The 18th edition of the IFIP WG 8.1 working conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modelling took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from December 3 to 5, 2025. It was held as a physical event at the
The PoEM conference series, together with collocated events, are dedicated to advancing the understanding of Enterprise Modeling (EM) practices by fostering a dynamic exchange between academic researchers and practitioners from industry and the public sector. The edition of PoEM 2025 focused on Enterprise Modeling for Sustainable Reindustrialization. The contributors and attendees were invited to explore novel EM methods, techniques, and tools enabling enterprises to support the reindustrialization of society through the sustainable integration of advanced technologies such as digital twins, robotics, artificial intelligence, and cyber-physical systems.
Following its tradition, the first day of PoEM 2025 accommodated several highly interactive related events: • the Forum for presenting research in progress and discussing emerging ideas, challenges, methods, techniques, and tools relevant for Enterprise Modeling, • the Business Case & Tool forum inviting practitioners to share their best Enterprise Modeling practices and tool experiences, • the Doctoral Consortium allowing young researchers to receive feedback on their doctoral research projects from experts and to share their experience with peers, and • an exploratory workshop on Enterprise Modelling for Context Engineering.
Following the call for workshops, the workshop chairs received three workshop proposals, which were accepted: • The 3rd International Workshop on the Foundations and Applications of Capabilities in Enterprises, and Transformations and ESG Initiatives (FACETE) was organized by Geert Poels and Jonas Van
• The 2nd workshop on Advancing Enterprise Modelling through Digital Transformation, FAIR Data Management, and Blockchain Integration was organized by Markus Helfert, Mansoor Ahmed and Shahid Hussain. This workshop received 5 submissions, from which 4 were accepted (one of them was finally withdrawn). Since none of the organizers could attend the conference, the workshop was cancelled but the three accepted papers were presented in a special session called Advancing
• The Enterprise Modelling for Context Engineering Workshop was organized by Stijn Hoppenbrouwers, Henderik Proper and Vincent Wiegel. This workshop did not solicit proposals but rather took place in the form of a brainstorming session.
This volume brings together all the papers accepted at the related events mentioned above. All papers were peer-reviewed by members of the program committee of the corresponding event and received three reviews, with the exception of the Doctoral Consortium papers, which received two reviews each. The PoEM 2025 Forum received 11 submissions out of which 8 have been accepted. Additionally, 11 papers from the main research track have been accepted to the Forum. The Business Case & Tool Forum received 5 submissions out of which 2 have been accepted. The Doctoral Consortium received 7 submissions and accepted 6.
We express our gratitude to the conference organizing team for their hard work which made this event possible, as well as to all the participants for sharing their ideas, achievements and practical expertise, and for the friendly atmosphere and positive energy that prevailed throughout the conference.
Jolita Ralyté Jelena Zdravkovic
Hans-Georg Fill Yves Wautelet
University of Geneva, Switzerland Stockholm University, Sweden University of Fribourg, Switzerland KU Leuven, Belgium Marcela Ruiz Estefanía Serral Asensio ZHAW, Zurich, Switzerland KU Leuven, Belgium
Felix Härer Eva Polini University of Fribourg, Switzerland IIBA Geneva, Switzerland
Anne Gutschmidt Irina Rychkova Janis Stirna
Saïd Assar Georgios Koutsopoulos Jolita Ralyté Kurt Sandkuhl Janis Stirna
Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, France Stockholm University, Sweden University of Geneva, Switzerland University of Rostock, Germany Stockholm University, Sweden Alexandre Vavasseur University of Geneva, Switzerland
The PoEM 2025 Forum provides a highly interactive platform for discussing emerging ideas, challenges, methods, techniques, and tools in the field of Enterprise Modeling. It welcomed contributions that explore foundations of enterprise modeling, enterprise modeling for software development, modeling languages and ontologies, human factors, enterprise engineering, resilience and sustainability, and empirical studies.
Two types of submissions were encouraged: visionary papers, presenting innovative research projects at an early stage, and evaluation papers, reporting empirical results such as end-user feedback, proof of concepts, or evidence-based hypotheses requiring novel modeling solutions.
These proceedings include 19 papers accepted for the Forum. Eight papers were selected by the Program Committee after a rigorous review process, where each submission was evaluated by three reviewers and discussed by the Forum Chairs. Eleven additional papers were invited from the main research track, having already undergone peer review.
The accepted papers cover a wide range of topics, including modelling languages, sustainability considerations, AI-driven enterprise solutions, and innovative modeling applications. Together, they reflect the Forum’s mission to foster dialogue between researchers and practitioners and to advance the state of the art in enterprise modeling. Specially, this year PoEM featured an interactive session with focus groups for the analysis of research challenges and practical trends in Enterprise modelling.
We sincerely thank the Program Committee members for their high-quality reviews and their contribution to the success of the Forum, as well as the authors for their valuable research contributions, engagement and constructive participation.
Marcela Ruiz Estefanía Serral Asensio
ZHAW, Zurich, Switzerland
KU Leuven, Belgium
Dominik Bork Jānis Grabis Simon Hacks Audrone Lupeikiene Beatriz Marín Raimundas Matulevicius David Mosquera Robert Pergl Thomas Polacsek Ben Roelens Peteris Rudzajs Janis Stirna Thorsten Weyer TU Wien, Austria Riga Technical University, Latvia Stockholm University, Sweden Vilnius University Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain University of Tartu, Estonia ZHAW, Zurich, Switzerland Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia ONERA, France Open Universiteit, Ghent University, The Netherlands Riga Technical University, Latvia Stockholm University, Sweden Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Germany
The Business Case & Tool Forum highlights practical implementations and tool-supported innovations that advance the field of Enterprise Modeling. Research on software, services, and operational methods plays a crucial role in transforming modeling ideas into usable solutions, enabling modeling languages, methods, and conceptual innovations to be applied effectively in real contexts. Together, the contributions illustrate the diversity of approaches used to operationalize modeling concepts and reflect the evolving landscape of tool support in Enterprise Modeling practice.
We thank all authors, the program committee, and participants for their engagement and the high quality of the work presented. Their efforts contribute to strengthening the dialogue between research and practice and to showcasing how Enterprise Modeling continues to evolve through concrete implementations and technological innovation. We also express our gratitude to the PoEM 2025 organizers for their support in gathering this Forum.
University of Fribourg, Switzerland IIBA Geneva, Switzerland TU Wien, Austria Stockholm University, Sweden / Tartu University, Estonia EM Normandie Business School, France KU Leuven, Belgium University of Fribourg, Switzerland McMaster University, Canada Stockholm University, Sweden FHNW, Switzerland Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany
The papers presented in this session were originally submitted to the 2nd Workshop on Advancing Enterprise Modelling through Digital Transformation, FAIR Data Management, and Blockchain Integration. The aim of the workshop was to explore Enterprise Modeling through digital transformation, FAIR data management, and blockchain integration. The workshop received 5 submissions out of which 4 have been accepted. However, the workshop was finally canceled due to the unavailability of the workshop organizers to attend the conference and to organize the workshop activities. The organizers also withdrew their own paper.
To treat the authors of accepted papers fairly, we decided to open a special session for the three remaining papers. The PoEM 2025 Workshops Chair Saïd Assar kindly accepted to play the role of this session chair.
Mansoor Ahmed Muhammad Irfan Khalid Markus Helfert Maynooth University, Ireland University of Agder, Norway Maynooth University, Ireland