<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">CONFERENCE THEME: Empowering Citizens and
Communities through Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://iscram2014.org/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">iscram</span></b></a><a href="http://iscram2014.org/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">2014.</span></b></a><a href="http://iscram2014.org/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1155cc"> </span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Conference
Dates: May 18-21 2014</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Penn State University</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">, USA</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Each
year, ISCRAM brings together top researchers and practitioners working in the
area of <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Information Systems for Crisis
Response and Management. The conference provides an excellent</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">opportunity to exchange information and knowledge
on new research and discuss best practices</span>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We invite you to submit
papers for the following tracks:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Analytical Modeling and
Simulation</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Community Engagement in
Crisis Informatics Research</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Command and Control
Studies</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Decision Support Systems</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Disaster Relief Supply
Chain Management</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ethical, Legal and
Social Issues of IT Supported Emergency Response</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Geographic Information
Science</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Humanitarian Information
Systems</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Intelligent Systems</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Planning, Foresight and
Risk Analysis</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Practitioner Cases and
Practitioner- Centered Research</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Serious Games for Crisis
Management</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Social Media in Crisis
Response and Management</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Visual Analytics for
Crisis Management</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(See individual track
calls at<a href="http://www.iscram2014.org/"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"> </span></a><a href="http://www.iscram2014.org/"><span style="color:#1155cc">www</span></a><a href="http://www.iscram2014.org/"><span style="color:#1155cc">.</span></a><a href="http://www.iscram2014.org/"><span style="color:#1155cc">iscram</span></a><a href="http://www.iscram2014.org/"><span style="color:#1155cc">2014.</span></a><a href="http://www.iscram2014.org/"><span style="color:#1155cc">org</span></a>)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%">Contributions</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ISCRAM2014 invites two
categories of papers. All paper submissions must be relevant to ISCRAM, make a
new and significant contribution to the body of knowledge on information
systems for emergency management, support their contribution with valid
arguments, and be clearly structured and well written.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span><i>Research papers </i>presenting valid,
original, relevant cutting edge research that will be reviewed to the highest
academic standards. Reviewing will pay additional attention to the application
of the related scientific literature and theory, to the use of an appropriate
research methodology, and to technical, mathematical and statistical
correctness. This will be complemented by a review from a member of the
Scientific Committee (SC).<i></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span><i>Insights from the Practice of Emergency
Management</i> <i>papers</i> presenting new developments in emergency
management and policy making, discussing approaches, methods, tools, (best)
practices and standards. These papers should focus on practical issues and
concerns and raise challenges for future research, and will be reviewed to the
highest practice-oriented standards.<i></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">According to the
completeness of work, authors can choose to submit their work as</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span><i>Full papers </i>presenting completed work.
Such papers should be no more than 10 pages including figures & tables
(~5000 words).<i></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span><i>Short papers</i> presenting work in progress
and novel approaches that are being developed. Such papers should be no more
than 5 pages with figures & tables (~2500 words).<i></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For each type of paper,
submissions are welcome from academics, researchers, practitioners, technical
or other experts, policy makers, or other professionals in the emergency
management domain. The proceedings will identify the type of submission and
reviewing process chosen.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Other forms of
contributions</b>: Separate calls are or will be made for workshops (online: <a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">http</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">://</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">iscram</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">2014.</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">ist</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">.</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">psu</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">.</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">edu</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">/</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">node</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/36"><span style="color:#1155cc">/36</span></a>),
panels, posters, demonstrations, and the doctoral consortium. All calls will be
published on <a href="http://iscram2014.org/"><span style="color:#1155cc">iscram</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.org/"><span style="color:#1155cc">2014.</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.org/"><span style="color:#1155cc">org</span></a>.<b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">TO SUBMIT A PAPER:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">1.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>Read
through the track calls on the conference website <a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">http</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">://</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">iscram</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">2014.</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">ist</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">.</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">psu</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">.</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">edu</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">/</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">node</span></a><a href="http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/node/5"><span style="color:#1155cc">/5</span></a>
and select the track which is closest to the topic of your paper. If you cannot decide if your paper “fits” in
a specific track, message the corresponding track chair with your title and a
draft abstract, for his or her advice. Or, message the program and conference
chairs at <a href="mailto:iscram2014@iscram.org"><span style="color:#1155cc">iscram</span></a><a href="mailto:iscram2014@iscram.org"><span style="color:#1155cc">2014@</span></a><a href="mailto:iscram2014@iscram.org"><span style="color:#1155cc">iscram</span></a><a href="mailto:iscram2014@iscram.org"><span style="color:#1155cc">.</span></a><a href="mailto:iscram2014@iscram.org"><span style="color:#1155cc">org</span></a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">2.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>Authors
must submit papers electronically through the conference system. The link to
the submission system will be available on the website in August.) </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">3.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>All
papers must use the ISCRAM paper template and follow the ISCRAM house style.
The template will be available through the conference system and on the
conference homepage.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Important dates</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>Call
for papers/website live - July 2013</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>Deadline
for panel proposals – Nov. 15th (decision by December 15)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>Deadline
for full papers – Nov. 15th (decision by Jan. 6th)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>Deadline
for shorter submissions (work-in-progress papers, poster proposals) - Jan. 13th
(decision by Feb. 10)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>FINAL
camera-ready full papers – Feb. 7 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>FINAL
camera-ready short papers – Feb. 24 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>Final
decisions made by program and scientific committee, and authors notified by
March 15.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">●<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>At
least one author must be registered for the conference and payment must be
received by April 1 so work on the schedule and proceedings can begin.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ISCRAM 2014</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact: <a href="mailto:iscram2014@iscram.org"><span style="color:#1155cc">iscram</span></a><a href="mailto:iscram2014@iscram.org"><span style="color:#1155cc">2014@</span></a><a href="mailto:iscram2014@iscram.org"><span style="color:#1155cc">iscram</span></a><a href="mailto:iscram2014@iscram.org"><span style="color:#1155cc">.</span></a><a href="mailto:iscram2014@iscram.org"><span style="color:#1155cc">org</span></a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference Chair: Andrea
Tapia, The Pennsylvania
State University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Program Chair: Starr
Roxanne Hiltz, NJIT</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><br></div>-- <br>Linda Plotnick, Ph.D.<br>Assistant Professor <br>Computer Information Systems<br>Jacksonville State University<br><br>