Theme
The Education Methodology Summit on Services Computing will bring together educators and practitioners from around the world to share their experiences in developing Services related education and build consensus on the core of Services Computing Education, the knowledge areas and education methodologies. The Summit will focus on the pedagogical implications of Services Education and its role in overall curriculum development. At this stage we are seeking concrete experiments in Services Education development (SC or SSME) as well as innovative research on Services education.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Case studies in adding Services Components in existing courses
• Case studies in design and implementation of courses with Services as their focus
• Survey or rationale of industry needs towards graduates with Services Education
• Curriculum challenges in Services Education
• Differentiation of Services Education from other programs such as in Business, Engineering and Information technology
• Design focused areas or new disciplines in Services Education
• Foundations justification (Math, Statistics, Physics, etc.) in Services Education
• The core of Services Education
• Process and Modeling in Services Education
• Operations and Operational research in Services Education
• Knowledge management and organizational learning

Call for Contributions
Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished papers that are not being considered in another conference or forum. The maximum length of each EMS-SC-2008 paper is 4 pages.

Please use the ICWS 2008 submission page to submit your EMS-SC-2008 paper (http://conferences.computer.org/services/2008/submission.htm). Submitted manuscripts are required to be formatted using the IEEE Proceedings template (IEEE Latex Style). Please follow the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your papers. At least one author is required to attend the conference and present the paper.

Venue
EMS-SC-2008 will be located in Beijing, China with 2008 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2008), September 23-26, 2008, Beijing, China. The Summit will have keynotes, Roundtable, Panel Discussion, Presentation and Posting.

Important Dates
Submission Deadline: April 14, 2008
Decision Notification: May 26, 2008
Camera-Ready Copy & Pre-Registration Due: June 27, 2008

Inquiries
Dr. Zhixiong Chen at zxchen@ieee.org;
Dr. Piers Campbell at P.Campbell@uaeu.ac.ae;
Dr. Beverley Hope at beverley.hope@vuw.ac.nz