Hello John –

Our company recently received the following “Call for Papers” from the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications. This request is for companies and educational institutions to submit papers that offer their thoughts and ideas about how to use information technology (IT) to allow the world society “embark responsibly onto the momentum that will be turning the world around”. As you can also see highlighted in red below, the objective is to find “factors enabling the IT revolution to redesign the world economy and society.” Somebody out there has plans for some big changes. Is this a further development toward centralized control? ….of everything?

 

Bob Patton

 

 

 

IT REVOLUTIONS 2008

17th -19th December, 2008, Venice, Italy

 

Sponsored by ICST, Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE and Create-Net

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

 

General Chair: Prof. Mihaela Ulieru, Canada Research Chair, Canada Honorary Chair: Imrich Chlamtac, President of CreateNet, Italy

 

SCOPE

 

 

Mitigating Paradox at the eSociety Tipping Point

 

In December 2008 (17-19th, Venice, Italy) IT Revolutions will bring together funding agencies and government representatives from around the world - with companies and the most visionary academic contributors to the IT Revolutions - to set the future directions in ensuring a smooth transition while enabling IT to unleash its full power in serving the world. The premier conference of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications (ICST) - IT Revolutions - will account yearly on the progress made in building critical mass for the radical shift towards an IT-driven future while ensuring that we embark responsibly onto the momentum that will be turning the world around.

 

The Conference is clustered around major Themes concerned with the disconnect between old and new ways reshaping critical aspects of our world at this turning point - in search for innovative solutions that can capitalize on the impact of the tumultuous IT enabled transformations. Championed by a prominent leader each Theme will:

 

* Evaluate where we are on the path to turnover.  As this requires coordinated efforts -  government S&T representatives and research funding agencies from all continents will address the major areas of concern in dedicated panels whose deliberations will be published as joint recommendations

* Ensure a smooth transition. Exploring the core elements needed to encourage sustainable change as new systems are introduced and grounded in the practice environment. Motivational factors, incentives to embrace the change as well as alignment with the societal needs will be debated in panels and workshops with industry and academia including funding agency and government representatives.

* Point to the Future. Foresight presentations from most visionary contributors to the major areas will push the limits of the achievable through keynotes and position papers that underline factors enabling the IT revolution to redesign the world economy and society.

 

 

THEMES/CHAIRS

 

SYSTEMS THINKING Chair: Brian Sauser, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA E-HEALTH Chair: Christian Coutourier, National Research Council, Canada COMPLEXITY Chair: Yaneer Bar-Yam, NECSI, USA E-LEARNING Chair: Graham Glass, EDU2.0, USA SOCIAL INTERACTION Chair: David Benyon, Napier University, UK E-COMMERCE Chair: Neel Sundaresan, eBay Research Labs, USA ENTERPRISE ORGANIZATION Chair: Walter Derzko, Smart Economy, Canada CABER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS Chair: D K Arvind, Director, Speckled Computing, UK ENERGY WEB Chair: Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon University, USA NANOTECHNOLOGY Chair: Allan Syms, AntNano, UK SAFETY AND SECURITY Chair: Tim Rosenberg, White Wolf, USA CLIMATE CHANGE Chair: Richard Somerville, Scripps Institute, USA AUTOMATION 2.0 Chair: Jose Lastra, Tampere University of Technology, Finland AI 2.0 Chair: Peter Palensky, University of Pretoria, South Africa E-NETWORK DESIGN Chair: Peter Chapman, Canada

 

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

 

Position Papers debating the paradox as it relates to a Theme, are solicited. We seek technical papers clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working solution. All submitted papers and posters will be rigorously reviewed by the committee set up by the Theme Chairs. Conference language is English.  All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Please visit the conference website for submission details related to each Theme.

 

Publication: The peer reviewed position papers will be published by Springer in the series of Lecture Notes of ICST  (LNICST). In addition - the recommendations and guidelines resulted from the Forum deliberations will be published by ICST.   At least one listed author on the final paper must register for and attend the IT Revolutions Forum.

 

Exhibit: In addition to the Workshops and Panels - industry will have the opportunity to expose their latest products and present to corporate attendees, industries and the highest level of academics, forging the way for the IT Revolution in society. For further information please contact ICST at exhibition@icst.org

 

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

General Guidelines

 

(Note: This is followed by detailed instructions about the proper way to prepare and submit the requested papers.)