Second Call for papers:

ESSA 2005: Representing social reality: approaches and results

The third annual conference of the European Social Simulation Association -
-- Koblenz, Germany, September 5 to 9, 2005

Deadline for submissions extended until 15 February 2005!

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ESSA 2005

Representing social reality: approaches and results

The third annual conference of the European Social Simulation Association,
together with

·     the autumn meeting of the Research Committee on Modelling and
Simulation of the German Sociological Association and

·     the third Model to Model Workshop

will be held at the Koblenz Campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau
from September 5 to 9, 2005.


Streams

“Representing social reality” is a very broad theme, and ESSA 2005 is open
to all applications of simulation to social science; so all submissions
under the main theme will be welcome — the discussion should be about
social reality represented in models, not just about representing at
large, and results are more welcome than just approaches. Anyway, we want
to invite submissions particularly from the following fields:

·     Involving users: participatory methods

·     Microanalytical simulation models: supporting social policy

·     Modelling culture, norms and reputation

·     Replication and verification

·     Agent-based models: supporting sociological theory building

·     Qualitative and non-numerical approaches to simulation

·     Physics based approaches to economics and social science


Tutorials

Applications to run tutorials will be welcome.


Program committee

Frédéric Amblard
Francois Bousquet
Claudio Cioffi
Helder Coelho
Rosaria Conte
Paul Davidsson
Guillaume Deffuant
Andreas Diekmann
Alexis Drogoul
Bruce Edmonds
Nigel Gilbert
David Hales
Cesareo Hernandez Iglesias
Wander Jager
Ben Jann
Andre P. Meyer
Michael Möhring
Scott Moss
Jean-Pierre Muller
Juliette Rouchier
Nicole Saam
Jaime Simão Sichman
Flaminio Squazzoni
Klaus G. Troitzsch
Gérard Weisbuch




Local organising committee

Klaus G. Troitzsch
Michael Möhring
Ulrike May




Venue

The conference will be held on the Koblenz campus of the University of
Koblenz-Landau, one of the newest campuses in Germany (built 1998–2000),
and hosted by the Faculty of Computer Science and its Department of
Information Systems Research.

Koblenz can be reached easily by train from the Cologne and Frankfurt
airports and by bus from Frankfurt-Hahn airport (timetables will be
available from the website) and is located at the northern entrance to the
Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage, at the confluence of Rhine and
Moselle.


Accommodation

A number of Koblenz hotels offers reduced rates for guests of the
university. A list and a map of those hotels with which we have made
provisional reservations can be found on the website (but not before
January 2005). Participants will have to make final reservations directly
with their preferred hotels. Reasonable prices are between 40 and 60 € per
night.


Schedule

September 5 (Monday): arrival of those participants who want to join
tutorials

September 6 (Tuesday): parallel tutorials;
 arrival of most of the other participants;
 get-together event (perhaps on a river boat, except the conference
dinner can be    organised on a river boat)

September 7 (Wednesday): conference starts with a plenary session, lunch,
parallel sessions;  evening free to visit wineries or breweries.

September 8 (Thursday): conference continues with plenary and parallel
sessions;
 conference dinner (either on board a riverboat or in a winery in a
village near    Koblenz)

September 9 (Friday): if necessary: more parallel sessions,
 closing session (student paper award, panel discussion ...),
 departure before or after lunch

If you want to spend the weekend before or after the conference in the
Middle Rhine valley, in order to obtain cheaper weekend flights or to
spend a few days as a tourist, you should ensure that you book early, as
hotel accommodation is in short supply during September.


Registration and submissions (more details on
http://www.essa.eu.org/ESSA2005)

Extended abstracts: 15 February 2005 (upload to the ESSA 2005 conference
website)
Notification of acceptance: 31 March 2005
Full papers due: 31 May 2005

Early registration (25 € fee reduction): 15 April 2005


Fees

Fees cover the book of abstracts (or pre-proceedings, resp.) and CD-ROM,
get-together meeting and conference dinner, coffee and soft drinks during
the conference and lunch in the university restaurant.

Regular fee

 ESSA members 125 €
 DGS-RC members  125 €
 others  150 €

 Early registration: 25 € less
 Students: 25 € less
 Late registration at the conference desk: additional 25 €

Fees can be paid via the ESSA 2005 conference website (using PayPal) or to
the ESSA bank account.



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Prof. Dr. Klaus G. Troitzsch
Institut für Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsinformatik
Universität Koblenz-Landau
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