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The International Conference on Web Services - Europe 2003 (ICWS-Europe'03), an extended event of the 2003 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS'03) in Europe, will be held in Erfurt, Germany, 2003-09-23 and 2003-09-24.

ICWS'03 Summary Report (July 15, 2003).

The 2003 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS'03) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 23 - 26, 2003. It is the first international conference focusing on Web Services. The ICWS'03 is a forum for researchers and industry practioner to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of the art and practice of Web Services, as well as to identify the emerging research topics and define the future of Web Services computing. The ICWS'03 Conference will be held simultaneously (ie, same location and dates) with a number of other international conferences and workshops (CISST'03, IC-AI'03, IC'03, METMBS'03, CIC'03, ...; see http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences/ for the complete list).

Web services are Internet-based, modular applications that provide standard interfaces and communication protocols for efficient and effective business application integration. Typical application areas are business-to-business integration, business process integration and management, content management, e-sourcing, composite Web Service creation, and design collaboration for computer engineering. Currently, Grid computing has also started to leverage Web services to define standard interfaces for business services like business process outsourcing, a higher level outsourcing mode of e-business on demand.