[dmwg] Call for participation - ISCRAM (Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management) Vietnam 2013 Conference

Wed Oct 16 01:34:33 ICT 2013

Dear all,

We add a special price for NGOs members : 50 USD (with the
proceedings, lunches/coffee everyday but without the dinner).
You are interested if you could do short report of your activities (15 min).

Please register here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZsXKur3nTLPYPg5lpVKwallPHt07Zu26i3GL3xNUV9A/viewform

Regards,

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Serge Stinckwich
<serge.stinckwich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Register for this exciting event in Ha Noi !
>
> We will have a Sahana Camp the day before and a tutorial on wireless
> sensors for environmental surveillance. See below for details.
>
> =====================================================
> Call for Participation
> ISCRAM (Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management)
> Vietnam 2013 Conference
>
> October 30th - November 1st, 2013
> Hanoi, Vietnam
>
> Website: http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/public/ISCRAM-VN2013.html
> =====================================================
>
> The conference is intended for researchers and practitioners in the
> South-East Asia region who are working in the area of disasters and
> risks. This conference will take place in Ha Noi, Vietnam from the
> 30th October to November 1st at the Institut de la Francophonie pour
> l'Informatique (IFI).
>
> Register at the conference here:
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZsXKur3nTLPYPg5lpVKwallPHt07Zu26i3GL3xNUV9A/viewform
>
> Free attendance for students !
>
> # Description
>
> The aim of this 3 day conference is to bring together both researchers
> and practitioners in the South-East Asian region that are working on
> state-of-the-art crisis information systems. The conference will be a
> unique opportunity to exchange information and knowledge, and provide
> a forum for discussion of new research results, best practices and
> case studies. The first day of the conference is dedicated to
> tutorials, this will be followed by 2 days of scientific presentations
>
> ISCRAM Vietnam 2013 is part of the ISCRAM (Information Systems for
> Crisis Response and Management) (http://www.iscram.org/) conference
> series. The ISCRAM Association's primary mission is to foster a
> community dedicated to promoting research and development, exchange of
> knowledge and deployment of information systems for crisis management,
> including the social, technical and practical aspects of all
> information and communication systems used or to be used in all phases
> of management of emergencies, disasters and crises. Whilst there are
> several ISCRAM events organized within Europe and North America, the
> goal of the ISCRAM Vietnam conference is to bring together the large
> number of researchers and practitioners concerned with information
> systems for crisis management in the South East Asia region.
>
> #Conference topics
>
> Topics include, but are not limited to:
>
> - Modeling and Simulation
> - Human Experiences in the Design of Crisis Response and Management
> Services and Systems
> - Command and Control Studies
> - Education and Training
> - Planning, Foresight and/or Risk Analysis
> - Social Media and Collaborative Systems
> - Humanitarian actions
> - Search & Rescue Robotics
> - Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIS&T) for Crisis
> Response and Management
> - Research Methods
> - Healthcare Crisis Management Systems
> - Humanitarian Challenges
> - Decision Support Methods for Complex Crises
> - Wireless Connectivity Management
> - Inter-Organizational Exercises and Operations
> - Intelligent Systems
> - Wireless Sensor Networks for Emergency Response
> - Early Warning and Expert Systems for Disaster Management
> - Serious Games for Crisis Management
>
> # Colocated Workshop and Tutorials
>
> - A SahanaCamp will be organized the day before the conference
> (October 29th 2013). Free attendance
