1. 2nd International Workshop
Business Models for Mobile Platforms (BMMP 10)
held in conjunction with
14 October 2010, Berlin, Germany 2010
Call for Papers
Purpose and Aim
After the successful first edition, and in the wake
of a buoyant and turbulent year for mobile service
platforms, the 2nd International Workshop Important Dates
on Business Models for Mobile Platforms will
take place in conjunction with the ICIN 2010 Extended abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2010
conference (www.icin.biz). It will focus on the Acceptance notification deadline: 15 June 2010
causes and effects of the current explosion of
platforms in the mobile ICT industry. Mobile Speaker registration deadline: 30 June 2010
platforms may refer to various system levels Full paper deadline (non-extendable): 30 July 2010
including mobile devices’ operating systems,
mobile network protocols, mobile services
and applications, and so on. Through platform
ownership, companies position themselves as
central gatekeepers in the mobile industry.
The objective of this workshop is to explore changing business models and industry architectures as a result of the
introduction of mobile platforms. The workshop calls for original papers on this central topic. Papers may be of an
empirical or of a conceptual nature. They may deal with the characteristics of successful business models in this field,
the emergence of new mobile industry architectures, and the competition and collaboration between media, IT, internet
and telecommunications companies regarding mobile platforms. The presented research may focus on individual
platforms and applications, as well as on cross-platform comparative studies.
Registration and Paper Submission Workshop Topics
Registration and paper submission are through the EDAS
system at http://edas.info/N8948 The workshop is multidisciplinary, and specifically
encourages research papers on the following topics:
Papers for BMMP must be written in English and submitted
electronically through the EDAS system. A short (50 word)
abstract is required on registration of the submission. A Platform theories, network effects and multi-sided
detailed extended abstract should then be uploaded for mobile platforms
review by the Technical Programme Committee. Detailed Business strategies related to mobile platforms
instructions for authors on using EDAS are at http://edas. New revenue (sharing) models around mobile
info/doc/authors.html. platforms
Extended abstracts should be between 1000 and 1500 Business models for mobile app stores and mobile
words long. They should include relevant figures and tables search
describing results and should indicate how the abstract Mobile media platforms
will evolve into a final paper. All extended abstracts will be
peer-reviewed. Mobile service platforms for Smart Cities
Platform models for the Internet of Things
Extended abstracts and full papers should conform to
templates that can be downloaded from http://www. Standardisation strategies regarding mobile platforms
ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/ Regulatory implications of mobile platforms
AuthorTools/conferenceTemplates.html.
Full papers should be no more than 6000 words long.
The BMMP 10 workshop proceedings will be published Technical Programme Committee
(electronically) within the ICIN 2010 conference
proceedings and individual papers will be indexed within Pieter Ballon (chair), IBBT & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
the IEEE Xplore digital library. Authors who plan to present Didier Bourse, Alcatel-Lucent, France
an accepted paper must complete their paid registration Harry Bouwman, Delft University of Technology, The
at the speaker rate by the stated deadline. There is no Netherlands
refund for cancellation but substitutions may be made Annabelle Gawer, Imperial College London, UK
at any time prior to the event. The speaker rate is only
available to accepted presenters in the programme (one George Giaglis, Athens University of Economics and Business,
Greece
presenter per paper). Co-authors participating in the event
should register as delegates. Timber Haaker, Novay, The Netherlands
Anders Henten, Aalborg University, Denmark
BMMP reserves the right to exclude a paper from the
programme and from the workshop proceedings and from William Lehr, MIT, USA
distribution after the workshop if the paper is not presented David Ludlam, Discovery Consultancy Association, UK
at the workshop. Roberto Minerva, Telecom Italia Lab, Italy
Contact: bmmp_chair@ibbt.be Stuart Sharrock, Telemates, UK
http://events.ibbt.be/bmmp10