Call for Workshops/Special Sessions

3rd Industrial Economics System and Industrial Security Engineering (IEIS’2016)

24-27 July, 2016, Sydney, Australia with satellite sessions in Beijing, China

http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/ieis2016 or http://sydney.edu.au/business/itls/IEIS2016

Hosted by

China Center for Industrial Security Research of Beijing Jiaotong University, China

The International Center for Informatics Research of Beijing Jiaotong University, China

School of Economics and Management of Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Cooperated with

The Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies in the University of Sydney Business School, the University of Sydney, Australia

Informatics Research Centre, University of Reading, UK

Sponsored by

NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China)

K. C. Wong Education Foundation (Hong Kong)

Sino-EU Doctoral School for Sustainability Engineering (Program in Logistics, Information, Management and Service Science)

EU FP7 (7th Framework Programme)

Beijing Logistics Informatics Research Base

Key Laboratory of Logistics Management and Technology of Beijing

In order to provide a forum for scholars and practitioners in the world to discuss the problems in industrial economics and industrial security theories and practices, International Conference on Industrial Economics System and Industrial Security Engineering (IEIS’2016) will be held on 24-27 July, 2016 in the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies in the University of Sydney Business School, the University of Sydney, Australia. This is to call for proposals for special sessions or workshops to simultaneously take place with IEIS’2016.

Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings (CD-ROM) of IEIS’2016. 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. The authors with excellent papers in conference proceedings will be invited to publish their academic thought and methods in some international academic journals indexed by SSCI/SCI or EI with high priority.

The topics of interest for the proposed special sessions or workshops include, but are not limited to:

Industrial Economics

      Industrial Organizations

      Industrial Structures

      Industrial Strategies

      Industrial Policies

      Agricultural Economy

      Industrial Economy

      Logistics Industry

      Service Industry

      Regional Industry

Industrial Security

      Industrial Structure Security

      Industrial Organization Security

      Industrial Distribution Security

      Industrial Policy Security

      Early Warning of Industrial Securities

      Empirical Studies

      Methodological Studies

Guidelines for submitting a Workshop/Special Session Proposal

Proposals for Workshop/Special Sessions Would Contain:

(1) Title of Workshops/Special Sessions

(2) Scope and Topics

(3) Profile of Session Organizer(s) (including his/her photo)

(4) Contact Info. (E-mail address and Phone Number)

Paper Submission and Review of Workshop/Special Sessions:

(1) All Special Session/Workshop papers would be submitted through the online submission system http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/ieis2016 or http://sydney.edu.au/business/itls/IEIS2016.

(2) Each workshop/special session could accept no less than 6 papers.

(3) If the number of submissions OR the number of accepted papers OR the number of registered participants is less than 4, the organizing committee will be free to decide whether to cancel the Special Session/Workshop or merge with others.

Support for Workshop/Special Session Organizers:

(1)The organizers will be awarded a certificate for their contributions to the conference.

(2) The organizers will be selected to publish their academic thought and methods in the SCI or EI journals with higher priority.

Proposals Submission:

The organizers would submit their proposals to hjlan@bjtu.edu.cn (Dr. Hongjie Lan) and xiaowen.fu@sydney.edu.au (Dr. Xiaowen Fu) before 10 April, 2016.

Important Deadlines for Workshop/Special Sessions:

10 April, 2016             Proposals for workshop/special sessions

10 April, 2016           Deadline for submission of full papers

15 April, 2016             Acceptance/Rejection notification

25 May, 2016              Final paper submission and registration

24-27 July, 2016         Conference open

We appreciate that if you would like to forward this Call for Special Sessions/Workshops to those who might be interested in. For further information, please visit the website http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/ieis2016 or http://sydney.edu.au/business/itls/IEIS2016.