5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response 
and Management ISCRAM2008
May 4-7, 2008
The George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA
http://www.iscram.org
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1. We extended the paper submission deadline to January 6, 2008. Paper 
Templates and the Call for Papers can be downloaded from 
http://www.iscram.org

2. Gary Klein and Ben Shneiderman are two of our keynote speakers at 
ISCRAM2008. Dr. Klein is well known for his work in naturalistic decision 
making and for his field studies in the emergency management domain. 
Professor Shneiderman is an influential pioneer in human computer 
interaction. He is currently working on community response grids and other 
topics relevant to the ISCRAM community.

3. Ph.D. Student Colloquium and Mike Meleshkin Best Ph.D. Student Paper 
Award: The ISCRAM Ph.D. Student Colloquium and the Mike Meleshkin award 
for the best Ph.D. student paper have always been an integral part of the 
ISCRAM conferences. The ISCRAM2008 Ph.D. colloquium will be held on 
Sunday, May 4, 2008 at The George Washington University. For details on 
the application procedures see http://www.iscram.org.

4. Registration for ISCRAM2008 is now open. Early registration deadline is 
March 21, 2008. Further details and pricing information can be found on 
the ISCRAM community web site.

Background
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The ISCRAM Community
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An active and international group of researchers, scholars, teachers, 
students, practitioners and policy makers, the ISCRAM (Information Systems 
for Crisis Response and Management) Community has evolved into a global 
R&D community with an annual International ISCRAM Conference alternating 
between Europe and the USA since 2004. The ISCRAM conferences attract 
researchers and practitioners in Crisis Response and Management from 
Europe, North America and the Pacific Region.

ISCRAM2008
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The upcoming ISCRAM2008 conference in DC provides an important networking 
opportunity where the latest research on the design, development, use and 
evaluation of information systems for crisis response and management are 
presented and discussed. The conference will take place at the George 
Washington University and is hosted by the Institute for Crisis, Disaster, 
and Risk Management (ICDRM). The general theme of ISCRAM2008 is "Creating 
Advanced Systems for Inter-organizational Information Sharing and 
Collaboration".

For ISCRAM2008, no less than 28 special sessions are being proposed. In 
addition to regular research sessions, several CFPs are focusing on 
contributions from practitioners. For the first time ISCRAM2008 will also 
offer a poster session.

The CFPs can be accessed from the www.iscram.org web site from the 
ISCRAM2008 menu on the left. Research sessions accept full papers and 
research in progress papers while practitioner sessions accept Powerpoint 
presentations and short practitioner papers.

Important Dates
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- January 6, 2007: New extended paper submission deadline
- February 10, 2008: Notification of (conditional) acceptance
- March 1, 2008: Final camera-ready paper submission deadline
- March 21, 2008: Early registration deadline


ISCRAM2008 Thematic Areas
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The special sessions are grouped into the following main themes:

Theme 1: Organizations and Society
Theme 2: Systems and Technology
Theme 3: Humanitarian Action
Theme 4: Human-Computer Interaction
Theme 5: Intelligent Systems
Theme 6: Virtuality in Emergency Management
Theme 7: Methods and Modeling

Download the CFPs for specific sessions from http://www.iscram.org

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ISCRAM2008 Committee
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ISCRAM2008 Conference Chairs: Jack Harrald (GWU, USA) and Bartel Van de 
Walle (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)
ISCRAM2008 Program Chair: Frank Fiedrich (GWU, USA)
ISCRAM2008 LOC Chair and Poster Chair: Theresa Jefferson (GWU, USA)
ISCRAM2008 Honorary Chair: Murray Turoff (NJIT, USA)

ISCRAM2008 Program Committee:
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. Yigal Arens (University of Southern California, California, USA)
. Paul Burghardt (DECIS Lab, the Netherlands)
. Benny Carle (SCK-CEN, Belgium)
. Louise Comfort (University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
. Chamindra de Silva (Lanka Software Foundation, Sri Lanka)
. Julie Dugdale (IMAG, France)
. Simon French (Manchester University, UK)
. Michael R. Grimaila (Air Force Institute of Technology, Ohio, USA)
. Tim Grant (Netherlands Defense Academy, Breda, Netherlands)
. Sanjay Jain (The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA)
. Murray Jennex (San Diego State University, USA)
. Susanne Jul (Pacific Disaster Centre, Hawaii, USA)
. Jonas Landgren (Viktoria Institute, Sweden)
. David Mendonca (New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA)
. John Mitchiner (Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA)
. Kees Nieuwenhuis (DECIS Lab, the Netherlands)
. Stijn Oomes (TU Delft, the Netherlands)
. Bernard Pavard (GRIC, France)
. Dan Power (Univ. of Northern Iowa, USA)
. Sarvapali Ramchurn (University of Southampton, UK)
. Louiqa Rashid (University of Maryland, USA)
. Eric Rasmussen (InSTEDD, USA)
. Ramesh Rao (University of California San Diego, California, USA)
. Leon Rothkrantz (TU Delft, the Netherlands)
. Claire Rubin (JHSEM, USA)
. Yan Song (Harbin Engineering University, PR China)
. Laura Steinberg (Southern Methodist University, Texas, USA)
. David Woods (Ohio State University, Ohio, USA)
. Sisi Zlatanova (TU Delft, the Netherlands)