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Wed, 22 Nov 2006
Eusprig 11-13 July 2007 CfP : Spreadsheet Management
www.uwic.ac.uk/eusprig/2007
Announcing the 8th EuSpRIG Annual Conference
'Enterprise Spreadsheet Management: A Necessary Evil'
University of Greenwich, London UK
July 11-13 2007
Research has repeatedly shown that an alarming proportion of corporate spreadsheet models are not tested to the extent necessary to support Directors' fiduciary, reporting and compliance obligations. Uncontrolled and untested spreadsheet models therefore pose significant business risks.
- These risks include:
- Lost revenue & profits
- Mispricing and poor decision making due to prevalent but undetected errors
- Fraud due to malicious tampering
- Difficulties in demonstrating fiduciary and regulatory compliance
To counter these risks and address the pertinent management issues, the European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (EuSpRIG) will be holding their 8th annual conference at the University of Greenwich, London UK on July 11-13 2007.
This conference will provide attendees with an opportunity to share experiences with a broad range of researchers, practitioners and recognised leaders in the field of spreadsheet research.
Call for papers
EuSpRIG is issuing a Call for Papers for the 2007 conference on: enterprise spreadsheet management: A necessary evil . The programme will concentrate on all aspects of the management of spreadsheets.Papers are welcomed on spreadsheet management issues covering all aspects of the life cycle but especially concerning:-
- - awareness raising
- - education and training
- - development methods and good practice
- - audit tools and associated methods
- - working model controls, version control and secure archiving.
We are seeking the following types of submission:
Full academic papers (up to 5000 words),
Management summaries (up to 2000 words).
We invite original papers from both new and established researchers within the academic and practitioner communities that present material related to the conference themes. The conference proceedings will be published by EuSpRIG.
It is expected that academics and students will contribute full papers which will be double-blind refereed by members of the programme committee. Management summaries are predominantly expected from business people and practising professionals such as spreadsheet users, developers, auditors and accountants - all who can contribute to the prevention, detection and correction of errors in spreadsheet models and applications and the management of risks associated with spreadsheet use. Such summaries will be reviewed by two referees.
Submissions to EuSpRIG 2007 may not have (already) been published in a journal or conference proceedings, nor presented at another conference. Moreover, they may not be currently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere. Only papers that are accepted and presented in person will be published.
For Author Guidelines and Submission Details see http://www.uwic.ac.uk/eusprig/2007/author_guidelines.htm
Students please note: EuSpRIG in association with ISACA (Northern England Chapter) has arranged for the creation of an annual prize to be awarded for the best EuSpRIG conference paper submitted by an undergraduate or masters postgraduate student. For further information see http://www.uwic.ac.uk/eusprig/2007/Student%20Prize.htm
Important Dates
Submission deadline for papers and management summaries: 28th February 2007
Acceptance notice: 30th March 2007
Final camera-ready copy: 30th of May 2007