Topic 1: Enterprise Systems for Industry 4.0

Business-IT Alignment and IT Agility
Enterprise Modelling & Integration
Decision Support Systems
Enterprise Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management
Enterprise Systems for Business Process Management
Enterprise Systems for Case Management
Information integration and interoperability
Cross-organizational collaboration and virtual enterprise
Integration of (legacy) enterprise applications and information
Information Governance
Enterprise Architecture & Engineering
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Topic 2: Cyber Physical Systems for Industry 4.0

Artificial intelligence and autonomous systems
Smart agents and systems
Cloud computing techniques for industrial systems
Cloud robotics
Cloud-based automation and control systems
Model based development for CPS
Semantic technologies for CPS
Formal methods for industrial and enterprise applications
Smart logistics for complex services
Intelligent Transportation Systems
E-Health Systems
Smart Grid Systems
Smart Homes, Buildings, Communities, and Cities
Topic 3: Internet of Things for Industry 4.0

Internet of Things, Services, and People
Industrial internet and tactile internet
Wireless sensor and actuator network
Automation networks, field buses, and Time Sensitive Networks
Green communications and computing
Ultra-reliable and ultra-low latency networks
Super dense networks
Automotive networks and Internet-of-Vehicles
New PHY/MAC design and signal processing techniques
Next generation networks e.g. 5G for industries
IP-fication and interoperability of communication technologies
Topic 4: Big Data for Industry 4.0

Innovative approaches for data collection (e.g., sensor-based wearable devices, location-based mobile devices)
Data analysis (e.g., new econometrics, machine learning, decision science models) of big data
New methods to extract business intelligence from structured and unstructured business data (e.g. data in the form of text, video, audio, link structure, etc.)
New methods for the creation, sharing and reuse of big data
Tools and technologies for deploying and managing big data
Cloud-based data storage and exchange
New approaches to combine multiple methods of research on big data
New methods introduced from reference disciplines (e.g. statistics, biology, medical science, computer science, physics, etc.) for the business analysis of big data
Topic 5: Security and Privacy Protection for Industry 4.0

Security in industrial networks
Smart device information leaks
Trusted and trustworthy computing and cloud services
Security in cloud-based enterprise infrastructure
Cloud and cyber security
Privacy preservation in data release
Cryptography, key distribution, and security management
Asymmetric encryption for low capacity devices
Privacy and data governance
Topic 6: System Engineering and Human Factors for Industry 4.0

System-of-systems methodology and practices
Social networks and social computing
Service design and engineering
Management of innovation in complex enterprise environment
Human-in-the-loop automation, control, operation, and optimization
Advanced human-machine/computer/robot/facility-interaction
Wearable technologies and human centric sensing
User centric design of industrial and enterprise systems
Collaboration between human workers and robots
Social-industry information exchange
Enablers, drivers, and use cases of the Social Sensing
Topic 7: IoT-enabled Smart Manufacturing

Cloud based innovation of business models and manufacturing eco-systems
Cloud manufacturing, mass-customization, and flexible manufacturing
Networked manufacturing infrastructure and services
Flexible and rapid recombination and reconfiguration of workshop floors
Task modelling, decomposition, and composition
Sharing of distributed manufacturing facilities and fine grain scheduling
Holistic optimization of manufacturing efficiency
Interaction and integration of Cyber Factory and Physical Factory
Evolution and integration of Manufacturing Execution Systems
Product life cycle management
Manufacturing Facility-as-a-Service
Topic 8: Made in China 2025 and Heathy China 2030

Industrial Integration and Industrial Information Integration
IoT-enabled transformation and upgrading of real economy
The “Made in China 2025 Strategy” and its impact, demand, and enabling technologies
The “Healthy China 2030 Strategy” and its impact, demand, and enabling technologies
The “Internet Plus Strategy” and its impact, demand, and enabling technologies
The “Supply-side Reform Strategy” and its impact, demand, and enabling technologies
The “Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation” and its impact, demand, and enabling technologies
Collaborative innovation between government, industry, and academia
Enabling technologies and case studies for the Sharing Economy
Enabling technologies and case studies for the Crowd Sourcing
Enabling technologies and case studies for the Recycling Economy
Other emerging technologies, services, and business models