[cid:79BFA7FB-AC63-4BB1-BFC3-4FC563CB8CC8] 13th Annual Conference for Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 22- 25 2016 CALL FOR PAPERS http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br Important Dates Long papers, panels, workshops: Friday, November 20th, 2015 Short papers, posters, demonstrations, doctoral consortium: Friday, January 29th, 2016 (IMPORTANT: These are hard deadlines that will not be extended) ISCRAM2016 PAPER SUBMISSIONS ISCRAM2016 invites two categories of papers: *Long papers with a target acceptance rate of 35 % presenting completed work including a description of methods, results and validation (4,000-6,000 words) *Short papers presenting work in earlier stages, outlining concepts and discussing first results (2,000-3,500 words) You are also invited to choose the review process: *Research papers will be reviewed according to scientific standards *Insight Papers are reviewed with respect to practical relevance and applicability For each type of paper, submissions are welcome from academics, researchers, practitioners, technical or other experts, policy makers, or other professionals in the emergency management domain. The ISCRAM2016 proceedings will clearly identify the type of submission and reviewing process chosen. PANELS, WORKSHOPS, DEMONSTRATIONS, POSTERS AND A DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM ISCRAM2016 also welcomes workshops, panels (deadline: Nov 20th), posters, demonstrations, and the doctoral consortium (deadline: Jan 29th). Additional calls for these opportunities will be published on the main ISCRAM2016 website. www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br TO SUBMIT A PAPER 1. Authors must submit papers electronically through the conference system. https://www.conftool.com/iscram2016/ 2. All papers must use the ISCRAM paper template and follow the ISCRAM house style. The template is available on the Conference homepage. PAPER TEMPLATES Template for Long Papers<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/images/Paper_Templates/ISCRAM2016_Conference_LongPaperTemplate.doc> Template for Short Papers<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/images/Paper_Templates/ISCRAM2016_Conference_ShortPaperTemplate_39840927.doc> Template for Poster presentation<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/images/Paper_Templates/A1_PosterTemplate.pptx> 3. Papers may be submitted to either a Track or the Emergent Theme Open Track. Read through the calls of the individual tracks and select the track that is closest to the topic of your paper. If none match closely enough, submit to the Emergent Theme Track and your paper will be grouped by keyword with relevant reviewers. LIST OF TRACKS Analytical Modeling and Simulation<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/call-for-papers-analytical-modeling-and-simulation.html> Command and Control Studies<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/call-for-papers-command-and-control-studies.html> Community Engagement & Practitioner Cases<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/community-engagement-practitioner-cases.html> Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/ethical-legal-and-social-issues.html> Geospatial Data & Geographical Information Science<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/geospatial-data-geographical-information-science.html> Human Centered Design and Evaluation<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/human-centered-design-and-evaluation.html> Intelligent Decision Support in the Networked Society<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/intelligent-decision-support-in-the-networked-society.html> Planning, Foresight and Risk Analysis<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/planning-foresight-and-risk-analysis.html> Social Media Studies<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/social-media-studies.html> Emerging Topics<http://www.iscram2016.nce.ufrj.br/emerging-topics.html> Important Dates for ISCRAM 2016 Authors 20 November 2015 Long Papers, panels and workshops due 15 January 2016 Long Papers & Panel Proposals Acceptance notification 29 January 2016 Short Papers, posters, demonstrations, doctoral consortium 15 February 2016 Short Papers, posters, demonstrations, doctoral consortium Acceptance Notification Camera-ready copies of Long Papers 26 February 2016 Camera-ready Short Papers deadline Submission of the camera-ready version on Feb 26th is a commitment to sending at least one author per paper to the conference. If authors are on multiple papers, the number of registrations in total must meet or exceed the number of papers per collective author group. If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us at iscram2016.papers@iscram.org<mailto:iscram2016.papers@iscram.org>