<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><br style="mso-ignore:vglayout" clear="ALL">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">ISCRAM2011</span></i></b></p>
<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">The 8<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Information Systems for</span></h1>
<h2 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Crisis Response and Management</span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"From early-warning systems to
preparedness and training"</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US"></span></b></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-style:italic"> </span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Lisbon, Portugal, May 8-11, 2011</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"><a href="http://www.iscram.org">http://www.iscram.org</a></span></b></p>
<h1><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></h1>
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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></h1>
<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">TRACK: </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">SOCIAL MEDIA AND
COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">CALL FOR PAPERS AND SPECIAL SESSION
PROPOSALS</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Introduction of the track</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">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.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Our aim in this track is to explore how these
new approaches to and support for collaboration can help in crisis management
and response.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>How might such
collaboration technologies help:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list 43.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">preparation
for disasters?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list 43.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">the crisis
management team in their decision making on the handling the event?<b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list 43.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">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?<b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list 43.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">all
parties build a picture and share information about a developing crisis?<b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list 43.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">widen the
range of stakeholders who can join fully in handling the crisis and recovery?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list 43.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">involve
communities fully during the recovery phase to rebuild and return to normality?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list 43.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">communities
to work together, alongside but independently of government and
non-governmental agencies, to inform and help themselves, co-ordinating
citizen-led efforts?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:43.5pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list 43.5pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">virtual teams and virtual communities develop
processes and software for emergency management and recovery?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Track topics</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">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.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This
might include, among others:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana"> </span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana">Studies of the use of virtual teams or virtual communities or
“social software” (e.g., social networking sites, knowledge gathering<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>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.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana">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. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana">Assessment of the advantages of collaborative systems compared to
closed “command and control” systems created for ‘official’ involvement
only.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana">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?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Verdana">Behavioral studies of collaboration which have implications for
the use of networking and web technologies in crisis response and management,
including experimental studies.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Track co-chairs</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">- <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Starr Roxanne Hiltz,<span style="mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"> NJIT </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">-<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></i><span lang="FR" style="font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
FR;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Paloma Díaz, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Linda Plotnick, Jacksonville State U., USA </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(another co-chair to be added) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Corresponding track co-chair</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">- <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Starr Roxanne Hiltz,<span style="mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"> NJIT </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></p>
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<tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes">
<td width="166" valign="top" style="width:124.3pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"> </span></p>
</td>
<td width="405" valign="top" style="width:303.7pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"> </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1">
<td width="166" valign="top" style="width:124.3pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
</td>
<td width="405" valign="top" style="width:303.7pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:FR">Starr Roxanne Hiltz</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="mailto:Hiltz@njit.edu">Hiltz@njit.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">NJIT </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"><br></span></p>
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</tr>
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<td width="166" valign="top" style="width:124.3pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><br style="mso-ignore:vglayout" clear="ALL">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN"></span></p>
</td>
<td width="405" valign="top" style="width:303.7pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Paloma Diaz</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">Universidad
Carlos III de Madrid</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><a href="mailto:pdp@inf.uc3m.es" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">pdp@inf.uc3m.es</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-style:italic"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-style:italic"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"> </span></p>
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</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes">
<td width="166" valign="top" style="width:124.3pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:yes"> </span></p>
</td>
<td width="405" valign="top" style="width:303.7pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Linda Plotnick</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic">Jacksonville State University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"><a href="mailto:lplotnick@jsu.edu">lplotnick@jsu.edu</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";background:white">Important Notice</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
background:white">: </span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
text-align:justify;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
background:white">All Special Session proposals must be formatted
according to the ISCRAM 2010 formatting guidelines. Special Session
proposal templates are published on <a href="http://www.iscram.org/">www.iscram.org</a>.
</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
text-align:justify;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
background:white">All Special Session proposal must be submitted through
the ISCRAM 2011 conference paper submission web page at <a href="http://www.conftool.com/iscram2011">www.conftool.com/iscram2011</a>
Instructions for the ConfTool system can be found on <a href="http://www.iscram.org/">www.iscram.org</a>. </span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">About ISCRAM</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The ISCRAM
Community is a worldwide community of</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;background:white"> 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 <a href="http://www.iscram.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">http://www.iscram.org</span></a>
</span></p>
<p><span class="textsmallescuro">Important dates</span><br>
<strong>01 October 2010</strong><br>
<span class="textnews"><a href="http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/text/important_dates.html" target="_parent">Submission
of proposals for panels and other special sessions</a></span></p>
<p class="textnews1"><strong>01 November 2010</strong><br>
<a href="http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/text/important_dates.html" target="_parent">Notification
of acceptance for panels and other special sessions</a></p>
<p class="textnews1"><strong>15 November 2010</strong><br>
<a href="http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/text/important_dates.html" target="_parent">Submission
of full research papers</a></p>
<p class="textnews1"><strong>15 December 2010</strong><br>
<a href="http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/text/important_dates.html" target="_parent">Submission
of work-in-progress papers and practitioner papers</a></p>
<p class="textnews1"><strong>Mid January 2011</strong><br>
<a href="http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/text/important_dates.html" target="_parent">Notification
of acceptance for full research papers</a></p>