CALL FOR PAPERS WORLD MULTICONFERENCE ON=20 SYSTEMICS, CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATICS: SCI'98 Orlando, Florida July, 12-16, 1998 http://www.iiis.org Honorary Presidents: Bela H. Banathy, Staford Beer and George Klir Program Chair: William Lesso Conference Chair: Nagib Callaos MAJOR THEMES * Conceptual Infrastructure of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics * Information Systems (ISAS'98) * Control Systems * Managerial/Corporative Systems * Human Resources Systems * Natural Resources Systems * Social Systems * Educational Systems * Financial Systems * SCI in Psychology, Cognition and Spirituality * SCI in Biology and Medicine * SCI in Art * Globalization, Development and Emerging Economies (Topics for each theme could be found at the Conference web page http://www.iiis.org or by e-mail request) ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC SPONSORS * WOSC: World Organization on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics= (France) * IFSR: International Federation of Systems Research (Austria/USA) * ISSS: International Society for the Systems Sciences (USA) * ISI: The International Systems Institute (USA) * CUST, Engineer Science Institute of the Blaise Pascal University (France) * The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics (Canada) * Society Applied Systems Research (Canada) * Cybernetics and Human Knowing: A Journal of Second Order Cybernetics and Cybersemiotics (Denmark) * International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (USA) * Simon Bolivar University (Venezuela) * Polish System Society (Poland) * Italian Society of Systemics * Systems Society of Poland * Andean Society of Systemics * The Electronic and Computer Music Studios of The University of Massachusetts (USA) * Institute of Neurosurgery (Ukraine) * Slovenian Artificial Intelligence Society * Institute of Automation of the University of Maribor (Slovenia) * The Centre for Systems Studies (UK) * IEEE/Latinoamerica ORGANIZED BY THE IIIS The International Institute of Informatics and Systemics. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Integrated by 210 prestigious scholars/researchers from 54 countries (details at the web page http://www.iiis.org or by e-mail request). TYPES OF SUBMISSION ACCEPTED * Research, Review or Position Papers * Panel Presentation, Workshop and/or Round Table Proposals * New Topics Proposal (which should include a minimum of 5 papers) * Focus Symposia (which should include a minimum of 15 papers) * Tutorial Proposal (which should include an outline of it and a brief biography, and clearly indicate whether the tutorial is half-day or full-day duration and whether it is technically or managerially oriented). SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR EARLY SUBMISSIONS Submissions will be reviewed by three Program Committee Members as soon as they are received. Consequently, early submissions that were not accepted by at least two referees, will have the opportunity to re-submit their papers according the suggestions done by their reviewers. The hope of the Organizing Committee is to provide a supporting process for improving the quality of papers that otherwise would have been rejected. Just early submissions could have this kind of support. DEADLINES Extended/abstracts or draft papers could be sent via E-mail and/or postal mail (and/or fax) according the following addresses: Postal Addresses: IIIS 6220 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Suite 173 Orlando, FL 32809, USA=20 or Simon Bolivar University Dpto. Procesos y Sistemas=20 AP 89000 Caracas, Venezuela E-mail Addresses: WMSCI98@aol.com Ncallaos@aol.com Fax Numbers: 1-407-8566274 (Orlando, USA) 58-2-9638852 (Caracas, Venezuela) March 23, 1998 Submission of extend abstract or paper draft (500-1500= words). April 27,1998 Acceptance notifications. May 25, 1998 Submission of papers camera/ready, hard copies and elect ronic versions. PUBLICATIONS Participants who wish to present a paper are requested to submit three copies of the paper draft by February 23, 1998. Submitted papers will be referred. SCI'98 papers will be published by means of paper and electronic proceedings. Selected papers will be published by the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, and included in the CD-ROM Extended Encyclopedia of Systemics, Informatics and Cybernetics (TM), whose development is presently in progress. Notification of acceptance will be sent to authors by March 23, 1998. The full paper, which cannot exceed eight single-spaced typed pages, should be sent by means of diskette and photoready hard copies of artwork, not later than May 11, 1998. EARLY PARTICIPATIONS Proactive participation is strongly encouraged. Those interested in participating in the Program Committee, the Organizing Committee, the Organizing of a Focus Symposium, or in organizing/ chairing sessions on new, or existing topics, please contact: Prof. Nagib Callaos (Chair) IIIS 6220 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Suite 173 Orlando, FL 32809, USA=20 Fax: +1 (407) 856-6274 e-mail: WMSCI98@aol.com Simon Bolivar University Dpto. Procesos y Sistemas A.P. 89000, Caracas, Venezuela Tel/Fax (office): +58 (2) 9621519 Tel/Fax (office): +58 (2) 222832 Fax (home): +58 (2) 9638852 e-mail: ncallaos@usb.ve Conference secretariat: nacallao@telcel.net.ve INVITED SESSIONS To organize an invited session for SCI'98, the following steps are= suggested: 1) Identify a special topic is in the scope of SCI'98. You may contact the chair or other program committee members on the suitability of the topic, if it is not included in the Conference Program. 2) Contact researchers or practitioners in your field to see if they can contribute a paper to your proposed session and attend SCI'98. 3) Collect the abstracts (2-3 pages) from each perspective invitee. 4) Write a summary (1-2 page) on the session's significance and coherence of the invited/selected papers. 5) Mail the invited session proposal including a summary and copy of all abstracts before March 16, 1998, to Nagib Callaos. CONFERENCE FEES The conference fees will be $300 before April 20, 1998 and $350 after April 20, 1998. JOURNALS PUBLICATIONS FOR BEST PAPERS * "Cybernetics and Human Knowing: A Journal of Second Order Cybernetics and Cybersemiotics". Members of the Program Committee who are referees of the Journal will take the decision on the issue. * "Journal of Law and Information Systems" * "Systems Journal" * "Educational Technology" * "Technology Forecasting & Social Change" Other Journals are being considered for other areas of SCI'98. More details could be found at the Conference web page (http://www.iiis.org) or a detailed Call for Papers could be requested by e-mail (nacallao@ telcel.net.ve). Answers to specific questions could be requested also by= e-mail. Nagib Callaos, Ph.D. Professor Simon Bolivar University President IEEE/Computing Society (Venezuelan Section) President IIIS Affiliated to the International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR) Venezuela: Tel/Fax: +(582)9638852 (home), +(582)9621519 (office) Orlando: Fx: +1(407)8566274, +1(407)8564265 (Home), +1(407)8882225 / 8882263 (office)