[ISCRAM-ASIA-2014] Announcing the first call for papers, 20 & 21 June 2014, Colombo - Sri Lanka

[Nuwan Waidyanatha]

ISCRAM ASIA 2014 - FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

CONFERENCE THEME: 10 years of post-tsunami recovery: the role of ICTs in building disaster resilience

www.iscramasia2014.org

2nd Asian Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

CONFERENCE DATES: Friday June 20 and Saturday June 21, 2014

CONFERENCE LOCATION: Colombo, Sri Lanka

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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.

The ISCRAM-Asia 2014 conference is anchored on the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Tenth Year Anniversary (IOTX) convention 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:

- The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) early warning standard jump start, expert technical workshop, and CAP code-fest (organizers: World Meteorological Organization

(WMO)

, International Telecommunications Union

(ITU)

and the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

(OASIS)

- Sahana Disaster Management Software technical training and hackathon (organizers: Sahana Software Foundation)
- LIRNEasia disaster risk reduction public lecture (organizer: LIRNEasia)
IOTX gala diner for a networking opportunity with other IOTX event attendees

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: www.iotxconvention.org

WE INVITE YOU TO SUBMIT PAPERS FOR THE PLANNED CONFERENCE THEMES AND

TOPICS.

1. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

    

Awareness education training (or disaster education and learning)

    

Functional Early Warning Systems

    

Disaster Risk Assessment

    

Emergency drills and simulations

2. PREVENTION AND MITIGATION

    

Risk communication, dissemination and comprehension

    

Disaster risk insurance, management and planning

3. RESPONSE

    

Coordination, Search and rescue / First Aid

    

Humanitarian and Disaster relief supply chain management

    

Development and operationalization of response control systems

    

Emergency management information systems

4. REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION

    

Humanitarian challenges

    

Reconstruction, long-term recovery and ecosystem reconstruction

    

Resettlement (land use planning/reasoning)

5. CROSS CUTTING ISSUES

    

T

he role of cultural and gender dimensions in disaster vulnerability, response, and recovery

    

ICTs for Disaster Risk Management

    

Decision support systems, risk communication, dissemination and comprehension

    

Disaster risk insurance, management and planning

    

Development and operationalization of response control systems

    

Intelligent systems - “use of ICTs in public health and emergency medical management

    

Role of social media in risk perception, awareness, knowledge management, and

crisis response

6. OTHER RELATED TOPICS

    

Any other topic you feel is relevant to the aims of the conference


We invite two categories of papers:

Research papers presenting original, relevant cutting edge research that will be reviewed to the highest academic standards. Reviewers will pay additional attention to the related scientific literature and theory, to the use of an appropriate research methodology, and to technical, mathematical and statistical correctness.

Insights papers (Practice papers) 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.

TO SUBMIT A PAPER

Select the most appropriate track:

http://iscramasia2014.org/submissions/call-for-papers/ that is closest to the topic of your paper. If you have questions please submit the title and abstract of your paper to the following email: iscrama...@iscram.org

Authors must submit abstracts and papers electronically through the conference system. The link to the submission system will be available on the website in November.)
All papers must use the ISCRAM paper template and fAuthors can choose to submit their work in the following formats:
Full papers presenting completed work. Such papers should be no more than 10 pages including figures & tables (~5000 words).
Short papers presenting work in progress and novel approaches that are being developed. Such papers should be no more than 4 pages with figures & tables (~2000 words).
Posters presenting work in progress. Authors must first provide a 1 page abstract (~250 words) followed by the presentation poster.


IMPORTANT DATES

Announce call for full-paper abstracts

         

        

            

23 October 2013
Deadline for submission of full-paper abstracts

    

           

25 November 2013
Review abstract and invite submission of full-papers

   

  

23 December 2013

Deadline for submission of full papers

                         

     

10 March 2014

Deadline for panel discussion proposals

                      

     

10 March 2014
Deadline for short-paper submissions (work-in-progress & concept papers, poster proposals)

    

10 March 2014
Complete review of full-papers, short-papers, and panel proposals

    

                                       

     

14 April 2014
FINAL submission of camera-ready full-papers, short-papers, and panel proposals

    

               

   

19 May 2014
FINAL decision made by the Program and Scientific Committee

                                                

       

02 June 2014

CONTACT

iscrama...@iscram.org


ISCRAM-ASIA PROGRAM CHAIRS

Bartel Van de Walle (Tilburg University, The Netherlands; bvdw...@gmail.com)
Frank Thomalla (Stockholm Environment Institute, Thailand; frank.t...@sei-international.org)
Hui Zhang (Tsinghua University, China; zh...@tsinghua.edu.cn)

IOTX CONVENTION & ISCRAM-ASIA CONFERENCE CHAIR

Nuwan Waidyanatha (LIRNEasia, China; nu...@lirneasia.net)