REA-25

 

 A Celebration of the REA Enterprise Ontology
June 13-15, 2007
 
CALL FOR PAPERS
 

William E. McCarthy published the REA enterprise model in the 1982 July issue of the Accounting Review.  During the last 25 years, the REA model has had a profound effect on enterprise systems research, education, and practice.  The objective of the REA-25 conference is to celebrate the past, present, and future of the REA economic model and to bring together researchers, educators, and practitioners from all over the world who are involved with REA or have interest in learning more about it. The conference will address all different angles of REA and there will be research, education and practitioner paper presentations. In addition, there will be tutorials, panel sessions, invited presentations, and special tracks for sharing teaching practices and developing business process patterns.

The REA-25 conference will start on June 13 and will end with a celebration dinner on June 15, 2007. It will be held in Newark Delaware, home of the University of Delaware, and is being sponsored by their Department of Accounting and MIS.

 

Important Dates
 
Submission of papers: 

February 12, 2007
Notification of acceptance: March 26, 2007      

Camera-ready copies due:    

  May 1, 2007
Conference early registration:

 May 1, 2007
Conference dates:                      

 June 13-15, 2007

 

Topics of Interest

The conference will explore multiple dimensions of REA research, education, and practice.  As such, possible topics include:

§        A historical perspective on the impact of REA and an exploration of the future implications of REA

§        Analysis and design patterns

§        Behavioral studies (e.g., do REA enterprise systems enable improved decision making)

§        Business process and workflow modeling

§        Conceptual foundations of ERP systems

§        Emerging technologies (e.g. the semantic web)

§        Enterprise ontologies: development, specifications, applications, integration with upper-level ontologies

 

§        Enterprise system architectures (e.g. model-driven architectures)

§        Extensions to the REA model

§        Formal specification of semantics

§        Integration of enterprise applications

§        Integration of REA in the accounting curriculum

§        Modeling, design, and implementation cases for the AIS classroom

§        REA as an accounting theory

§        REA enterprise systems in the Sarbanes-Oxley era

§        XBRL applications for REA enterprise systems

 

Paper Sessions

Papers accepted will be presented in 45 minute sessions with discussants.  Please submit your papers by e-mailing a Microsoft Word file conforming to JIS guidelines (http://accounting.utep.edu/jis/) to geerts@aisvillage.com.

 

Journal of Information Systems (JIS) Special Section on REA Enterprise Systems.

Concurrent with the REA-25 conference, the Journal of Information Systems (JIS) is planning a special section on REA enterprise systems. More information on this special section is available at http://www.aisvillage.com/rea25/jisreacfp.htm.

 

Special Tracks.

 

1.      Integrating REA in the Classroom

Short presentations (15 minutes) of course materials, cases, teaching approaches, etc.  Submit your materials and a short description of your presentation (maximum 5 pages) to julie.smith.david@asu.edu.

 

2.      REA Business Patterns

Short presentations (15 minutes) that discuss REA enterprise models for specific business problems; e.g., how to model claims, how to model contingencies.  These session materials will be posted on the conference web site prior to the meeting, and after each presentation, the presenter and audience will work together for 15 additional minutes to further refine the model(s) presented.  Use the following format for your submission (maximum 5 pages): brief description of the problem, your solution (enterprise schema), and a brief discussion of your solution.  Submit to phruby@acm.org.