Program Structure

The preliminary program draft is available. Please visit this website regularly, as sessions can still change. All times are given in Central European Summer Time (GMT+2).

You can download the proceedings from:

• BPM 2020: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-58666-9
• BPM Forum: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-58638-6
• BPM Blockchain and RPA Forum: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-58779-6

You can learn a bit more about some of the things we have planned for the virtual conference here

Research track sessions

Research Track Session 1: Process Modeling and Conformance Checking (Triana Bridge)

• Extending Temporal Business Constraints with Uncertainty. Fabrizio Maria Maggi, Marco Montali, Rafael Peñaloza and Anti Alman

• Online Process Monitoring Using Incremental State-Space Expansion: An Exact Algorithm. Daniel Schuster and Sebastiaan J. van Zelst

• Petri Nets with Parameterised Data: Modelling and Verification. Silvio Ghilardi, Alessandro Gianola, Marco Montali and Andrey Rivkin

• A Framework for Estimating Simplicity of Automatically Discovered Process Models Based on Structural and Behavioral Characteristics. Anna Kalenkova, Artem Polyvyanyy and Marcello La Rosa

Research Track Session 2: Social Context in BPM (Alcázar)

• Socially-Aware Business Process Redesign. Arik Senderovich, Joop J. Schippers and Hajo A. Reijers

• Incentive Alignment of Business Processes. Tobias Heindel and Ingo Weber

• PRIPEL: Privacy-Preserving Event Log Publishing Including Contextual Information. Stephan A. Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Han van der Aa and Matthias Weidlich

Research Track Session 3: Conformance and Prediction (María Luisa Park)

• Predictive Business Process Monitoring via Generative Adversarial Nets: The Case of Next Event Prediction. Farbod Taymouri, Marcello La Rosa, Sarah Erfani, Zahra Dasht Bozorgi and Ilya Verenich

• Exploring Interpretable Predictive Models for Business Processes. Renuka Sindhgatta, Catarina Moreira, Chun Ouyang and Alistair Barros

• Triggering Proactive Business Process Adaptations via Online Reinforcement Learning. Andreas Metzger, Tristan Kley and Alexander Palm

• TADE: Stochastic Conformance Checking using Temporal Activity Density Estimation. Florian Richter, Janina Sontheim, Ludwig Zellner and Thomas Seidl

Research Track Session 4: Modeling Support and Maintainability (Cathedral)

• Looking for Meaning: Discovering Action-Response-Effect Patterns in Business Processes. Jelmer Jan Koorn, Xixi Lu, Henrik Leopold and Hajo A. Reijers

• Extracting Annotations from Textual Descriptions of Processes. Luis Quishpi, Josep Carmona and Lluís Padró

• Understanding Quality in Declarative Process Modeling Through the Mental Models of Experts. Amine Abbad Andaloussi, Christopher J. Davis, Andrea Burattin, Hugo A. López, Tijs Slaats and Barbara Weber

• How to Keep RPA Maintainable. Philip Noppen, Iris Beerepoot, Inge van de Weerd, Mathieu Jonker and Hajo A. Reijers

Research Track Session 5: Robotic Process Automation and BPM Maturity (City Center)

• Adding Intelligent Robots to Business Processes: A Dilemma Analysis of Employees’ Attitudes. Amy Van Looy

• A Consolidated Framework for Implementing Robotic Process Automation Projects. Lukas-Valentin Herm, Kevin Fuchs, Alexander Helm, Adrian Hofmann, Florian Imgrund, Christian Janiesch and Axel Winkelmann

• BP-IT Alignment in SMEs: a Game-based Learning Approach to Increase Stakeholders’ Maturity. Mahi Ismail and Ralf Klischewski

• Quo vadis, Business Process Maturity Model? Learning from the Past to Envision the Future. Vanessa Felch and Björn Asdecker

Research Track Session 6: Applications and organizational aspects of BPM (Alcázar Gardens)

• Event Log Generation in a Health System: a Case Study. Simon Remy, Luise Pufahl, Jan Philipp Sachs, Erwin Böttinger and Mathias Weske

• A typological framework of process improvement project stakeholders. Charon Abbott, Wasana Bandara, Paul Mathiesen, Erica French and Mary Tate

• Explorative Process Design Patterns. Michael Rosemann

• A Multi Perspective Framework for Enhanced Supply Chain Analytics. Owen Keates, Moe Thandar Wynn and Wasana Bandara

Research Track Session 7: Event data extraction, enhancement, and analysis (Metropol Parasol)

