Iscram Intro Dugdale

Introduction to the ISCRAM (Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management) Community Julie Dugdale Acknowledgement to Bartel Van de Walle ISSUE: Hanoi, April 2009

ISCRAM Community
Started in 2004 by
Bartel Van de Walle
University of Tilberg, The Netherlands
Benny Carlé
SCK-CEN – Nuclear Research Centre, Belgium
Murray Turoff
New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
A ‘community’ – main events
ISCRAM Conference (Includes PhD Colloquium and workshops)
ISCRAM-CHINA
ISCRAM Summer Schools
ISCRAM Journal

Motivation
In crisis management a lot of R&D concerning computer hardware, communications, and sensors,
No real active community concerned with
the requirements,
design,
development or evaluation
of IS supporting individuals and organisations as they respond to or manage a crisis.

Purpose of the ISCRAM Community
To promote research, development and deployment of information systems for crisis response and management.
To promote and facilitate cooperation between all stakeholders in this domain. (scientific institutions, research institutes, universities, the practitioners and technology and solution providers);
To promote the disclosure of activities and achievements of the association through congresses, conferences, meetings, seminars, summer courses or any other knowledge transfer event, and by the publication of books, documents, technical material and reviews and newsletters of the Association

Community website:
400 registered users December 2004
ISCRAM Community: h ttp://www.iscram.org

ISCRAM International Conferences (Annually in May):
Initiated in 2004, first meeting in Brussels
As of 2005, alternating between Europe and USA:
Brussels, Belgium 2005
Newark, New Jersey 2006
Delft, the Netherlands 2007
Washington DC 2008
Gothenburg, Sweden 2009
San Diego, CA 2010

ISCRAM2004 – First Int’l Workshop, Brussels
co-chair Benny Carlé (SCK-CEN)
80 participants
Proceedings (with ISBN) on CD
Keynote Speakers Murray Turoff Simon French Einar Bjorgo

ISCRAM2005 – 2nd Int’l Conference, Brussels
co-chair Benny Carlé (SCK-CEN)
120 participants
1.Complexity, crisis and robustness 2. IS interoperability 3. GIS for disaster management 4. The role of knowledge management 5. Training to defend: security and logistics 6. Research methods 7. Health and environmental consequence assessment systems Special Sessions at ISCRAM 2005:

ISCRAM2006 – 3rd Int’l Conference, Newark
co-chair Murray Turoff (NJIT)
150 participants
1 Emergency management IS: future needs and requirements 2 Future communications requirements 3 Knowledge management 4 Comparing military and civil IS 5 Emergency response reachback 6 Communities in emergency management 7 Human factors aspects in multi-agency crisis response 8 Incident command systems workflow management 9 Information, communication and coordination issues from Hurricane Katrina 10 Mobile emergency announcements and public warning systems 11 Multi-agent systems 12 Personal area networks 13 Real-time alerts for earthquakes and tsunami 14 Research methods 15 Stakeholder coordination 16 Standards 17 System dynamics modelling 18 Visualisation Special Sessions at ISCRAM 2006:

ISCRAM2008– 5th Int’l Conference, GWU
co-chairs Frank Fiedrich & Jack Harrald
28 Special Sessions (incl. Intelligent systems)
ISCRAM2007– 4th Int’l Conference, Delft
co-chairs Kees Nieuwenhuis and Paul Burghardt (Delft)
150 participants

ISCRAM2009– 6th Int’l Conference, Gotenburg, Sweden
10th to 13th of May, Gothenburg, Sweden
Conference and Program Chairs: Jonas Landgren, Bartel Van de Walle & Susanne Jul
21 sessions organised into 7 tracks
PhD Colloquium, workshops and tutorials, student poster session, best student paper award (Mike Melskin), practitioners workshop
Includes first General Assembly Meeting of the ISCRAM ASSOCIATION

ISCRAM PhD SUMMER SCHOOLS
originally joint initiative ISCRAM-TIEMS NL
about PhD Students
Lectures from international experts
Varied technical – social program

ISCRAM-CHINA INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS
Hosted by Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
For and by Chinese researchers in this area
With an increasing foreign participation
ISCRAM-CHINA Workshop 2006, Harbin, China

Launch of the International Journal of ISCRAM
Inaugural Issue January-March 2009
Published Quarterly
Editors In Chief: Bartel Van de Walle and Murray Jennex
4 Associate Editors from USA, Europe, China and Africa
Editorial Board: global representation

IMPLICATIONS OF ISCRAM FOR ISSUE?
Scientific articles
Promote ISSUE activities
PhD students
Collaborators for future work
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