OMG's BPM Consortium Issues Call for Participation: BPM Information Days
San Antonio, TX, September 15-16, 2009

Needham, MA, USA - April 24, 2009 - Business Process Management Consortium (BPM-C) today issued a Call for Participation for the BPM Information Days, to be held in San Antonio, TX, USA on September 15-16, 2009. BPM-C is an OMG™ managed group. Submissions are due by June 1, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.bpm-consortium.org/.

The BPM Information Day is one in a series of on-going events looking at ways that management of business processes can yield great benefits for enterprises. This session is a forum for BPM-C members and non-members to present and discuss experiences, recommendations and visions on the ways a business can most effectively plan and deliver on the benefits of BPM.

Submissions are limited to this focused topic and may include:

• Real-life experience in successful (or unsuccessful) BPM undertakings
• Strategies and tools for managing business processes
• Innovative use of tools, models or management approaches for same
• Governance experience / approaches for business process management
• Implementations of tools or services that may improve process management
• Innovative approaches to business and IT working together to improve and deliver on the promise of BPM

Submissions
The submission deadline is Monday, June 1, 2009. The program committee will consider all submissions. BPM-C holds many events per year; if your submission is not selected for this event we may still contact you for another future opportunity. If you would only like your submission to be considered for the San Antonio, TX event please indicate this on your paper.

All papers should be prepared in English. Submissions should be limited to a maximum of four pages in length and must include the title of the proposed session, a one-paragraph summary at the top of the paper and summary professional bio information. Submit papers to Program Director Karen Larkowski via e-mail at Karen@omg.org.

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About OMG
OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry consortium that in 2009 is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies, including: Real-time, Embedded and Specialized Systems, Analysis & Design, Architecture-Driven Modernization and Middleware and an even wider range of industries, including: Business Modeling and Integration, C4I, Finance, Government, Green Computing, Healthcare, Insurance, Legal Compliance, Life Sciences Research, Manufacturing Technology, Robotics, Software-Based Communications and Space.

OMG’s modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language™ (UML®) and Model Driven Architecture® (MDA®), enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes, including IT Systems Modeling and Business Process Management. OMG’s middleware standards and profiles are based on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA®) and support a wide variety of industries.

More information about OMG can be found at www.omg.org.  OMG is headquartered in Needham, MA, USA.

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Edited by Stephanie