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The European workshop on software ecosystems is a perfect forum to discuss software ecosystems, platform ecosystems and business networks topics in research and practice.

WHAT IT IS

"The European Workshop on Software Ecosystems is a great meeting of minds to discuss the impact of software ecosystems on business today. A platform strategy needs to be high on the agenda for CIOs and this workshop takes the right steps in this direction."

- Sangeet Paul Choudary, CEO of Platformation Labs and Co-author of international best-seller Platform Revolution.

The European Workshop on Software Ecosystems is an annual event which connects top notch researchers and business professionals in the field of software and platform ecosystems as well as business networks. 
For the eighth workshop we are looking forward to short presentations and long breaks which fuel discussions and networking between participants from all across the software industry and academia.

TOPICS

Topics covered are:

  • Software ecosystems

  • Business networks

  • Open Source Ecosystems and business models

  • Platform Business Models

  • Growth strategies based on software ecosystems and business networks


What We've Achieved

  • we have established and grown the software ecosystems community.

  • we engaged with an increasing number of researchers from all over Europe.

  • professionals from small and large high tech and software companies attend.

  • we provided keynotes from industry players to enrich the program.

  • we published several proceedings to distribute the knowledge

2021 Keynotes

Industry Keynote by Rolf Schumann, Chief Digital Officer | Schwarz Group

Industry Keynote by Tom Curran | Ory GmbH
How to build a great Open Source Company and Ecosystem

Max Kuzkin, Executive Director Engineering | CloudBlue
How to leverage APIs to grow your business

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2021 program

Slinger Jansen | University Utrecht
A Focus Area Maturity Model for API Management

Maximilian Schreieck et al. | TU München
Launching Digital Platforms in Business-to- Business Markets

Christopher Jud | Kaufland Digital
Management of complementary platform-based software products

Thomas Kösters | European Startup Initiative
Startup Heatmap Europe: The Power of the Ecosystem

Industry Keynote by Jon Scott | Corum Group
The Software M&A Ecosystem

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who WAS there?

IMPRESSIONS FROM PAST WORKSHOP

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HOW IT WORKS

Over the past eight years we have welcomed researchers from the Universities of Oslo, Utrecht, Dublin, Jyvaskylä, Stuttgart, Munich, Mannheim and many more, as well as professionals from SAP, Salesforce, Synomic, Corum M&A, mobisys, Netfira and many more.

Interested participants are welcome to present 15 minutes presentations which are followed by 15 minutes discussions. In addition, the best presentation wins the prestigious Best Presentation Award.

We invite practitioners to the workshop to ensure discussion about the practical impact of research and to give the presenters the opportunity to discuss with practitioners and researchers alike.

With the new location in Heilbronn, Germany, we have a unique location with many software and software service companies being located nearby.



Call for PAPERS
 

We invite European researchers and professionals in the field of software ecosystems and business networks to come together to discuss their recent research as well as topics like :

  • Software ecosystems

    • how are they set up and driven to success?

    • External forces - the new normal and the impact on software ecosystems

  • Business networks

    • How do business networks for transaction, innovation work?

    • How do you grow your business networks?

    • Merging business networks - does it work and how?

  • Open Source Ecosystems

    • Creating open source products and sparking developer interest

    • Developer community coordination, speed and success

    • Comparing proprietary and open source strategies

    • Creation and growth of commercial ecosystems around open source

  • Platform Business Models 

    • “Platformizing” existing businesses - how to be successful?

    • Business model innovation resulting in a platform business model - how to make it work?

    • What architectures and APIs are needed for platform success?

  • Growth strategies based on platform ecosystems and business networks

    • Can we grow by acquiring a platform business?

    • What are data-driven and analytics ecosystems and what do they mean for my business?


Proceedings

NEW THIS YEAR: While submission of presentations are title and abstracht, proceedings will contain articles detailing the presentations given at the workshop
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program committee

We have top notch European software ecosystem researchers and luminaries guaranteeing leading edge discussions.

WORKSHOP PRESENTED BY SYNOMIC ACADEMY

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Location

EWSECO 2021 took place and was streamed live from the Bildungscampus Heilbronn in Germany.


“I wanted to create an event to discuss software ecosystems research where researchers and practitioners come together. Now it has evolved to a platform for exchange of strategies and research on software ecosystems and business networks.

— Dr. Karl Michael Popp, Member of the program committee

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