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CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, PANELS AND TUTORIALS
ICE/IEEE International Technology Management Conference
June 13 – 15, 2016
Trondheim, Norway
www.ice-conference.org
ice2016(at)idi.ntnu.no
Bringing Forward the International Agendas for
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology & Engineering Management:
Women & STEM Leadership, User-Driven & Frugal Innovations and Tech Startups
ICE is the Premier International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation,
Technology and Engineering Management, under the technical sponsorship of the IEEE
TEMS. This is the 22nd Edition in a series of successful Annual Conferences, which
regularly attract over 200 international delegates from leading industrial,
governmental and research organisations around the world to share knowledge and
experience, lessons learned and innovative practices. In conjunction with the
conference there is also a three-day seminar of the NITIM International Graduate
School on Networks, Information Technology and Innovation Management.
This year the ICE/IEEE conference theme will focus on “Bringing Forward the
International Agendas for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology & Engineering
Management” with special attention on “Women & STEM Leadership”, “User-Driven & Frugal
Innovations” and “Tech Startups”, aiming to open the international dialogue for
setting the direction of the ICE related disciplines research and innovation agendas
for the next decade.
The program will combine strategic keynote presentations and panels, technical and
policy papers, case studies, workshops, tutorials, posters exhibition and social
networking activities. The program will also showcase the results from research,
technology development and innovation projects co-funded by the European Commission
and other Research Programs.
We are now inviting full papers (max. 7000 words) or short papers (max. 1500 words)
for technical papers, visionary papers, business and government case studies.
Proposals to arrange 90-minute workshop sessions or tutorials are also welcomed. The
papers format should follow the IEEExplorer publication authoring guidelines.
Important Dates
Full paper submission deadline – March-14 , 2016
Workshop, poster, tutorial submission deadline – March-31st, 2016
Notification of Acceptance – April-14 , 2016
Camera ready deadline – May-16 , 2016
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The ICE/IEEE conference series has been featuring common themes over the last years
including: Concurrent Engineering, Systems Engineering, Responsible Innovation and
Technology Management, Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Solutions and Technology
Education. In addition, this year the ICE/IEEE community is placing a special focus
on Women’s leadership in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics),
User-Driven & Frugal innovations for developing countries, and Tech Startups. Details
about the related themes and suggestions for papers and sessions are outlined in the
Call for Papers www.ice-conference.org.
Conference Committees
General Chair
Pekka Abrahamsson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Norway,
pekkaa(at)ntnu.no
Conference Chairs
Neil Hewitt, Director of Centre of Sustainable Technologies, Ulster University
Sergio Terzi, University of Bergamo, Italy
Ricardo Goncalves, UNINOVA, Portugal
Brendan Galbraith, Ulster University Business School, Northern Ireland
Robert Bierwolf, IEEE TEMS, VP Conferences, the Netherlands
Conference Co-chairs
David Romero, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Corrado Lo Storto, IEEE TEMS Italy, Italy
Rodney McAdam, Ulster University Business School
Robert Kerr, Ulster University Business School
Scott Cunningham, Delft University of Technology, Holland
Paul Humphreys, Ulster University Business School, Northern Ireland
Luke Maki, IEEE TEMS, Secretary, USA
International Organising Committee
Kristin Paetzold, University Bw Munich, Germany
Guido Baltes, Constance, Germany
Ma Xiaofeng, Tongji University, China
Roland Ortt, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Marco Taisch, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Luca Canetta, ICIMSI-SUPSI, Switzerland
Gerhard Gudergan, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Marc Pallot, Arts & Métiers ParisTech, France
Kulwant S. Pawar, University of Nottingham, UK
David Romero, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Roberto Santoro, ESoCE-Net, Italy
Klaus-Dieter Thoben, BIBA, Germany
Thomas Holzmann, SCE, Germany
Ezendu Ariwa, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Local Organising Committee
Katja Abrahamsson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Anh Nguyen Duc, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Juhani Risku, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Tor Stålhane, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Mila K. Knoff, Videre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway