23-26 July, 2014, Berkeley, California, USA  & Beijing, China
http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2014 
http://ieor.berkeley.edu/~liss2014

Hosted by 
School of Economics and Management of Beijing Jiaotong University
The International Center for Informatics Research of Beijing Jiaotong University
China Center for Industrial Security Research of Beijing Jiaotong University
Cooperated with
University of California, Berkeley
University of Reading (UK)
Low-Carbon Research and Education Center 
Sponsored by
FP7 (7th Framework Programme)
NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) 
K. C. Wong Education Foundation (Hong Kong)

 

Aims
Information and communication technologies have been providing an effective network infrastructure and development platform for logistics and service operations. To meet the needs of consumers and promote core competences of firms, new types of services will be required. LISS’2014 is a prime international forum for both researchers and practitioners to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of logistics, informatics and service sciences. Both researchers and practitioners will discuss academic issues, seize future development opportunities, master the subject developing trends and exchange the latest academic thinking thoughts.

LISS2011-2013 were held in Beijing, China and Reading, UK by Beijing Jiaotong University, and sponsored by University of Reading (UK),The Pennsylvania State University (USA) and University of California, Berkeley(USA). About 600 authors from 30 countries attended this conference. The proceedings have been indexed by CPCI-S (former ISTP) and EI Compendex. In addition, selected best papers were recommended to publish in some high quality international journals.

LISS’2014 will be hosted by School of Economics and Management of Beijing Jiaotong University, The International Center for Informatics Research of Beijing Jiaotong University, China Center for Industrial Security Research of Beijing Jiaotong University, and cooperated with University of California at Berkeley, University of Reading and held during 23-26 July 2014. The topics of the conference are related to service science, service innovation, service engineering, service marketing, ERP, E-commerce, low-carbon logistics, low-carbon transportation, green construction, enterprises informatics, logistics informatics, logistics and supply chain management, information and communication technology, Internet of things, Internet technology and applications, service informatics, industrial security and other related areas.

This conference will be sponsored by Springer-Verlag, one of the world’s largest scientific publishers. It has a history of over 150 years and famous for its academic publications. It is also the earliest publisher to turn the printing journals to electronic versions.

Keynote Speakers 
Prof. James M. Tien Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Miami, USA.
Prof. Menggang Li Director of China Center for Industrial Security Research, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Prof. Philip M. Kaminsky The Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department at the University of California, Berkeley, USA
Prof. Keiichi Nakata Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK

Conference Subjects
The conference will inherit the current research of international academic community on the emerging fields of logistics, informatics and service science developments and applications, which not only focus on the theoretic developments, but also pay more attentions to practical applications of the methods and techniques. Through this conference, participants will share the latest research findings and practical experiences and make profound exchanges on their innovative ideas.

Topics
Special sessions on specific topics are also encouraged. Topics of interest mainly include, but not limit to:

 Service Management:
●Strategic Services Management ●Service Operations Management 
●Service System and Service Network Design ●Quality-of-Service Assessment
● Service Product Design ● Service Profit Management
●Service Innovation Management 
●Service Supply Chain Management ●Service Information System
●Service Process Reengineering ●Service Purchasing and Supplier Management
●Service Marketing ●Public Service Management 
●Financial and Insurance Service Management ●Education Service Management 
●Healthcare Service Management ●Telecom Service Management 
●Hotel Service Management ●Tourism Service Management
●Product Post-sale Service Management
●Service Management of Transportation (aviation \ railways \ highways \ water(passengers and cargo)) 
●Successful Case Study

 Logistics Management：
●Material Flow Theory ●Logistics Services Strategy ●Innovation and Logistics Services ●Supply Chain Management ●Low-Carbon and Logistics ●Low-Carbon Supply Chain ●Logistics Alliance ●International Logistics ●Regional Logistics ●Emergency Logistics ●Internet of Things and Logistics Services ●Logistics Service System Optimization ●Logistics Industry and Policy

 Information Management：
●Accounting Information System ●Business Intelligence and Business Analysis ●Innovative Enterprise Digitalized Operation Mode ●Dynamic Supply Chain Planning and Management ●Customer Relations Management ●Digital Enterprise Infrastructure ●Enterprise Commercial Intelligence ●E-commerce and E-government ●Wireless Communications and Mobile Business ●Enterprise Information Resources Management ●Sensor Network and Internet of Things ●RFID Technology and Application ●Pervasive Computing and Intelligent Living Space ●Cloud Computing Theories and Technologies ●Collaborative E-commence Mechanism and Technology ●Network Marketing Strategy and Application ●Electronic Commerce Application and Benefit Appraisal ●Network Transaction, Trust Mechanism and Information Security ●Electronic Market and Intervening Mechanism ●Knowledge Management and Knowledge Sharing ●Organization Semiotics and Informatization ●IT Project Management ●Information Technology and Enterprise Sustainable Development Strategy ●Other topics on related enterprise management theory and application

 Engineering Management：
●Engineering Consultant Management ● IT in Construction ●Engineering Information System ●Informatics of Construction Industry ●Supply Chain Management in Construction ●Logistics Management in Construction ●Engineering Economics ●Project Management in Engineering

Other relevant management theory and application issues are welcome, especially successful case studies in the above area.

Meeting Venue
The meeting venue is arranged in Berkeley, California and Beijing, China. In accordance with the convention of international conferences, at least one of authors must register and participate in the meeting once a paper is accepted. For more information, please visit our website: http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2014 or http://ieor.berkeley.edu/~liss2014.

Important Dates 
31 March, 2014 Deadline for submission of full papers
15 April, 2014 Acceptance/Rejection notification
30 April, 2014 Final Paper Submission and Registration
23-26 July, 2014 Conference Open

Paper Submission Guidelines
Manuscripts must be submitted through the conference website: http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2014 or http://ieor.berkeley.edu/~liss2014. The submitted paper and relevant information must be written in English. Full research papers as well as work-in-progress reports are welcome. Authors are required to certify that their papers are original and not published yet. Simultaneous submission to any other conference, workshop or journal is not allowed. The manuscript must be submitted in the prescribed format (Microsoft Word and PDF templates are available on the conference website). For more information please refer to our website (http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2014 orhttp://ieor.berkeley.edu/~liss2014).

Publications 
Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of LISS’2014. 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. In addition, revised and extended versions of selected high quality papers will be recommended to high quantity international journals as follows:

Journal of Applied Research and Technology (JART) (SCI)
International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITD) (SCI)
Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) (SCI)
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) (EI Compendex )
Journal of Computing and Information Technology (JCIT) (EI Compendex)
Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO) (EI Compendex)
Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR) (EI Compendex)

Accommodation
Discounted rates have been arranged for the conference participants in listed hotels close to the University of California, Berkeley. Student accommodation is also available on campus. For more information please visit the conference website.
 

Secretariat Contacts:

China

Website: http://icir.bjtu.edu.cn/liss2014  
Phone Number: +86-(0)10-51684188 
Fax: +86-(0)10-51685864 
Email: liss@bjtu.edu.cn
QQ: 2776202931

USA

Website:  http://ieor.berkeley.edu/~liss2014 
Phone Number: +1-(510) 3670688 
Fax: +1-(510) 6421403 
Email: liss2014@berkeley.edu

download: LISS 2014 CFP--Special session and workshop--增加会议主席.pdf