• Enhancing Event Log Quality: Detecting and Quantifying Timestamp Imperfections. Dominik Andreas Fischer, Kanika Goel, Robert Andrews, Christopher Gerhard Johannes van Dun, Moe Thandar Wynn and Maximilian Röglinger

• Automatic Repair of Same-Timestamp Errors in Business Process Event Logs. Raffaele Conforti, Marcello La Rosa, Arthur H.M. ter Hofstede and Adriano Augusto

• Video-to-Model: Unsupervised Trace Extraction from Videos for Process Discovery and Conformance Checking in Manual Assembly. Sönke Knoch, Shreeraman Ponpathirkoottam and Tim Schwartz

• Analyzing Process Concept Drifts Based on Sensor Event Streams During Runtime. Florian Stertz, Stefanie Rinderle-Ma and Juergen Mangler

BPM Forum sessions

BPM Forum Session 1: Prediction

• Bayesian Network based Predictions of Business Processes. Stephen Pauwels and Toon Calders

• Predictive Process Mining meets Computer Vision. Vincenzo Pasquadibisceglie, Annalisa Appice, Giovanna Castellano and Donato Malerba

• Prescriptive Business Process Monitoring for Recommending Next Best Actions. Sven Weinzierl, Sebastian Dunzer, Sandra Zilker and Martin Matzner

• Make Your Flaw Your Strength: How to Make a Process Predictor Learn from Its Own Mistakes Using Explainability. Williams Rizzi, Chiara Di Francescomarino and Fabrizio Maria Maggi

BPM Forum Session 2. Process Mining

• Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing in Process Mining. Majid Rafiei and Wil M.P. van der Aalst

• Process mining adoption: A technology continuity versus discontinuity perspective. Rehan Syed, Sander J.J. Leemans, Rebekah Eden and Joos A.C.M. Buijs

• T-Based Activity Recognition for Process Assistance in Human-Robot Disaster Response. Adrian Rebmann, Jana-Rebecca Rehse, Mira Pinter, Marius Schnaubelt, Kevin Daun and Peter Fettke

• Discovering Activities from Emails Based on Pattern Discovery Approach. Marwa Elleuch, Oumaima Alaoui Ismaili, Nassim Laga, Walid Gaaloul and Boualem Benatallah

• Conformance checking using activity and trace embeddings. Jari Peeperkorn, Seppe Vanden Broucke and Jochen De Weerdt

BPM Forum Session 3: Process Change, Maturity, and Culture

• A causal mechanism approach to explain business process adoption and rejection phenomena. Andreas Brönnimann

• Analyzing a Helpdesk Process through the Lens of Actor Handoff Patterns. Akhil Kumar and Siyuan Liu

• Digital Transformation and Business Process Innovation: A Car Rental Company Case Study. Silvia Bogea Gomes, Paulo Pinto, Flavia Maria Santoro and Miguel Mira da Silva

• Holistic Guidelines for Selecting and Adapting BPM Maturity Models (BPM MMs). Wasana Bandara, Amy Van Looy, John Merideth and Lara Meyers

• IT Culture and BPM Adoption in Organizations. Brian Letts and Vu Tran

BPM Forum Session 4. Modeling

• A Theoretical Model for Business Process Standardization. Bastian Wurm and Jan Mendling

• Shared Data Objects in Business Processes: Semantics and Implications. Stephan Haarmann and Mathias Weske

• Feature Development in BPMN-based Process-Driven Applications. Konrad Schneid, Sebastian Thöne and Herbert Kuchen

• Dynamic Process Synchronization using BPMN 2.0 to Support Buffering and (Un)Bundling in Manufacturing. Konstantinos Traganos, Dillan Spijkers, Paul Grefen and Irene Vanderfeesten

• Say It In Your Own Words: Defining Declarative Process Models Using Speech Recognition. Han van der Aa, Karl Johannes Balder, Fabrizio Maria Maggi and Alexander Nolte

RPA Forum sessions

RPA Forum Session 1

• Automated Generation of Executable RPA Scripts from User Interface Logs. Simone Agostinelli, Marco Lupia, Andrea Marrella, Massimo Mecella

• Integrating Robotic Process Automation into Business Process Management. Maximilian König, Leon Bein, Adriatik Nikaj, Mathias Weske

• How to Trust a Bot: An RPA User Perspective. Rehan Syed, Moe Thandar Wynn

• Towards an OpenSource Logger for the Analysis of RPA Projects. José Manuel López Carnicer, Carmelo Del Valle Sevillano, José González Enríquez.

