Innov8BPM-2026: Managing Process Innovation in the Era of Digital Transformation
in conjunction with the
International Conference on Business Process Management - BPM 2026
in Toronto, Canada, 27 September-2 October, 2026
in conjunction with the
International Conference on Business Process Management - BPM 2026
in Toronto, Canada, 27 September-2 October, 2026
In the era of digital transformation, Business Process Management (BPM) must evolve beyond its traditional focus on operational efficiency. Organizations face unprecedented challenges and opportunities driven by technologies such as AI, IoT, process mining, and automation. These developments demand a rethinking of BPM’s role, not only as a tool for optimization but as a strategic enabler of process innovation, business value creation, and organizational transformation.
Digitalization reshapes business models, value propositions, and customer expectations. Companies increasingly transition from product-centric to service-oriented models, leveraging data-driven insights and recurring revenue streams. In this transformation, organizations fundamentally change their business models and value propositions. Iconic examples of this shift abound, with disruptive IT-enabled initiatives such as Netflix, Uber, Airbnb, Tesla, and the like emerging to reshape traditional markets by harnessing the power of digital technologies. At the same time, sustainability and societal impact have become critical dimensions of transformation. Despite these opportunities, many organizations struggle to capture and demonstrate the value of digital initiatives. This workshop addresses these gaps by exploring how BPM can drive innovation, align with strategy, and foster organizational capabilities in a rapidly changing environment.
By questioning and investigating the evolving role of BPM in the digital era, we strive to ensure its continued relevance in practice. Our goal is to advance the understanding of BPM capabilities and investigate the opportunities to create business value necessary for organizations to effectively explore emerging opportunities in digital transformation and address associated challenges. Accordingly, the aim of the Innov8BPM workshop is to:
Investigate the evolving role of BPM in digital transformation and innovation.
Advance conceptual and practical understanding of business value creation through BPM.
Explore governance structures, cultural aspects, and strategic alignment for successful BPM initiatives.
Discuss how emerging technologies and ecosystems enable BPM capabilities.
Highlight sustainability and societal impact as integral to BPM innovation.
We seek contributions on a broad range of topics, including but not limited to:
Business Value of BPM and Emerging Technologies: Demonstrating and measuring value through AI-driven process intelligence, process mining, robotic process automation (RPA), Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and other emerging technologies.
Explorative Approaches to Process Innovation: Methods for fostering creativity, agility, and experimentation in BPM.
Governance & Organizational Capabilities: Structures, competencies, and practices for effective BPM in dynamic environments.
People, Culture, and Change: Managing cultural shifts, talent development, and Centers of Excellence for BPM.
Strategy & Alignment: Bridging top-down strategic goals with bottom-up process innovation.
Evolving Business Models and BPM: Exploring how BPM supports transformation of business models and value propositions in digital contexts.
Digital Transformation and Business Processes: Investigating BPM’s role in enabling and sustaining digital transformation initiatives.
Technological Enablers: Leveraging AI, IoT, RPA, blockchain, cloud platforms, and digital ecosystems for BPM.
Sustainability and Societal Impact: Integrating environmental and social considerations into BPM initiatives.
Methodological Implications: Innovative research designs for studying BPM in digital contexts.
The intended audience covers both researchers in the BPM field - particularly those interested in the managerial aspects of BPM - and practitioners who initiate, participate in, lead, or execute digital transformation initiatives. To address diverse audience, we encourage full, short, and experience, and problem statement papers that incorporate case studies, focus groups, Delphi studies, surveys, and employing design science research or action research methodologies.
Workshop papers submission deadline: 5 June 2026
Workshop papers notification deadline: 3 July 2026
Workshop camera-ready papers deadline: 31 July 2026
Workshops: September 28, 2026
Banu Aysolmaz, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Amy Van Looy, Ghent University, Belgium
Flavia Santoro, Inteli, Brazil
Oktay Turetken, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
Marta Indulska, The University of Queensland, Australia
Panagiotis Keramidis, Copenhagen Business School and DCR Solutions, Denmark
Tahir Ahmad, Ghent University, Belgium
Marco Comuzzi, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Søren Debois, DCR Solutions, Denmark
Mahendrawathi Er, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
Joklan Imelda Camelia Goni, Ghent University, Belgium
Paul Grefen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Sybren de Kinderen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Thomas Hildebrandt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Rob Kusters, Open University, The Netherlands
Paola Lara Machado, DLL, The Netherlands
Henrik Leopold, Kühne Logistics University, Germany
Morten Marquard, DCR Solutions, Denmark
Jan Mendling, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Fredrik Milani, University of Tartu, Estonia
Arisa Shollo, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Pascal Ravesteijn, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands
Peter Trkman, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Montijn van de Ven, ASML, The Netherlands
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers for presentation in any of the areas listed above in the form of regular research papers, short papers, experience reports, or problem statements.
We welcome original submissions in English from research and practice in the following categories. (please indicate in the abstract the paper type).
Full Papers: Papers describing concepts and methods in the form of research papers (12-15 pages).
Short Papers: Papers describing concepts and methods in the form of solution proposals or pre-studies (6-11 pages).
Experience Reports: Case studies/case descriptions (6-11 pages).
Problem Statements: Describe a problem that is currently open and shall be discussed and/or researched in the future (6-11 pages).
Papers must be formatted according to Springer’s LNCS formatting guidelines.
Submissions must be original research contributions that have neither been published previously nor submitted to other conferences, workshops, or journals.
Please use Easychair for your submissions by choosing the workshop (last item) in the link: https://easychair.org/conferences/submission_new?a=32133682
Each submission will be reviewed by a minimum of 2 PC members, and rich feedback will be provided.
The paper selection will be based on the relevance of a paper to the main topics listed above and upon its quality and potential to generate relevant discussion.
In order for a paper to appear in the post-proceedings, at least one author has to register and present the paper during the workshop.
All workshop papers will be published by Springer as a post-workshop proceedings volume in the series Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP). These proceedings will be made available to all registered participants approximately four months after the workshops, while preliminary proceedings will be distributed during the workshop.