The European Social Simulation Association (ESSA)
The North American Association for Computational Social and
Organizational Science (NAACSOS)
The Pacific Asian Association for Agent-based Approach in Social Systems
Research (PAAA)_
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Invitation for Bids to Host
the 2008 World Conference in Social Simulation
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The three regional scholarly societies in the field of social simulation
have begun planning for the second World Conference on Social
Simulation. The first World Conference is to be held in Kyoto, Japan
from the 21st to the 25th August, 2006. The web site is at
http://www.paaa.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/wcss06/. The second conference will
be held in 2008.
The three associations have formed a Steering Committee to organise
WCSS-08. The first task of the Steering Committee is to select a venue
for the conference. The venue should be
* attractive and pleasant to visitors
* have easy access by public transport
* be able to accommodate several hundred conference participants.
WCSS-08 will be held either in North America or in Europe. The dates
for the conference will be determined in consultation with the host
institution.
Bids to host WCSS-08 will be accepted by the Steering Committee until
the 31st January 2006. Such offers should
* address the main criteria stated above
* identify the key members of the proposed local organisation committee
* describe the institutional or other support available to ensure
that the local committee will be able to function efficiently and
effectively.
Bids should be sent, preferably by email, to Scott Moss. If deemed
appropriate, hard copy may be sent by post to the address below.
The members of the Steering Committee are:
For ESSA: Scott Moss. Juliette Rouchier
For NAACSOS: Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, David Sallach
For PAAA: Takao Terano, Hiroshi Deguchi
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Professor Scott Moss
Director
Centre for Policy Modelling
Manchester Metropolitan University
Aytoun Building
Manchester M1 3GH
UNITED KINGDOM
telephone: +44 (0)161 247 3886
mobile: +44 (0)7740 942564
fax: +44 (0)161 247 6802
http://cfpm.org/~scott
