EM2I 2007: Electronic Marketplace Integration and Interoperability

CONFENIS Special Session on The International Symposium on Electronic Marketplace Integration & Interoperability (EM2I¡¯07) is a new venue for presenting state-of-the-art research and development achievements in the design, introduction, and use of integration technology for electronic marketplaces that affect business interoperability between firms and within supply chains. Although the traditional forms of e-marketplaces such as intermediaries, supplier portals, and content hubs are an important area of focus for the symposium, integration technology is increasingly supporting a much wider range of business interoperability that enables contextually heterogeneous enterprises to semantically work together beyond operational transactions. As more and more firms in all regions of the globe are able to interact online, we are rapidly moving toward an integrated global e-marketplace consisting of loosely coupled vertical, horizontal, and regional e-marketplaces.