ISCRAM2006 Conference

ISCRAM2006: a wonderful meeting! All good things come to an end, and ISCRAM2006 certainly was a “good thing”: an excellent conference with numerous highlights packed in a full three day program! The presentations and papers will be posted here online at iscramlive.org by June 1st the latest – please give us a bit of time […]

The program for ISCRAM2006 is now available and can be downloaded here. We have been able to put together a truly excellent program, and we are looking forward to meeting you in Newark!

Resolving resilience: CDEM, risks, and information management in New Zealand Peter R Wood, Emergency Management Planner (National Plan), Ministry of Civil Defense & Emergency Management  Abstract Civil Defense Emergency Management (CDEM) is New Zealandís response to the uncertainties of the next ìbig one.î New Zealand”s location on the boundary of two or the Earth”s tectonic […]

A Tale of Two Cities:Banda Aceh, New Orleans and humanitarian operations Paul Currion, Lead Consultant, Humanitarian.info  Abstract The international community provides humanitarian assistance through a complex web of agreements and institutions that simultaneously support and obstruct each other in their work. While most support during a disaster is provided by local actors, international organizations often […]

Citywide IT Preparedness for Critical Events: Accomplishments and Challenges Gino Menchini, Chief Information Officer, City of New York 9/11 and Voice/Data Communications One of the most important lessons of the September 11, 2001 attacks was the need for an improved means of communicating with key personnel. In addition to ensuring radio interoperability among its first […]

We are happy to announce three superb keynote speakers for the upcoming ISCRAM2006 conference: New York City CIO Gino Menchini, Humanitarian Consultant Paul Currion, and New Zealand National Emergency Management Planner Peter Wood. On Monday May 15, New York City CIO Gino Menchini will present a keynote talk about Citywide IT Preparedness for Critical Events: Accomplishments […]

Dear all, the paper submission deadline for ISCRAM2006 has been extended to Monday, January 23, 2006.Best regards – Bartel

Abstracts for Ph.D. Colloquium, Workshops, and Special Sessions Ph.D. Colloquium and Workshops Sunday, May 14, 2006, 10am-4pm Ph.D. Student Colloquium Abstract Chair:  David Mendonça, mendonca@njit.edu, Information Systems Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology Co-chairs and past Ph.D. colloquium participants and awardees: Jonas Landgren, jonas.landgren@viktoria.se , Viktoria Institute, Sweden Jiri Trnka, jirtr@ida.liu.se, Linköping University, Sweden The […]

International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Publications Format First author’s name Affiliation e-mail address Second author’s name Affiliation e-mail address   Third author’s name Affiliation e-mail address ABSTRACT In this document we describe the formatting requirements for the Proceedings of the ISCRAM2006 Conference for the following types of papers: full papers, […]