3rd ISCRAM SUMMER SCHOOL ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Tilburg University, the Netherlands –
Citizen Participation for Crisis Response and Management
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20-28 August 2009, Tilburg, the Netherlands
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION — Late registration is now OPEN until July 5
INTRODUCTION:
We are pleased to announce the 3rd edition of the ISCRAM Summer School on New Technologies in Crisis Management. This summer school series successfully started in 2006, offering a top level program at Tilburg University for students from all over the world.
Participants will gain insights from information systems for crisis response and management and emerging themes in the area of citizen participation in crisis preparedness and response. Participants will have ample opportunity to discuss their work with other researchers and practitioners.
The Summer School is intended to be an intellectually and socially stimulating environment, and expected to result in active networking long after the summer school is over.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
* Interactive Lectures with leading experts from academia and research labs, the United Nations, and practice
* Social Activities
* Dinner Challenge Talks by Special Guests
* Full day site visit (secret location)
* Full day exercise in the City of Tilburg
LECTURERS (list incomplete):
* Professor Simon French (Manchester Business School, UK)
* Dr. Susanne Jul (Amaryllis Consulting, USA)
* Dr. Tom De Groeve (ISPRA, Italy)
* Erik Kastlander (UN OCHA, Geneva)
* Craig Duncan (UN ISDR, Geneva)
* Paul Burghardt (DECIS Labs, the Netherlands)
* Jonas Landgren (Viktoria Institute, Sweden)
* Professor Piet Ribbers (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)
CURRENT PARTICIPANTS:
We have confirmed participants from the USA, Canada, Turkey, the Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, the UK and Vietnam – a truly global group!
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Students in PhD programs in Information Systems, Computer Science, Organization Research, Management Science, and Operations Research or in other fields with research interests related to crisis management are eligible for nomination. The nominee should have completed course work, developed a dissertation proposal and preferably have completed one year of
dissertation work with one year remaining (at the time of the summer school) before completion.
BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING:
Participants will gain insights in the use of information systems for crisis response and management and become informed of emerging themes in the area of community and citizen crisis preparedness and response. All students will be stimulated to interact and discuss their work with the experts. The Summer School is intended to be an intellectually and socially stimulating environment, and expected to result in active networking long after the
Summer School is over.
At the Summer School, participants are expected to work in groups whose tasks include:
- analysis and discussion of relevant crises cases;
- study the role of IT/IS in citizen and community preparedness and response;
- exercising, gaming and role playing;
- use of dedicated crisis response decision support software.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Please contact the Program Committee (email address: summerschool2009@iscram.org) immediately if you are interested in attending. Include a Curriculum Vitae with your email. You will be informed of further procedures.
COST:
The late registration tuition fee is 600 EUR, plus 600 Euro which will cover full accommodation during the entire week (in a single room at Hotel De Postelse Hoeve), lunches and dinners (except for the weekend). Tuition fee covers lectures, excursion and other organized social events.
VENUE:
With a population of nearly 200,000 inhabitants, Tilburg is the Netherlands’ sixth largest city and is located in the South of the country, close to the Belgian border, in the Province of ‘North Brabant’. For more information on the Netherlands and Tilburg, see
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/netherlands/
ACCOMMODATION:
The Summer School classes will be held at the Campus of Tilburg University in Tilburg ( http://www.tilburguniversity.nl ). Accommodation is provided in Hotel Postelse Hoeve in Tilburg, which is conveniently located within biking distance from the University campus. Bikes will be provided to all participants.
