About Congress

NEWS: IEEE ICWS 2010, SCC 2010, SERVICES 2010, and CLOUD 2010 will be co-located in Maimi, Florida, USA, July 5-10, 2010.

The theme of the 2009 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009 PART II) is "modernization of the services industry". SERVICES 2009 (PART II) supports and further explores the science and technology of modernizing services industries using latest methods and technologies such as as Services Computing, which has been formally promoted by IEEE Computer Society since 2003. From a technology perspective, Services Computing has become the foundational discipline for the emerging modern services industry. 

The first Joint Conference on SERVICES includes the 2005 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2005) and the the 2005 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2005), which were held in July 2005 in Orlando, Florida, USA. The second Joint Conference on SERVICES includes the 2006 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2006) and the the 2006 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2006), which were held in September 2006 in Chicago, IL, USA.  In 2007, the joint conference on Services formally became the 2007 IEEE Congress on Services (SERVICES 2007), which was held in July 2007 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The 2008 IEEE Congress on Services (SERVICES 2008) was co-located with the 2008 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2008) in July 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA as well as the 2008 International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2008) in September 2008 at Beijing in China.

In 2009, the World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009 PART I) will be held in July 2009 in LA, USA. Then the World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009 PART II) goes beyond the IT community. SERVICES 2009 PART II tries to attract researchers, practitioners, and industry business leaders in all the following services sectors to help define and shape the modernization strategy and directions of the services industry. You are invited to submit research, engineering, and business innovation papers to the following services sub-sectors:    

• Advertising Services
• Banking Services
• Broadcasting & Cable TV Services
• Business Services
• Casinos & Gaming Services
• Communications Services
• Cross-industry Services (e.g. strategy and planning, supply chain management, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, marketing services) 
• Design Automation Services
• Energy and Utilities Services
• Financial Services
• Governmant Services
• Healthcare Services
• Hotels & Motels Services
• Insurance Services
• Internet Services
• Motion Pictures Services
• Personal Services
• Printing & Publishing Services
• Real Estate Operations Services
• Recreational Activities Services
• Rental & Leasing Services
• Restaurants Services
• Retail Services (Apparel, Catalog & Mail Order, Department & Discount, Drugs, Grocery, Home Improvement, Specialty, Technology)
• Schools and Education Services
• Security Systems & Services
• Technology Services
• Travel and Transportation Services
• Waste Management Services
• Wholesale Distribution Services

The 2009 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD-II 2009) is the HOT-TOPIC conference highlighted in the 2009 World Congress on Services (SERVICES-II 2009). CLOUD-II 2009 will be co-located with SCC 2009. In addition, SERVICES 2009 (PART II) presents keynote sessions, panel discussions, paper presentations, paper posters, innovation show cases, job fair, Services University (Summer School and Fall School), Education Methodology Summit, "Services Cup" contest, SOA industry summit, workshops, and symposiums.  

Services University

"Services University" (servicesuniversity.org) was launched at The 2007 Congress on Services (SERVICES 2007) to help teach Services Computing discipline in a systematic way. A regional leaders community is being formed to support this worldwide "Services University" program. It is technically sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Services Computing , IBM Research and other professional and industry sponsors. In 2009, the Fall School on Cloud Computing will be offered in the Services University program. 

2009 Education Methodology Summit on Services Computing

The Education Methodology Summit on Services Computing brings educators and practitioners around the world together to share their experiences in Services related education, and builds consensus on the core of Services Computing education, the knowledge areas and education methodologies. The Summit will focus on pedagogical implications of Services education and its role in overall Services Computing Curriculum Initiative (SCCI).

2009 SOA Industry Summit

The 2009 SOA Industry Summit encourages industry people to submit presentations and two-page papers instead of 8-page research reports. The accepted papers will be published in the World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) as a special section.  

2009 SERVICES Workshops

SERVICES 2009 will include a set of workshops and symposiums focusing on various themes of modernizing services industry. All the accepted workshop and symposium papers will be published in the proceedings of World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) as a special section.

2009 Ph.D. Symposium on Services Computing

SERVICES 2009 will provide a Ph.D. Symposium on Services Computing as a forum encouraging Ph.D. students and holders to report on-going or just completed work. All the accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) as a special section.

2009 Symposium on SOA Standards

SERVICES 2009 will favor the 2009 Symposium on SOA Standards as a forum for international researchers and practitioners to discuss and establish standards around SOA. All the accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) as a special section for SOA standards.