[AISWorld] CFP: International Conference on DSS, June 6-7 2011, Tilburg, the Netherlands

[Bartel Van de Walle]

CALL FOR PAPERS:

*ICDSS2011 - International Conference on DSS*
*DSS and Global Sustainability*
*June 6-7, 2011*
*Tilburg University,  the Netherlands*


*Conference Theme:  DSS and global sustainability*

While papers in any area of DSS are invited, we welcome in particular for
this edition of the conference contributions that highlight the contribution
of Decision Support Systems to the emerging research domain of global
sustainability.

It is widely understood that over the next decade the global scientific
community must take on the challenge of delivering to society the knowledge
and information necessary to assess the risks humanity is facing from global
change.  It is important to understand how we can effectively mitigate
dangerous changes and cope with the change that we cannot manage.

This domain, defined as ‘global sustainability research’ by the
International Council for Science (ICSU, www.icsu.org), builds upon and
integrates expertise within the sciences (social, natural, health, and
engineering) and humanities and applies it to pressing coupled
social-environmental research questions of human interactions with nature
and earth.

We believe that the field of DSS can contribute significantly to this
emerging research domain. For this conference, we therefore invite
contributions that focus on the design, development, implementation, use and
evaluation of decision support systems that advance our responses to the
following challenges:

•    *FORECASTING*: Improve the usefulness of forecasts of future
environmental conditions and their consequences for people. A ‘useful’
forecast is considered to be one that is responsive to the needs of
societies and decision-makers for information at relevant spatial and
temporal scales. Forecasts should be timely, accurate, and reliable.

•    *OBSERVATIONS*: Develop the observation systems needed to manage global
and regional environmental change. The current approach to supply
information needed to manage the social-environmental system, especially at
a global scale, as well as the system for delivering that information to
decision-makers, must be improved.     It is also important to understand
how those observations are analyzed under specific social contexts, taking
into account cultural and professional diversity.

•    *RISKS*: Determine how to anticipate, avoid and cope with the risks of
global environmental change. How can improved scientific knowledge of the
risks of global change and options for response most effectively catalyze
and support appropriate actions by citizens and decision-makers?

•    *RESPONSE*: Determine what institutional and behavioural changes can
best ensure global sustainability. Global change exposes gaps in social
institutions, including governance and economic systems, for managing
emerging global (and local) problems. The time and spatial scales of global
change differ fundamentally from the types of problems that humanity has
addressed in the past. Currently, decision-makers have incentives that
favour short-term and private benefits, rather than long-term and collective
benefits.

•    *INNOVATION*:  Encourage innovation (coupled with sound mechanisms for
evaluation) in developing technological, policy, and efficient social
responses to achieve global sustainability. Which factors will positively
influence feedback and learning processes to increase the capacity of
citizens and decision makers? How to provide rapid and effective feedback to
scientists regarding the applicability and reliability of broad findings?

Please note that we also welcome papers that may not fit into the special
theme of the conference, yet highlight state of the art  DSS research.

*CONFERENCE VENUE*:

The ICDSS2011 conference is organized at Tilburg University (
http://www.tilburguniversity.nl). With a population of nearly 200,000
inhabitants, Tilburg is the Netherlands' sixth largest city and is located
in the South of the country, close to the Belgian border, in the Province of
‘North Brabant’. Tilburg University is nicely situated in a forested area on
the outskirts of the city. Tilburg University is a relatively small and
internationally oriented university with around 12,000 students in total and
750 international students from 65 countries. The university is
internationally renowned for its research, especially in economics through
the international research institute CentER.

*Conference Proceedings - Annals of Information Systems*:

Accepted contributions will be published in the ICDSS Conference Book of
Abstracts.  Authors of the abstracts accepted for presentation at the
conference will be encouraged to develop their ideas into full papers for
review and publication in the Annals of Information Systems (Kluwer).

*IMPORTANT DATES*:

Extended Abstract Submission deadline:  February 1, 2011
Notification to Authors: March 1, 2011
Final version submission deadline (upon acceptance): April 1, 2011
Early Registration Deadline: April 1, 2011
Conference Date: June 6-7 2011


*EXTENDED ABSTRACTS SUBMISSIONS AND AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS*:

We are soliciting submissions in the form of extended abstracts (two pages
max, single-spaced). All extended abstracts will be reviewed for clarity,
relevance and significance.  The template for extended abstracts can be
downloaded at http://www.iscram.org/ICDSS2011.

All submissions, and any related requests, should be sent to:
icdss2011_at_gmail.com . Please include “ICDSS2011” in the header of your
email.


*Local Conference Organizing Committee*:

Jaap van den Herik Tilburg University, the Netherlands
Bartel Van de Walle Tilburg University, the Netherlands  (chair)
Anne Rutkowski ,Tilburg University, the Netherlands
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