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IT REVOLUTIONS 2008
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17th -19th December, 2008, Venice, Italy
Sponsored by ICST, Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE and Create-Net
CALL FOR PAPERS
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General Chair: Prof. Mihaela Ulieru, Canada Research Chair, Canada
Honorary Chair: Imrich Chlamtac, President of CreateNet, Italy
Keynote Speakers:
* Prof. John Boardman, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
* Heinz Luediger, IMST GmbH, Germany
* Bill St. Arnaud, Canarie, Canada
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
E-HEALTH Chair: Christian Couturier, National Research Council Institute for Information Technology, Canada
E-LEARNING Chair: Philip Long, MIT, USA, University of Queensland, Australia
E-COMMERCE Chair: Neel Sundaresan, eBay Research Labs, USA
SOCIAL INTERACTION Chair: David Benyon, Napier University, UK
21st CENTURY CULTURE Chair: Ebon Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
APPROACHING REALITY Chair: Andres Sousa-Poza, USA
SAFETY AND SECURITY Chair: Tim Rosenberg, White Wolf Security, USA Co-Chair:Jack Smith, Defence R&D, Canada
UTILITY SUPPLY Chair: Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Chair: Unho Choi, Korea Logistics Network, Korea
CLIMATE CHANGE Chair: Richard Somerville, Scripps Institute, USA
COMPLEXITY Chair: Yaneer Bar-Yam, NECSI, USA Co-Chair: Rene Doursat, Institute de Systemes Complexes de Paris, France
SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS Chair: Walter Derzko, Smart Economy, Canada Co-Chair: Mike Hollinshead, Facing-The-Future, Canada
CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS Chair: D K Arvind, University of Edinburgh, UK
AUTOMATION 2.0 Chair: Jose Lastra, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
NANOTECHNOLOGY Chair: Allan Syms, AntNano, UK
E-NETWORK DESIGN Chair: Peter Chapman, Canada
GRID&CLOUD COMPUTING Chair: Wolfgang Gentzsch, DEISA Project and Open Grid Forum, Germany
AI 2.0 Chair: Peter Palensky, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Position Papers debating the paradox as it relates to a Theme as well as Technical Papers clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working solution, are solicited.
The Position Papers will be presented in the Forum plenary, while the Technical Papers will be presented in the Workshops dedicated to each Theme.
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 - www.itrevolutions.org - for submission details related to each Theme.
Publication: The peer reviewed Technical Papers will be published in the IEEE IT Revolutions Proceedings before the conference.
The Position Papers will be published post-conference in a Book "IT Revolutions" by Springer in the series of Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST).
The Book will conclude with the recommendations and guidelines resulted from the Forum Panels and deliberations.
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 about the Exhibit please contact ICST at exhibition@icst.org
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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
For *POSITION PAPERS* please prepare your paper using the guidelines and templates from Springer's LNICST website: ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/lnicst/author/instructions/typeinst.pdf and from www.itrevolutions.org
For *TECHNICAL PAPERS* please prepare your paper in general IEEE format. You may read the detailed guidelines for IEEE publications in the IEEE Author's Kit to be found on www.itrevolutions.org website.
You may find further information and the complete Author's Kits here: www.itrevolutions.org
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IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: 15th October, 2008
Acceptance notification: 1st November, 2008
Camera Ready: 1st December, 2008
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SPONSORS/PARTNERS
Technical Co-Sponsors: IEEE and Create-Net
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION please
send a message to: itrevolutions@icst.org or visit: www.itrevolutions.org
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