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<p class="MsoNormal">:::::::::::::::::::: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
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<p><span lang="EN-IE">IFIP WG 8.3 and SIGDSS Workshop on Enabling Effective
Decision-Making in the Management of Disasters (DSS 2.0): <span><a href="http://bit.ly/1eZlFAG" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1eZlFAG</a></span> </span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-IE">DESCRIPTION ===========</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">Volatile events such as public
health disasters bring the prospect of rapid contagion and the threat of
disastrous impacts for Europe. Vulnerabilities and cascading effects can result
in significant injuries, illness and loss of life. Damage to health
infrastructure, demand for medical attention, displacement and major outbreaks
all place a strain on health services. Preparedness, response and recovery
capabilities of health services will directly impact society's ability to
'bounce back' to become more resilient to such devastating shocks. Health
emergency management (EM) however, is a complex process.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">Comprehensive EM is based on
four distinct processes: (1) mitigation: reducing the consequences of an
emergency, (2) preparedness: equipping responders, decision-makers and the
public with the tools and mechanisms to minimise losses, (3) response: actions
to prevent further health suffering, and (4) recovery: returning to normal.
Given the importance of health services in crisis situations, the consequences
of these agencies being unprepared could be particularly dramatic in terms of
casualties, panic etc. The development of decision support tools to improve
their preparedness, response and recovery is of utmost importance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">This DSS 2.0 (</span><span lang="EN-IE"><span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://dss20conference.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://dss20conference.wordpress.com</a></span></span>)</span><span lang="EN-IE"> workshop will investigate how to improve preparedness and
decision-making response by health services involved in large scale and/or
cross border emergencies by discussing decision support tools/processes
including scenarios, technology, operating procedures, training programs,
logistics tools, lessons-learned applicable to the Emergency Management domain.
Short discussion papers/abstracts are welcomed from academic and practitioner
experts in Emergency/Crisis Management - Decision-Making which address the
above.</span><span lang="EN-IE"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">LIST OF TOPICS ============</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">1.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">Common decision-making
processes for interoperability of medical and security services in a disaster
at a local, regional and cross border response.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">2.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">Decision support tools for
threat analysis with relevant reference evaluating scenarios.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">3.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">Decision-making processes/
methods for preparedness - prioritizing needed scenarios, creating the required
standard operating procedures, identifying the necessary coordination of
decision-making between stakeholders, identifying the required resources and
the necessary training.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">4.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">Decision-making tools for
validating each component and the preparedness as a whole.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">5.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">Decision support tool-set for
intelligence and analysis of gathering, with the ability to alert
decision-makers to the occurrence of an unusual biological event (weak signal
detection), predict the evolution of the scenario, create the operational
picture and share filtered information with all of the relevant stakeholders.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">6.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">Logistic models for assessing
the needed stockpiles of necessary equipment, medications, vaccinations and
personal protective equipment, their positioning and restocking (resource
management).</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">7.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">What-if tools for the creation
of surge capacity in the event of a major crisis.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">8.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">Decision-making coordination
mechanisms for healthcare services, security agencies operating nationally and
with international organisations.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">9.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">The methodologies needed for
training and creating the required knowledge and DM skills for responding in
emergency situations.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">10.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">Post crisis evaluation DS
tools, with processes for identifying lessons learned, documenting them and
implementation of the necessary changes for future emergencies.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">11.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">An evaluation of current Incident
Management tools used by decision makers and first responders.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-IE">12.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span lang="EN-IE">Intelligent decision support
mechanisms to enhance critical decisions in disaster management situations.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">IMPORTANT DATES ================</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">12/05/2014: Deadline for workshop Abstract submissions</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">16/05/2014: Notification to authors of accepted Abstracts</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">02/06/2014: IFIP WG 8.3 and SIGDSS Workshop </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ===================== </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">Authors are required to submit an abstract (600 words) of
their proposed presentation to <span><a href="mailto:KarenNeville@ucc.ie" target="_blank">KarenNeville@ucc.ie</a></span> by the 12th of May.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">An extended version of the Best paper selected from the
workshop will be published in a special issue of the Int. Journal of
Information and Decision Sciences. CFP of the special issue can be reached at: <span><a href="http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=2516http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=2516" target="_blank">http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=2516http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=2516</a></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">WORKSHOP CHAIR ===============</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">Dr Karen Neville, Centre for Security Management Research,
BIS, University College Cork, Ireland </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-IE">PROGRAM COMMITTEE =================== </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-IE">Professor Sven
Carlson, Lund University, Sweden </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-IE">Dr. Andrew Pope,
BIS, University College Cork, Ireland </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-IE">Professor Liaquat
Hossain, Sydney University, Australia </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-IE">Dr. Simon
Woodworth, BIS, University College Cork, Ireland </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-IE">Dr. Nora McCarthy,
ASSERT Centre, University College Cork, Ireland </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-IE">Dr. William Hynes,
Future Analytics Consultancy (FAC), Dublin, Ireland </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-IE">Stephen Purcell,
Future Analytics Consultancy (FAC), Dublin, Ireland </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-IE">Cathal Doyle, BIS,
University College Cork, Ireland</span></p>
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