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<p style="line-height:15.1pt;background:white"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Call for Tracks: ISCRAM2015 -
</span></strong><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">May 24-27, 2015, Kristiansand, Norway (http://iscram2015.uia.no/)</span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Conference theme: “Getting ready for the unexpected –</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Information
Systems for Crisis Management in a complex and uncertain world”</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Emergencies are characterised by their ‘</span><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">un</span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">-ness’
- ‘… unexpected, unscheduled, unplanned, unprecedented and definitely unpleasant’ (Crichton 2003) – they are unexpected and unknowable in their specific unfolding. However good plans and scenarios may be, uncertainty is a defining feature in emergency events. Through
this conference theme we invite Tracks and submissions focusing on the technologies, procedures, approaches, methods and tools that can be employed to improve crisis response in an increasingly complex and dynamic world. Creative and critical reflections are
welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">To submit a Track Proposal,</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">please
complete the </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://http/iscram2015.uia.no/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ISCRAM2015_call_tracks.docx"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">template</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> and
send it to </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:iscram2015.tracks@iscram.org?subject=ISCRAM2015%20Track"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">iscram2015.tracks@iscram.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<span lang="EN-US">by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">July 18th, 2014</span></strong>. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">See also more information at
<a href="http://iscram2015.uia.no/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CALLFORPROPOSALSFORTRACKS_2015.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://iscram2015.uia.no/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CALLFORPROPOSALSFORTRACKS_2015.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">With best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Tina Comes, Leysia Palen, Monika Buscher <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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