ISCRAM 06
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
Paper solicitation and Information for Authors
May 14, 2006: Workshops, PhD Colloquium (Sunday 10AM-4PM)
May 15-17, 2006: Conference (Monday to Wednesday)
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark NJ (USA)
Program Chair: Murray Turoff, turoff@njit.edu
Conference Chair: Bartel Van de Walle, bartel@uvt.nl
Conference Theme: An author may submit any paper dealing with Information Systems in any phase, intersection of phases, and/or integration of phases of the Emergency Management and Preparedness lifecycle:
Planning, Training, Mitigation, Detection, Alerting, Response, Recovery, and Assessment
Keynoters: Commissioner Gino P. Menchini: Chief Information Officer (CIO) of New York City
Paul Currion, http://www.currion.net, Information Management for Humanitarian Operations
Important Dates
All Papers of all types due no later than (earlier is better): January 12, 2006
Latest notification to authors of review and decision: March 3, 2006
Final print ready copy by: March 17, 2006
Early registration December 1, 2005 to March 17, 2006
The following list of specific sessions is one that has resulted from external proposals for sessions at ISCRAM 06 (only one chair or co-chair listed here). Papers may be submitted under the general theme or for one of the workshops or sessions below.
Ph.D. Colloquium (Sunday May 14, 2006)
PhD Colloquium, David Mendonca, mendonca@njit.edu
Workshops (Sunday May 14, 2006)
Emergency Management Systems: Future Needs and Requirements, Paul Burgardt, paul.burghardt@decis.nl
Emergency Communication Systems: Future Needs and Requirements, B.S. Manoj, bsmanoj@ucsd.edu
Providing Assurance by Auditing Emergency Preparedness: Role of the Auditor, Michael Alles, alles@rbsmail.rutgers.edu and Murray Turoff, turoff@njit.edu
Forecasting, Risk Assessment, and decision support systems for large scale evacuations, Rene Windhouwer, rene@windhouwer.demon.nl and Bartel Van de Walle, bartel@uvt.nl
Special Sessions Accepted for ISCRAM 06 (May 15-17, 2006)
Audit activities and functions in Emergency Preparedness and Management, B. Elisabeth Rossen, brossen@fau.edu
Communication Challenges in Emergency Response, B.S. Manoj, bsmanoj@ucsd.edu
Communities in Emergency Management, Wendy Schafer, was15@psu.edu
Comparing Military and Civil Information Systems for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Tim Grant, TJ.Grant@mindef.nl
Creating and using the window of opportunity, Rene Windhouwer, rene@windhouwer.demon.nl
Emergency Response Reachback: Cases, Concepts, Processes, and Tools, Steven R. Haynes, shaynes@ist.psu.edu
Exploring Knowledge Management in Crisis Response, Murray E. Jennex, mjennex@mail.sdsu.edu
Human factors aspects in multi-agency crisis management, Liz Carver, liz.carver@baesystems.com
Incident Command Systems Workflow Management, Allen Milewski, amilewsk@monmouth.edu
Information, Communication, and Coordination Issues from Hurricane Katrina, John R. Harrald, jharrald@gwu.edu
Mobile Emergency Announcements and Multi Channel Emergency Announcements (MEA/MCEA) systems, Ronja Addams-Moring ronja.addams-moring@tkk.fi
Modeling and Computer Simulation of Disaster Plans and Emergency Response, Maria Santos, masantos@lnec.pt
Multi-agent Systems for Disaster Management and Response, Frank Fiedrich, fiedrich@gwu.edu
Multi-Disciplinary Requirements Capture for Emergency Management Systems, Paul Burghardt, Paul.Burghardt@DECIS.nl
Personal Area Networks (PAN) for Emergency Response, Susan McGrath, Susan.P.McGrath@dartmouth.edu
Public Warning, Information and Engagement, Art Botterell, acb@incident.com
Real-time alerts for earthquakes and tsunami, Max Wyss, wapmerr@maxwyss.com
Research Methods in Crisis Decision Making and Support, David Mendonça, mendonca@njit.edu
Stakeholder coordination for crisis management, Julie Dugdale, dugdale@irit.fr
Standards in Emergency Management Systems, Jane Fedorowicz, jfedorowicz@bentley.edu
System Dynamics Modeling for Emergency Response and Management, Peter Otto, po36@cornell.edu
Visualization in Emergency Management, Erika Darling, edarling@mitre.org
Full Paper word limit is 5000 words; Research in Progress or Practitioner Case Studies 2500 words; Overall acceptance on above limited to around 100 papers; Prior acceptance rates for papers have been 45-55%; Workshop position papers or PhD Colloquium submissions: 1000-2500 words; Conference attendance limit is around 200.
See http://ISCRAM.ORG for more details on: paper types, prior proceedings, detailed session descriptions, paper template, keynoters, hotels, restaurants, Newark, the Ironbound, local travel, etc. Individual membership for the ISCRAM community website is free.
Any type of paper submitted must be sent or copied to ISCRAM06@njit.edu
If the paper does not fit into one of the workshops or sessions above, it will still be reviewed and if accepted will be put into a session created for it and related papers, or assigned to an existing session if appropriate.
If your paper does clearly fit into one of the sessions above it should also be sent to the chair or co-chairs for the special session. For questions on the appropriateness of a possible paper send an abstract as soon as possible to ISCRAM06@njit.edu or to the chair of the special session that you wish to submit to.