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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang="EN-US">FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
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Papers are due June 15 for the HICSS<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>-47 Conference, January 6-9, 2014, on Big Island.
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Forty-Seventh Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>-47)
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(<a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/</a>)
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January 6 - 9, 2014 (Monday-Thursday) <br>
Hilton Waikoloa, Big Island (<a href="http://www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com/" target="_blank">http://www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com</a>)
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Track: <strong><font color="#ff0000">E-Government <br>
</font><font color="#ff0000">New Mini-Track</font></strong>: <br>
<font color="#ff0000"><strong><font color="#ff0000"><strong><font color="#ff0000"><strong><font color="#ff0000"><strong><font color="#ff0000"><strong><font color="#ff0000"><strong><font color="#ff0000"><strong><font color="#ff0000"><strong>ICT</strong></font></strong></font></strong></font></strong></font><a></a></strong></font></strong></font><a></a></strong></font><a></a></strong></font><a></a><font color="#ff0000"><strong>-enabled
Crisis, Disaster, and Catastrophe Management <br>
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“Resilient information infrastructures for supporting human actors are critical in agile and
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adaptive crisis, disaster, and catastrophe management” <br>
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The frequency, scale, and impacts of natural and man-made disasters have markedly increased over the past decades. This new E-Government Minitrack<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> considers this as a major concern for citizens, communities, and governments. As they
have become more networked through smart mobile systems and intelligent information and communication technologies (ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>), the level of interdependency and new vulnerability seem to have been increased in our societies. We consider
collecting, processing, evaluating, sense making, sharing, and communicating information in dynamically changing disaster environments a relevant and timely research theme for national and global research.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt" class="MsoPlainText"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang="EN-US">Prior multi-disciplinary research on disaster prevention and disaster mitigation has shown that ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
play increasingly important roles in all phases of a comprehensive disaster management cycle: disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. Particularly, advanced ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> have enabled government agencies and non-profit
organizations to mobilize agile and flexible disaster response and recovery operations in dynamically changing disaster situations. More recently, social media platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>, YouTube and blogs, also have enabled
citizens and communities to actively engage with government in disaster management through crowdsourcing<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> of local disaster information. Despite these ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>-enabled recent advances in our societies, the
growing social and technological interdependence and the resultant complexity have exposed citizens, communities, and governments to a new level of vulnerability to the impacts of natural hazards such as sustained large-area power failures and impaired critical
infrastructures, resulting in a breakdown of communication in the <br>
aftermath of a disaster, a lack of actionable information, and an information chaos or black hole. This E-Government Minitrack<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> contributes to the critical discourse in the HICSS<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> community about roles
of ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> as central information infrastructures in disaster management and their public policy implications for building resilient society.
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Papers are invited that deal with any aspect of the analysis, design, development, deployment, implementation, integration, operation, use or evaluation of ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> for any phase of the comprehensive disaster management cycle. Authors
may focus on the tools, functionalities, and/or interfaces that support human actors in disaster management. Also, the specific organizational and social challenges in the context of emergency and disaster management are of particular interest. Questions include
the use of advanced ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>, including ubiquitous mobile systems, social media channels, and smart phones BYOD<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> to cope with the aforementioned challenges. We invite papers including but not limited to:
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• Theoretical foundations and research methods in ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>-enabled disaster management
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• Early warning systems <br>
• Geographic information systems (GIS) and Global positioning systems (GPS) in disaster management
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• Roles of ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>, mobile systems, and social media as information infrastructures in disaster management
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• Challenges in ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>-enabled crisis/disaster/catastrophe operations and logistics management, including critical
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success and/or failure factors and case studies / lessons learned <br>
• Crisis/disaster-related education and training <br>
• ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>-enabled detection of socio-technological and socio-economic vulnerability
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• Resilience and robustness of information infrastructures in extreme events and vulnerability of ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
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• Social networking, social media, and collaborative systems in disaster management
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• Crowdsourcing<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> for enhanced disaster situational awareness, citizen engagement and public value creation
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• Information quality and cross-agency disaster information sharing <br>
• ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> to facilitate cross-sector collaboration and interoperation to manage emergent disaster dynamics
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• Integration and interoperation of information systems in crises/disasters/extreme events
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• Human and organizational information behavior<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> in crises/disasters and their implications for human-centered<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> design
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Best papers will be considered for publication in the Special Issue on "Disaster Management Innovation through
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Advanced ICT<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>" in the International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (Chris Reddick<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>, Editor-in-Chief).Hans Jochen<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> Scholl (The Information School at the University
of Washington, USA) and Akemi Takeoka<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> Chatfield (Faculty of Informatics at the University of Wollongong, Australia) serve as guest co-editors for the
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Special Issue. <br>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt" class="MsoPlainText">Co-Chairs <br>
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Dr. Akemi Takeoka<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> Chatfield (Primary Contact) <br>
Director, E-Government & E-Governance Research Center<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>/Disaster Informatics
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Faculty of Informatics <br>
University of Wollongong <br>
Wollongong, NSW 2522 <br>
Australia <br>
Phone: <br>
+61 2 4221 3884 <br>
Fax: <br>
+61 2 4221 4045 <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:akemi@uow.edu.au">akemi@uow.edu.au</a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> <br>
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Dr. Jose J. Gonzalez <br>
Professor dr. techn<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>., dr. rer<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>. nat.
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University of Agder<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> <br>
Centre for Integrated Emergency Management <br>
Service Box 509 <br>
NO-4898 Grimstad<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> <br>
Norway <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:josejg@uia.no">josejg@uia.no</a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
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Ph.: +47-37233240 <br>
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Dr. Tina Comes <br>
Associate professor dr. pol. <br>
University of Agder<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> <br>
Centre for Integrated Emergency Management <br>
Service Box 509 <br>
NO-4898 Grimstad<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a> <br>
Norway <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:martina.comes@uia.no">martina.comes@uia.no</a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
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Ph.: +47-38141000 </span></font></font></p>
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<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><a></a></font><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Mahalo</font></font>!</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Tahoma">Akemi Takeoka<a></a> Chatfield, MBA<a></a>, Ph.D.</font></div>
<div><font size="1" face="tahoma"><a><font size="1" face="tahoma">チャトフィールド竹岡昭美理学博士</font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Director, Electronic Government & E-Governance Research Center<a></a>/Disaster Informatics</font></div>
<div><font size="1" face="Tahoma"><a></a><font size="1" face="Tahoma">センター所長</font>, 電子政府.電子ガバナンス研究センタ<a></a>ー/自然災害インフォマティクス<a></a></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Senior Lecturer in IT</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">School of Information Systems and Technology</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Faculty of Informatics</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">University of Wollongong</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Wollongong NSW 2522</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Australia</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Office: 61 2 4221 3884</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Email: <a href="mailto:akemi@uow.edu.au">akemi@uow.edu.au</a><a></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Skype: akemi.chatfield<a></a></font></div>
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