Conference Aims and Objectives

Since the early 1980’s, the IFIP WG8.1 conferences have provided a forum for the presentation and exchange of research results and practical experiences in the field of Information System Engineering. The WG8.1 ’02 Conference will be held in the beautiful Kanazawa area in North western Japan. The conference programme will feature invited talks, paper presentations, workshops and interactive panel sessions.

Conference Theme

The ubiquitous Web has revolutionised the way organisations communicate and work internally as well as externally and, consequently, the nature of information systems supporting business activities. Web-based systems have become the state of the art in information systems engineering in a very short time. As companies become more international in their strategies and activities, information systems themselves span the globe, led by the Internet. While the risks from failed systems may be enhanced due to higher expectations and increased complexity, we have the opportunity to learn more bout the nature of information systems and to develop new engineering techniques and methods to improve the development of information services in a World Wide Web context. The main theme of this working conference is "Engineering Information Systems in the Internet Context" and the programme will address both technologies and methodologies for building them.