ESRL will mainly conduct research programs alongside courses, workshops, and related executive seminars. With the help of industry partners, ESRL will build an 'Academia-Indusrty Circle' and new 'IT Research Data Repository' regarding physical and behavioral aspects of the IT industry in Israel (people, practices, preferences, policies) to enable research in the area of Enterprise Systems. ESRL will hold an annual 'Enterprise Systems Symposium' and publish a periodical newsletter about its research activities.