-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP - ISCRAM Social Media and Collaborative Systems Track Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:50:24 -0400 From: Linda Plotnick linda.plotnick@gmail.com To: AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org
*/ISCRAM 2011/*
*From early-warning systems to preparedness and training** 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management*
*May 8-11 2011 LNEC Congress Centre Lisbon, Portugal http://iscram2011.lnec.pt*
TRACK: SOCIAL MEDIA AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
*Introduction of the track*
The convergence of information and communication technologies, the growth of the Internet including the mobile Internet, and the advent of technologies known under the general heading of Web 2.0 have all contributed to our ability to collaborate over great distances, both synchronously and asynchronously. Our aim in this track is to explore how these new approaches to and support for collaboration can help in crisis management and response. How might such collaboration technologies help:
· preparation for disasters?
· the crisis management team in their decision making on the handling the event?
· the crisis management team in their interactions with a wide range of responders, government bodies, various publics and stakeholders and, of course, the victims and their families?
· all parties build a picture and share information about a developing crisis?
· widen the range of stakeholders who can join fully in handling the crisis and recovery?
· involve communities fully during the recovery phase to rebuild and return to normality?
· communities to work together, alongside but independently of government and non-governmental agencies, to inform and help themselves, co-ordinating citizen-led efforts?
· virtual teams and virtual communities develop processes and software for emergency management and recovery?
*Track topics*
Papers are invited that provide rich description and/or evaluation of the actual use of novel web based and other systems for collaboration and/or widespread participation in any phase of emergency management, from initial planning and preparedness, through detection, response, and recovery phases. This might include, among others:
* Studies of the use of virtual teams or virtual communities or “social software” (e.g., social networking sites, knowledge gathering systems such as Wikimapia) in the design or use of emergency management information systems, with data collection methods ranging from laboratory or field experiments to qualitative case studies. * Exploration and assessment of any problems that occur when virtual or partially distributed teams or the general public use information technology to coordinate disaster management related tasks, and how can they be resolved. * Assessment of the advantages of collaborative systems compared to closed “command and control” systems created for ‘official’ involvement only. * Investigations of the role these sorts of forums could have in future disaster preparation and response. How could their efforts be better facilitated? What socio-technical conditions should be in place to make them most beneficial? * Behavioral studies of collaboration which have implications for the use of networking and web technologies in crisis response and management, including experimental studies.
*Track Chair and Co-Chairs*
*Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Hiltz@njit.edu mailto:Hiltz@njit.edu
NJIT
Paloma Diaz
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
pdp@inf.uc3m.es mailto:pdp@inf.uc3m.es
Linda Plotnick
Jacksonville State University
lplotnick@jsu.edu mailto:lplotnick@jsu.edu
/*Corresponding Chair/
*Types of Submissions*
ISCRAM 2011 is soliciting three types of submission:
1. /Full research papers/, which will be double-blind peer-reviewed. It is intended that these will report completed work which can be assessed to the highest academic standards. Such papers should be no more than 10 pages with figures & tables (~5000 words)
2. /Work in progress papers/, which will be subjected to a light peer review to ensure clarity. Such papers should be no more than 5 pages with figures & tables (~2500 words)
3. /Practitioner papers/, which will be subjected to a light peer review to ensure clarity and should be no more than 5 pages with figures & tables (~2500 words)
Note that the type of the paper will be indicated in the conference proceedings, along with a description of the reviewing process.
*Paper Submission Process and Deadlines*
Submitted papers must conform to the ISCRAM guidelines for submission, available at http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/.
*Submissions must be made online at *www.conftool.com/iscram2011 http://www.conftool.com/iscram2011* by* 15 *November 2010 (for full research papers) or 15 December 2010 (for work in progress and discussion papers).*
*Schedule of Important Dates*
01 October 2010 - Submission of proposals for panels and other special sessions
01 November - Notification of acceptance for panels and other special sessions
15 November 2010 - Submission of full research papers
15 December 2010 - Submission of work-in-progress papers and practitioner papers
Mid January 2011 - Notification of acceptance for full research papers
End January 2011 - Notification of acceptance for work-in-progress and practitioner papers
15 January 2011 - Submission of proposals for demonstrations
01 February 2011 - Submission of applications for Doctoral Colloquium
End February 2011 - Submission of revised, camera-ready full research papers; notification of acceptance for Doctoral Colloquium and demonstrations
18 March 2011 - Deadline for early registration
*About ISCRAM:*
The ISCRAM Community is a worldwide network 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 (which alternates between US and European locations), the ISCRAM Community gathers to present and discuss the latest research and developments in this growing area during an interactive and stimulating three-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. Full information on ISCRAM can be found at www.iscram.org http://www.iscram.org/.