CALL FOR PAPERS
The 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response
and Management (ISCRAM2009)
Gothenburg, Sweden
May 10-13, 2009
http://www.iscram.org
Papers for ISCRAM2009 cover all aspects of information systems for crisis
response and management, broadly defined but still related to the general
tracks, and may take the form of completed research papers, research-in-
progress papers as well as practitioner presentations.
GENERAL TRACKS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS
Submissions can be made to a general track or directly to a track specific
special session. The following tracks and special sessions are available,
additional special sessions might be added in the next few weeks. Detailed
information for the call for papers for each track and special sessions is
available at http://www.iscram.org
Humanitarian Actions and Operations
- IT for Crisis Management in Africa
- Information inclusivity in humanitarian relief operations - for quality
collection, dissemination and use
- Improving ICT-use in crisis management & peace-building
- Modelling of Humanitarian Operations
- Humanitarian Logistics Processes and supporting IT Systems
Collaboration and Social Networking
- Trust in Emergency Planning and Response
- Lightweight stakeholder collaboration in emergency knowledge engineering
Human-Computer Interaction
- HCI Design for Emergency Systems
- Requirements and Solutions for Information Overload in Emergency
Preparedness and Management
- Requirements engineering as the key to user acceptance
Geo-Information Support
- Sensor Networks in Crisis Management
Intelligent Systems Standardization and Ontologies
- Architectures to support interoperability between partners of crisis reduction
Research methods
- Ethnography and technology development for crisis management
Technologies, Tools and Demos
- Studies of Command and Control Systems
Open-track
- Bio-surveillance in Crisis Response and Management
- Information Processing in Environmental Crisis Management & Response
- How to compute situation awareness
Research papers should document established results and be presented to high
academic standards. Research-in-progress papers may address issues still
under development. Practitioner presentations may address issues based on
practical experience and relevance but without the traditional academic focus
on rigor.
Submission categories: Research papers (5000 words), Research-in-progress
(2500 words), Practitioner presentations (250 words).
Submission templates are available at: www.iscram.org
A submission can be directed to either a general track or a specific special
session. All submissions made to general tracks and special sessions will be
peer-reviewed in a double blind process. Submissions that do not qualify for
acceptance in a special session will be transferred to the general track for
review.
Submissions must be made online at www.conftool.com/iscram2009
Important Dates
January 11, 2009: Paper submission deadline
February 16, 2009: Notification of (conditional) acceptance
March 9, 2009: Final author notification
March 22, 2009: Early Registration deadline
May 10-13, 2009: ISCRAM2009 conference
Program Chair
Jonas Landgren, Viktoria Institute, Sweden
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Organizing Chair
Urban Nulden, Göteborg University, Sweden
Honorary Chair
Murray Turoff, NJIT, United States
Program Committee
Paul Burghardt, The Netherlands
Monika Buscher, United Kingdom
Benny Carle, Beligium
Jack Caroll, United States
Tom De Groeve, Italy
Chamindra de Silva, Sri Lanka
Paloma Diaz, Spain
Julie Dugdale, France
Frank Fiedrich, United States
Simon French, United Kingdom
Tim Grant, The Netherlands
Niklas Hallberg, Sweden
Jack Harrald, USA
Bo Helgesson, Sweden
Roxanne Hiltz, USA
Renato Iannella, Australia
Murray Jennex, USA
Susanne Jul, USA
Erland Jungert, Sweden
Markus Klann, Germany
Margit Kristensen, Denmark
Jobst Löffler, Germany
Carleen Maitland, USA
Massimo Mecella, Italy
David Mendonca, USA
Preben Mogensen, Denmark
Kees Nieeuwenhuis, The Netherlands
Urban Nulden, Sweden
Stijn Oomes, The Netherlands
Leysia Palen, USA
Bernard Pavard, France
Leon Rothkrantz, The Netherlands
Claire Rubin, USA
Raj Sharman, USA
Nigel Snoad, USA
Yan Song, China
Brian Tomaszewski, USA
Jiri Trnka, Sweden
Murray Turoff, USA
Bartel Van de Walle, The Netherlands
Dewald Van Niekerk, South Africa
Gerhard Wickler, United Kingdom
Volker Wulf, Germany
Sisi Zlatanova, The Netherlands
About ISCRAM
The ISCRAM Community is a worldwide community of researchers, scholars,
teachers, students, practitioners and policy makers interested or actively
involved in the subject of Information Systems for Crisis Response and
Management. At its annual international conference alternating between the
US and Europe, the ISCRAM Community gathers to present and discuss the
latest research and developments in this growing area during an interactive
and stimulating 3 day program. The ISCRAM Community also organizes an
International Summer School for PhD students and ISCRAM-CHINA, an annual
conference for ISCRAM research in China. All information on ISCRAM can be
found at http://www.iscram.org
This year the conference will be held from 10-13 May at the Göteborg
University located in Gothenburg, Sweden. The conference will be hosted by
the Viktoria Institute and the IT-university of Gothenburg. All details about
the conference is available via the ISCRAM website http://www.iscram.org .
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