The 6th Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA) will be held in Chengdu, China. Conference Web Site: http://www.epsrcham.org.uk/SKIMA2012/index.htm We are calling any paper aiming at addressing issues of user experiences and enterprise systems. Here are hour track description and web address. http://www.epsrcham.org.uk/SKIMA2012/track8.htm The deadline is 30th April. We look forward to seeing you in Chengdu, China! Honglei * User Experience and Enterprise Systems Co-Chair: Honglei Li, NorthumbriaUniversity, honglei.li@northumbria.ac.uk Jian (Jeff) Guan, University of Louisville, jeff.guan@louisville.edu Ahmad Alibabaei, Shahid Beheshti University, Babaei@Gmail.com Xin (Robert) Luo, The University of New Mexico, Luo@mgt.unm.edu **Description:* Last decade has experienced a burgeoning growth of diversified social software including social networking software like Facebook, LinkedIn, and SecondLife. Smartphone interface such as IOS and android through iPhone and various other brands brings new perspective on human computer interactions. Users have been through completely new experience with computer interface and information systems in mobile and social networking applications. However, most enterprise systems such as ERP systems are still using the legacy user interface which is complex to learn and hard to navigate. With the fact that next generation growing up with the social media interface, their views and attitudes on user interfaces of ERP systems will be different from the current generation. Their interactions with the enterprise systems with legacy interface will be challenging. Big ERP provider such as SAP has already started their strategic plan to shift toward this direction. SAP is implementing a social media strategy to shift the perception of their ERP software from the company level to the individual level. Their recent plan to acquire Syclo, a leading provider of enterprise mobile applications and technologies, indicates their strategic move the enterprise software to the social level. Should the enterprise systems be changed to meet the emergent needs of next generation? What's the relationship between the enterprise systems and user experience? Many interesting issues should centre around interactions of this new user experience based on social media software between the experiences of enterprise systems with legacy interface. This track aims at discussing various issues between user experiences and enterprise systems. We welcome high quality papers on the topics of, but not limited to, the following areas: - Interaction methods of Enterprise systems - Enterprise systems' manual or documentation - Ease of use of enterprise systems - User experience requirements analysis for enterprise systems - Influence of stakeholder's interest on their experience - The relationship between user experience and employee productivity of enterprise systems - Case study of user experience of enterprise systems - User interface analysis of existing enterprise systems such as ERP and BPM systems - Development issues of enterprise systems user interface - User interface design of enterprise systems based on user experience - Social media integration with enterprise systems - Graphical design of enterprise systems - Social experience of enterprise systems - Social identity in enterprise systems - Internal and external factors influencing user experience All submissions will be evaluated for novelty, significance, and soundness. Papers should clearly state the purpose, theory, methodology, results, possible practical implications of the study, and be fully referenced with appropriate international citations. -- 李红蕾 -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi@gmail.com; Honglei.Li@northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li