövde, Sweden
Rimantas Butleris, Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania
Sven Carlsson, Lund University, Sweden
Peter Forbrig, Rostock University, Germany
Horst Guenther, Rostock University, Germany
Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Harald Kjellin, University College of Kristianstad, Sweden
Lina Nemuraite, Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania
Jyrki Nummenmaa, University of Tampere, Finland
Hans Roeck, Rostock University, Germany
Eva Söderström University of Skövde, Sweden
Bernd Viehweger, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Benkt Wangler, University of Skövde, Sweden


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Formatting template

The format of the initial submission is not critical, but eventually we will want the camera-ready copies formatted using according to the Springer style (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html )

A full research paper should not exceed 15 pages, while research-in-progress paper - 5 pages.

BIR International Conferences

BIR2000 Rostock, Germany – Workshop on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR2003 Berlin, Germany – The Second International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR2004 Rostock, Germany – The Third International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR2005 Skövde, Sweden – The Fourth International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR2006 Kaunas, Lithuania – The Fifth International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR2007 Tampere, Finland – The Sixth International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR2008 Gdańsk, Poland– The Seventh International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR2009 Kristianstad, Sweden– The Eighth International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR2010 Rostock, Germany– The Ninth International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR2011 Riga, Latvia– The Tenth International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR2012 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia– The Eleventh International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research

BIR Conferences Photos

BIR'2008 Gdansk, Poland

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University of Gdańsk

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