Ricardo Jardim-Gonçalves, Dep. de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Fac. de Ciências e Technologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Rajkumar Roy, School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science, Cranfield University, Cranfield, United Kingdom. Adolfo Steiger-Garção, Dep. de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Fac. de Ciências e Technologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

• Welcome; Foreword; Organization; Keynote and invited papers: A method for modeling families of workflow processes; Federated P2P services in CE environments; Decision support systems for new product introduction; CAE/CAD/CAM/CALS in Russia; Models of rationality for engineering: the case for human-centred systems design; e-Commerce release 2.0; C.A.E. of innovative sheet metal forming processes; Design technologies and applications; FE Simulation for concurrent design and manufacture; CE – Methodologies; CE – Knowledge engineering and management; CE within virtual enterprises; CE – The future; Workshop and poster papers; Author Index.

Ricardo Jardim-Gonçalves, Dep. de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Fac. de Ciências e Technologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Rajkumar Roy, School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science, Cranfield University, Cranfield, United Kingdom. Adolfo Steiger-Garção, Dep. de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Fac. de Ciências e Technologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

• Welcome; Foreword; Organization; Keynote and invited papers: A method for modeling families of workflow processes; Federated P2P services in CE environments; Decision support systems for new product introduction; CAE/CAD/CAM/CALS in Russia; Models of rationality for engineering: the case for human-centred systems design; e-Commerce release 2.0; C.A.E. of innovative sheet metal forming processes; Design technologies and applications; FE Simulation for concurrent design and manufacture; CE – Methodologies; CE – Knowledge engineering and management; CE within virtual enterprises; CE – The future; Workshop and poster papers; Author Index.

Ricardo Jardim-Gonçalves, Dep. de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Fac. de Ciências e Technologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Rajkumar Roy, School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science, Cranfield University, Cranfield, United Kingdom. Adolfo Steiger-Garção, Dep. de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Fac. de Ciências e Technologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

• Welcome; Foreword; Organization; Keynote and invited papers: A method for modeling families of workflow processes; Federated P2P services in CE environments; Decision support systems for new product introduction; CAE/CAD/CAM/CALS in Russia; Models of rationality for engineering: the case for human-centred systems design; e-Commerce release 2.0; C.A.E. of innovative sheet metal forming processes; Design technologies and applications; FE Simulation for concurrent design and manufacture; CE – Methodologies; CE – Knowledge engineering and management; CE within virtual enterprises; CE – The future; Workshop and poster papers; Author Index.