[AISWorld] Call for papers and special session proposals: ISCRAM 2011 Social Media and Collaborative Systems Track

[Linda Plotnick]

*ISCRAM2011*
The 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response
and Management

*"From early-warning systems to preparedness and training"***


*Lisbon, Portugal, May 8-11, 2011***

*http://www.iscram.org*
  TRACK: SOCIAL MEDIA AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS


CALL FOR PAPERS AND SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS

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*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?

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*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 co-chairs*

*-  *Starr Roxanne Hiltz, NJIT**

*-  *Paloma Díaz, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

   Linda Plotnick, Jacksonville State U., USA

   (another co-chair to be added)**

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*Corresponding track co-chair*

*-  *Starr Roxanne Hiltz, NJIT**








Starr Roxanne Hiltz

Hiltz at njit.edu

NJIT



Paloma Diaz

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

pdp at inf.uc3m.es












Linda Plotnick

Jacksonville State University

lplotnick at jsu.edu

*Important Notice*:

   - All Special Session proposals must be formatted according to the ISCRAM
   2010 formatting guidelines. Special Session proposal templates are published
   on www.iscram.org.
   - All Special Session proposal must be submitted through the ISCRAM 2011
   conference paper submission web page atwww.conftool.com/iscram2011
Instructions
   for the ConfTool system can be found on www.iscram.org.

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*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

Important dates
*01 October 2010*
Submission of proposals for panels and other special
sessions<http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/text/important_dates.html>

*01 November 2010*
Notification of acceptance for panels and other special
sessions<http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/text/important_dates.html>

*15 November 2010*
Submission of full research
papers<http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/text/important_dates.html>

*15 December 2010*
Submission of work-in-progress papers and practitioner
papers<http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/text/important_dates.html>

*Mid January 2011*
Notification of acceptance for full research
papers<http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/text/important_dates.html>

-- 
Linda Plotnick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Computer Information Science
Jacksonville State University
http://sites.google.com/site/LindaPlotnick
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