> - A tutorial on Wireless Sensors for Environmental Surveillance
> (November 1st 2013).
> Practical work with various sensors and Arduino boards. Arduino is an
> open-source electronics prototyping platform for artists, designers,
> hobbyists and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or
> environments. http://arduino.cc
>
> # Program (draft)
>
> ### Tuesday October 29th
> 8:30-18:00 SahanaCamp :http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/Event/2013/ISCRAM
>
> ### Wednesday October 30th
> - 8:30-9:00 Conference registration
> - 9:00-9:15 Welcome
> - 9:15-10:30 Keynote : TBA
> - 10:30-11:00 Coffee break
>
> #### Track: Tsunami and Earthquake models and simulation
> - 11:00-11:30 Le Nguyen Tuan Thanh, Chihab Hanachi, Serge Stinckwich
> and Ho Tuong Vinh. **Representing, Simulating and Analysing Ho Chi
> Minh City Tsunami Plan by Means of Process Models** (Long Paper)
> - 11:30-12:00 Van-Minh Le, Jean-Daniel Zucker, Tuong Vinh Ho and Yann
> Chevaleyre. **Impact of Tsunami Arrival Moment and Population
> Distribution on Optimization of Sign Deployment for Tsunami
> Evacuation** (Long Paper)
>
> - 12:00-14:00 Lunch
>
> #### Track: Reporting and Surveillance Systems
> - 14:00-14:30 Lutz Frommberger and Falko Schmid. **Crowdsourced
> Bi-directional Disaster Reporting and Alerting on Smartphones in Lao
> PDR** (Long Paper)
> - 14:30-15:00 Hoai Bao Lam, Tan Tai Phan, Huynh Long Vuong, Xuan Hiep
> Huynh and Bernard Pottier. **Designing a Brown Plant Hoppers (BPH)
> Surveillance Network based on Wireless Sensor Network Approach** (Long
> Paper)
>
> #### Case study: Resilience
> - 15:30-16:00 Ho Son and Richard Baker. **Putting a Resilience Lens on
> Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study in the Northern Vietnam**
> (Long Paper)
>
> ### Thursday October 31th
> - 9:00-10:15 Keynote: TBA
> - 10:15-10:45 Coffee
>
> #### Case study: Coordination networks
> - 10:45-11:15 Kwang Deok Kim and Liaquat Hossain. **Towards
> Coordinated Disaster Response with Network Approach** (Long paper)
> - 11:15-11.30 Fadl Bdeir, Liaquat Hossain, John Crawford and Shahadat
> Uddin. **Exploring formal coordination during pandemic H1N1 2009
> outbreak using social network theory** (Short paper)
> - 11.30–11.45 Chien Huynh and Phuong Huynh, **Student-based
> Collaborative Network for Delivering Information of Natural Disasters
> and Climate Adaptation** (Short paper)
> - 12:00-14 Lunch
>
> #### Track: Tsunami and Earthquake models and simulation
> - 14:00-14:30 Hong Van Truong, Elise Beck, Julie Dugdale and Carole
> Adam. ***Developing a Model of Evacuation After an Earthquake in
> Lebanon*** (Long Paper)
> - 14:30-15:00 Nguyen Hong Phuong, Vu Ha Phuong and Pham The Truyen.
> ***Assessment of Tsunami Hazards from Manila Trench to Vietnam Using a
> Worst Case Scenario*** (Long Paper)
> - 15:00-15:30 Lam Thu Bui and Van Vien Mac. ***Toward an Agent Based
> Distillation Approach for Protesting Crowd Simulation*** (Short Paper)
>
> - 18:00-21:00 Dinner
>
> ### Friday November 1st
>
> #### Half-day Tutorial : Wireless Sensors for Environmental
> Surveillance (Bernard Pottier, UBS, Serge Stinckwich, IRD/UPMC)
> Practical work with various sensors and [Arduino boards](http://www.arduino.cc/)
>
> # Conference organizers
>
> - Julie Dugdale, Université Pierre Mendès France, France
> - Ho Tuong Vinh, MSI/IFI/Vietnam National University, Vietnam
> - Nguyen Hong Phuong, Institute of Geophysics, Vietnam Academy of
> Science and Technology, Vietnam
> - Serge Stinckwich Serge Stinckwich, UMI 209 UMMISCO (IRD/UPMC), France
>
> # Contact
>
> Please contact Serge Stinckwich (Serge DOT Stinckwich AT gmail DOT
> com) for further details about the conference.
>
> --
> Serge Stinckwich
> UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC)
> Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
> http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/

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UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC)
Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/