In response to the Call for Papers, 22 papers were submitted.
The topics of the paper sessions are: Advanced Query Processing, Web Applications, Moving Objects, Advanced Information Models, and Advanced Software Engineering. Following the success of the four p- vious workshops (1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999), the ?fth NGITS Workshop took place on June 24â25, 2002, in the ancient city of Caesarea. Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems.