About the presenter
Wil van der Aalst is a full professor of Information Systems at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His research interests include business process management, process mining and Petri nets. Prof. van der Aalst has published over 400 journal and conference papers, 50 book chapters and 17 books (as author or editor). With over 33,000 citations and an H-index of 88 according to Google Scholar, prof. van der Aalst is the most-cited Dutch computer scientist. His ideas, particular on “workflow patterns” and “process mining” have influenced tool vendors and standardization efforts, most prominently the BPMN standard for process modeling. He is member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen) and the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea).

BPMN and its Future

The Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) Standard was kicked off in 2002. It took many years to develop and then gain a place in the BPM market. Now, on version 2, BPMN is established as the major process modeling language for most BPM software tools. These tools range from descriptive process modeling to process management systems. This presentation contains a brief review of how BPMN came into being and a summary of the overall BPMN capabilities. Looking towards the future, the presentation will discuss how BPMN could be extended to handle additional process modeling challenges, such as for Case Management and the modeling of service implementations.
About the presenter
Dr Stephen A. White – best known as the “father” of BPMN – is a BPM Architect at IBM. He has over 25 years of process modeling experience, ranging from modeling pilot workload to commercial business processes, and has been involved in most aspects of business process modeling software, from product management, design, consulting, training, and technical writing. In the last few years, he has been active in the development of business modeling standards, and served as the primary editor of the BPMN 1.0 and BPMN 2.0 specifications.

• Abstract submission: 16 Mar 2012 at 23:59 UTC (61 days, 1 hour, 33 minutes ago)
• Paper submssion: 23 Mar 2012 at 23:59 UTC (54 days, 1 hour, 33 minutes ago)

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