Jolita Ralyté is currently a senior researcher and lecturer in the Institute of Services Science at the University of Geneva. She obtained a Master degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Vilnius, Lithuania in 1993, a Master degree in Information Systems from the University of Paris 1 – Sorbonne in 1995 and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Paris 1 – Sorbonne in 2001. Her research areas include situational method engineering and CAME tool development, requirement engineering, information systems evolution and interoperability, distributed information system development and services science. She has participated in diverse European research projects (TOOBIS, CREWS, INTEROP) and was in charge of the task group TG6 dealing with methods and method engineering techniques supporting various systems interoperability issues within the European NoE INTEROP. Currently she is a Vice-Chair of the IFIP WG 8.1 and is leading the Method Engineering Task Group within the IFIP WG 8.1. Jolita edited five books and several workshop proceedings and published more than fifty papers in international journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. She is Program Chair of CAiSE'12 and she was General Chair of the IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference ME'11 and Program Chair of the IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference ME'07. Besides, she has been involved in the organisation of several international conferences (OOIS'03, Interop-ESA'05, I-ESA’06, ME’07, MCIS’08, ER’08, IESS1.0, IESS1.1, CAiSE’10, CAiSE’11) and workshops (EMSISE'03 and SREP’05). Jolita is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Information Systems Modeling and Design and the International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector.

CAiSE'12 - International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, in Gdansk, Poland, June 25-29 2012.

ME'11 - IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on Method Engineering in Paris, France, April 20-22 2011.