History of the series
CONFENIS was established in 2006 in Vienna by IFIP Working Group 8.9 to provide a dedicated European forum for the scientific study of Enterprise Information Systems (EIS). The series has been hosted across Europe and Asia, with previous editions including Beijing (2007), Sofia (2010), Aalborg (2012), Hanoi (2013), Prague (2015), Vienna (2016), Shanghai (2017), Poznań (2018), and Vienna (2019).
Following the 2019 edition and a publication hiatus during the pandemic and post-pandemic reorganisation of IFIP TC 8, the steering committee of WG 8.9 elected in late 2024 to formally re-launch CONFENIS at TU Wien — the city of its founding — with a renewed scope focused on the European digital agenda, sovereignty of enterprise data, and post-modern ERP architectures.
Past editions
| Edition | Year | Host | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 2006 | Vienna University of Economics | Vienna |
| II | 2008 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Beijing |
| III | 2009 | Győr University | Győr |
| IV | 2010 | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia |
| V | 2011 | Aalborg University | Aalborg |
| VI | 2012 | Ghent University | Ghent |
| VII | 2013 | Hanoi University of Science & Technology | Hanoi |
| VIII | 2014 | University of Hradec Králové | Hradec Králové |
| IX | 2015 | Czech Technical University | Prague |
| X | 2016 | TU Wien | Vienna |
| XI | 2017 | Shanghai University | Shanghai |
| XII | 2018–2019 | Poznań University of Economics; TU Wien | Poznań / Vienna |
| XIII | 2027 | TU Wien (revival) | Vienna |
Mission
CONFENIS advances rigorous scientific knowledge on the design, deployment, governance and societal embedding of Enterprise Information Systems. The 2027 mission statement, adopted by the WG 8.9 steering committee in Brussels in March 2026, defines four priorities:
- Strengthen methodological pluralism in EIS research — design science, behavioural, critical, and computational approaches must coexist.
- Centre European concerns: digital sovereignty, sustainability reporting, and federated data spaces.
- Bridge academia and practice — at least 25% of accepted papers must include industry co-authors.
- Cultivate the next generation through a doctoral consortium and a strict double-blind review process that protects junior authors.
Why Vienna, why TU Wien
TU Wien is one of the oldest technical universities in Central Europe (founded 1815) and operates the largest information systems engineering programme in the German-speaking world. Its Faculty of Informatics has been a continuous host of IFIP activity since the 1970s. Vienna itself sits at the geographical and intellectual crossroads of the EU-15 and the post-2004 accession states, making it a natural meeting point for the pan-European EIS community.
