<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/" target="_blank">2ND ASIAN
CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR CRISIS RESPONSE AND MANAGEMENT</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b>Call for Papers on the web at:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/">http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/</a></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b>CONFERENCE THEME</b>: 10 years of post-tsunami recovery: the role of
ICTs in building disaster resilience</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b>CONFERENCE DATES</b>: Friday June 20 and Saturday June 21, 2014</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b>CONFERENCE LOCATION</b>: Colombo, Sri Lanka</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">ISCRAM-Asia 2014 will bring together top researchers and practitioners
working in the area of information systems for crisis response. The conference
provides an opportunity for academic researchers in Asia to present new
research and for practitioners to discuss best practices.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">The ISCRAM-Asia 2014 conference is anchored on the <a href="http://www.iotxconvention.org/" target="_blank">2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Tenth Year Anniversary (IOTX) convention</a> organized by LIRNEasia and
several partner organizations. The six-day IOTX convention comprises a
combination of expert and technical workshops, a public lecture, and this
conference:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">The IOTX events are open to ISCRAM-Asia conference participants for no
additional registration fee. Visit the website to learn more on the IOTX event: <a href="http://www.iotxconvention.org/" target="_blank">www.iotxconvention.org</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u>WE INVITE YOU TO SUBMIT PAPERS FOR THE PLANNED CONFERENCE THEMES
AND TOPICS.</u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">1. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS</p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/disaster-education-and-learning/" target="_blank">Disaster Education and Learning</a> (Awareness
education training)<a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/disaster-education-and-learning/" target="_blank"><br>
</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/disaster-education-and-learning/" target="_blank">Functional Early Warning Systems</a> (sensor,
detection, decision, broker, and response subsystem cohesiveness)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/innovative-multi-stakeholder-community-partnerships-2/" target="_blank">Multi-stakeholder Community-focused Partnerships in
Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Systems</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/tools-for-assessing-vulnerability-and-resilience-of-people/" target="_blank">Approaches, methods and tools for assessing
vulnerability and resilience of people at risk</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/disaster-risk-assessment-and-management/" target="_blank">Disaster risk assessment and management</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/planning-and-foresight/" target="_blank">Planning, Foresight and/or Risk Analysis</a></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">2. RESPONSE</p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/humanitarian-relief-supply-chain-management/" target="_blank">Humanitarian and Disaster relief supply chain management</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/situational-awareness/" target="_blank">Information Systems Supporting Situation Awareness (SA)
for Enhanced Disaster/Emergency Management</a></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">3. CROSS CUTTING ISSUES</p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/decision-support-systems/" target="_blank">Decision support systems for emergency preparedness and
management</a><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/decision-support-systems/" target="_blank"><br>
</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/decision-support-systems/" target="_blank">Use of ICTs in public health and emergency medical
management</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/modeling-and-simulation/" target="_blank">Modelling and Simulations</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/disaster-risk-insurance/" target="_blank">Disaster Risk Insurance</a></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">4. OTHER RELATED TOPICS</p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Any other topic you
feel is relevant to the aims of the conference</li>
</ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">IF YOU HAVE ANY INQUIRIES, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">CONTACT</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"> US</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="mailto:iscramasia2014@iscram.org" target="_blank">iscramasia2014@iscram.org</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">ISCRAM-ASIA PROGRAM CHAIRS</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Bartel Van de Walle (Tilburg University, The Netherlands; <a href="mailto:bvdwalle@gmail.com" target="_blank">bvdwalle@gmail.com</a>)</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Frank Thomalla
(Stockholm Environment Institute, Thailand; <a href="mailto:frank.thomalla@sei-international.org" target="_blank">frank.thomalla@sei-international.org</a>)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Hui Zhang (Tsinghua
University, China; <a href="mailto:zhhui@tsinghua.edu.cn" target="_blank">zhhui@tsinghua.edu.cn</a>)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Nuwan Waidyanatha
(LIRNEasia, China; <a href="mailto:nuwan@lirneasia.net" target="_blank">nuwan@lirneasia.net</a>)</li>
</ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">IOTX CONVENTION & ISCRAM-ASIA CONFERENCE CHAIR</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Nuwan Waidyanatha
(LIRNEasia, China; <a href="mailto:nuwan@lirneasia.net" target="_blank">nuwan@lirneasia.net</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"> </p><div><br></div>-- <br>Linda Plotnick, Ph.D.<br>Assistant Professor <br>Computer Information Systems<br>Jacksonville State University<br><br>
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