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** The European Patent Office is the Silver Sponsor of ICSOB-13. See featured talk.
** The International Software Product Management Association is our Bronze Sponsor.
The 4th International Conference on Software Business will be held on June 11-14, 2013 at the University of Potsdam. ICSOB 2013 addresses researchers and practitioners, who are concerned with software business in different ways as well as the start-up community, which is increasingly focusing on mobile and social software.
Theme: From Physical Products to Software Services and Solutions
Advancements in the software industry have had a substantial impact not only on productivity and on GDP growth globally, but also on our daily work and live. Moreover there is a noticeable spillover within other industries (e.g. manufacturing) enabling new business models: companies bundle their physical products and software services into solutions (e.g. using subscription models) and start to sell independent software products in addition to physical products. Software business refers to commercial activities in and around the software industry, aimed at generating income from the delivery of software products and software services. Although the software business shares common features with other international knowledge-intensive businesses, it carries many inherent features making it a challenging domain for research. In particular software companies have to depend on one another to deliver a unique value proposition to their customers. Moreover recent developments like the emerging app economy offer a variety of opportunities for entrepreneurs or start-up companies.
Conference program
The conference puts emphasis on the contemporary issues emerging at the intersection of the software and business domains, broadly defined. The program includes a variety of possibilities to learn, discuss and contribute software business. Highlights of the program include (see also the detailed program):
June 11th
- 5th International Workshop on Software Ecosystems
- From Start-ups to SaaS Conglomerate: Life Cycles of Software Products workshop
June 12th
- Invited talk by Gregor Engels
- Research presentations on e.g. Software Business Models and Software Product Management
- Doctoral Symposium Sessions
- ICSOB-13 Exhibition at the foyer
June 13th
- Invited talk by Almer Podbicanin
- Research presentations on e.g. Software Platforms and Software Start-ups
- ICSOB-13 Exhibition at the foyer
- Social Event and Conference Dinner
June 14th
- Industry Day presentations on e.g. intellectual property, business models and startups.
Location:
The International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB 2013) will be held at the University of Potsdam. Its Griebnitzsee campus is located near the capital of Germany, Berlin.
Program committee:
- Sjaak Brinkkemper, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- Peter Buxmann, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
- Michael Cusumano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Barry D. Floyd, Universität Potsdam, Germany
- Samuel Fricker, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Georg Herzwurm, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
- Thomas Hess, LMU Munich, Germany
- Bala Iyer, Babson College, USA
- Slinger Jansen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- Thomas Kude, University of Mannheim, Germany
- Patricia Lago, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Christoph Lattemann, Jacobs Uni Bremen, Germany
- Ulrike Lechner, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany
- Olaf Mackert, SAG AG, Germany
- Tiziana Margaria, University of Potsdam, Germany
- Waldemar Meinzer, Volkswagen AG, Germany
- Wolfram Pietsch, FH Aachen, Germany
- Karl Michael Popp, SAP AG, Germany
- Björn Regnell, Lund University, Sweden
- Dirk Riehle, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Germany
- Ina Schieferdecker, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
- Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Universität St.Gallen, Switzerland
- Pasi Tyrväinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
- Yoshimichi Watanabe, University of Yamanashi, Japan