• A framework for evaluating the suitability of process activities for robotic process automation. Christian Wellmann, Matthias Stierle, Sebastian Dunzer, Martin Matzner

RPA Forum Session 2

• A Conversational Digital Assistant for Intelligent Process A Conversational Digital Assistant for Intelligent Process Automation. Yara Rizk, Scott Boag, Vatche Isahagian, Rania Khalaf, Yasaman Khazaeni, Vinod Muthusamy, Merve Unuvar

• Is Robotic Process Automation becoming intelligent? Early evidence of influences of Artificial Intelligence on Robotic Process Automation. Johannes Viehhauser

• Towards a taxonomy of Cognitive RPA Components. Antonio Martínez Rojas, Irene Barba Rodríguez, José González Enríquez

• Beyond the Hype: RPA Horizon for Robot-Human interaction. Rafael Cabello Ruíz, María José Escalona Cuaresma, José González Enríquez

• From Robotic Process Automation to Intelligent Process Automation. Tathagata Chakraborti, Vatche Isahagian, Rania Khalaf, Yasaman Khazaeni, Vinod Muthusamy, Yara Rizk, Merve Unuvar

Industry Forum sessions

Industry Forum Session 1

• Trace Clustering for an Online Freight Exchange at TIMOCOM. Jens Brunk, Caroline Methner, Ann-Kristin Cordes, Sven Thiermann, Tobias Goerke

• Process Mining for Production Processes in the Automotive Industry. Merih Seran Uysal, Sebastiaan J. van Zelst, Tobias Brockhoff, Anahita Farhang Ghahfarokhi, Mahsa Pourbafrani, Ruben Schumacher, Sebastian Junglas, Günther Schuh, Wil van der Aalst

• Geo-Enabled Business Process Modeling. Behshid Behkamal, Asef Pourmasoomi, Mehdi Akbarian Rastaghi, Mohsen Kahani, Hamid Reza Motahari-Nezhad, Mohammad Allahbakhsh, Issa Najafi

• Energy-KPI tracking in building construction processes using Adaptive Case Management. Antonio Manuel Gutierrez, Christoph Ruhsam, Simon Fallmann, Anna Shadrina, Gerhard Zucker

Industry Forum Session 2

• Process Mining Applied to Process Redesign in a Domestic Navigation Business Company. Wesley Santos, Flavia Santoro, Vinicius Abreu, Leandro Barral

• ‘Means’ for achieving process modelling success: Insights from a large Australian bank. Wasana Bandara, John Merideth, Elizabeth Holmes

• Flexibility, Adherence and Guidance for Regulated Processes with Case Management. Johannes Tenschert, Michelle Hormesch

• Enhancing communication of complex services through process modelling practices: Insights from an Australian Higher Education Institution. Felipe Masana, Wasana Bandara, Joanne Allbutt

Blockchain Forum session

• Silver Bullet for all Trust Issues? Blockchain-based Trust Patterns for Collaborative Business Processes Marcel Müller, Nadine Ostern, Michael Rosemann

• Blockchain Oracles: A Framework for Blockchain-Based Applications. Kamran Mammadzada, Mubashar Iqbal, Fredrik Milani, Luciano García-Bañuelos, Raimundas Matulevičius

• Foundational Oracle Patterns: Connecting Blockchain to the Off-chain World. Roman Mühlberger, Stefan Bachhofner, Eduardo Castelló Ferrer, Claudio Di Ciccio, Ingo Weber, Maximilian Wöhrer, Uwe Zdun

• The Role of Modeling in Blockchain Process Design. Ruben Post, Stijn Kas, Koen Smit

• External Data Monitoring Using Oracles in Blockchain-Based Process Execution. Jan Ladleif, Ingo Weber, Mathias Weske

Tutorials

• Tutorial 1: Information Systems Modeling: playing with the interplay between data and processes. Artem Polyvyanyy and Jan Martijn van der Werf

• Tutorial 2: Driving Digitalization on the Shopfloor Through Flexible Process Technology. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma

• Tutorial 3: Business Process Analysis using Scripting Languages. Gert Janssenswillen and Sebastiaan J. van Zelst

• Tutorial 4: Predictive Process Monitoring: From Theory to Practice. Chiara Di Francescomarino, Chiara Ghidini, Fabrizio Maria Maggi and Williams Rizzi

• Tutorial 5: Queue Mining: Process Mining Meets Queueing Theory. Arik Senderovich, Matthias Weidlich and Avigdor Gal