Earlier this year, I went to Milan for the International BPM conference for a look at the academic side of BPM conferences, and was completely won over: in my coverage, I highly recommended that BPM vendors send someone from their architecture/design team to listen in on the BPM research that is being done in the private and university labs, or even submit a paper on their own innovations.
Next year, the conference will be held in Ulm, Germany from September 7th-10th, and Michael zur Muehlen lists all the details. If you’re interested in submitting a paper, the deadline is March 15th.