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The Forth European Competitive Intelligence Symposium : Call for Papers ECIS 2011

jeudi 9 septembre 2010

The Forth European Competitive Intelligence Symposium
ATELIS in partnership with the Institute for Competitive Intelligence

Delivering excellence in CI thinking and practice in a
challenging environment

6th & 7th April, 2011, Bad Nauheim, Germany
(pre and post conference workshops 5th and 8th April, 2011)

Conference milestones :
July 30th, 2010 : call for speakers published
October 15th, 2010 : deadline for submission of proposals
November 15th, 2010 : notification and announcement of speakers
January 1st, 2011 : end of early bird registration

For more information http://www.atelis.org
http://conference.competitive-intelligence.com

Subject

The European Competitive Intelligence Symposium (ECIS) (now in its fourth successful year)is
the premier event for developments in Competitive Intelligence thinking and practice. It provides
a forum for discussingtopics related to Competitive Intelligence (CI), Market and Marketing
Intelligence, Private Intelligence, Intelligence Studies and the relationship between CI and
Business Intelligence (software systems). ECIS will provide a high profile, leading edge forum
for researchers and professionals alike to present state-of-the-art research and experiences in the
fields of Competitive, Business and Market Intelligence. A parallel practitioner track will focus
on applied, hands-on case studies. Pre and post conference workshops will in addition be targeted
to provide training for both beginners to the field of Competitive Intelligence, and seasoned
experts.

Competitive Intelligence and Intelligence Studies have often previously focused on threats. There
has also been a tendency to focus on the larger enterprises such as multinationals, with less
emphasis being paid to business development and business creation, or entrepreneurship. ECIS
provides an opportunity for researchers focusing on these issues to present their work in a peerreviewed
forum. The symposium will feature a diverse mixture of contributors, including
scientific sessions, several targeted workshops, product demonstrations, keynote speeches and
panel discussions from experts in their fields. It will take place in Bad Nauheim, Germany.

Topics

Research contributions are invited fom all areas pertinent to Competitive, Market and Business Intelligence, including :

- Call A : Scientific research papers on Competitive Intelligence issues (must be original papers, never published/presented before) ; Peer reviewed

Session length : 45 Minutes
Presenters will receive a complimentary registration to the conference (6th and 7th of April 2011)

- Call B : Applied scientific research papers (cross fertilization of tools, techniques and/or methodologies from related scientific fields). Methodologies presented must be innovative within the field of Competitive Intelligence ; Peer reviewed

Session length : 45 Minutes

Presenters will receive a complimentary registration to the conference (6th and 7th of April 2011)

Typical related fields for Calls A/B could include, but are not limited to :

- 1. Business Intelligence
- 2. Knowledge Management
- 3. National Intelligence
- 4. Law enforcement
- 5. Organizational behaviour
- 6. Psychology
- 7. Information technology
- 8. Decision-making behaviour science
- 9. Business strategy development
- 10. Data and Text mining
- 11. Information management and information sciences
- 12. Digital Intelligence
- 13. Teaching Intelligence (formats, curriculum, software support)
- 14. Skills and Jobs
- 15. Influence and lobbying in the CI context
- 16. Technological survey or watch/trend spotting (Competitive Technical Intelligence)
- 17. Patents and Innovation for SMEs
- 18. Human Resource Management in a CI context

- c) Call C : Practitioners Case Studies Presentations by practitioners for practitioners where a specific challenge and its potential solutions are encouraged. Presentations must be based on real-life situations. Confidential information can be disguised to prevent disclosure.

Session length : 45 Minutes

Presenters will receive a complimentary registration to the conference (6th and 7th of April 2011)

Case study proposals should be submitted to Conference@competitive-intelligence.com, indicating :

- Session title
- Session abstract (max 100 words)
- 3 key take-aways for participants
- Speaker bio (max 100 words)
- Indicate target participant’s CI experience :
o Beginner (new to Competitive Intelligence)
o Intermediate (up to 5 years related experience)
o Expert (more than 5 years related experience)

- Has the session been presented before ? (if yes, when and where)
- Any confidentiality issues for the presentation

Typical presentation topics could include, but are not limited to

1. Organization of CI units (including cooperation with other divisions of the business)

2. Personnel effectiveness

3. External and internal networking

4. Experience from applying specific analytical tools and techniques (war games, text mining ; incentive models, CI software in general etc)

5. Country specific case studies (CI in emerging markets, Latin America, Africa, Asia, North America)

6. Industry specific CI cases (Pharmaceutical and Healthcare, Chemicals, IT, High Tech, NGOs, Retail etc)

7. Competitive Technical Intelligence related cases

8. Counter Intelligence (Protection of one’s organization against illegal and/or unethical behaviour)

- d) Call D : Call for pre- and post conference workshops

For the topics indicated above (Calls A-C) we encourage presenters to submit proposals for workshops. Workshop proposals will be assessed by content and from a commercial perspective – independent of any proposals for conference presentations. Workshop proposal should be submitted to Conference@competitive-intelligence.com :

- Workshop title
- Workshop abstract (max 100 words)
- 3 key take-aways for participants
- Speaker bio (max 100 words)
- Workshop duration (half-day or full day)
- Indicate target participant’s CI experience :
o Beginner (new to Competitive Intelligence)
o Intermediate (up to 5 years related experience)
o Expert (more than 5 years related experience)

- Has the workshop presented before ? (if yes, when and where)

Terms and conditions for workshop presenters (Call D, workshops only) :

- Minimum participants : 5 (otherwise workshop will be cancelled)
- Complementary conference registration
- One complementary overnight stay at the conference venue or at a nearby hotel

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