<div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000">(apologies for cross-posting)<br></font><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium;padding:0px"><font color="#000000"><b style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><br>Nominations for the 2025 Peter P. Chen Award</b><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center">.</span></font></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">On behalf of the ER Institute and the ER Steering Committee, I am soliciting nominations for the 2025 Peter P. Chen Award.</div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </div></font><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Initiated by Elsevier in 2008 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the journal, Data and Knowledge Engineering, the Peter P. Chen Award honors one person each year for his or her outstanding contributions to the field of conceptual modeling. The winner will receive a plaque and a prize of $5000 sponsored by Elsevier Publishing Company - part of this cash prize is meant to support the</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">participation of the laureate at ER to deliver a keynote speech.  </font></div><div style="outline:none;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px"><div id="m_-6288780883552957168gmail-:8un" role="button" aria-label="Masquer le contenu développé" aria-expanded="true" style="background-color:rgb(232,234,237);border:none;clear:both;line-height:6px;outline:none;width:24px;border-radius:5.5px"><font color="#000000"></font></div></div><div><div style="margin:5px 0px"></div><div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt">Formally, these are the criteria for the Award:</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><ul style="text-align:justify;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;padding-left:0px"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:17.6px"><font color="#000000">Research: how well the nominee has helped advance the field of conceptual modeling with his/her intellectual contributions.</font></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:17.6px"><font color="#000000">Service: participation in the organization of conceptual-modeling-related meetings and conferences and participation in editorial boards of conceptual-modeling-related journals.</font></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:17.6px"><font color="#000000">Education: how effectively the nominee has mentored doctoral students in conceptual modeling, produced researchers from their labs, and also helped mentor young people in the field</font></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:17.6px"><font color="#000000">Contribution to practice: the extent to which the nominee has contributed to technology transfer, commercialization, and industrial projects.</font></li><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:17.6px"><font color="#000000">International reputation: the extent to which the nominee's work is visible to and has diffused into the international community.</font></li></ul><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Previous Peter P. Chen Award laureates are:</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2024: Heinrich Mayr, University of Klagenfurt, Austria</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2023: Nicola Guarino, National Research Council, Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC-CNR), Italy</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2022: Maurizio Lenzerini, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2021: Sudha Ram, University of Arizona, USA</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2020: Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen University, Germany</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2019: Eric Yu, University of Toronto, Canada</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2018: Veda Storey, Georgia State University, USA</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2017: Yair Wand, University of British Columbia, Canada</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2016: Oscar Pastor, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2015: Il-Yeol Song, Drexel University, USA</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2014: Antonio Luz Furtado, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2013: Carlo Batini, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2012: Stefano Spaccapietra, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2011: Tok Wang Ling, National University of Singapore, Singapore</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2010: John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2009: David Embley, BYU, USA</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">2008: Bernhard Thalheim, University of Kiel, Germany</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Nominations should be sent by <b>Friday, June 20th, 2024</b> to the ER Steering Committee Chair Giancarlo Guizzardi [<a href="mailto:g.guizzardi@utwente.nl" target="_blank">g.guizzardi@utwente.nl</a>] who will manage the selection process.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Each nomination should be accompanied by a summary statement about the nominee and a justification for the nomination. We highlight that the Peter Chen Award is the highest honour granted by the Conceptual Modeling community. As such, the laureates are individuals with clear, substantive and potentially transformative contributions to the field - ideally contributions that can be captured by statements in the style of other top-honors (e.g., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Mirzakhani" id="m_-6288780883552957168m_-2573737592824635551m_4156642306103001280OWAa1a1bd56-7c46-f80e-7480-8862b2cab90a" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Mirzakhani" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maryam Mirzakhani</a> - "For her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_surface" id="m_-6288780883552957168m_-2573737592824635551m_4156642306103001280OWA4b0744df-2a7e-2a43-3d15-d26ddfec6d08" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_surface" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Riemann surfaces</a> and their moduli spaces” or Barbara Liskov – “For contributions to practical and theoretical foundations of programming language and system design, especially related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_abstraction" id="m_-6288780883552957168m_-2573737592824635551m_4156642306103001280OWA612047c4-809e-4cf2-aa55-cfd78ac74f1f" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_abstraction" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">data abstraction</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_tolerance" id="m_-6288780883552957168m_-2573737592824635551m_4156642306103001280OWA3071990b-9fb9-924e-f3d7-f5a42c9a47fe" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_tolerance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fault tolerance</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing" id="m_-6288780883552957168m_-2573737592824635551m_4156642306103001280OWAc6dd9e12-cfac-bdac-3f08-46f0890d2c01" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">distributed computing</a>").</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Based on the criteria for the award and on the case made for the nomination, the selection committee will select the best candidate among the nominees. Selection committee members and the ER Steering Committee chair are not eligible for the award.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">The winner will be immediately announced after selection. The award winner will be invited to be a keynote speaker at ER 2025 in Poitiers, France in October (<a href="https://er2025.ensma.fr/" target="_blank">https://er2025.ensma.fr/</a>).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Regards,</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Giancarlo Guizzardi </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.32;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">(ER Steering Committee Chair)</font></div></div></div></div></div></div>