Workshop: 12. Beyond Internet Business-as-Usual

Markus Stolze, IBM Zurich; Patrick Steiger, IBM Zurich; Michael Good, SAP Technology

The increasing success and popularity of Internet commerce makes it important to step beyond current limitations to overcome the problems shop designers are struggling with today, to better exploit the opportunities of electronic media and to prepare for new types of products and services. The goal of the workshop is to better understand the current state of Internet commerce and to generate a road map and research agenda for moving beyond Internet business-as-usual. Towards this end we want designers to report their practical experiences with setting up, running, maintaining and improving electronic shops. We want researchers to present prototypes, technologies and frameworks that show ways to transcend the current state of the art in Internet commerce and to accommodate growing user needs. Moreover, we want research and experience reports on how Internet commerce is changing the social fabric of business as well as the nature of individual transactions.

If you are interested in the workshop, submit a one-page statement of your background and pertinent interests, together with one recent paper (or description of an implemented system, including URL and/or other screen shots) related to the workshop topic.

Before submitting an application and in order to receive a longer description of the workshop and what will be asked of participants please review the workshop Web page at http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~mrs/chi98ws.html.

Contact
Markus Stolze
IBM Research Division
Zurich Research Laboratory
Saeumerstrasse 4
CH-8803 Rueschlikon Switzerland
Tel: +41 1 724 8263
Email: mrs@zurich.ibm.com